Monday, October 21, 2013

February 10, 1967



1
1
Rolling Stones--Let's Spend the Night Together
11
2
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood--Summer Wine
8
3
Johnny Rivers--Baby I Need Your Lovin'
2
4
Buckinghams--Kind of a Drag
4
5
Supremes--Love is Here and Now You're Gone
6
6
Lesley Gore--California Nights
9
7
Buffalo Springfield--For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)
3
8
Blues Magoos--(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet
5
9
Seeds--Pushin' Too Hard
14
10
Turtles--Happy Together
34
11
Mojo Men--Sit Down, I Think I Love You
10
12
5th Dimension--Go Where You Wanna Go
7
13
Keith--98.6
35
14
P.J. Proby--Niki Hoeky
12
15
Sonny & Cher--The Beat Goes On
21
16
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels--Sock it to Me-Baby!
15
17
Monkees--She
49
18
Paul Revere & the Raiders--Ups and Downs
16
19
Seekers--Georgy Girl
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20
Beatles--Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane
25
21
Donovan--Epistle to Dippy
44
22
Young Rascals--I've Been Lonely Too Long
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23
Rainy Daze--That Acapulco Gold
17
24
Monkees--I'm a Believer
19
25
Left Banke--Pretty Ballerina
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26
Lovin' Spoonful--Darling Be Home Soon
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27
Mamas & Papas--Dedicated to the One I Love
33
28
Spencer Davis Group--Gimme Some Lovin'
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29
Herman's Hermits--There's a Kind of Hush/No Milk Today
23
30
Lettermen--Our Winter Love
13
31
Gary Lewis & the Playboys--Where Will the Words Come From
47
32
Ventures/Davie Allan & the Arrows--Theme From "The Wild Angels"
18
33
Casinos--Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
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34
Brian Hyland--Hung Up in Your Eyes
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35
Peaches & Herb--Let's Fall in Love
20
36
Paul Revere & the Raiders--Good Thing
32
37
2 of Clubs--Walk Tall
45
38
Byrds--So You Want to Be a Rock'n'Roll Star
30
39
Association--No Fair at All
40
40
Ed Ames--My Cup Runneth Over
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41
Al Martino--Daddy's Little Girl
38
42
Ramsey Lewis--One, Two, Three
37
43
Roger Williams--Sunrise, Sunset
43
44
New Vaudeville Band--Peek-a-Boo
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45
Harpers Bizarre--59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
50
46
Ronnie Dove--One More Mountain to Climb
48
47
Connie Francis--Another Page
36
48
Eddie Fisher--People Like You
24
49
Neil Diamond--You Got to Me
46
50
Cannonball Adderley--Mercy, Mercy, Mercy


Several records debut in the 20s this week.  “Snoopy vs. the Red Baron” drops off from number 27, just two weeks after being number six and three weeks after being number one.

The Davie Allan & the Arrows version, a number 99 BB hit, of “Theme From ‘The Wild Angels’” joins the Ventures’ version on the survey as a joint entry.  They’ll get up to number 15.

Despite being an extremely direct drug song, “That Acapulco Gold” by Denver’s The Rainy Daze hit the Hot 100, rising to number 70, and will do much better here, peaking at number 14.

The only other debut this week with a significant discrepancy in its positions is Brian Hyland’s “Hung Up in Your Eyes,” which was a number 58 hit in Billboard and will get to number 29 here.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

1966 Year-End



1
1
1
Nancy Sinatra--These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
2
1
1
Mamas & Papas--Monday, Monday
3
1
1
Association--Cherish
4
1
2
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs--Lil' Red Riding Hood
5
1
1
SSgt Barry Sadler--The Ballad of the Green Berets
6
1
4
Paul Revere & the Raiders--Kicks
7
3
1
New Vaudeville Band--Winchester Cathedral
8
1
1
Beach Boys--Good Vibrations
9
3
1
Johnny Rivers--Poor Side of Town
10
3
1
? & the Mysterians--96 Tears
11
1
3
Beatles--Nowhere Man
12
1
8
Tommy Roe--Sweet Pea
13
1/1
11/2
Beatles--Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine
14
3
1
Monkees--Last Train to Clarksville
15
3
4
Mamas & Papas--California Dreamin'
16
4
1
Petula Clark--My Love
17
3
1
Donovan--Sunshine Superman
18
4
1
Percy Sledge--When a Man Loves a Woman
19
3
2
Mindbenders--A Groovy Kind of Love
20
1
6
Tommy Roe--Hooray For Hazel
21
1
1
Lou Christie--Lightnin' Strikes
22
1
1
Righteous Brothers--(You're My) Soul and Inspiration
23
4
1
Young Rascals--Good Lovin'
24
1
2
Lovin' Spoonful--Daydream
25
6
1
Supremes--You Can't Hurry Love
26
12
3
T-Bones--No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)
27
3
3
Johnny Rivers--Secret Agent Man
28
2
1
Lovin' Spoonful--Summer in the City
29
2
1
Rolling Stones--Paint it, Black
30
2
2
Cher--Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
31
3
3
Herman's Hermits--Listen People
32
5
45
Dee Jay & the Runaways--Peter Rabbit
33
5
1
Supremes--You Keep Me Hangin' On
34
7
2
Bobby Hebb--Sunny
35
5
5
Left Banke--Walk Away Renee
36
5
5
Outsiders--Time Won't Let Me
37
1
1
Troggs--Wild Thing
38
9
1
Simon & Garfunkel--The Sounds of Silence
39
10
2
Cyrkle--Red Rubber Ball
40
4
12
Sandy Posey--Born a Woman
41
1
2
Lovin' Spoonful--Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?
42
1
--/18
Beatles/David & Jonathan--Michelle
43
1
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Monkees--I Wanna Be Free
44
1
6
Peter & Gordon--Lady Godiva
45
9
5
Hollies--Bus Stop
46
9
7
Roger Williams--Born Free
47
5
4
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels--Devil With a Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly
48
2
2
Donovan--Mellow Yellow
49
3
97
Hardtimes--Fortune Teller
50
3
4
Los Bravos--Black is Black


Out of sequence, but I found KJR’s Fabulous 50 For 1966.  The second column is the record’s peak position in the regular KJR survey, and the third column is the peak position at Billboard.

It’s hard to see what method they used.  The most surprising inclusion is “The Sounds of Silence,” which peaked at number nine in 1965 and was only on the survey for the first two weeks of 1966, when it was number 36 and number 45.  Similarly, “No Matter What Shape” peaked at number 12 at the end of 1965, remained on the survey for the first five weeks of 1966, and its highest position in those weeks was 15.  There are a few other records here that debuted at the end of 1965, but they all had most of their time on the survey, as well as their peak positions, in 1966.

The most surprising omissions are the Beatles’ “Paperback Writer,” which spent three weeks at number one, and their “Good Day Sunshine” and the Monkees’ “Theme From the Monkees,” which spent two weeks there each .  Also missing are number two hits “Hanky Panky” by Tommy James & the Shondells, “It’s You Alone” by the Wailers, “Little Girl” by the Syndicate of Sound, “Lady Jane” by the Rolling Stones, “Drive My Car” by the Beatles, “Open Up Your Door” by Richard & the Young Lions, “Psychotic Reaction” by the Count Five, “Here, There and Everywhere” by the Beatles and “Dandy” by Herman’s Hermits.