This Day In Music History For Sunday, July 12, 2026 Summer edition Birthdays Broadway Shows & Plays Ray Gillen (1960) Composer Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861) Composer George Sainton Kaye Butterworth (1885) None Today! Charts Today the song "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" by Vera Lynn topped the charts and stayed there for 9 weeks. (1952) Today the song "In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)" by Zager & Evans topped the charts and stayed there for 6 weeks. (1969) Today the song "Holding Back the Tears" by Simply Red topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1986) Thank you for being visitor #2510436. 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