On this date in 1967, THE BOX TOPS released the single THE LETTER in the UK (Sep 8, 1967) The genesis of "The Letter" is a tale of serendipity and musical intuition. Nashville songwriter Wayne Carson Thompson crafted the tune from a simple line suggested by his father: "Give me a ticket for an aeroplane." This seed of an idea blossomed into a compact, powerful composition that clocked in at a mere 1 minute and 58 seconds, making it the last chart-topping single to run under two minutes. The jour