A new feature this month for the intro. Given the primary audience for this whole thing is Sadie, some handy (auto-generated) math for if she ever comes back and reads these later in life…
It’s 59 years and 5 months before Sadie is born and 15 years and 11 months before Thomas is.
Now let’s go back there and listen to March, 1961…
Songs of the month
“All In My Mind” – Maxine Brown
“Angel On My Shoulder” – Shelby Flint
[new] “Apache” – Jorge Ingmann
“Apache” – Jorgen Ingmann
[new] “Asia Minor” – Kokomo
[new] “Baby Blue” – Echoes
“Baby Sittin’ Boogie” – Buzz Clifford
[new] “Blue Moon” – Marcels
[new] “But I Do” – Clarence Frogman Henry
“Calcutta” – Lawrence Welk
“Calendar Girl” – Neil Sedaka
“Dedicated To The One I Love” – Shirelles
“Don’t Worry” – Marty Robbins
“Ebony Eyes” – Everly Brothers
“Emotions” – Brenda Lee
“Exodus” – Ferrante & Teicher
[new] “For My Baby” – Brook Benton
“Gee Whiz” – Carla Thomas
“Good Time Baby” – Bobby Rydell
[new] “Happy Birthday Blues” – Kathy Young & The Innocents
[new] “Hearts Of Stone” – Bill Black’s Combo
[new] “Lazy River” – Bobby Darin
“Little Boy Sad” – Johnny Burnette
[new] “Model Girl” – Johnny Maestro
[new] “On The Rebound” – Floyd Cramer
[new] “Please Love Me Forever” – Cathy Jean & The Roommates
“Pony Time” – Chubby Checker
[new] “Ram-Bunk-Shush” – Ventures
[new] “Runaway” – Del Shannon
“Shop Around” – Miracles
“Spanish Harlem” – Ben E. King
“Surrender” – Elvis Presley
[new] “Take Good Care Of Her” – Adam Wade
[new] “The Watusi” – Vibrations
“There’s A Moon Out Tonight” – Capris
“Think Twice” – Brook Benton
[new] “Utopia” – Frankie Gari
“Walk Right Back” – Everly Brothers
“What A Price” – Fats Domino
[new] “Wheels” – Billy Vaughn Orchestra
“Wheels” – String-A-Longs
“Where The Boys Are” – Connie Francis
“Will You Love Me Tomorrow” – Shirelles
“Wings Of A Dove” – Ferlin Husky
“You Can Have Her” – Roy Hamilton
[new] “You’re Sixteen” – Johnny Burnette
[new] = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
Mon March 5th at a press conference at Andrews Air Force Base, spokesmen for the U.S. Air Force Research and Development command announced that they had developed an atomic clock “so accurate that its biggest error would not exceed one second in 1271 years”, and, at 62 pounds (28 kg), light enough that it could be used on aircraft in place of the existing system of crystal oscillators. Conventional atomic clock units, though more accurate, weighed over 600 pounds (270 kg) and were impractical for flight. A decade later atomic clocks were used on planes in the Hafele-Keating experiment to prove one of Einsteins’ theories.
Speaking of nuclear and 1961, here’s a peak into 1961 via a UK Civil Defence Corps training film.
On March 11 “Ken”, a doll to accompany the popular Barbie that had been brought out by the Mattel toy company introduced on March 9, 1959, was introduced at the annual American International Toy Fair in New York City. Here’s the launch advert…
Then on the 16th “The Absent-Minded Professor”, a Disney comedy science fiction film starring Fred MacMurray, was released in the USA and became one of the most popular movies of the year.
What’d Sadie think?
It’s two weeks at number one for “Pony Time” by Chubby Checker then two for “Surrender” by Elvis Presley.
Loved ’em
Sadie is really starting to listen and sing-a-long to songs. Exemplified by the first loved ’em song this week “Model Girl” by Johnny Maestro. “You’re my model girl” was sung along to as, “you’re my mumma girl!”… undoubtedly in part because her mother was away for the weekend and she was missing her terribly. Too cute.
- “Model Girl” – Johnny Maestro
- “Blue Moon” – Marcels
- “But I Do” – Clarence Frogman Henry
- “Runaway” – Del Shannon
- “The Watusi” – Vibrations
- “You’re Sixteen” – Johnny Burnette
Liked ’em
- “Apache” – Jorge Ingmann
- “Asia Minor” – Kokomo
- “Baby Blue” – Echoes
- “For My Baby” – Brook Benton
- “Happy Birthday Blues” – Kathy Young & The Innocents
- “Hearts Of Stone” – Bill Black’s Combo
- “Lazy River” – Bobby Darin
- “On The Rebound” – Floyd Cramer
- “Ram-Bunk-Shush” – Ventures
- “Utopia” – Frankie Gari
- “Wheels” – Billy Vaughn Orchestra
Leave ’em
- “Please Love Me Forever” – Cathy Jean & The Roommates
- “Take Good Care Of Her” – Adam Wade
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.