It’s 55 years and 3 months before Sadie is born and 11 years and 9 months before Thomas is…let’s hear what May, 1965 sounds like!
Songs of the month
[new] “Baby The Rain Must Fall” – Glenn Yarbrough
[new] “Back In My Arms Again” – Supremes
“Bumble Bee” – Searchers
“Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat” – Herman’s Hermits
“Cast Your Fate To The Wind” – Sounds Orchestral
“Count Me In” – Gary Lewis & The Playboys
[new] “Crying In The Chapel” – Elvis Presley
[new] “Do The Freddie” – Freddie & The Dreamers
[new] “Dream On Little Dreamer” – Perry Como
[new] “Engine Engine #9” – Roger Miller
“Game Of Love” – Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
“Go Now” – Moody Blues
“Got To Get You Off My Mind” – Solomon Burke
[new] “Help Me Rhonda” – Beach Boys
[new] “I Can’t Help Myself” – Four Tops
[new] “I Do Love You” – Billy Stewart
“I Know A Place” – Petula Clark
“I’ll Be Doggone” – Marvin Gaye
“I’ll Never Find Another You” – Seekers
“I’m Telling You Now” – Freddie & The Dreamers
[new] “Iko Iko” – Dixie Cups
[new] “It’s Gonna Be Alright” – Gerry & The Pacemakers
“It’s Growing” – Temptations
[new] “It’s Not Unusual” – Tom Jones
[new] “Just A Little” – Beau Brummels
“Just Once In My Life” – Righteous Brothers
“Land Of 1000 Dances” – Cannibal & The Headhunters
[new] “Last Chance To Turn Around” – Gene Pitney
[new] “Lonely” – Bobby Vinton
“Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter” – Herman’s Hermits
[new] “Nothing Can Stop Me” – Gene Chandler
“Nowhere To Run” – Martha & The Vandellas
“One Kiss For Old Time’s Sake” – Ronnie Dove
“Ooo Baby Baby” – Miracles
[new] “Queen Of The House” – Jody Miller
[new] “Reelin’ And Rockin'” – Dave Clark Five
[new] “She’s About A Mover” – Sir Douglas Quintet
“Shotgun” – Junior Walker & The All Stars
“Silhouettes” – Herman’s Hermits
“Stop In The Name Of Love” – Supremes
“The Clapping Song” – Shirley Ellis
“The Last Time” – Rolling Stones
“The Race Is On” – Jack Jones
[new] “Ticket To Ride” – Beatles
“Tired Of Waiting For You” – Kinks
[new] “True Love Ways” – Peter & Gordon
[new] “We’re Gonna Make It” – Little Milton
[new] “Woman’s Got Soul” – Impressions
[new] “Wooly Bully” – Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
[new] “You Were Made For Me” – Freddie & The Dreamers
[new] = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
On May 10th Warren Buffett, still a fairly obscure investor from Omaha, Nebraska and a recent millionaire, completed three years of purchasing stock in the Berkshire Hathaway Company, a financially ailing textile manufacturer, achieved a controlling interest, and fired the former president, Seabury Stanton. He would make this the lynchpin of an empire that would make him one of the richest people in the world.
On May 22nd the new sport of skateboarding received its first wide recognition as the first “Annual National Skateboard Championships” were conducted, in Anaheim, California.
And on the 24th the United Kingdom officially adopted the metric system of weights and measures, to be phased in over a ten-year period. Douglas Jay, the President of the Board of Trade, made the announcement to the press, and said that it would aid British companies trading with the rest of Europe. It seemed to actually take the full decade as this video from the English high street in 1973 shows…
What’d Sadie think?
Three weeks at the top for a personal fave, “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter” by Herman’s Hermits before two classics get a week each – “Ticket To Ride” by the Beatles then “Help Me Rhonda” by the Beach Boys. Only a song like that could push a Beatles classic off the charts after only a week.
Loved ’em
Every couple of weeks there’s a song that makes me go, “wait, is this meant to be on the playlist?”. Generally because i’m sure it wasn’t released this early. Sometimes the answer is “no!” because the script that makes the playlists does sometimes get it wrong. But in this case yes, “It’s Not Unusual” by Tom Jones is from 1965. I guess I just picture him as classic seventies swinger.
“Queen Of The House” by Jody Miller is silly, but makes it here because its silly fun – it’s an answer song to the more timeless, “King of the Road”. I say the latter is more timeless but “Queen of the House” did alright in its own right, leading Miller to become the second female artist to win a country music Grammy award.
- “Help Me Rhonda” – Beach Boys
- “I Can’t Help Myself” – Four Tops
- “Iko Iko” – Dixie Cups
- “It’s Not Unusual” – Tom Jones
- “Last Chance To Turn Around” – Gene Pitney
- “Lonely” – Bobby Vinton
- “Queen Of The House” – Jody Miller
- “Ticket To Ride” – Beatles
Liked ’em
- “Baby The Rain Must Fall” – Glenn Yarbrough
- “Back In My Arms Again” – Supremes
- “Crying In The Chapel” – Elvis Presley
- “Do The Freddie” – Freddie & The Dreamers
- “Dream On Little Dreamer” – Perry Como
- “I Do Love You” – Billy Stewart
- “It’s Gonna Be Alright” – Gerry & The Pacemakers
- “Just A Little” – Beau Brummels
- “Nothing Can Stop Me” – Gene Chandler
- “Reelin’ And Rockin'” – Dave Clark Five
- “She’s About A Mover” – Sir Douglas Quintet
- “We’re Gonna Make It” – Little Milton
- “Woman’s Got Soul” – Impressions
- “You Were Made For Me” – Freddie & The Dreamers
Leave ’em
- “Engine Engine #9” – Roger Miller
- “True Love Ways” – Peter & Gordon
- “Wooly Bully” – Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.