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December 10, 1967: Otis Redding was killed at age 26 when his tour plane crashed into a Wisconsin lake.
In 1967, when Aretha Franklin famously rerecorded Otis Redding’s song "Respect," it shot to number one. Later that year, Redding returned to the studio at Stax to record what was to become his first and only number-one hit, "Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay. "
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November 11, 1978: Queen's double A-Side single "Bicycle Race / Fat Bottomed Girls" entered, at Number 70, the Billboard single's chart.
Brian May of Queen wrote "Fat Bottomed Girls" with lead singer Freddie Mercury in mind. In an interview with Mojo Magazine in October 2008,
June 20, 1981: After topping record charts around the world, a medley of hits credited to Stars On 45 reaches Number 1 in America.
It was the summer of 1981, and after an 11-year hiatus, the sound of the Fab Four once again ruled the radio airwaves. Only instead of John, Paul, George and Ringo, this time the world had to settle for Bas, Hans, Jaap and Okkie—the Dutch studio musicians behind the phenomenon called Stars on 45.
May 15, 1982: "Ebony And Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder hit Number 1 in the US.
“When I wrote the song, I thought, ‘Maybe we don’t need to keep talking about black and white. Maybe the problem is solved…
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