It’s starting to feel like Autumn here in 2024, just as it’s starting to feel like the ’60s are really here this month in our journey back in time…
Songs of the month
[new] “A Walk In The Black Forest” – Horst Jankowski
“Baby The Rain Must Fall” – Glenn Yarbrough
“Back In My Arms Again” – Supremes
[new] “Before And After” – Chad & Jeremy
[new] “Cara Mia” – Jay & The Americans
“Cast Your Fate To The Wind” – Sounds Orchestral
[new] “Catch The Wind” – Donovan
[new] “Concrete And Clay” – Unit Four Plus Two
“Count Me In” – Gary Lewis & The Playboys
“Crying In The Chapel” – Elvis Presley
“Do The Freddie” – Freddie & The Dreamers
“Engine Engine #9” – Roger Miller
[new] “For Your Love” – Yardbirds
[new] “Give Us Your Blessings” – Shangri-Las
“Help Me Rhonda” – Beach Boys
[new] “Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte” – Patti Page
“I Can’t Help Myself” – Four Tops
“I’ll Never Find Another You” – Seekers
[new] “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” – Otis Redding
“It’s Not Unusual” – Tom Jones
“Just A Little” – Beau Brummels
“Just Once In My Life” – Righteous Brothers
“Last Chance To Turn Around” – Gene Pitney
[new] “Laurie” – Dickey Lee
“Lonely” – Bobby Vinton
[new] “Mr. Tambourine Man” – Byrds
“Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter” – Herman’s Hermits
“Nothing Can Stop Me” – Gene Chandler
[new] “Oo Wee Baby I Love You” – Fred Hughes
“Queen Of The House” – Jody Miller
“Reelin’ And Rockin'” – Dave Clark Five
[new] “Satisfaction” – Rolling Stones
[new] “Seventh Son” – Johnny Rivers
[new] “Shakin’ All Over” – Guess Who
“She’s About A Mover” – Sir Douglas Quintet
“Silhouettes” – Herman’s Hermits
“Ticket To Ride” – Beatles
“True Love Ways” – Peter & Gordon
[new] “Voodoo Woman” – Bobby Goldsboro
[new] “What In The World’s Come Over You” – Jackie Deshannon
[new] “What The World Needs Now Is Love” – Jackie Deshannon
[new] “Wonderful World” – Herman’s Hermits
“Wooly Bully” – Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
[new] “Yes I’m Ready” – Barbara Mason
[new] “You Turn Me On” – Ian Whitcomb
“You Were Made For Me” – Freddie & The Dreamers
[new] “You Were Only Fooling” – Vic Damone
[new] = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
In “events from the past I’d have loved to attend” history, on the 11th Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Harry Fainlight, Gregory Corso, and Andrei Voznesensky were among the readers at the International Poetry Incarnation (billed as “Poets of the World, Poets of Our Time”).
Then the next day The Beatles were appointed Members of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. The honour was among the 1,800 nominations made by Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Since it was unusual for popular musicians to be appointed as MBEs, a number of previous recipients complained and protested: MP Hector Dupuis commented, “British royalty has put me on the same level as a bunch of vulgar numbskulls”. Ouch. Big respect to this AP story from the time, entitled “M.B.Eatles”.
And on the 30th, New York became the first state in the United States to require apartment building landlords to provide a peephole for all entrance doors for apartment units. The bill, prompted by an increase in crime and signed by Governor Nelson Rockefeller, gave landlords six months to make the necessary installation so that tenants could see outside without opening the door. No video on peepholes specifically, but some great footage of life in New York in 1965…
What’d Sadie think?
Just a week a piece at the top of the hit parade for “Help Me Rhonda” by the Beach Boys, “Back In My Arms Again” by the Supremes, “I Can’t Help Myself” by the Four Tops , and the chart newcomer “Mr. Tambourine Man” by the Byrds.
Loved ’em
It’s starting to sound like how I think of the ’60s with the likes of folk rock classics, “Mr. Tambourine Man” by the Byrds hitting the charts.
- “Catch The Wind” – Donovan
- “For Your Love” – Yardbirds
- “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” – Otis Redding
- “Mr. Tambourine Man” – Byrds
- “Satisfaction” – Rolling Stones
- “Shakin’ All Over” – Guess Who
- “What In The World’s Come Over You” – Jackie Deshannon
Liked ’em
- “A Walk In The Black Forest” – Horst Jankowski
- “Before And After” – Chad & Jeremy
- “Cara Mia” – Jay & The Americans
- “Concrete And Clay” – Unit Four Plus Two
- “Give Us Your Blessings” – Shangri-Las
- “Laurie” – Dickey Lee
- “Oo Wee Baby I Love You” – Fred Hughes
- “Seventh Son” – Johnny Rivers
- “Voodoo Woman” – Bobby Goldsboro
- “Wonderful World” – Herman’s Hermits
- “Yes I’m Ready” – Barbara Mason
- “You Turn Me On” – Ian Whitcomb
- “You Were Only Fooling” – Vic Damone
Leave ’em
- “Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte” – Patti Page
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.