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By RockSpotlight, 2008-10-07

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">THIS MONTH IN HISTORY</span></span><br /><br />October, 1966</span><br /></strong></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /><br /><span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong>MUSIC HEADLINES</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #888888;">UK's Decca Records launches 'Deram'. The idea of that new label is to provide a vehicle for offbeat, leftfield and 'different' releases.&nbsp; The first release includes a new artist by the name of Cat Stevens ('I Love My Dog').<br /><br />RCA releases the first single by a San Francisco group called Jefferson Airplane ('Bringing Me Down')<br /><br />John Denver appears as a solo artist at the Troubadour on Melrose Place. He is described as a 'New Zealand folksinger'.<br /><br />Aretha Franklin, who had been with the Colombia label, signs with Atlantic.<br /><br />'Antione' - the French equivalent to Bob Dylan and Donovan, is signed to Warner Bros Records, which will release his records in English here in the US.<br /><br />Just released: 'Je M'appelle Barbra' by Barbra Streisand.<br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: #00ff00;">THIS WEEK IN THE CHARTS</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">USA</span></strong><br />&nbsp;<br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #888888;">1. THE FOUR TOPS/Reach Out I'll Be There<br />2. ? [QUESTION MARK] &amp; THE MYSTERIANS/ 96 Tears<br />3. MONKEES/Last Train To Clarkesville</span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">UK</span></strong><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #888888;">1. JIM REEVES/Distant Drums<br />2. DAVE DEE DOZY BEAKY MICK &amp; TITCH/Bend It!<br />3. THE WHO/I'm A Boy</span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #ff0000;"><strong>GER</strong></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #888888;">1. THE BEATLES/Yellow Submarine<br />2. THE TROGGS/With A Girl Like You<br />3. TOMMY JAMES &amp; THE SHONDELLS/Hanky Panky</span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">HOL</span></strong><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #888888;">1. SONNY &amp; CHER/Little Man<br />2. BOBBIE HEBB, CHER, GEORGIE FAME/Sunny<br />3. SMALL FACES/All Or Nothing</span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #ff0000;"><strong>TOP ALBUMS</strong></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #888888;">1. MONKEES/Dr. Zhivago (Soundtrack)<br />2. HERB ALPERT &amp; THE TIJUANA BRASS/What Now My Love<br />3. THE BEATLES/Revolver<br />4. THE MAMAS &amp; THE PAPAS/Supreme's A Go-Go<br />5. ROGERS &amp; HAMMERSTEIN/The Sound Of Music (Soundtrack)</span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #00ff00;"><strong>OTHER ENTERTAINMENT NEWS</strong></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #888888;"><br />Actress Gina Lollobrigida seperates from Dr. Mildo Skofic after 17 years.<br /><br /><span>Charlton Heston is signed for the starring male role in Arthur Jacobs&rsquo; 'Planet of the Apes'.</span></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /><span style="color: #c0c0c0;"><br /><span style="color: #808080;">Gene Roddenberry, creator of 'Star Trek', wants you to believe his show is all in the realm of possibility, unlike most Sci-Fi on TV and the movies.<br /><br />Actor Clifton Webb (76), suave star of the movies, passed away this month. He was 51 when he made his Hollywood debut in the movie 'Laura'.<br /></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #00ff00;"><strong>TOP TV SHOWS</strong></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #888888;"><span>Bonanza, BobHope Hour, NBC Saturday Night Movie, Lucy Show, Rat<br />Patrol, Jackie Gleason, ABC Sunday Night Movie and Walt Disney&rsquo;s Wonderful </span>World Of Color</span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;">, <span style="color: #808080;">Daktari, Combat!, UNCLE, Occasional Wife, The Rounders, ...</span><br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #00ff00;"><strong>WORLD NEWS</strong></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #888888;">At a summit in Manila, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos opens a gathering of the six other Pacific area nations fighting in Vietnam.</span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --><!--[if gte mso 10]> <mce:style><! /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} --><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #888888;"><br /><br />President Johnson announces that the nation&rsquo;s continued economic growth permits higher Social Security benefits next year without any increases in payroll taxes. <br /><br />Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York tells 2,500 students at Seattle University that 'at the present moment' he favors a lottery system for the draft. 'Right now I would be in favor of doing away with the deferments for university students'.&nbsp; Later he said - 'Well, I know, I just blew most of the audience.'<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: #00ff00;">SPORTS NEWS</span></strong><br /><br />Jerry West (LA Lakers) returns to play after two weeks.<br /><br />Only three months after the Soccer World Cup has ended in England, this event already went down in history: For the first time an African born player took home the 'golden shoe' trophy and the title 'top scorer of the tournament'.&nbsp; His name: Eusebio (playing for Portugal).<br /><br />Dallas Cowboy Quarterback Don Meredith is getting a lot of press these days: He has 14 touchdown passes in four games and if he maintains his pace, will break the NFL record of 36 touchdown passes set by Tittle of the New York Giants in 1963.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: #00ff00;">SEEN AT THE STORES</span></strong><span style="color: #00ff00;"><span style="color: #808080;"><br /><br />Norelco Portable Cassette Recorder 150 ... $ 89.00<br />Tootsie Pops Box of 80 pcs ... $ 1.49<br />Bazooka Bubble Gum Box of 90 pcs ... $ 0.89<br /><br />New at the Ford Dealer: The Mercury Cougar. Untamed elegance; America's first luxury sports car at a popular price.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="color: #808080;"></span><span><br /></span></span>
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