March 18, 1967 –
The Beatles’ single Penny Lane became their 13th hit to go to the #1 spot on the Billboard Charts, on this date.
Paul McCartney was sitting at a bus shelter waiting for John Lennon to meet him on Penny Lane, a street near their houses in Liverpool, England. While sitting there Paul jotted down the things he saw, including a barber’s shop with pictures of its clients and a nurse selling poppies for Remembrance Day
