Today In Music History - June 9

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1998 - The Ronettes appeared in the Supreme Court of New York for their lawsuit against producer Phil Spector. The Ronettes, whose hits included 'Be My Baby' and 'Walking In The Rain', claimed that Spector had breached the group's 34-year-old contract by paying the members no royalties since 1963. Although The Ronettes went on to win the case, the New York State Court of Appeals overturned the decision in October, 2002, saying that the contract the Ronettes signed with Spector in 1963 was still binding.

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1958, Johnny Mathis went to No.1 on the US album chart with his 'Greatest Hits' album

This album set a record (no pun intended) at the time for most weeks on the chart. It was on the Billboard Top 200 for 490 weeks. That's almost 10 years!. That record was broken by Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon which stayed on the chart for an incredible 777 weeks (nearly 15 years!)

No other album has come between them. Johnny is still in second place, all time!