Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the operation at Cape Town, South Africa.

Both yesterday (first artificial heart transplant) and today (first real heart transplant) could be an excuse to break out some heart songs…My Heart Skips a Beat, Rhythm of my Heart, etc.

Relevant Records

• Rhythm of My Heart (Rhythm 241)
• Achy Breaky Heart (ESP 177)
• My Heart Skips a Beat (Eagle 2901)
• Let Me into Your Heart (Global Music 205)
• Mend a Broken Heart (Mountain 63)
• Heart of My Heart (Chaparral 3504)
• Hole In My Heart (Platinum 108B)
• My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from Titanic) (ABC 9)