P. Diddy Runs Marathon

After just two months of training, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs completed the 26.2 mile New York City Marathon yesterday with a time of four hours and fourteen minutes, finishing 11,359th out of the 30,000 runners.

Combs used the event to draw attention to his fundraising drive for a two children's charities -- the Children's Hope Foundation (for HIV-positive kids) and the Daddy's House Social Programs -- as well as New York's public school system. He reportedly pulled in $2 million, more than double his initial projection. After the marathon, Combs attended a bash thrown for him by Jay-Z, who was among those who made a donation to his cause.

"Never in my life have I experienced anything as crazy as this," Combs said afterwards. "It was a beautiful experience."

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Song Stories

“Tonight's the Night”

The Shirelles | 1960

The lead cut and title track from this girl group's debut album, "Tonight's the Night" was written by 19-year-old bandmember Shirley Owens, who sings lead, and producer Luther Dixon. The band from Passaic, New Jersey met in high school, first calling themselves the Pequellos. The song's frank thoughts about sexual and emotional surrender was racy for the time, but that didn't stop the Chiffons from cutting a similar version immediately after the original came out. "We were the first female group to write some of our own material," band member Beverly Lee recalls. "We did have some say-so in our writing."

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