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The No. 1 Song On July 17, 1962 Is Even More Swoon-Worthy Today

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Love songs ruled the airwaves in 1962, with romantic ballads such as "Johnny Angel" and "I Can't Stop Loving You" climbing the charts that spring and summer. But for sheer, old-school romance, nothing beats Bobby Vinton's dreamy chart-topper, "Roses Are Red." Vinton's career-making hit conquered the Billboard Hot 100 the week of July 14, 1962, and stayed there until Neil Sedaka came along with the stone-cold classic "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" four weeks later.
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10 Immortal Facts About Anne Rice's 'Interview With the Vampire'

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Knopf Doubleday (book cover), James Mato (background) | Knopf Doubleday (book cover), James Mato (background) 50 years after its publication, Anne Rice's 1976 novel Interview With the Vampire stands as one of the most influential bloodsucker tales ever published-second only, perhaps, to Bram Stoker's Dracula. Rice's debut novel is almost single-handedly responsible for the image of vampires that dominates pop culture today: conflicted, brooding, and oozing sex appeal from every moonlit pore.
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10 Immortal Facts About Anne Rice’s ‘Interview With the Vampire’

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50 years after its publication, Anne Rice’s 1976 novel Interview With the Vampire stands as one of the most influential bloodsucker tales ever published—second only, perhaps, to Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Rice’s debut novel is almost single-handedly responsible for the image of vampires that dominates pop culture today: conflicted, brooding, and oozing sex appeal from every moonlit pore. There had been angsty, romantic vampires before, but even Barnabas Collins seemed like a relic from another time.
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