On this date in 1983, Michael Jackson hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles and Billboard 200 Album Chart at the same time – with “Billie Jean” and “Thriller” respectively on top of the charts, driven by the short film for “Billie Jean” which was released just four days earlier. Watch it now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_XLOBDo_Y | Michael Jackson

1983 Billboard's Hot 100 | Dan When're Taylour

#TodayInMusicHistory in 1970 the Ray Stevens song "Everything Is Beautiful" hit #1 on the Hot 100 and Easy Listening Billboard charts and stayed there for two weeks! Ray wrote, composed, and performed the song to be the theme to his summer TV show, The Ray Stevens Show. Here's Ray performing the hit song live in 1983 at the TNN Launch in Nashville, TN! #OTD #OnThisDate | Ray Stevens