Friday, February 28, 2014

September 15, 1967


6
1
Association--Never My Love
1
2
Box Tops--The Letter
3
3
Bill Cosby--Little Ole Man (Uptight-Everything's Alright)
2
4
Bobby Vee--Come Back When You Grow Up
7
5
Diana Ross & the Supremes--Reflections
5
6
Peter, Paul & Mary--I Dig Rock and Roll Music
11
7
Hombres--Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out)
29
8
Wilson Pickett--Funky Broadway
4
9
Paul Revere & the Raiders--I Had a Dream
19
10
Dino, Desi & Billy--Kitty Doyle
8
11
Bobbie Gentry--Ode to Billie Joe
9
12
Harpers Bizarre--Anything Goes
13
13
Doors--Light My Fire
10
14
Monkees--Pleasant Valley Sunday
12
15
Neil Diamond--I Thank the Lord For the Night Time
25
16
Lulu--To Sir With Love
17
17
Tommy James & the Shondells--Gettin' Together
14
18
Jay & the Techniques--Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
40
19
Nancy Sinatra--Lightning's Girl
15
20
Grass Roots--Things I Should Have Said
18
21
Third Rail--Run, Run, Run
28
22
Frankie Valli--I Make a Fool of Myself
42
23
Mitch Ryder--What Now My Love
37
24
Jimmie Rodgers--Child of Clay
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25
Kingpins--Ode to Billie Joe
30
26
Turtles--You Know What I Mean
35
27
Jackie Wilson--(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
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28
Youngbloods--Get Together
16
29
Eric Burdon & the Animals--San Franciscan Nights
26
30
New Yorkers--Mr. Kirby
44
31
Young Rascals--How Can I Be Sure
33
32
Five Americans--Zip Code
21
33
Brenton Wood--Gimme Little Sign
41
34
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass--A Banda (Ah Bahn-da)
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35
Soul Survivors--Expressway to Your Heart
20
36
Big Brother & the Holding Company--Bye, Bye Baby
22
37
Beatles--All You Need is Love/Baby You're a Rich Man
23
38
Merry-Go-Round--You're a Very Lovely Woman
---
39
Rose Garden--Next Plane to London
31
40
Simon & Garfunkel--Fakin' It
27
41
Hollies--Carrie-Anne
32
42
Rolling Stones--We Love You/Dandelion
34
43
Donovan--There is a Mountain
36
44
Vikki Carr--It Must be Him
39
45
Gary Lewis & the Playboys--Jill
38
46
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles--More Love
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47
Last Word--Can't Stop Loving You
---
48
Ray Charles--In the Heat of the Night
---
49
Bobby Vinton--Please Love Me Forever
46
50
Temptations--You're My Everything


“Funky Broadway” makes a big jump.  “Get Together” re-enters the survey for one final week.

All the debuts were Hot 100 hits.  The rocker “Can’t Stop Loving You” by the Last Word was a number 78 BB hit that will make it up to number 22 here.  “Expressway to Your Heart” by the Soul Survivors and “Last Plane to London” by the Rose Garden peaked nationally at number four and 17, respectively; Seattle had different transportation preferences, though, and the two almost reversed here, getting to 13 and four.  (Well, sure, Boeing and all…)

Thursday, February 27, 2014

September 8, 1967


1
1
Box Tops--The Letter
2
2
Bobby Vee--Come Back When You Grow Up
8
3
Bill Cosby--Little Ole Man (Uptight-Everything's Alright)
7
4
Paul Revere & the Raiders--I Had a Dream
3
5
Peter, Paul & Mary--I Dig Rock and Roll Music
14
6
Association--Never My Love
4
7
Diana Ross & the Supremes--Reflections
5
8
Bobbie Gentry--Ode to Billie Joe
15
9
Harpers Bizarre--Anything Goes
6
10
Monkees--Pleasant Valley Sunday
11
11
Hombres--Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out)
9
12
Neil Diamond--I Thank the Lord For the Night Time
10
13
Doors--Light My Fire
12
14
Jay & the Techniques--Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
18
15
Grass Roots--Things I Should Have Said
16
16
Eric Burdon & the Animals--San Franciscan Nights
26
17
Tommy James & the Shondells--Gettin' Together
21
18
Third Rail--Run, Run, Run
39
19
Dino, Desi & Billy--Kitty Doyle
20
20
Big Brother & the Holding Company--Bye, Bye Baby
32
21
Brenton Wood--Gimme Little Sign
13
22
Beatles--All You Need is Love/Baby You're a Rich Man
17
23
Merry-Go-Round--You're a Very Lovely Woman
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25
Lulu--To Sir With Love
29
26
New Yorkers--Mr. Kirby
19
27
Hollies--Carrie-Anne
48
28
Frankie Valli--I Make a Fool of Myself
---
29
Wilson Pickett--Funky Broadway
25
30
Turtles--You Know What I Mean
27
31
Simon & Garfunkel--Fakin' It
---
32
Rolling Stones--We Love You/Dandelion
36
33
Five Americans--Zip Code
22
34
Donovan--There is a Mountain
---
35
Jackie Wilson--(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
---
36
Vikki Carr--It Must be Him
49
37
Jimmie Rodgers--Child of Clay
38
38
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles--More Love
41
39
Gary Lewis & the Playboys--Jill
---
40
Nancy Sinatra--Lightning's Girl
44
41
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass--A Banda (Ah Bahn-da)
---
42
Mitch Ryder--What Now My Love
---
44
Young Rascals--How Can I Be Sure
47
46
Temptations--You're My Everything


This week’s survey is missing from the microfilm of the newspaper, so this week’s positions come from the “Last Week” column of next week’s survey.  I don’t know what songs dropped off between last week and this week, and which ones drop off between this week and next week, nor do I know this week’s positions for the latter, so that’s why there are songs missing from the list.

The week’s debuts were all top 50 hits in Billboard.  Nancy Sinatra’s “Lightning’s Girl” was a number 24 BB hit that will get to number three here.  “What Now My Love” by Mitch Ryder, his first release as a solo artist without the Detroit Wheels, was a number 30 BB hit that will make it to number eight here.  The Rolling Stones’ double-sided hit of “We Love You” and “Dandelion” will drop here from 32 to 42 next week, after which “Dandelion” will drop off the survey and “We Love You” will continue on by itself, peaking at number 17; in Billboard “We Love You” was number 50 and “Dandelion” was number 14.