Saturday, August 3, 2013

September 2, 1966


1
1
Beatles--Good Day Sunshine
2
2
Beatles--Eleanor Rigby
3
3
Beach Boys--Wouldn't it Be Nice
15
4
? & the Mysterians--96 Tears
12
5
Association--Cherish
5
6
Turtles--Makin' My Mind Up
14
7
Trade Winds--Mind Excursion
4
8
Beatles--Yellow Submarine
6
9
Rolling Stones--Under My Thumb
31
10
Count Five--Psychotic Reaction
13
11
Beatles--Got to Get You Into My Life
7
12
Donovan--Sunshine Superman
9
13
Belfast Gipsies--Gloria's Dream (Round and Around)
10
14
Sonics--You've Got Your Head on Backwards
8
15
Surfaris--Wipe Out
17
16
Hollies--Bus Stop
19
17
Love--7 and 7 Is
25
18
Los Bravos--Black is Black
16
19
Sandpipers--Guantanamera
18
20
Supremes--You Can't Hurry Love
24
21
Cyrkle--Turn-Down Day
21
22
Sandy Posey--Born a Woman
11
23
Kinks--Sunny Afternoon
38
24
Left Banke--Walk Away Renee
34
25
Jan & Dean--Fiddle Around
40
26
Neil Diamond--Cherry, Cherry
22
27
Richard & the Young Lions--Open Up Your Door
45
28
Nino Tempo & April Stevens--All Strung Out
20
29
Beach Boys--God Only Knows
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30
Herbie Mann--Philly Dog
28
31
Wilson Pickett--Land of 1000 Dances
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32
B.J. Thomas--Billy and Sue
27
33
Bobby Moore--Searching For My Love
30
34
Petula Clark--I Couldn't Live Without Your Love
36
35
Critters--Mr. Dieingly Sad
44
36
Walter Wanderley--Summer Samba (So Nice)
37
37
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass--Flamingo
32
38
Tommy James & the Shondells--Say I Am (What I Am)
33
39
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs--Lil' Red Riding Hood
23
40
Troggs--With a Girl Like You
29
41
Lovin' Spoonful--Summer in the City
43
42
Newbeats--Bird Dog
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43
Finders Keepers—(We Wear) Lavender Blue
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44
Tommy Roe--Hooray For Hazel
46
45
Happenings--See You in September
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46
Monkees--Last Train to Clarksville
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47
Bobby Goldsboro--It Hurts Me
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48
Roger Williams--Born Free
48
49
Billy Stewart--Summertime
26
50
The Emperor--I'm Normal


All the week’s debuts were Billboard hits.  Pleasant pop-rocker “(We Wear) Lavender Blue” by Finders Keepers Bubbled Under at number 123 there, while it will get to number 22 here.  Jazz flutist Herbie Mann’s “Philly Dog” was a number 93 BB hit that will make it up to number 29 here.  B.J. Thomas’ “Billy and Sue” peaked at number 34 in Billboard but will climb to number 8 at KJR.  “It Hurts Me” by Bobby Goldsboro, a number 70 BB hit, will do a bit better here and make it to number 43.  And Tommy Roe’s “Hooray For Hazel” was number six in Billboard, which doesn’t allow much room for it to do better here, but it will get to number one and stay there for four weeks.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

August 26, 1966


3
1
Beatles--Good Day Sunshine
1
2
Beatles--Eleanor Rigby
8
3
Beach Boys--Wouldn't it Be Nice
2
4
Beatles--Yellow Submarine
16
5
Turtles--Makin' My Mind Up
4
6
Rolling Stones--Under My Thumb
6
7
Donovan--Sunshine Superman
7
8
Surfaris--Wipe Out
10
9
Belfast Gipsies--Gloria's Dream (Round and Around)
11
10
Sonics--You've Got Your Head on Backwards
5
11
Kinks--Sunny Afternoon
22
12
Association--Cherish
9
13
Beatles--Got to Get You Into My Life
27
14
Trade Winds--Mind Excursion
33
15
? & the Mysterians--96 Tears
15
16
Sandpipers--Guantanamera
26
17
Hollies--Bus Stop
17
18
Supremes--You Can't Hurry Love
35
19
Love--7 and 7 Is
12
20
Beach Boys--God Only Knows
14
21
Sandy Posey--Born a Woman
13
22
Richard & the Young Lions--Open Up Your Door
21
23
Troggs--With a Girl Like You
25
24
Cyrkle--Turn-Down Day
38
25
Los Bravos--Black is Black
18
26
The Emperor--I'm Normal
28
27
Bobby Moore--Searching For My Love
32
28
Wilson Pickett--Land of 1000 Dances
19
29
Lovin' Spoonful--Summer in the City
23
30
Petula Clark--I Couldn't Live Without Your Love
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31
Count Five--Psychotic Reaction
31
32
Tommy James & the Shondells--Say I Am (What I Am)
20
33
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs--Lil' Red Riding Hood
---
34
Jan & Dean--Fiddle Around
24
35
Brian Hyland--The Joker Went Wild
37
36
Critters--Mr. Dieingly Sad
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37
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass--Flamingo
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38
Left Banke--Walk Away Renee
49
39
McCoys--(You Make Me Feel) So Good
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40
Neil Diamond--Cherry, Cherry
29
41
Outsiders--Respectable
39
42
Shelby Flint--Cast Your Fate to the Wind
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43
Newbeats--Bird Dog
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44
Walter Wanderley--Summer Samba (So Nice)
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45
Nino Tempo & April Stevens--All Strung Out
45
46
Happenings--See You in September
48
47
Simon & Garfunkel--The Dangling Conversation
47
48
Billy Stewart--Summertime
34
49
Bobby Hebb--Sunny
41
50
Gary Lewis & the Playboys--My Heart's Symphony


Neil Diamond’s “Cherry, Cherry” returns to the survey after taking a week off.

One non-BB debut this week: “Bird Dog,” a version of the 1958 Everly Brothers hit, by the Newbeats, who tended to do well in Seattle.  It’ll peak at number 42.  The other debuts were all Hot 100 hits and all will do about as well here as nationally, with the exception of “Fiddle Around” by Jan & Dean, a number 93 Billboard hit that will reach number 19 here.