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This Week in Music Chart History (April 20)

From Billboard Top 100!
Number One Songs this Week in History
April 20 - 26

1987 - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me), Aretha Franklin and George Michael
1983 - Come On Eileen, Dexys Midnight Runners
1980 - Call Me, Blondie
1977 - Don't Leave Me This Way, Thelma Houston
1973 - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree, Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
1972 - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Roberta Flack
1971 - Joy to the World, Three Dog Night
1969 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, The 5th Dimension
1967 - Somethin' Stupid, Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra
1962 - Good Luck Charm, Elvis Presley

Today's Dose of Humour (April 20)

"If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners."
- Johnny Carson

Thinking Cap (April 20)

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Live each day as if your life had just begun."
- John Wolfgang Von Goethe

Today In History (April 20)

1996
It was in Moscow where Russia and the leaders of the seven richest democracies agreed to end nuclear tests. This was with regards to the "Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty". This was to come into effect by the fall with new steps pledged to keep nuclear materials out of the wrong hands.

Born on this Date (April 20)

1976 - Joey Lawrence (actor; Gimme a Break, Blossom)
1968 - Evan Solomon (Canadian columnist, political journalist, radio host)
1964 - Crispin Glover (actor; Dead Man, Twister, Back to the Future)
1959 - Clint Howard (actor; Gentle Ben, Backdraft, Cocoon; brother to Ron Howard)
1951 - Luther Vandross (singer, songwriter; died July 1, 2005)
1949 - Jessica 'Phyllis' Lange (Academy Award-winning actress; Tootsie, All That Jazz, The Postman Always Rings Twice)
1949 - Toller 'Shalitoe Montague' Cranston (Was a Canadian figure skater, painter, won 1971–1976 Canadian national championships, 1974 World bronze medal, 1976 Olympic bronze medal, small medal for free skating at the 1972 and 1974 championships; died January 24, 2015)
1941 - Ryan O'Neal (actor; Love Story, Paper Moon, Peyton Place; died December 8, 2023)
1938 - Johnny Tillotson (singer; nine top-ten hits on the pop, country, adult contemporary Billboard charts, including Poetry in Motion, It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin', Talk Back Trembling Lips, Without You; died April 1, 2025)
1937 - George Takei (actor; Star Trek)
1935 - 'Ladislav John' Walter Ostanek (Canadian musician; three-time Grammy Award winner; Canada's Polka King)
1908 - Lionel Hampton (singer, songwriter, jazz musician; vibes, drums, piano, bandleader; On the Sunny Side of the Street; died August 31, 2002)

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