It’s 55 years and 10 months before Sadie is born and 12 years and 4 months before Thomas is… let’s hear what October, 1964 sounds like!
Songs of the month
“A Hard Day’s Night” – Beatles
“A Summer Song” – Chad Stuart And Jeremy Clyde
[new] “Ain’t That Loving You Baby” – Elvis Presley
[new] “Baby Don’t You Do It” – Marvin Gaye
“Baby I Need Your Loving” – Four Tops
[new] “Baby Love” – Supremes
“Bread And Butter” – Newbeats
[new] “Chug-A-Lug” – Roger Miller
[new] “Come A Little Bit Closer” – Jay And The Americans
“Dancing In The Street” – Martha And The Vandellas
“Do Wah Diddy Diddy” – Manfred Mann
[new] “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” – Manfredmann
[new] “Everybody Knows” – Dave Clark Five
“Everybody Loves Somebody” – Dean Martin
[new] “From A Window” – Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
“Funny” – Joe Hinton
“G.T.O.” – Ronny And The Daytonas
[new] “Girl” – Temptations
“Haunted House” – Gene Simmons
[new] “Have I The Right” – Honeycombs
[new] “I Don’t Want To See You Again” – Peter & Gordon
[new] “I Like It” – Gerry And The Pacemakers
[new] “I’m Crying” – Animals
“I’m On The Outside” – Little Anthony And The Imperials
[new] “I’m Standing On The Outside” – Little Anthony And The Imperials
[new] “Is It True” – Brenda Lee
“It Hurts To Be In Love” – Gene Pitney
“Last Kiss” – J. Frank Wilson
[new] “Leader Of The Pack” – Shangri-Las
“Let It Be Me” – Betty Everett And Jerry Butler
[new] “Little Honda” – Hondells
“Matchbox” – Beatles
“Maybelline” – Johnny Rivers
“Oh Pretty Woman” – Roy Orbison
[new] “On The Street Where You Live” – Andy Williams
“Out Of Sight” – James Brown
“Remember Walkin’ In The Sand” – Shangri-Las
“Rhythm” – Major Lance
[new] “Ride The Wild Surf” – Jan & Dean
“Save It For Me” – Four Seasons
[new] “Slow Down” – Beatles
[new] “Softly As I Leave You” – Frank Sinatra
[new] “The Door Is Still Open To My Heart” – Dean Martin
“The House Of The Rising Sun” – Animals
[new] “Tobacco Road” – Nashville Teens
“We’ll Sing In The Sunshine” – Gale Garnett
“When I Grow Up” – Beach Boys
“When I Grow Up” – Beach Boys
“Where Did Our Love Go” – Supremes
“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 “See How They Run” was broadcast on the NBC television network as the first “made-for-television movie”, a feature-length motion picture designed to accommodate commercial breaks in its two hours. NBC ads in American newspapers announced it with the phrase “First Time on any Screen Anywhere!” and celebrated the “world premiere” of the suspense thriller. Critics praised the “experiment” as a solution for the shortage of good quality motion pictures available for TV, though one noted, “You can call it a movie if you wish. A more accurate description, despite the sumptuous and expensive production, might be that it was really more or less a two-hour television show.”
On the 20th, the new Soviet government announced, by way of the official newspaper “Izvestia”, its approval of an experimental profit-based economic system that had been recommended by economist Yevsei Liberman of Kharkov State University. On September 20, Liberman had noted in the Communist Party newspaper Pravda that two textile factories had increased productivity by allowing factory managers to depart from government-mandated production quotas and had relied instead on direct communication from retail stores and distributors concerning consumer need. The beginning of the end…
On the 25th The Rolling Stones made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. While the studio audience was enthusiastic, television viewers had a different reaction. Unlike The Beatles, who had appeared in February dressed in jackets and ties, Mick Jagger wore a sweatshirt, prompting the show’s producers to tell the Stones’ manager later, “We were deluged with mail protesting the untidy appearance—clothes and hair of your Rolling Stones. Before even discussing the possibility of a contract, I would like to learn from you, whether your young men have reformed in the matter of dress and shampoo.”
What’d Sadie think?
Two weeks at the top for “Oh Pretty Woman” by Roy Orbison, then two weeks for “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” by Manfred Mann before newcomer “Baby Love” – Supremes takes it for the last week.
Loved ’em
- “Baby Love” – Supremes
- “Come A Little Bit Closer” – Jay And The Americans
- “Girl” – Temptations
- “Have I The Right” – Honeycombs
- “Leader Of The Pack” – Shangri-Las
Liked ’em
- “Baby Don’t You Do It” – Marvin Gaye
- “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” – Manfredmann
- “From A Window” – Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
- “I Don’t Want To See You Again” – Peter & Gordon
- “I Like It” – Gerry And The Pacemakers
- “I’m Crying” – Animals
- “I’m Standing On The Outside” – Little Anthony And The Imperials
- “Is It True” – Brenda Lee
- “Little Honda” – Hondells
- “On The Street Where You Live” – Andy Williams
- “Ride The Wild Surf” – Jan & Dean
- “Slow Down” – Beatles
- “Softly As I Leave You” – Frank Sinatra
- “The Door Is Still Open To My Heart” – Dean Martin
- “Tobacco Road” – Nashville Teens
Leave ’em
- “Chug-A-Lug” – Roger Miller
- “Everybody Knows” – Dave Clark Five
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.