Friday, August 23, 2013

October 21, 1966



1
1
Monkees--(Theme From) The Monkees
2
2
Tommy Roe--Hooray For Hazel
5
3
Johnny Rivers--Poor Side of Town
9
4
Peter & Gordon--Lady Godiva
14
5
Beach Boys--Good Vibrations
6
6
Monkees--Last Train to Clarksville
3
7
Hardtimes--Fortune Teller
?
8
New Vaudeville Band--Winchester Cathedral
4
9
Herman's Hermits--Dandy
7
10
Troggs--I Can't Control Myself
30
11
Roger Williams--Born Free
10
12
Jimmy Ruffin--What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
16
13
Pozo-Seco Singers--I Can Make it With You
11
14
Eric Burdon & the Animals--See See Rider
24
15
Fastest Group Alive--The Bears
12
16
Four Tops--Reach Out I'll Be There
13
17
Association--Cherish
17
18
Left Banke--Walk Away Renee
8
19
Los Bravos--Black is Black
38
20
Standells--Why Pick on Me
19
21
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs--The Hair on My Chinny Chin Chin
23
22
Lovin' Spoonful--Rain on the Roof
18
23
Gary Lewis & the Playboys--(You Don't Have to) Paint Me a Picture
15
24
Petula Clark--Who Am I?
22
25
Bobby Hebb--A Satisfied Mind
34
26
Carla Thomas--B-A-B-Y
41
27
Claudine Longet--Meditation (Meditacao)
20
28
? & the Mysterians--96 Tears
25
29
Rolling Stones--Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
21
30
Paul Revere & the Raiders--The Great Airplane Strike
32
31
Don & the Goodtimes--You Were Just a Child
---
32
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels--Devil With a Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly
33
33
Don Ho--Tiny Bubbles
28
34
Bobby Darin--If I Were a Carpenter
27
35
B.J. Thomas--Billy and Sue
39
36
Happenings--Go Away Little Girl
---
37
James & Bobby Purify--I'm Your Puppet
---
38
Chicago Loop--(When She Needs Good Lovin') She Comes to Me
50
39
Mamas & Papas--Look Through My Window
44
40
Brenda Lee--Coming on Strong
49
41
Turtles--Can I Get to Know You Better
36
42
Count Five--Psychotic Reaction
---
43
Sonny Curtis--My Way of Life
---
44
Brian Hyland--Run, Run, Look and See
---
45
Hollies--Stop Stop Stop
---
46
Simon & Garfunkel--7 O'Clock News/Silent Night
---
47
Supremes--You Keep Me Hangin' On
---
48
Gary & the Hornets--Hi Hi Hazel
---
49
Sandpipers--Louie, Louie
42
50
13th Floor Elevators--You're Gonna Miss Me

The Sandpipers' "Louie, Louie" returns to the survey after an absence of two weeks.

One non-BB debut this week: Simon & Garfunkel’s “7 O’Clock News/Silent Night,” which was a track from their new album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme and was only released on a single as a promo for radio stations.  Why they did that I don’t know.  It’ll peak here next week at number 25.

The mellow country-pop “My Way of Life” by Texas songwriter Sonny Curtis will peak next week at number 40; it only got to number 134 in Billboard (49 on the country chart).  Gary & the Hornets were three brothers from Ohio (ages 6 to 13 or 7 to 14, depending on the source) who formed a band—“Hi Hi Hazel” was their one hit, getting to number 96 in Billboard but number twelve at KJR.  Chicago group the Chicago Loop peaked at number 37 nationally with their only hit, which will make it to number 14 here; depending on the pressing of the 45, the title was either “(When She Needs Good Lovin’) She Comes to Me” or “(When She Wants Good Lovin’) My Baby Comes to Me.”  Also: Brian Hyland’s “Run, Run, Look and See” (25BB/12KJR) and James & Bobby Purify’s “I’m Your Puppet” (6/16).

