Wednesday, July 24, 2013

August 5, 1966


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1
Beatles--Yellow Submarine
15
2
Richard & the Young Lions--Open Up Your Door
7
3
Donovan--Sunshine Superman
4
4
Sandy Posey--Born a Woman
12
5
Troggs--With a Girl Like You
1
6
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs--Lil' Red Riding Hood
2
7
Beatles--Drive My Car
37
8
Beach Boys--God Only Knows
6
9
Lovin' Spoonful--Summer in the City
9
10
Brian Hyland--The Joker Went Wild
23
11
Rolling Stones--Under My Thumb
20
12
Jagged Edge--Deep Inside
8
13
Herman's Hermits--This Door Swings Both Ways
11
14
Petula Clark--I Couldn't Live Without Your Love
21
15
Surfaris--Wipe Out
22
16
Verdelle Smith--Tar and Cement
16
17
Bobby Hebb--Sunny
3
18
Troggs--Wild Thing
34
19
Sonics--You've Got Your Head on Backwards
44
20
Belfast Gipsies--Gloria's Dream (Round and Around)
28
21
Outsiders--Respectable
26
22
Sandpipers--Guantanamera
25
23
Critters--Mr. Dieingly Sad
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24
Kinks--Sunny Afternoon
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25
The Emperor--I'm Normal
41
26
Dean Martin--A Million and One
10
27
Shindogs--Who Do You Think You Are
17
28
Cher--Alfie
30
29
Percy Sledge--Warm and Tender Love
38
30
Barbara Lewis--Make Me Belong to You
33
31
Billy Stewart--Summertime
13
32
Rolling Stones--Lady Jane
18
33
Alan Price Set--I Put a Spell on You
31
34
Ray Conniff & the Singers--Somewhere, My Love
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35
Gary Lewis & the Playboys--My Heart's Symphony
14
36
Tokens--Greatest Moments in a Girl's Life
24
37
Yardbirds--Over Under Sideways Down
19
38
Tommy Roe--Sweet Pea
39
39
Shelby Flint--Cast Your Fate to the Wind
36
40
Mel Carter--You You You
43
41
Simon & Garfunkel--The Dangling Conversation
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42
Wilson Pickett--Land of 1000 Dances
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43
Association--Cherish
27
44
Napoleon XIV--They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!
40
45
Jacobsen & Tansley--Dream With Me
46
46
McCoys--(You Make Me Feel) So Good
50
47
David Houston--Almost Persuaded
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48
Turtles--Makin' My Mind Up
29
49
Tommy James & the Shondells--Hanky Panky
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50
Beatles--Eleanor Rigby


The Beach Boys jump from 37 to 8, but that’s nothing compared to the Beatles, debuting at number one with “Yellow Submarine.”  The other side of the record, “Eleanor Rigby,” debuts down at number 50, but it will quickly overtake “Yellow Submarine” and remain on the survey four weeks longer.

Two of the week’s debuts were not Billboard hits.  “I’m Normal” by The Emperor was an imitation of “They’re Coming to Take Me Away” and will peak at number 13 next week.  “Makin’ My Mind Up” by the Turtles was a single released to radio stations in selected markets and then withdrawn; the song later appeared on their Happy Together LP in a version with overdubbed horns which were not on the single version.  I have never heard the single version, which will peak at number five here.  I do not know why it was pulled.

“Land of 1000 Dances” by Wilson Pickett, a number six Billboard hit, will only make it to number 28 here.

Strangely, last week’s number five record, “Hungry” by Paul Revere & the Raiders, falls completely off the survey this week, and will not return.

2 comments:

  1. The single version of "Makin" My Mind Up" and so much BETTER than the album version and IMPOSSIBLE to find on CD. What a shame!

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  2. Every once in a while I check YouTube to see if anyone has posted it. I would love to hear it.

    Thanks for the comment!

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