It’s 56 years and 2 months before Sadie is born and 12 years and 8 months before Thomas is… so let’s hear what June, 1964 sounds like!
Songs of the month
“A World Without Love” – Peter & Gordon
[new] “Bad To Me” – Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
[new] “Be Anything” – Connie Francis
[new] “Beans In My Ears” – Serendipity Singers
“Bits And Pieces” – Dave Clark Five
[new] “Can’t You See That She’s Mine” – Dave Clark Five
“Chapel Of Love” – Dixie Cups
“Cotton Candy” – Al Hirt
“Diane” – Bachelors
“Do You Love Me” – Dave Clark Five
[new] “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying” – Gerry And The Pacemakers
[new] “Don’t Throw Your Love Away” – Searchers
[new] “Don’t Worry Baby” – Beach Boys
“Every Little Bit Hurts” – Brenda Holloway
[new] “Good Times” – Sam Cooke
“Hello Dolly” – Louis Armstrong
“I Don’t Want To Hurt Anymore” – Nat King Cole
[new] “I Get Around” – Beach Boys
[new] “I’ll Touch A Star” – Terry Stafford
“I’m So Proud” – Impressions
“It’s Over” – Roy Orbison
“Little Children” – Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
“Love Me Do” – Beatles
“Love Me With All Your Heart” – Ray Charles Singers
[new] “Memphis” – Johnny Rivers
[new] “My Boy Lollipop” – Millie
“My Guy” – Mary Wells
[new] “No Particular Place To Go” – Chuck Berry
“Once Upon A Time” – Marvin Gaye And Mary Wells
“P.S. I Love You” – Beatles
“People” – Barbra Streisand
[new] “Rag Doll” – Four Seasons
“Romeo And Juliet” – Reflections
[new] “Tears And Roses” – Al Martino
“Tell Me Why” – Bobby Vinton
[new] “The Girl From Ipanema” – Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
[new] “Three Window Coupe” – Rip Chords
“Today” – New Christy Minstrels
[new] “Try It Baby” – Marvin Gaye
[new] “Viva Las Vegas” – Elvis Presley
“Walk On By” – Dionne Warwick
“What’d I Say” – Elvis Presley
[new] “What’s The Matter With You Baby” – Marving Gaye And Mary Wells
[new] “Yesterday’s Gone” – Chad Stewart And Jeremy Clyde
[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 4th the Beatles began their first, and only, world concert tour starting with a performance at the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, and a second concert two days later at a concert hall in the village of Blokker, Netherlands, followed by visits to Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand. Because drummer Ringo Starr was hospitalized for acute tonsillitis, Jimmie Nicol took his place for the first eight shows on the tour. Here’s a video of The Beatles arriving in NZ on that leg of the tour…
And in a continuation of the British Invasion, the Rolling Stones were introduced to the American public in a pre-recorded segment of the ABC television show The Hollywood Palace. Although they had been flown to Los Angeles for the taping and played three songs, the only part that was televised was a 45-second segment of “I Just Want to Make Love to You” and host Dean Martin made derogatory remarks about the Stones, including “Their hair is not long. It’s just smaller foreheads and higher eyebrows.” Someone feeling increasingly irrelevant perhaps?
And in weightier news, on the 12th Nelson Mandela and seven co-defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment in the infamous Rivonia Trials. Goldberg would be sent to Pretoria, while Mandela and the other black defendants went to the Robben Island prison. Mandela wouldn’t be released until 1990.
What’d Sadie think?
Three weeks at number 1 for “Chapel Of Love” by the Dixie Cups and then a week for Peter & Gordon’s “A World Without Love”.
Loved ’em
- “Bad To Me” – Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
- “Can’t You See That She’s Mine” – Dave Clark Five
- “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying” – Gerry And The Pacemakers
- “Don’t Throw Your Love Away” – Searchers
- “Don’t Worry Baby” – Beach Boys
- “Good Times” – Sam Cooke
- “I Get Around” – Beach Boys
- “My Boy Lollipop” – Millie
- “The Girl From Ipanema” – Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
- “Viva Las Vegas” – Elvis Presley
- “What’s The Matter With You Baby” – Marving Gaye And Mary Wells
Liked ’em
- “Be Anything” – Connie Francis
- “I’ll Touch A Star” – Terry Stafford
- “No Particular Place To Go” – Chuck Berry
- “Tears And Roses” – Al Martino
- “Three Window Coupe” – Rip Chords
- “Try It Baby” – Marvin Gaye
Leave ’em
- “Beans In My Ears” – Serendipity Singers
- “Yesterday’s Gone” – Chad Stewart And Jeremy Clyde
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.