Let’s get straight to the music and hear the sounds of October, 1965…
Songs of the month
[new] “A Lover’s Concerto” – The Toys
[new] “A Taste Of Honey” – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
“Agent Oo Soul” – Edwin Starr
[new] “Ain’t That Peculiar” – Marvin Gaye
“Baby Don’t Go” – Sonny & Cher
[new] “But You’re Mine” – Sonny & Cher
“Catch Us If You Can” – Dave Clark Five
“Do You Believe In Magic” – Lovin’ Spoonful
“Eve Of Destruction” – Barry Mcguire
[new] “Everybody Loves A Clown” – Gary Lewis & The Playboys
[new] “Everyone’s Gone To The Moon” – Jonathan King
[new] “Get Off My Cloud” – Rolling Stones
“Hang On Sloopy” – Mccoys
“Heart Full Of Soul” – Yardbirds
“Help” – Beatles
[new] “Home Of The Brave” – Jody Miller
[new] “Hungry For Love” – San Remo Golden Strings
“I Got You Babe” – Sonny & Cher
[new] “I Knew You When” – Billy Joe Royal
[new] “I Want To” – Joe Tex
“I’ll Make All Your Dreams Come True” – Ronnie Dove
“I’m Yours” – Elvis Presley
“It Ain’t Me Babe” – Turtles
[new] “Just A Little Bit Better” – Herman’s Hermits
[new] “Just You” – Sonny & Cher
[new] “Keep On Dancing” – Gentrys
“Laugh At Me” – Sonny
[new] “Let’s Hang On” – Four Seasons
“Liar Liar” – Castaways
“Like A Rolling Stone” – Bob Dylan
[new] “Make Me Your Baby” – Barbara Lewis
[new] “Mohair Sam” – Charlie Rich
[new] “Not The Lovin’ Kind” – “Dino Desi & Billy”
[new] “Positively 4Th Street” – Bob Dylan
[new] “Rescue Me” – Fontella Bass
“Ride Away” – Roy Orbison
[new] “Say Something Funny” – Patty Duke
“Some Enchanted Evening” – Jay & The Americans
“The ‘in’ Crowd” – Ramsey Lewis
[new] “The ‘in’ Crowd” – Ramsey Lewis Trio
“Treat Her Right” – Roy Head
“Unchained Melody” – Righteous Brothers
“We Gotta Get Out Of This Place” – Animals
“With These Hands” – Tom Jones
[new] “Yesterday” – Beatles
“You Were On My Mind” – We Five
[new] “You’re The One” – Vogues
“You’ve Got Your Troubles” – Fortunes
[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 16th at Longshoreman’s Hall in San Francisco, “A Tribute to Dr. Strange”, described as “the first psychedelic rock concert”,was performed, with the groups Jefferson Airplane, The Marbles, and The Great Society performing.
The on the 19th “Die Ermittlung (The Investigation)”, a play by Peter Weiss about the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials, premiered simultaneously in 14 cities in both West Germany and East Germany, as well as in London. Weiss’s drama was seen that evening in East Berlin and West Berlin, as well as the West German cities of Cologne, Essen, and Munich, and the East German cities of Cottbus, Dresden, Gera, Leuna, London, Meiningen, Neustrelitz, Potsdam, and Weimar.
And in the USA on the 25th burglars in downtown Syracuse, New York used a 20-millimetre cannon to get into a vault at Brink’s Inc., blasting a large hole through steel walls 2 feet thick. According to police, the thieves used mattresses to muffle the sound of the weapon during the early morning hours, and made off with $400,000 in loot.
What’d Sadie think?
“Hang On Sloopy” by the Mccoys hangs on for one more week at the top before The Beatles hit “Yesterday” dominates for the next four weeks.
Loved ’em
Sadie is very good at picking out lyrics these days. This week she was most intrigued by, “why is he saying everyone has gone to the moon?”. I’m not sure if my explanation about how no one had gone to the moon yet and the space programme was that interesting to her though.
- “Get Off My Cloud” – Rolling Stones
- “Yesterday” – Beatles
- “Let’s Hang On” – Four Seasons
- “Everyone’s Gone To The Moon” – Jonathan King
- “Positively 4Th Street” – Bob Dylan
The biggest song of the month is the chart topping “Yesterday” which was so different from other works by the Beatles that the band members vetoed the song’s release as a single in the United Kingdom (fearing its style would damage their reputation) so it didn’t chart in their home country. Amusing anecdote,
The entire melody came to McCartney in a dream one night in his room at the Wimpole Street home of his then-girlfriend Jane Asher and her family. Upon waking, he hurried to a piano and played the tune to avoid forgetting it. Initially concerned though that he had subconsciously plagiarised someone else’s work, as he put it: “For about a month I went round to people in the music business and asked them whether they had ever heard it before. Eventually it became like handing something in to the police. I thought if no one claimed it after a few weeks then I could have it.”
Liked ’em
- “A Taste Of Honey” – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
- “Ain’t That Peculiar” – Marvin Gaye
- “But You’re Mine” – Sonny & Cher
- “Everybody Loves A Clown” – Gary Lewis & The Playboys
- “Home Of The Brave” – Jody Miller
- “Hungry For Love” – San Remo Golden Strings
- “I Knew You When” – Billy Joe Royal
- “Just A Little Bit Better” – Herman’s Hermits
- “Keep On Dancing” – Gentrys
- “Make Me Your Baby” – Barbara Lewis
- “Mohair Sam” – Charlie Rich
- “A Lover’s Concerto” – The Toys
- “Not The Lovin’ Kind” – “Dino Desi & Billy”
- “Rescue Me” – Fontella Bass
- “Say Something Funny” – Patty Duke
- “The ‘in’ Crowd” – Ramsey Lewis Trio
- “You’re The One” – Vogues
Leave ’em
- “Just You” – Sonny & Cher
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.