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This Week's Featured Artist



Johnny Tillotson
who scored the highest charting song of his
career when "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'"
peaked at #2 on the Hot 100, this week in 1962.

For more, be sure to read Gary James'
interview with Johnny Tillotson.


Did You Know?
Johnny Tillotson enjoyed fourteen Billboard Top 40
hits between 1960 and 1965, including four
that reached the Top Ten.






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NEW!
Now you can hear the voices of some of your favorite stars, in Gary James' interviews with Cynthia Lennon, David Cassidy, Paul Revere, Ben E. King, Butch Trucks and many more in our "Voices From The Past" section.


Who sang that song that you have stuck in your head?
How high did it climb on the charts and in what year?
You can find out in our Who Sang That Hit? Section
Explore the facts behind the deaths
of some of the music world's biggest stars
Read all about Rock and Roll's Unsolved Mysteries


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