Tuesday, January 29, 2013

April 9, 1965


1
1
Herman's Hermits--Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter
2
2
Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders--Game of Love
6
3
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs--Wooly Bully
4
4
Petula Clark--I Know a Place
5
5
Kinks--Tired of Waiting For You
3
6
Freddie & the Dreamers--I'm Telling You Now
10
7
Gary Lewis & the Playboys--Count Me In
19
8
Herman's Hermits--Silhouettes
7
9
Supremes--Stop! In the Name of Love
8
10
Wayne Newton--Red Roses For a Blue Lady
22
11
Righteous Brothers--Just Once in My Life
12
12
Seekers--I'll Never Find Another You
9
13
Herman's Hermits--Can't You Hear My Heartbeat
28
14
Jr. Walker & the All-Stars--Shotgun
14
15
Marianne Faithfull--Come and Stay With Me
27
16
Gerry & the Pacemakers--It's Gonna Be Alright
11
17
Jewel Akens--The Birds and the Bees
15
18
Sounds Orchestral--Cast Your Fate to the Wind
31
19
Tom Jones--It's Not Unusual
35
20
Chubby Checker--Do the Freddie
D
21
Beach Boys--Help Me, Rhonda
23
22
Dixie Cups--Iko Iko
47
23
Rolling Stones--The Last Time
39
24
Waikikis--Hawaii Honeymoon
16
25
Bobby Vinton--Long Lonely Nights
18
26
Bruce & Terry--Carmen
25
27
Sonics--Psycho
D
28
O'Jays--Lipstick Traces
43
29
Allan Sherman--Crazy Downtown
13
30
Gary Lewis & the Playboys--This Diamond Ring
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31
Chris Crosby--Only the Young
46
32
Jerry Wallace--Time
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33
Paul Revere & the Raiders--Sometimes
17
34
Freddie & the Dreamers--I Understand
34
35
Perry Como--Dream On Little Dreamer
---
36
Al Hirt--Al's Place
---
37
Sir Douglas Quintet--She's About a Mover
---
38
Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke--Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious
40
39
Andy Williams--...And Roses and Roses
20
40
Beatles--Eight Days a Week
24
41
Glen Campbell--Tomorrow Never Comes
48
42
Uniques--Not Too Long Ago
30
43
Al Martino--Somebody Else is Taking My Place
38
44
Petula Clark--Downtown
33
45
Ronnie Dove--Once Kiss For Old Times' Sake
32
46
Animals--Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
41
47
Cannibal & the Headhunters--Land of 1000 Dances
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48
Peter & Gordon--True Love Ways
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49
Brenda Lee--Truly, Truly, True
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50
Billy Thorpe--Over the Rainbow


No Discovery.

The sole non-BB debut this week is by young crooner Chris Crosby (nephew of Bing, son of Bob), whose “Only the Young” will reach number 26 here.  “Sometimes” by Paul Revere & the Raiders Bubbled Under at number 131, but will get to number 8 here, and Australian superstar Billy Thorpe’s version of “Over the Rainbow,” which barely beat “Sometimes” nationally by getting to number 130, will be number 47 here next week and then drop off the survey.  Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke’s “Mary Poppins” hit was number 66 at Billboard but will reach number 15 at KJR.  And Al Hirt rates another mention here with his “Al’s Place” (57 BB/28 KJR).

Monday, January 28, 2013

April 2, 1965


1
1
Herman's Hermits--Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter
6
2
Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders--Game of Love
2
3
Freddie & the Dreamers--I'm Telling You Now
7
4
Petula Clark--I Know a Place
17
5
Kinks--Tired of Waiting For You
10
6
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs--Wooly Bully
3
7
Supremes--Stop! In the Name of Love
13
8
Wayne Newton--Red Roses For a Blue Lady
4
9
Herman's Hermits--Can't You Hear My Heartbeat
40
10
Gary Lewis & the Playboys--Count Me In
5
11
Jewel Akens--The Birds and the Bees
19
12
Seekers--I'll Never Find Another You
9
13
Gary Lewis & the Playboys--This Diamond Ring
20
14
Marianne Faithfull--Come and Stay With Me
24
15
Sounds Orchestral--Cast Your Fate to the Wind
15
16
Bobby Vinton--Long Lonely Nights
16
17
Freddie & the Dreamers--I Understand
23
18
Bruce & Terry--Carmen
D
19
Herman's Hermits--Silhouettes
8
20
Beatles--Eight Days a Week
14
21
Roger Miller--King of the Road
D
22
Righteous Brothers--Just Once in My Life
46
23
Dixie Cups--Iko Iko
25
24
Glen Campbell--Tomorrow Never Comes
22
25
Sonics--Psycho
11
26
Beach Boys--Please Let Me Wonder
38
27
Gerry & the Pacemakers--It's Gonna Be Alright
49
28
Jr. Walker & the All-Stars--Shotgun
12
29
Searchers--Bumble Bee
43
30
Al Martino--Somebody Else is Taking My Place
50
31
Tom Jones--It's Not Unusual
28
32
Animals--Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
32
33
Ronnie Dove--Once Kiss For Old Times' Sake
35
34
Perry Como--Dream On Little Dreamer
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35
Chubby Checker--Do the Freddie
18
36
Georgie Fame--Yeh, Yeh
27
37
Jack Jones--The Race is On
31
38
Petula Clark--Downtown
47
39
Waikikis--Hawaii Honeymoon
36
40
Andy Williams--...And Roses and Roses
41
41
Cannibal & the Headhunters--Land of 1000 Dances
48
42
Searchers--Goodbye My Lover Goodbye
---
43
Allan Sherman--Crazy Downtown
---
44
Trini Lopez--Sad Tomorrows
34
45
Sandie Shaw--Girl Don’t Come
---
46
Jerry Wallace--Time
---
47
Rolling Stones--The Last Time
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48
Uniques--Not Too Long Ago
30
49
Fantastic Baggys--It Was I
44
50
Serendipity Singers--My Heart Keeps Following You

Discoveries: Beach Boys—Help Me, Rhonda; O’Jays—Lipstick Traces

Impressive jump from 40 to 10 for Gary Lewis & the Playboys.

In its final week on the survey, “Do You Wanna Dance?” is dropped from the Beach Boys’ listing and “Please Let Me Wonder” appears by itself.

Six months after “Careless Hands,” Jerry Wallace shows up on the survey with another non-BB record, “Time.”  The other debuts were all Hot 100 hits, though Trini Lopez’s “Sad Tomorrows” was just barely; it got to number 94 there, while here it will drop off next week and then re-appear at its peak position of number 29. 

Chubby Checker seemingly needed to get in on any new dance fad, no matter how goofy.  His version of Freddie & the Dreamers’ “Do the Freddie” debuts here four weeks ahead of the original; at Billboard it debuted this same week, three weeks ahead of the Dreamers’ version.  Peaks: Chubby 40 BB/11 KJR, Freddie 18 BB/7 KJR.