ON THIS DATE (48 YEARS AGO)
November 12, 1966 - Keith: "98.6" b/w "The Teeny Bopper Song" (Mercury 72639) 45 single is released in the US.
From the 1967 LP "98.6/Ain't Gonna Lie". Written by George Fischoff and Tony Powers. It reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Barry James Keefer (aka Keith) told Mojo magazine June 2008 about thiseffervescent celebration of the joys of love: "I had very little hope it would be a success. I was talking to my girlfriend after that session, saying I couldn't believe I had just recorded a song with a number related to a person's body temperature."