1959: 21 year old Bobby Darin becomes the youngest performer to headline at the Sands Hotel's Copa Room in Las Vegas. The previous record-holder, Johnny Mathis, appeared at 23. Darin was touring in support of his mega-hit, "Mack The Knife", which was number one in the US this week.

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1977: David Soul, star of the hit American TV show Starsky and Hutch, reaches the top of the UK charts for the second time this year with "Silver Lady". The previous April, "Don't Give Up On Us" went to #1.

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1957: Little Richard's "Keep A Knockin', featuring the wailing sax of Grady Gaines, enters the Billboard Top 40 on its way to #8 during a twelve week chart run. It was the seventh time Richard had reached the Pop chart in the last two years.

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1979: The Eagles' "Heartache Tonight" is released. It will become their fifth Billboard number one single, but stalled at #40 in the UK.

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1961: Neil Sedaka records "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen", which will become his eighth US Top 20 hit. He will go on to have thirteen more.

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