A lot of double-talk this week: “See See,” “Black is Black,” “Chin Chin,” “Run, Run,” “Stop Stop Stop,” “Hi Hi,” and “Louie, Louie.”

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

October 14, 1966


4
1
Monkees--(Theme From) The Monkees
1
2
Tommy Roe--Hooray For Hazel
3
3
Hardtimes--Fortune Teller
2
4
Herman's Hermits--Dandy
7
5
Johnny Rivers--Poor Side of Town
14
6
Monkees--Last Train to Clarksville
20
7
Troggs--I Can't Control Myself
5
8
Los Bravos--Black is Black
41
9
Peter & Gordon--Lady Godiva
11
10
Jimmy Ruffin--What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
6
11
Eric Burdon & the Animals--See See Rider
10
12
Four Tops--Reach Out I'll Be There
9
13
Association--Cherish
---
14
Beach Boys--Good Vibrations
33
15
Petula Clark--Who Am I?
39
16
Pozo-Seco Singers--I Can Make it With You
13
17
Left Banke--Walk Away Renee
17
18
Gary Lewis & the Playboys--(You Don't Have to) Paint Me a Picture
22
19
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs--The Hair on My Chinny Chin Chin
15
20
? & the Mysterians--96 Tears
12
21
Paul Revere & the Raiders--The Great Airplane Strike
19
22
Bobby Hebb--A Satisfied Mind
---
23
Lovin' Spoonful--Rain on the Roof
---
24
Fastest Group Alive--The Bears
16
25
Rolling Stones--Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
18
27
B.J. Thomas--Billy and Sue
23
28
Bobby Darin--If I Were a Carpenter
30
30
Roger Williams--Born Free
44
32
Don & the Goodtimes--You Were Just a Child
47
33
Don Ho--Tiny Bubbles
34
34
Carla Thomas--B-A-B-Y
24
36
Count Five--Psychotic Reaction
---
38
Standells--Why Pick on Me
27
39
Happenings--Go Away Little Girl
---
41
Claudine Longet--Meditation (Meditacao)
49
42
13th Floor Elevators--You're Gonna Miss Me
32
44
Brenda Lee--Coming on Strong
---
49
Turtles--Can I Get to Know You Better
---
50
Mamas & Papas--Look Through My Window
8
?
Beatles--Here, There and Everywhere
21
?
Hollies--Bus Stop
25
?
Sonny & Cher--Little Man
26
?
Rolling Stones--Out of Time
28
?
Supremes--You Can't Hurry Love
29
?
Neil Diamond--Cherry, Cherry
31
?
Lee Mallory--That's the Way It's Gonna Be
35
?
Cyrkle--Turn-Down Day
36
?
Nancy Ames--Cry Softly
37
?
Frank Sinatra--Summer Wind
---
?
New Vaudeville Band--Winchester Cathedral


This week is a problem, as either the survey did not appear in the newspaper or the page it was on was missed when the issue was put on microfilm.  I was able to reconstruct the majority of it from the “last week” column of the following week’s survey, but I don’t know this week’s position of the songs that are in their final week, plus I don’t know which songs dropped off from last week to this week and which will drop off from this week to next week.  I have made my best guesses as to the latter point.  Also, my notes show “Winchester Cathedral” debuting this week but with an “X” for the position, and at this point I don’t remember what that meant.

Peter & Gordon’s “Lady Godiva” rides briskly up the chart.  A high debut for “Good Vibrations.”

Bobby Hebb’s “Love Love Love” drops off, leaving “A Satisfied Mind” alone for its final weeks on the survey.

“The Bears” by the Fastest Group Alive was a kind of hippyish novelty record that Bubbled Under at Billboard at number 133, but will go all the way to number seven here.  Also doing significantly better in Seattle: the Standells’ “Why Pick on Me” (54BB, 12KJR), “Meditation” by Claudine Longet (98/27) and the Turtles’ “Can I Get to Know You Better” (89/37).