Sunday, January 26, 2014

July 21, 1967


2
1
Doors--Light My Fire
7
2
Hollies--Carrie-Anne
6
3
Van Morrison-Brown Eyed Girl
3
4
Janis Ian--Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)
1
5
Music Explosion--Little Bit o' Soul
4
6
Jefferson Airplane--White Rabbit
31
7
Beatles--All You Need is Love/Baby You're a Rich Man
37
8
Monkees--Pleasant Valley Sunday/Words
5
9
Beatles--Lovely Rita
18
10
Tremeloes--Silence is Golden
19
11
Don & the Goodtimes--Happy and Me
30
12
Young Rascals--A Girl Like You
9
13
Scott McKenzie--San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
8
14
Fifth Estate--Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead
32
15
Neil Diamond--I Thank the Lord For the Night Time
14
16
Bar-Kays--Soul Finger
47
17
Bee Gees--To Love Somebody
11
18
Grass Roots--Let's Live For Today
17
19
Ian & Sylvia--Lovin' Sound
12
20
Petula Clark--Don't Sleep in the Subway
27
21
Stevie Wonder--I Was Made to Love Her
10
22
Association--Windy
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23
Jay & the Techniques--Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
16
24
Frankie Valli--Can't Take My Eyes Off You
26
25
Buckinghams--Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
43
26
Bobby Vee--Come Back When You Grow Up
24
27
Dean Martin--In the Chapel in the Moonlight
46
28
Tom Northcott--Sunny Goodge Street
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29
Merry-Go-Round--You're a Very Lovely Woman
13
30
Sandy Posey--I Take it Back
25
31
Dusty Springfield--Look of Love
20
32
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood--Jackson
42
33
Crispian St. Peters--You Were On My Mind
23
34
Procol Harum--A Whiter Shade of Pale
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35
Bobbie Gentry--Ode to Billie Joe
33
36
Glen Campbell--Gentle on My Mind
15
37
Johnny Rivers--The Tracks of My Tears
22
38
Engelbert Humperdinck--There Goes My Everything
21
39
Turtles--She'd Rather Be With Me
48
40
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart--Out & About
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41
Bunny Sigler--Let the Good Times Roll & Feel So Good
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42
Roy Orbison--Cry Softly Lonely One
28
43
Peaches & Herb--For Your Love
49
44
Sonny & Cher--It's the Little Things
36
45
Four Seasons--C'mon Marianne
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46
Aretha Franklin--Baby I Love You
29
47
5th Dimension--Up - Up and Away
45
48
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass--The Happening
38
49
Happenings--My Mammy
50
50
Bettye Swann--Make Me Yours


The Beatles, Monkees and Bee Gees all make big leaps.  The Beatles’ “Baby You’re a Rich Man” is added to the entry for it’s a-side; the record will be listed with both sides for the rest of its weeks on the survey.  The combined entry will peak at number three; in Billboard “All You Need is Love” got to number one while “Baby You’re a Rich Man” peaked at number 34.

The week’s debuts were all Hot 100 hits.  “You’re a Very Lovely Woman” by the Merry-Go-Round only made it to number 94, while Aretha Franklin’s “Baby I Love You” got to number four; however here at KJR Aretha will jump to number 21 next week but get no higher, while the Merry-Go-Round will stay at number 29 next week, sink for the two following weeks, then climb to number 17.

Friday, January 24, 2014

July 14, 1967


1
1
Music Explosion--Little Bit o' Soul
2
2
Doors--Light My Fire
6
3
Janis Ian--Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)
9
4
Jefferson Airplane--White Rabbit
12
5
Beatles--Lovely Rita
27
6
Van Morrison--Brown Eyed Girl
15
7
Hollies--Carrie-Anne
3
8
Fifth Estate--Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead
8
9
Scott McKenzie--San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
4
10
Association--Windy
5
11
Grass Roots--Let's Live For Today
10
12
Petula Clark--Don't Sleep in the Subway
20
13
Sandy Posey--I Take it Back
31
14
Bar-Kays--Soul Finger
11
15
Johnny Rivers--The Tracks of My Tears
13
16
Frankie Valli--Can't Take My Eyes Off You
19
17
Ian & Sylvia--Lovin' Sound
34
18
Tremeloes--Silence is Golden
50
19
Don & the Goodtimes--Happy and Me
16
20
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood--Jackson
7
21
Turtles--She'd Rather Be With Me
23
22
Engelbert Humperdinck--There Goes My Everything
17
23
Procol Harum--A Whiter Shade of Pale
30
24
Dean Martin--In the Chapel in the Moonlight
18
25
Dusty Springfield--Look of Love
28
26
Buckinghams--Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
22
27
Stevie Wonder--I Was Made to Love Her
39
28
Peaches & Herb--For Your Love
24
29
5th Dimension--Up - Up and Away
41
30
Young Rascals--A Girl Like You
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31
Beatles--All You Need is Love
---
32
Neil Diamond--I Thank the Lord For the Night Time
45
33
Glen Campbell--Gentle on My Mind
25
34
American Breed--Step Out of Your Mind
35
35
Herman's Hermits--Don't Go Out Into the Rain (You're Going to Melt)
32
36
Four Seasons--C'mon Marianne
44
37
Monkees--Words/Pleasant Valley Sunday
29
38
Happenings--My Mammy
14
39
Every Mother's Son--Come On Down to My Boat
36
40
Tommy James & the Shondells--I Like the Way
21
41
Sagittarius--My World Fell Down
48
42
Crispian St. Peters--You Were On My Mind
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43
Bobby Vee--Come Back When You Grow Up
40
44
Frankie Laine--You Wanted Someone to Play With (I Wanted Someone to Love)
46
45
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass--The Happening
49
46
Tom Northcott--Sunny Goodge Street
---
47
Bee Gees--To Love Somebody
43
48
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart--Out & About
---
49
Sonny & Cher--It's the Little Things
---
50
Bettye Swann--Make Me Yours


“Brown Eyed Girl” suddenly makes a big leap.

“Pleasant Valley Sunday” is joined by its b-side, “Words,” on the survey.  This is the only week that “Words” will be listed first; the rest of the way there’ll be some weeks where “PVS” is listed first and some weeks where it’s listed alone.

The week’s debuts were all top 50 Billboard hits.  None will do much better here than they did there.  Soul singer Bettye Swann’s “Make Me Yours,” which got to number 21 in Billboard, will only make it to number 39 here.