Parade on MSN

Remembering 'The Letter': The Box Tops' No. 1 Hit 59 Years Ago with 16-Year-Old Alex Chilton

This song topped the Billboard Hot 100.
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1967 No. 1, including sound of real airplane, was at the top of the charts 59 years ago

The No. 1 song on September 27, 1967, was by the Box Tops, and not only was the singer only 16, the track also included the sound of a real airplane in flight.