Friday, November 29, 2013

April 14, 1967


7
1
Don & the Goodtimes--I Could Be So Good to You
1
2
Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra--Somethin' Stupid
4
3
Hollies--On a Carousel
2
4
Monkees--A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
3
5
Five Americans--Western Union
23
6
Tommy James & the Shondells--I Think We're Alone Now
24
7
Eric Burdon & the Animals--When I Was Young
15
8
Supremes--The Happening
8
9
Herman's Hermits--There's A Kind of Hush
5
10
Beatles--Strawberry Fields Forever
9
11
Rodger Collins--She's Looking Good
20
12
Dave Clark Five--You Got What it Takes
30
13
Seeds--Can't Seem to Make You Mine
10
14
Nancy Sinatra--Love Eyes
6
15
Spencer Davis Group--Gimme Some Lovin'
35
16
Jim "Harpo" Valley--There is Love
13
17
Harpers Bizarre--The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
18
18
Petula Clark--This is My Song
33
19
Four Tops--Bernadette
11
20
Royal Guardsmen--The Return of the Red Baron
16
21
Mamas & Papas--Dedicated to the One I Love
19
22
Electric Prunes--Get Me to the World on Time
22
23
Turtles--Happy Together
49
24
Arthur Conley--Sweet Soul Music
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25
Whistling Jack Smith--I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman
14
26
Don Ho--Tiny Bubbles
38
27
Happenings--I Got Rhythm
28
28
Simon & Garfunkel--At the Zoo
12
29
Buffalo Springfield--For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)
27
30
Martha & the Vandellas--Jimmy Mack
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31
Paul Revere & the Raiders--Him or Me - What's it Gonna Be?
26
32
Liverpool Five--Cloudy
48
33
Merry-Go-Round--Live
42
34
Jerry Jaye--My Girl Josephine
36
35
Easybeats--Friday on My Mind
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36
Engelbert Humperdinck--Release Me
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37
Buckinghams--Don't You Care
34
38
Parade--Sunshine Girl
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39
Emergency Exit--It's Too Late Baby
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40
Brenton Wood--The Oogum Boogum Song
39
41
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass--Casino Royale
40
42
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band--Buy For Me the Rain
44
43
Aretha Franklin--I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
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44
Boenzee Cryque--Still in Love With You Baby
---
45
Who--Happy Jack
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46
Eddy Arnold--Misty Blue
31
47
Andy Williams--Music to Watch Girls By
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48
Every Mother's Son--Come On Down to My Boat
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49
Dean Martin--Lay Some Happiness on Me
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50
Young Rascals--Groovin'


A lot of shakeup this week, with twelve debuts and a couple sizeable leaps into the top ten.  “The French Girl” by the Daily Flash drops completely off of the survey from number 17.  “I’m a Man” by the Spencer Davis Group drops off from number 29; next week it will be back at number 50, and then climb gradually to number 26.

Burt Bacharach’s “Bond Street” drops off, leaving “Casino Royale” by itself for its final week on the survey.

Two of the debuts did not make Billboard.  Seattle’s Emergency Exit are back with their follow-up to “Maybe Too Late,” “It’s Too Late Baby,” which will get to number 15.  And the Boenzee Cryque’s “Still in Love With You Baby,” a number one hit in their hometown of Denver, will make it to number 33 here.

Of the other ten, none will have really dramatic differences in peak position between Seattle and Billboard.  The most significant are novelty instrumental “I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman” by Whistling Jack Smith (20BB/12KJR), the first hit for Engelbert Humperdinck, “Release Me” (4/10), the Buckinghams’ “Don’t You Care” (6/16), Eddy Arnold’s “Misty Blue” (57/36), and “Come On Down to My Boat” by Every Mother’s Son, a number six BB hit that will spend three weeks at number one here.

Sunday, November 24, 2013

April 7, 1967



1
1
Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra--Somethin' Stupid
2
2
Monkees--A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
7
3
Five Americans--Western Union
10
4
Hollies--On a Carousel
5
5
Beatles--Strawberry Fields Forever
3
6
Spencer Davis Group--Gimme Some Lovin'
11
7
Don & the Goodtimes--I Could Be So Good to You
6
8
Herman's Hermits--There's A Kind of Hush
17
9
Rodger Collins--She's Looking Good
28
10
Nancy Sinatra--Love Eyes
4
11
Royal Guardsmen--The Return of the Red Baron
8
12
Buffalo Springfield--For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)
12
13
Harpers Bizarre--The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
18
14
Don Ho--Tiny Bubbles
37
15
Supremes--The Happening
9
16
Mamas & Papas--Dedicated to the One I Love
16
17
Daily Flash--The French Girl
14
18
Petula Clark--This is My Song
22
19
Electric Prunes--Get Me to the World on Time
21
20
Dave Clark Five--You Got What it Takes
19
21
Roger Miller--Walkin' in the Sunshine
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22
Turtles--Happy Together
41
23
Tommy James & the Shondells--I Think We're Alone Now
49
24
Eric Burdon & the Animals--When I Was Young
23
25
Springfield Rifle--100 or Two
24
26
Liverpool Five--Cloudy
30
27
Martha & the Vandellas--Jimmy Mack
26
28
Simon & Garfunkel--At the Zoo
31
29
Spencer Davis Group--I'm a Man
42
30
Seeds--Can't Seem to Make You Mine
27
31
Andy Williams--Music to Watch Girls By
13
32
Paul Revere & the Raiders--Ups and Downs
15
33
Four Tops--Bernadette
35
34
Parade--Sunshine Girl
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35
Jim "Harpo" Valley--There is Love
36
36
Easybeats--Friday on My Mind
20
37
Mojo Men--Sit Down, I Think I Love You
44
38
Happenings--I Got Rhythm
43
39
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass--Casino Royale/Burt Bacharach--Bond Street
39
40
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band--Buy For Me the Rain
32
41
Davie Allan & the Arrows--Blues Theme From Wild Angels [sic]
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42
Jerry Jaye--My Girl Josephine
40
43
Jan & Dean--Yellow Balloon
47
44
Aretha Franklin--I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
25
45
Four Seasons--Beggin'
45
46
Canterbury Tales--Rainy Day
48
47
Nino Tempo & April Stevens--My Old Flame
50
48
Merry-Go-Round--Live
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49
Arthur Conley--Sweet Soul Music
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50
Brenda & the Tabulations--Dry Your Eyes


As mentioned last week, “Happy Together” returns after going AWOL for a week.  Other than that, there are only four debuts.  One will do about as well here as in Billboard, Jerry Jaye’s “My Girl Josephine,” a rockabilly record that sounds very out of place for 1967.  “There is Love,” a ballad by Jim Valley, is a non-BB record that will get all the way to number five; by this time Jim had left Paul Revere & the Raiders after a short stint, following time with Don & the Goodtimes and the Viceroys.  The other two debuts will not do as well here as nationally: Arthur Conley’s “Sweet Soul Music” (2BB/24KJR) and Brenda & the Tabulations’ “Dry Your Eyes” (20/50).