And here we are at the end of another year in our journey, December 1965!
Songs of the month
“A Lover’s Concerto” – Toys
“A Taste Of Honey” – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
[new] “A Time To Love A Time To Cry” – Lou Johnson
“Ain’t That Peculiar” – Marvin Gaye
[new] “All Or Nothing” – Patti Labelle & The Blue Belles
[new] “As Tears Go By” – Rolling Stones
[new] “Broomstick Cowboy” – Bobby Goldsboro
[new] “C.C. Rider” – Bobby Powell
[new] “Don’t Fight It” – Wilson Pickett
[new] “Don’t Think Twice” – Wonder Who
[new] “Ebb Tide” – Righteous Brothers
“England Swings” – Roger Miller
[new] “Everybody Do The Sloopy” – Johnny Thunder
[new] “Fever” – Mccoys
[new] “Five O’clock World” – Vogues
[new] “Flowers On The Wall” – Statler Brothers
“Get Off My Cloud” – Rolling Stones
[new] “Go Away From My World” – Marianne Faithfull
[new] “Going To A Go-Go” – Miracles
[new] “Hang On Sloopy” – Ramsey Lewis
“Hang On Sloopy” – Ramsey Lewis Trio
[new] “Here It Comes Again” – Fortunes
“I Can Never Go Home Anymore” – Shangri-Las
[new] “I Can’t Go Home Anymore” – Shangri-Las
“I Got You (I Feel Good)” – James Brown
“I Hear A Symphony” – Supremes
“I Will” – Dean Martin
“I’m A Man” – Yardbirds
[new] “If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody” – Maxine Brown
[new] “It Was A Very Good Year” – Frank Sinatra
[new] “It’s Good News Week” – Hedgehoppers Anonymous
[new] “It’s My Life” – Animals
[new] “Jenny Take A Ride” – Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
[new] “Just One More Day” – Otis Redding
[new] “Kiss Away” – Ronnie Dove
“Let Me Be” – Turtles
“Let’s Hang On” – Four Seasons
[new] “Little Boy” – Four Seasons
[new] “Love Bug” – Jack Jones
[new] “Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things” – Martha & The Vandellas
“Make It Easy On Yourself” – Walker Brothers
“Make The World Go Away” – Eddy Arnold
“May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose” – Jimmy Dickens
[new] “Michael” – C.O.D.S
[new] “Mother Nature Father Time” – Brook Benton
“My Baby” – Temptations
“My Girl Has Gone” – Miracles
[new] “My Love” – Petula Clark
[new] “One Has My Name” – Barry Young
[new] “Our World” – Johnny Tillotson
“Over And Over” – Dave Clark Five
[new] “Please Don’t Fight It” – “Dino Desi & Billy”
[new] “Puppet On A String” – Elvis Presley
[new] “Recovery” – Fontella Bass
“Rescue Me” – Fontella Bass
“Run Baby Run” – Newbeats
[new] “Second Hand Rose” – Barbra Streisand
“Something About You” – Four Tops
[new] “Sunday And Me” – Jay & The Americans
[new] “The Little Girl I Once Knew” – Beach Boys
[new] “The Men In My Little Girl’s Life” – Mike Douglas
[new] “The Sounds Of Silence” – Simon & Garfunkel
[new] “Tijuana Taxi” – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
[new] “Try Me” – James Brown
“Turn Turn Turn” – Byrds
[new] “Under Your Spell Again” – Johnny Rivers
[new] “You Didn’t Have To Be So Nice” – Lovin’ Spoonful
“You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” – Silkie
[new] “Zorba The Greek” – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
[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, cult hippie band, “The Grateful Dead” played their first show under their new name, after originally billing themselves as “The Warlocks”, as promoter Ken Kesey held the second Acid Test concert. The event took place in San Jose, California, after a Rolling Stones show nearby.
“A Charlie Brown Christmas”, the first Peanuts television special, debuted on CBS in the USA on the 9th, and would become an Christmas annual tradition, still screening to this day.
Then on the 20th “The Dating Game”, made its debut, on the ABC in the USA. The cassic show’s format presented “two girls with a choice of ‘mystery’ bachelors from whom to pick a date for a night on the town. Although introduced to the home audience, the three ‘possibilities’ are unseen by the lass in question, and are chosen – or eliminated – by a series of questions.” Love these flower power credits!
What’d Sadie think?
It’s three weeks at number 1 for “Turn Turn Turn” by the Byrds before a week for “Over And Over” by the Dave Clark Five.
And wow…a bumper list of new songs on the charts. Not a Christmas song amongst them, but clearly a lot of new music released for the season.
Loved ’em
Maybe quantity over quality this month, but still some great classics. Particularly a fan of Frank Sinatra’s “It Was a Very Good Year”.
- “A Time To Love A Time To Cry” – Lou Johnson
- “Flowers On The Wall” – Statler Brothers
- “It Was A Very Good Year” – Frank Sinatra
- “It’s My Life” – Animals
- “Just One More Day” – Otis Redding
- “The Men In My Little Girl’s Life” – Mike Douglas
- “The Sounds Of Silence” – Simon & Garfunkel
And then of course there’s Simon & Garfunkel’s classic , “The Sound of Silence” which the former wrote when he was 21 years old, later explaining that the song was written in his bathroom, where he turned off the lights to better concentrate. “The main thing about playing the guitar, though, was that I was able to sit by myself and play and dream. And I was always happy doing that. I used to go off in the bathroom, because the bathroom had tiles, so it was a slight echo chamber. I’d turn on the faucet so that water would run (I like that sound, it’s very soothing to me) and I’d play. In the dark. ‘Hello darkness, my old friend / I’ve come to talk with you again.'”
Liked ’em
- “All Or Nothing” – Patti Labelle & The Blue Belles
- “As Tears Go By” – Rolling Stones
- “Broomstick Cowboy” – Bobby Goldsboro
- “C.C. Rider” – Bobby Powell
- “Don’t Fight It” – Wilson Pickett
- “Ebb Tide” – Righteous Brothers
- “Fever” – Mccoys
- “Five O’clock World” – Vogues
- “Go Away From My World” – Marianne Faithfull
- “Going To A Go-Go” – Miracles
- “Hang On Sloopy” – Ramsey Lewis
- “Here It Comes Again” – Fortunes
- “I Can’t Go Home Anymore” – Shangri-Las
- “If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody” – Maxine Brown
- “It’s Good News Week” – Hedgehoppers Anonymous
- “Jenny Take A Ride” – Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
- “Kiss Away” – Ronnie Dove
- “Little Boy” – Four Seasons
- “Love Bug” – Jack Jones
- “Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things” – Martha & The Vandellas
- “Michael” – C.O.D.S
- “Mother Nature Father Time” – Brook Benton
- “My Love” – Petula Clark
- “One Has My Name” – Barry Young
- “Our World” – Johnny Tillotson
- “Please Don’t Fight It” – “Dino Desi & Billy”
- “Puppet On A String” – Elvis Presley
- “Recovery” – Fontella Bass
- “Second Hand Rose” – Barbra Streisand
- “Sunday And Me” – Jay & The Americans
- “The Little Girl I Once Knew” – Beach Boys
- “Tijuana Taxi” – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
- “Try Me” – James Brown
- “Under Your Spell Again” – Johnny Rivers
- “You Didn’t Have To Be So Nice” – Lovin’ Spoonful
- “Zorba The Greek” – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Leave ’em
- “Don’t Think Twice” – Wonder Who
- “Everybody Do The Sloopy” – Johnny Thunder
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.