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Lovin' You by Minnie Riperton reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA. In the sixties Riperton had sung with the ground-breaking Chicago-based psychedelic soul band Rotary Connection, and her extraordinarily pure five-octave vocal range made her one of the most admired singers of her era.
Jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr enters the Billboard US Top 40 Albums Chart with Mister Magic which will peak at No10 during a seventeen-week run.
Country music promoter and manager Oscar Davis dies in the USA. In a long and acclaimed acclaimed career he worked with Roy Acuff, Hank Williams, Minnie Pearl, Ernest Tubb, The Hoosier Hot Shots and others.
Lovin' You by Minnie Riperton reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA. In the sixties Riperton had sung with ground-breaking psychedelic soul band Rotary Connection, and her extraordinarily pure five-octave vocal range made her one of the most admired singers of her era.
A country-flavoured version of Who's Sorry Now by Marie Osmond enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA where it will peak at No40, remaining on the chart for just two weeks.
Who's Sorry Now by Marie Osmond enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA where it will peak at No40, remaining on the chart for just two weeks.