Wednesday, July 24, 2013

August 5, 1966


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1
Beatles--Yellow Submarine
15
2
Richard & the Young Lions--Open Up Your Door
7
3
Donovan--Sunshine Superman
4
4
Sandy Posey--Born a Woman
12
5
Troggs--With a Girl Like You
1
6
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs--Lil' Red Riding Hood
2
7
Beatles--Drive My Car
37
8
Beach Boys--God Only Knows
6
9
Lovin' Spoonful--Summer in the City
9
10
Brian Hyland--The Joker Went Wild
23
11
Rolling Stones--Under My Thumb
20
12
Jagged Edge--Deep Inside
8
13
Herman's Hermits--This Door Swings Both Ways
11
14
Petula Clark--I Couldn't Live Without Your Love
21
15
Surfaris--Wipe Out
22
16
Verdelle Smith--Tar and Cement
16
17
Bobby Hebb--Sunny
3
18
Troggs--Wild Thing
34
19
Sonics--You've Got Your Head on Backwards
44
20
Belfast Gipsies--Gloria's Dream (Round and Around)
28
21
Outsiders--Respectable
26
22
Sandpipers--Guantanamera
25
23
Critters--Mr. Dieingly Sad
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24
Kinks--Sunny Afternoon
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25
The Emperor--I'm Normal
41
26
Dean Martin--A Million and One
10
27
Shindogs--Who Do You Think You Are
17
28
Cher--Alfie
30
29
Percy Sledge--Warm and Tender Love
38
30
Barbara Lewis--Make Me Belong to You
33
31
Billy Stewart--Summertime
13
32
Rolling Stones--Lady Jane
18
33
Alan Price Set--I Put a Spell on You
31
34
Ray Conniff & the Singers--Somewhere, My Love
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35
Gary Lewis & the Playboys--My Heart's Symphony
14
36
Tokens--Greatest Moments in a Girl's Life
24
37
Yardbirds--Over Under Sideways Down
19
38
Tommy Roe--Sweet Pea
39
39
Shelby Flint--Cast Your Fate to the Wind
36
40
Mel Carter--You You You
43
41
Simon & Garfunkel--The Dangling Conversation
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42
Wilson Pickett--Land of 1000 Dances
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43
Association--Cherish
27
44
Napoleon XIV--They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!
40
45
Jacobsen & Tansley--Dream With Me
46
46
McCoys--(You Make Me Feel) So Good
50
47
David Houston--Almost Persuaded
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48
Turtles--Makin' My Mind Up
29
49
Tommy James & the Shondells--Hanky Panky
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50
Beatles--Eleanor Rigby


The Beach Boys jump from 37 to 8, but that’s nothing compared to the Beatles, debuting at number one with “Yellow Submarine.”  The other side of the record, “Eleanor Rigby,” debuts down at number 50, but it will quickly overtake “Yellow Submarine” and remain on the survey four weeks longer.

Two of the week’s debuts were not Billboard hits.  “I’m Normal” by The Emperor was an imitation of “They’re Coming to Take Me Away” and will peak at number 13 next week.  “Makin’ My Mind Up” by the Turtles was a single released to radio stations in selected markets and then withdrawn; the song later appeared on their Happy Together LP in a version with overdubbed horns which were not on the single version.  I have never heard the single version, which will peak at number five here.  I do not know why it was pulled.

“Land of 1000 Dances” by Wilson Pickett, a number six Billboard hit, will only make it to number 28 here.

Strangely, last week’s number five record, “Hungry” by Paul Revere & the Raiders, falls completely off the survey this week, and will not return.

Sunday, July 21, 2013

July 29, 1966


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1
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs--Lil' Red Riding Hood
6
2
Beatles--Drive My Car
3
3
Troggs--Wild Thing
12
4
Sandy Posey--Born a Woman
4
5
Paul Revere & the Raiders--Hungry
5
6
Lovin' Spoonful--Summer in the City
27
7
Donovan--Sunshine Superman
11
8
Herman's Hermits--This Door Swings Both Ways
10
9
Brian Hyland--The Joker Went Wild
7
10
Shindogs--Who Do You Think You Are
15
11
Petula Clark--I Couldn't Live Without Your Love
20
12
Troggs--With a Girl Like You
2
13
Rolling Stones--Lady Jane
16
14
Tokens--Greatest Moments in a Girl's Life
28
15
Richard & the Young Lions--Open Up Your Door
8
16
Bobby Hebb--Sunny
17
17
Cher--Alfie
18
18
Alan Price Set--I Put a Spell on You
9
19
Tommy Roe--Sweet Pea
26
20
Jagged Edge--Deep Inside
34
21
Surfaris--Wipe Out
38
22
Verdelle Smith--Tar and Cement
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23
Rolling Stones--Under My Thumb
13
24
Yardbirds--Over Under Sideways Down
39
25
Critters--Mr. Dieingly Sad
32
26
Sandpipers--Guantanamera
14
27
Napoleon XIV--They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!
50
28
Outsiders--Respectable
19
29
Tommy James & the Shondells--Hanky Panky
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30
Percy Sledge--Warm and Tender Love
21
31
Ray Conniff & the Singers--Somewhere, My Love
25
32
Mamas & Papas--I Saw Her Again
33
33
Billy Stewart--Summertime
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34
Sonics--You've Got Your Head on Backwards
22
35
Cyrkle--Red Rubber Ball
30
36
Mel Carter--You You You
37
37
Beach Boys--God Only Knows
40
38
Barbara Lewis--Make Me Belong to You
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39
Shelby Flint--Cast Your Fate to the Wind
44
40
Jacobsen & Tansley--Dream With Me
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41
Dean Martin--A Million and One
24
42
Standells--Dirty Water
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43
Simon & Garfunkel--The Dangling Conversation
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44
Belfast Gipsies--Gloria's Dream (Round and Around)
23
45
Neil Diamond--Solitary Man
35
46
McCoys--(You Make Me Feel) So Good
29
47
Crispian St. Peters--The Pied Piper
36
48
Happenings--See You in September
49
49
Barry Mann--Angelica
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50
David Houston--Almost Persuaded


“Sunshine Superman” leaps from 27 to 7 with a single bound.

The Rolling Stones debut up at number 23 with “Under My Thumb,” an album track that was not released as a single.  It’ll get to number three here.  One other debut did not make Billboard, “You’ve Got Your Head On Backwards” by the Sonics, which will make it to number ten.  “Gloria’s Dream” by the Belfast Gipsies, an offshoot of Them, only made it to number 124 in Billboard but will peak at number nine here.  David Houston’s “Almost Persuaded,” a number one country hit that also got to number 24 on the Billboard pop chart, will only get to number 47 next week and then drop off the survey.