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"To Sir with Love" is the theme from #JamesClavell's 1967 film #ToSirWithLove. The song was performed by Scottish singer and actress #Lulu (who also starred in the film), and written by #DonBlack and #MarkLondon (husband of Lulu's longtime manager #MarionMassey). #MickieMost produced the record, with #MikeLeander arranging and conducting. The song peaked at the top of the #Billboard #Hot100, and became the best-selling single of 1967 in the United States.
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"Love Train" is a hit single by #theOJays, written by #KennyGambleAndLeonHuff. Released in 1972, it reached No. 1 on both the #RAndBSingles and the #Billboard #Hot100 in February and March 1973 respectively, and No. 9 on the #UKSinglesChart and was certified gold by the #RIAA. It was the O'Jays' first and only number one record on the US pop chart. The song has been considered one of the first songs of #discoMusic.
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"Half-Breed" is a popular song recorded by Cher in 1973. Cher's version, recorded with instrumental backing by L.A. sessions musicians from the #WreckingCrew, was recorded on May 21, 1973 at #LarrabeeSound in Los Angeles. Lyrically, the song describes the life of a girl who faces societal rejection due to having a #White father and #Cherokee mother. It contains themes of #racism and #doubleStandards. The song reached Number 1 on the #Billboard #Hot100.
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"Hot Fun in the Summertime" is a 1969 song recorded by #SlyAndTheFamilyStone. The single was released just prior to the band's high-profile performance at #Woodstock, which greatly expanded their fanbase. The song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. #Billboard #Hot100 singles chart, kept out of the number 1 spot by "#ICantGetNextToYou" by #theTemptations. "Hot Fun in the Summertime" also peaked at number 3 on the U.S. Billboard Soul Singles chart in autumn 1969.
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"Having a Party" is a song by American singer-songwriter #SamCooke, released on May 8, 1962, by #RCAVictor. Produced by #HugoAndLuigi and arranged and conducted by #RenéHall, the song was the #Aside to "#BringItOnHomeToMe". The song peaked at number four on the US #Billboard #HotRAndBSides chart, and also charted at number 17 on the Billboard #Hot100.
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"Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" is a song written by #JohnCarter and #KenLewis, produced by #MickieMost, and performed by #HermansHermits. It reached No.2 on the #Billboard #Hot100 in 1965. In the United Kingdom it was released as the B-Side of "#Silhouettes". The song was featured on their 1965 album, Their Second Album! Herman's Hermits on Tour. Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1965 ranked it No.8.
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"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" is a song by American singer #MichaelJackson. Written by Jackson and released by #EpicRecords on July 10, 1979, the song is the first track on Jackson's fifth studio album #OffTheWall (1979). Additionally, it was Jackson's first solo recording in which he had control of the creative direction. "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" was Jackson's second solo single to hit number one on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart following "#Ben".
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"(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" is a #popular song published in 1970, with music by #FrancisLai and lyrics by #CarlSigman. The song was first introduced as an instrumental theme in the 1970 film #LoveStory after the film's distributor, #ParamountPictures, rejected the first set of lyrics that were written. #AndyWilliams eventually recorded the new lyrics and took the song to number nine on #Billboard magazine's #Hot100 and number one on their #EasyListeningChart.
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"I Think I Love You" is a song by #TonyRomeo, written as the debut #single for fictional musical TV family #thePartridgeFamily. It was released in August 1970, a month prior to the debut of the #ABCTV musical sitcom The Partridge Family starring #ShirleyJones and featuring #DavidCassidy, both of whom appear on the record, with Cassidy as lead vocalist. The single topped #Billboard's #Hot100 for three weeks in November and December 1970.
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"Say You Love Me" is a song written by English singer-songwriter #ChristineMcVie for #FleetwoodMac's 1975 self-titled album. The song peaked at No. 11 on the #Billboard #Hot100 for three weeks, and remains one of the band's most recognizable songs. Its success helped the group's eponymous 1975 album sell over eight million copies worldwide. In the UK, "Say You Love Me" was the fourth single from the Fleetwood Mac album, but the first to chart.
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"Cream" is a song by American singer-songwriter #Prince and his backing band #theNewPowerGeneration, released in September 1991 by #PaisleyPark and #Warner as the second single from Prince's 13th studio album, #DiamondsAndPearls (1991). In a 2004 #MTV special, Prince joked that he wrote the song while looking at himself in the mirror. "Cream" became Prince's fifth and last number-one single on the US #Billboard #Hot100, staying at the top for two weeks.
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"Life Is a Highway" is a song by Canadian musician #TomCochrane from his second studio album, #MadMadWorld (1991). The song became a number-one hit in Canada in late 1991. "Life Is a Highway" also peaked at number six on the US #Billboard #Hot100 chart in August 1992 and reached the top two in Australia and New Zealand the same year. The song was covered by #ChrisLeDoux for his 1998 album One Road Man and #RascalFlatts in 2006 for the #Cars soundtrack.
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"Our House" is a song written by British singer-songwriter #GrahamNash and recorded by #CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung on their album #DéjàVu (1970). The single reached No. 30 on the U.S. #Billboard #Hot100 and No. 20 on the #CashBox Top 100. The song, "an ode to countercultural domestic bliss", was written while Nash was living with #JoniMitchell, recording both #CrosbyStillsAndNash and Déjà Vu.
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"Stuck on You" was #ElvisPresley's first hit single after his two-year stint in the #USArmy, reaching number one in 1960 in the US. He recorded the song during March 1960, and the single was released within weeks and went to number one on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart in late-April 1960, becoming his first number-one single of the 1960s and thirteenth overall. "Stuck on You" also peaked at number six on the R&B chart.
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45 years ago today, (Week Ending) March 29, 1980, Bette Midler debuted on the Billboard AC chart at #47 with "The Rose". She went on to spend five weeks at #1. Also, leaped up ten notches to #76 on the Hot 100 and eventually peaked at #3 for three weeks there.

I’ve collected many 45RPM singles over many years, but this is one from my mom's collection that I inherited.

"Starting All Over Again" is a 1972 song by the cousin duo #MelAndTim. It is the title track of their second LP. It was their second and final top 40 hit in the U.S. and Canada. It peaked at number 19 on the #Billboard #Hot100, spending five months on the American charts. On the #RAndB chart, the song peaked at number 4. The cousins performed "Starting All Over Again" on #SoulTrain on March 17, 1973. They appeared on the show along with #AlGreen.
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"Change of Heart" is a song by American singer and songwriter #CyndiLauper, released on November 11, 1986 as the second single from her second album, #TrueColors (1986). It went gold in the US, peaking at No. 3 on the #Billboard #Hot100. The song was written by #singersongwriter #EssraMohawk. Popular remixes by #ShepPettibone were also released. A #musicVideo was produced for the song, filmed in #TrafalgarSquare in #London. It features Lauper.
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