A day late this week because the family were busying enjoying Halloween activities. Now that’s done lets jump back to September, 1963…
Songs of the month
[new] “A Walkin’ Miracle” – Essex
[new] “Be My Baby” – Ronettes
“Blowin’ In The Wind” – “Peter Paul And Mary”
“Blue Velvet” – Bobby Vinton
[new] “Bust Out” – Busters
[new] “Busted” – Ray Charles
“Candy Girl” – Four Seasons
[new] “Cry Baby” – Garnet Mimms
“Danke Schoen” – Wayne Newton
“Denise” – Randy And The Raindrops
“Fingertips” – Little Stevie Wonder
“Frankie And Johnny” – Sam Cooke
“Green Green” – New Christy Minstrels
[new] “Heat Wave” – Martha And The Vandellas
“Heatwave” – Martha And The Vandellas
“Hello Muddah Hello Faddah” – Allan Sherman
[new] “Hello Muddah Hellow Faddah” – Allan Sherman
“Hey Girl” – Freddie Scott
[new] “Hey There Lonely Boy” – Ruby And The Romantics
[new] “Honolulu Lulu” – Jan And Dean
[new] “I Can’t Stay Mad At You” – Skeeter Davis
“I Want To Stay Here” – Steve And Eydie
“If I Had A Hammer” – Trini Lopez
“Judy’s Turn To Cry” – Lesley Gore
[new] “Little Deuce Coupe” – Beach Boys
“Make The World Go Away” – Timi Yuro
[new] “Martian Hop” – Ran-Dells
[new] “Mickey’s Monkey” – Miracles
“Mockingbird” – Inez Foxx & Charlie Foxx
“More” – Kai Winding Orchestra
“My Boyfriend’s Back” – Angels
[new] “Only In America” – Jay And The Americans
“Painted Tainted Rose” – Al Martino
[new] “Part Time Love” – Little Johnny Taylor
[new] “Sally Go Round The Roses” – Jaynetts
[new] “Sugar Shack” – Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs
“Surfer Girl” – Beach Boys
[new] “The Kind Of Boy You Can’t Forget” – Raindrops
“The Monkey Time” – Major Lance
“Then He Kissed Me” – Crystals
“Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home” – Darlene Love
[new] “Wait Till My Bobby Gets Home” – Darlene Love
[new] “Wham” – Lonnie Mack
“Wipe Out” – Surfaris
[new] “Wonderful Wonderful” – Tymes
“You Can Never Stop Me Loving You” – Johnny Tillotson
[new] = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
On the 15th The Beatles and The Rolling Stones performed in the same show for the first and only time, appearing at a concert at Royal Albert Hall in London. No footage of that but some related footage of The Beatles performing below.
On the 16th the classic science fiction show, The Outer Limits, premiered on the ABC television network at 7:30 pm in the United States, beginning with the episode “The Galaxy Being”.
And in a good month for sci fi, on the 29th “My Favorite Martian”, an American television sitcom and science fiction fantasy starring Ray Walston and Bill Bixby, premiered..
Then in a space close to our day jobs, The Pantone Color Matching System, was introduced and would become the de facto international colour standard for printing companies around the world.
What’d Sadie think?
It’s “My Boyfriend’s Back” by the Angels and then “Blue Velvet” by Bobby Vinton that have the top for 2-weeks a piece this month.
Loved ’em
- “A Walkin’ Miracle” – Essex
- “Be My Baby” – Ronettes
- “Busted” – Ray Charles
- “Heat Wave” – Martha And The Vandellas
- “Little Deuce Coupe” – Beach Boys
- “The Kind Of Boy You Can’t Forget” – Raindrops
- “Wonderful Wonderful” – Tymes
Absolute song of the month is “Heat Wave” – composed by the hit-writing team of Holland–Dozier–Holland it was one of the first songs to exemplify the style of music later termed as the “Motown Sound”.
Liked ’em
- “Bust Out” – Busters
- “Cry Baby” – Garnet Mimms
- “Hey There Lonely Boy” – Ruby And The Romantics
- “Honolulu Lulu” – Jan And Dean
- “I Can’t Stay Mad At You” – Skeeter Davis
- “Mickey’s Monkey” – Miracles
- “Part Time Love” – Little Johnny Taylor
- “Sally Go Round The Roses” – Jaynetts
- “Sugar Shack” – Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs
- “Wait Till My Bobby Gets Home” – Darlene Love
- “Wham” – Lonnie Mack
Leave ’em
- “Martian Hop” – Ran-Dells
- “Only In America” – Jay And The Americans
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.