It’s 57 years and 10 months before Sadie is born and 14 years and 4 months before Thomas is. We skipped a post due to a busy week so lets just dive straight into what October, 1962 sounded like…
Songs of the month
“A Wonderful Dream” – Majors
[new] “All Alone Am I” – Brenda Lee
“Alley Cat” – Bent Fabric
“Beechwood 4-5789” – Marvelettes
[new] “Big Girls Don’t Cry” – Four Seasons
[new] “Close To Cathy” – Mike Clifford
“Do You Love Me” – Contours
[new] “Don’t Go Near The Indians” – Rex Allen
[new] “Gina” – Johnny Mathis
“Green Onions” –
[new] “He’s A Rebel” – Crystals
“Hully Gully Baby” – Dovells
[new] “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” – Tony Bennett
“I Remember You” – Frank Ifield
“If I Had A Hammer” – “Peter Paul And Mary”
“It Might As Well Rain Until September” – Carole King
[new] “James” – Sue Thompson
[new] “King Of The Whole Wide World” – Elvis Presley
“Let’s Dance” – Chris Montez
“Lie To Me” – Brook Benton
[new] “Limbo Rock” – Chubby Checker
[new] “Little Black Book” – Jimmy Dean
“Monster Mash” – Bobby Boris Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers
[new] “Next Door To An Angel” – Neil Sedaka
[new] “Nothing Can Change This Love” – Sam Cooke
“Only Love Can Break A Heart” – Gene Pitney
“Patches” – Dickey Lee
[new] “Popeye The Hitchiker” – Chubby Checker
“Punish Her” – Bobby Vee
“Rain Rain Go Away” – Bobby Vinton
“Ramblin’ Rose” – Nat King Cole
[new] “Return To Sender” – Elvis Presley
“Sheila” – Tommy Roe
“Sherry” – Four Seasons
“Surfin’ Safari” – Beach Boys
“Teenage Idol” – Rick Nelson
[new] “The Cha-Cha-Cha” – Bobby Rydell
“The Locomotion” – Little Eva
[new] “Torture” – Kris Jensen
“Venus In Blue Jeans” – Jimmy Clanton
[new] “Warmed Over Kisses” – Brian Hyland
[new] “What Kind Of Fool Am I” – Sammy Davis Jr.
“What Kind Of Love Is This” – Joey Dee And The Starliters
“You Beat Me To The Punch” – Mary Wells
“You Belong To Me” – Duprees
[new] = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
On October 5th “Dr. No”, the first James Bond film, premiered in UK cinemas.
On the 13th Edward Albee’s first full-length play, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” opened on Broadway.
On October 28th the Cuban Missile Crisis, which for the past month had threatened to spark a nuclear war, came to an end when Radio Moscow broadcast the text of the message from Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev to U.S. President John F. Kennedy. “Dear Mr. President,” Khrushchev’s letter began, “I have received your message of October 27. I express my satisfaction and thank you for the sense of proportion you have displayed and for realization of the responsibility which now devolves on you for the preservation of the peace of the world”
What’d Sadie think?
Two weeks at the top for “Sherry” by the Four Seasons followed by two for my childhood favourite, “Monster Mash” by Bobby Boris Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers.
Loved ’em
Some real classics this week!
- “Big Girls Don’t Cry” – Four Seasons
- “He’s A Rebel” – Crystals
- “Limbo Rock” – Chubby Checker
- “Next Door To An Angel” – Neil Sedaka
- “Return To Sender” – Elvis Presley
Liked ’em
- “All Alone Am I” – Brenda Lee
- “Close To Cathy” – Mike Clifford
- “Gina” – Johnny Mathis
- “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” – Tony Bennett
- “King Of The Whole Wide World” – Elvis Presley
- “Little Black Book” – Jimmy Dean
- “Nothing Can Change This Love” – Sam Cooke
- “Popeye The Hitchiker” – Chubby Checker
- “What Kind Of Fool Am I” – Sammy Davis Jr.
Leave ’em
“Don’t Go Near The Indians” was slightly less problematic than the title indicated when I got into the lyrics in one sense, but more so in another sense? Make up your own mind!
- “Don’t Go Near The Indians” – Rex Allen
- “James” – Sue Thompson
- “The Cha-Cha-Cha” – Bobby Rydell
- “Torture” – Kris Jensen
- “Warmed Over Kisses” – Brian Hyland
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.