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1984 Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 24 weeks
1983 Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 37 weeks 1981 Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 and stays for 10 weeks 1979 "My Sharonna" by the Knack hits #1 (stays for 42 days) 1977 Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks 1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks 1974 Referenda in Comoros-3 islands for independence, 1 stays French 1970 Beatles' "Let It Be," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks 1970 Beatles' "Long and Winding Road," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1970 Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1969 Beatles' "Abbey Road," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks 1969 Beatles' "Get Back," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks 1968 Beatles' "Beatles-White Album," goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks 1968 Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks 1968 Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 8 weeks 1967 Beatles' "Hello Goodbye," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks 1966 Monkee's "I'm a Believer" hits #1 and stays there for 7 weeks 1966 Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks 1966 Beatles' "Yesterday... and Today," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks 1966 Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1966 Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks 1966 Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks 1965 Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks 1965 Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite 1965 Beatles' "Help!," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks 1965 Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks 1965 Beatles' "Beatles' "VI," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks 1965 Beatles' "Eight Days a Week," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1965 "Beatles' '65" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks 1964 Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks 1964 Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1964 Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 14 weeks 1964 Beatles' "Beatles' 2nd Album" goes #1 and stays #1 for for 5 weeks 1964 Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks 1964 Beatles' "She Loves You," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1964 Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks 1964 Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," 1st #1 hit, stays #1 for 7 weeks 1962 Vaughn Meader's "1st Family," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 12 weeks 1962 West Side Story soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album 1961 Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 weeks 1959 Tom Landry accepts coaching job with Dallas Cowboys (stays until 1988) 1958 South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks 1956 Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks 1956 Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog," single goes to #1 and stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single) 1955 McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks 1953 Supreme Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary 1949 Charley Lupica begins stay on 4' platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and stays 117 days) 1942 Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m 1926 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1 hours 1916 General Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos 1915 U.S. forces invade Haiti, stays until 1924 1902 John McGraw becomes manager of New York Giants (stays for 30 years) |
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