This Day In Music History For Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Halloween edition Birthdays Broadway Shows & Plays Composer Herbert Howells (1892) The Show "Jackie Mason - Brand New" opened at the Neil Simon Theatre. (1990) The Play "More to Love" closed at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre after 4 performances. (1998) Charts Today the song "Save the Last Dance for Me" by the Drifters topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks. (1960) Today the song "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" by Manfred Mann topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. (1964) Today the song "I'll Be There" by the Jackson 5 topped the charts and stayed there for 5 weeks. (1970) Today the song "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" by Christopher Cross topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks. (1981) Today the song "Lost in Emotion" by Lisa Lisa & the Cult Jam topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1987) Today the song "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1998) Better look behind you... the DataDragon may be coming.. Thank you for being visitor #2390716. Talk about Music and Music History in our message forums! Like Sudoku games? Check out our new Sudoku web game site. Visit Bernadette Peters - Broadway's Best for up to date information on the Broadway star! [ This Day in Music History | Pick Your Own Day | Sources ] [ Music Education | How Does This Work? | Add a Resource | Easily Printed Version ] This Day in Music History, compiled and maintained by Kevin Lux for DataDragon Information Services server spam filter