And we’re back! We had to skip a week’s post due to my faithful macbook dying on me. As the script that generates the YouTube playlists runs on this machine we’re not much good without it. Probably a prompt for me to move it to the cloud!
If you want to listen to May, 1970 here’s the post with the playlist. Now onto June, 1970!
Songs of the month
- “Abc” – Jackson Five
- “American Woman” – Guess Who
- [new] “Ball Of Confusion” – Temptations
- [new] “Band Of Gold” – Freda Payne
- “Cecilia” – Simon & Garfunkel
- [new] “Check Out Your Mind” – Impressions
- “Come Saturday Morning” – Sandpipers
- “Daughter Of Darkness” – Tom Jones
- “Everything Is Beautiful” – Ray Stevens
- “For The Love Of Him” – Bobbi Martin
- “Get Ready” – Rare Earth
- [new] “Gimme Dat Ding” – Pipkins
- [new] “Hey Mr. Sun” – Bobby Sherman
- “Hitchin’ A Ride” – Vanity Fare
- [new] “It’s All In The Game” – Four Tops
- “Lay Down” – Melanie & Edwin Hawkins Singers
- “Let It Be” – Beatles
- [new] “Love Land” – Charles Wright & Watts 103Rd Street Rhythm B
- “Love On A Two Way Street” – Moments
- “Make Me Smile” – Chicago
- [new] “Mama Told Me Not To Come” – Three Dog Night
- [new] “Mississippi Queen” – Mountain
- “My Baby Loves Lovin’” – White Plains
- “Question” – Moody Blues
- “Reach Out And Touch” – Diana Ross
- “Reflections Of My Life” – Marmalade
- [new] “Ride Captain Ride” – Blues Image
- [new] “Song Of Joy” – Miguel Rios
- [new] “Spirit In The Sky” – Aretha Franklin & The Dixie Flyers
- “Spirit In The Sky” – Norman Greenbaum
- [new] “Sugar Sugar” – Wilson Pickett
- “The Letter” – Joe Cocker
- “The Long And Winding Road” – Beatles
- [new] “The Love You Save” – Jackson Five
- [new] “The Wonder Of You” – Elvis Presley
- “Turn Back The Hands Of Time” – Tyrone Davis
- “United We Stand” – Brotherhood Of Man
- “Up Around The Bend / Run Through The Jungle” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- “Vehicle” – Ides Of March
- “Which Way You Goin’ Billy” – Poppy Family
- “Woodstock” – Crosby Stills Nash & Young
[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 13th “The Long and Winding Road” became the Beatles’ 20th and final single to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. During their six-year recording career, the Beatles had averaged one #1 hit single every 3.7 months.
And on the 24th the first videodisc, the Television Electronic Disc (TeD), was demonstrated at a press conference in West Berlin by Teldec, a joint venture of the West German electronics manufacturer AEG Telefunken and Britain’s Decca Records. The 20 cm (7.9 in) flexible foil disc was capable of storing roughly five minutes of video programming, and would be upgraded to longer times by the time it went on sale on March 17, 1975.
Then on the 27th the first Gay Pride march in history took place in Chicago, where 150 participants listened to speeches at Washington Square, then proceeded down Chicago Avenue, Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street to arrive at the Chicago Civic Center.
What’d Sadie think?
A week at the top for”Everything Is Beautiful” by Ray Stevens then two for The Beatles with”The Long And Winding Road” before a chart topper from the Jackson Five with “The Love You Save”.
Loved ’em
- “Band Of Gold” – Freda Payne
- “Mama Told Me Not To Come” – Three Dog Night
- “Spirit In The Sky” – Aretha Franklin & The Dixie Flyers
- “The Love You Save” – Jackson Five
Liked ’em
- “Ball Of Confusion” – Temptations
- “Check Out Your Mind” – Impressions
- “Gimme Dat Ding” – Pipkins
- “Hey Mr. Sun” – Bobby Sherman
- “It’s All In The Game” – Four Tops
- “Lay Down” – Melanie With Edwin Hawkins Singers
- “Love Land” – Charles Wright & Watts 103Rd Street Rhythm B
- “Mississippi Queen” – Mountain
- “Ride Captain Ride” – Blues Image
- “Sugar Sugar” – Wilson Pickett
- “The Wonder Of You” – Elvis Presley
Leave ’em
- “Song Of Joy” – Miguel Rios
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.