Ok, so we said Beatlemania was here last week…but wait till you see this month’s charts!
Songs of the month
“A Fool Never Learns” – Andy Williams
[new] “Abigal Beecher” – Freddy Cannon
“Anyone Who Had A Heart” – Dionne Warwick
“As Usual” – Brenda Lee
“Baby I Love You” – Ronettes
[new] “California Sun” – Rivieras
“Daisy Petal Pickin'” – Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs
[new] “Dawn” – Four Seasons
“Dominique” – Singing Nun
“Drag City” – Jan And Dean
“For You” – Rick Nelson
“Forget Him” – Bobby Rydell
[new] “Fun Fun Fun” – Beach Boys
[new] “Good News” – Sam Cooke
“Hey Little Cobra” – Rip Cords
“Hooka Tooka” – Chubby Checker
[new] “I Love You More And More Every Day” – Al Martino
[new] “I Only Want To Be With You” – Dusty Springfield
[new] “I Saw Her Standing There” – Beatles
“I Want To Hold Your Hand” – Beatles
[new] “It’s All In The Game” – Cliff Richard
[new] “Java” – Al Hirt
[new] “Letter From Sherry” – Dale Ward
“Louie Louie” – Kingsmen
“Midnight Mary” – Joey Powers
[new] “Navy Blue” – Diane Renay
[new] “Oh Baby Don’t You Weep” – James Brown
“Out Of Limits” – Marketts
[new] “Penetration” – Pyramids
[new] “Please Please Me” – Beatles
“Popsicles And Icicles” – Murmaids
[new] “See The Funny Little Clown” – Bobby Goldsboro
[new] “She Loves You” – Beatles
[new] “Shelter Of Your Arms” – Sammy Davis Jr.
“Since I Fell For You” – Lenny Welch
“Somewhere” – Tymes
[new] “Southtown Usa” – Dixiebelles
[new] “Stop And Think It Over” – Dale And Grace
“Surfin’ Bird” – Trashmen
“Talking About My Baby” – Impressions
“The Nitty Gritty” – Shirley Ellis
[new] “The Shelter Of Your Arms” – Sammy Davis Jr.
“There I’ve Said It Again” – Bobby Vinton
“Um Um Um Um Um Um” – Major Lance
[new] “What Kind Of Fool” – Tams
[new] “What’s Easy For Two Is So Hard For One” – Mary Wells
“When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes” – Supremes
“Whispering” – Nino Tempo And April Stevens
[new] “Who Do You Love” – Sapphires
“You Don’t Own Me” – Lesley Gore
[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 the governments of the United Kingdom and France made simultaneous announcements in London and Paris that they had reached an agreement for construction of the first railway tunnel underneath the English Channel. The original plan for the proposed Channel Tunnel (which would open 30 years later, in 1994) was for a 33-mile-long (53 km) railroad tunnel running from Dover to Sangatte. It was apparently immediately nicknamed, “The Chunnel”.
Across the Atlantic, the very next day, The Beatles arrived from England at New York City’s JFK International Airport on Pan American Airlines Flight 101 from London, and received a tumultuous reception from a throng of screaming fans, marking the first occurrence of “Beatlemania” in the United States.
On the 9th The Beatles then appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, marking their first live performance on American television. According to an AP report, “The 721 members of the audience — mostly young girls — kept up a steady stream of squeals, sighs and yells.”
What’d Sadie think?
And here we have it – Beatlemania has truly arrived, with 4 weeks at number 1 for “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and 4 songs on the charts.
Loved ’em
- “Good News” – Sam Cooke
- “I Only Want To Be With You” – Dusty Springfield
- “I Saw Her Standing There” – Beatles
- “Please Please Me” – Beatles
- “She Loves You” – Beatles
Liked ’em
- “California Sun” – Rivieras
- “Dawn” – Four Seasons
- “Fun Fun Fun” – Beach Boys
- “It’s All In The Game” – Cliff Richard
- “Java” – Al Hirt
- “Navy Blue” – Diane Renay
- “Oh Baby Don’t You Weep” – James Brown
- “See The Funny Little Clown” – Bobby Goldsboro
- “Shelter Of Your Arms” – Sammy Davis Jr.
- “Southtown Usa” – Dixiebelles
- “What Kind Of Fool” – Tams
- “What’s Easy For Two Is So Hard For One” – Mary Wells
Leave ’em
- “I Love You More And More Every Day” – Al Martino
- “Letter From Sherry” – Dale Ward
- “Penetration” – Pyramids
- “Stop And Think It Over” – Dale And Grace
- “Who Do You Love” – Sapphiress
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.