It’s 55 years and 11 months before Sadie is born and a mere 12 years and 5 months before Thomas is… let’s hear what September, 1964 sounded like.
Songs of the month
“A Hard Day’s Night” – Beatles
[new] “A Summer Song” – Chad Stuart And Jeremy Clyde
“Ain’t She Sweet” – Beatles
“And I Love Her” – Beatles
[new] “Baby I Need Your Loving” – Four Tops
“Because” – Dave Clark Five
“Bread And Butter” – Newbeats
“C’mon And Swim” – Bobby Freeman
“Clinging Vine” – Bobby Vinton
[new] “Clinging Vine” – Dean Martin
[new] “Dancing In The Street” – Martha And The Vandellas
[new] “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” – Manfred Mann
“Everybody Loves Somebody” – Dean Martin
[new] “From A Window” – Billy J. Kramer The Dakotas
[new] “Funny” – Joe Hinton
“G.T.O.” – Ronny And The Daytonas
[new] “Haunted House” – Gene Simmons
“How Do You Do It” – Gerry And The Pacemakers
[new] “I’m On The Outside” – Little Anthony And The Imperials
“In The Misty Moonlight” – Jerry Wallace
“It Hurts To Be In Love” – Gene Pitney
[new] “It’s All Over Now” – Rolling Stones
“Just Be True” – Gene Chandler
[new] “Last Kiss” – J. Frank Wilson
[new] “Let It Be Me” – Betty Everett And Jerry Butler
[new] “Matchbox” – Beatles
“Maybe I Know” – Lesley Gore
“Maybelline” – Johnny Rivers
[new] “Oh Pretty Woman” – Roy Orbison
[new] “Out Of Sight” – James Brown
“People Say” – Dixie Cups
[new] “Remember Walkin’ In The Sand” – Shangri-Las
[new] “Rhythm” – Major Lance
[new] “Save It For Me” – Four Seasons
“Selfish One” – Jackie Ross
“Such A Night” – Elvis Presley
“The House Of The Rising Sun” – Animals
“Under The Boardwalk” – Drifters
“Walk Don’t Run ’64” – Ventures
[new] “We’ll Sing In The Sunshine” – Gale Garnett
[new] “When I Grow Up” – Beach Boys
“Where Did Our Love Go” – Supremes
“Wishin’ And Hopin'” – Dusty Springfield
[new] “You Can Never Tell” – Chuck Berry
[new] “You Must Believe Me” – Impressions
[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 7th of September “The Daisy Ad”, a television commercial and one of the most controversial political advertisements in the history of American presidential campaigns, was aired for the first and last time. U.S. President Johnson had formally opened his campaign for election to a full term, and the one-minute spot appeared during a break from NBC’s showing of the 1951 film David and Bathsheba.
An in more, lighter, classic advertising on September 14 Pop-Tarts were introduced by the Kellogg company, as pre-cooked pastries that were designed to be warmed up in a toaster, starting with a test marketing in grocery stores in Cleveland, Ohio.
And in classic TV launches on the 19th Flipper”, a tv adventure series starring a dolphin and the family that has befriended him, began the first of three seasons on the NBC network. This was still being run in syndication when I was a boy in the ’80s.
And on the 26th “Gilligan’s Island”, a situation comedy starring Bob Denver as one of seven people marooned on a deserted island, made its debut on CBS in the states, and would remain in rotation to this day.
What’d Sadie think?
Three weeks atop the chart for the classic “The House Of The Rising Sun” by the Animals before new to the chart, “Oh Pretty Woman” by Roy Orbison storms up.
Loved ’em
- “Baby I Need Your Loving” – Four Tops
- “Dancing In The Street” – Martha And The Vandellas
- “It’s All Over Now” – Rolling Stones
- “Oh Pretty Woman” – Roy Orbison
- “Out Of Sight” – James Brown
- “You Can Never Tell” – Chuck Berry
Liked ’em
- “A Summer Song” – Chad Stuart And Jeremy Clyde
- “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” – Manfred Mann
- “From A Window” – Billy J. Kramer The Dakotas
- “Funny” – Joe Hinton
- “I’m On The Outside” – Little Anthony And The Imperials
- “In The Misty Moonlight” – Four Seasons
- “Last Kiss” – J. Frank Wilson
- “Let It Be Me” – Betty Everett And Jerry Butler
- “Matchbox” – Beatles
- “Remember Walkin’ In The Sand” – Shangri-Las
- “Rhythm” – Major Lance
- “Save It For Me” – Four Seasons
- “We’ll Sing In The Sunshine” – Gale Garnett
- “When I Grow Up” – Beach Boys
- “You Must Believe Me” – Impressions
Leave ’em
- “Haunted House” – Gene Simmons
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.