[new] “All I Have To Do Is Dream” – Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell
“Always Something There To Remind Me” – R.B. Greaves
“Arizona” – Mark Lindsay
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” – Simon & Garfunkel
“Call Me / Son Of A Preacher Man” – Aretha Franklin
[new] “Celebrate” – Three Dog Night
[new] “Come And Get It” – Badfinger
“Didn’t I” – Delfonics
[new] “Do The Funky Chicken” – Rufus Thomas
[new] “Easy Come Easy Go” – Bobby Sherman
“Evil Ways” – Santana
“Give Me Just A Little More Time” – Chairmen Of The Board
[new] “Gotta Hold On To This Feeling” – Junior Walker & The All Stars
“He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother” – Hollies
“Hey There Lonely Girl” – Eddie Holman
“Honey Come Back” – Glen Campbell
“House Of The Rising Sun” – Frijid Pink
“I Want You Back” – Jackson Five
“I’ll Never Fall In Love Again” – Dionne Warwick
[new] “Instant Karma” – John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
“Kentucky Rain” – Elvis Presley
[new] “Let It Be” – Beatles
“Love Grows” – Edison Lighthouse
[new] “Love Or Let Me Be Lonely” – Friends Of Distinction
[new] “Ma Belle Amie” – Tee-Set
“Never Had A Dream Come True” – Stevie Wonder
“No Time” – Guess Who
“Oh Me Oh My” – Lulu
“Psychedelic Shack” – Temptations
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” – B.J. Thomas
“Rainy Night In Georgia” – Brook Benton
[new] “Something’s Burning” – Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
[new] “Spirit In The Sky” – Norman Greenbaum
“Thank You” – Sly & The Family Stone
[new] “The Bells” – Originals
“The Rapper” – Jaggerz
“The Thrill Is Gone” – B.B. King
“Travellin’ Band / Who’ll Stop The Rain” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
[new] “Up The Ladder To The Roof” – Supremes
“Venus” – Shocking Blue
“Walk A Mile In My Shoes” – Joe South
[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 5th the world saw the premiere of “Airport” in New York City before its U.S. and worldwide release. Based on the bestselling suspense novel by Arthur Hailey, Airport was made on a budget of USD $10.2 million and would gross almost ten times that amount worldwide ($100.5 million).
Then on the 12th, for the first time in British history, citizens younger than 21 were able to cast ballots in a parliamentary election. The opportunity came in the by-election, to fill a vacancy in the Bridgwater constituency in the House of Commons that followed the October 31 death of Gerald Wills. Miss Trudy Sellick, a secretary who had turned 18 years old earlier in the day, registered the first under-21 vote in British history; she was in line when the polling station at North Newton, Somerset, opened at 7:00 in the morning.
Not from the by-election, but this short film from later in the year about voting in the general election is a snapshot of the time:
On the fifteenth “The Expo ’70 World’s Fair” opened in Suita, a suburb of the Japanese city of Osaka. By some coincidence the city is hosting the expo again back here in 2025.
What’d Sadie think?
The whole month is owned by Simon & Garfunkel’s classic “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. And Sadie is loving the new Jackson Five song, ABC!
Loved ’em
“Abc” – Jackson Five
“All I Have To Do Is Dream” – Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell
“Celebrate” – Three Dog Night
“Instant Karma” – John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
“Let It Be” – Beatles
“Spirit In The Sky” – Norman Greenbaum
Liked ’em
“Come And Get It” – Badfinger
“Do The Funky Chicken” – Rufus Thomas
“Easy Come Easy Go” – Bobby Sherman
“Gotta Hold On To This Feeling” – Junior Walker & The All Stars
“Love Or Let Me Be Lonely” – Friends Of Distinction
“Ma Belle Amie” – Tee-Set
“Something’s Burning” – Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
“The Bells” – Originals
“Up The Ladder To The Roof” – Supremes
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
As Easter approaches in 2025, let’s turn our ears back to February, 1970…
Songs of the month
“Always Something There To Remind Me” – R.B. Greaves
“Arizona” – Mark Lindsay
“Baby Take Me In Your Arms” – Jefferson
“Blowing Away” – 5Th Dimension
[new] “Bridge Over Troubled Water” – Simon & Garfunkel
[new] “Call Me / Son Of A Preacher Man” – Aretha Franklin
[new] “Didn’t I” – Delfonics
“Don’t Cry Daddy” – Elvis Presley
“Early In The Morning” – Vanity Fare
[new] “Evil Ways” – Santana
[new] “Give Me Just A Little More Time” – Chairmen Of The Board
[new] “He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother” – Hollies
“Hey There Lonely Girl” – Eddie Holman
“Honey Come Back” – Glen Campbell
[new] “House Of The Rising Sun” – Frijid Pink
“I Want You Back” – Jackson Five
“I’ll Never Fall In Love Again” – Dionne Warwick
“Jam Up And Jelly Tight” – Tommy Roe
“Jingle Jangle” – Archies
[new] “Kentucky Rain” – Elvis Presley
“Leaving On A Jet Plane” – Peter Paul & Mary
[new] “Love Grows” – Edison Lighthouse
“Ma Belle Amie” – Tee Set
“Midnight Cowboy” – Ferrante & Teicher
[new] “Never Had A Dream Come True” – Stevie Wonder
“No Time” – Guess Who
[new] “Oh Me Oh My” – Lulu
“Psychedelic Shack” – Temptations
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” – B.J. Thomas
[new] “Rainy Night In Georgia” – Brook Benton
[new] “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window” – Joe Cocker
“Someday We’ll Be Together” – Diana Ross & The Supremes
“Thank You” – Sly & The Family Stone
“The Rapper” – Jaggerz
[new] “The Thrill Is Gone” – B.B. King
[new] “Travellin’ Band / Who’ll Stop The Rain” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
“Venus” – Shocking Blue
“Walk A Mile In My Shoes” – Joe South
“Walkin’ In The Rain” – Jay & The Americans
“Whole Lotta Love” – Led Zeppelin
“Winter World Of Love” – Engelbert Humperdinck
“Without Love” – Tom Jones
“Wonderful World Beautiful People” – Jimmy Cliff
[new] = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
Some history
On February 2, Bertrand Russell (97), British philosopher passed away. I’ll leave it to his answer to this 1959 interview question, “Suppose Lord Russell this film were to be looked at by our descendants, like a Dead Sea scroll in a thousand years time, what would you think it’s worth telling that generation about the life you’ve lived and the lessons you’ve learned from it?”
On the 13th the “first heavy metal album”, Black Sabbath went on sale in Britain. Black Sabbath had been formed in the English city of Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist and chief songwriter Tony Iommi, lead singer Ozzy Osbourne, drummer Bill Ward, and bassist Geezer Butler. Within weeks, the debut record would be the eighth bestselling rock album on the British charts, and would be released in the United States on June 1.
And on a literal, lighter, note on the 25th during an episode of the children’s TV series Sesame Street, “Rubber Duckie” was performed for the first time and would soon become a best-selling record.
What’d Sadie think?
A week at the top for”Venus” by Shocking Blue, two for “Thank You” by Sly & The Family Stone and then a week at number one for Simon & Garfunkel’s”Bridge Over Troubled Water”.
Sadie said, “that’s a tune!” of Son of a Preacher man and continues to love The Jackon 5’s “I want you back”. She may have also made her first use of a music reference to “Don’t Cry Daddy” by Elvis Presley , which she also really likes, during the week when telling me not to be sad about something!
Loved ’em
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” – Simon & Garfunkel
“Call Me / Son Of A Preacher Man” – Aretha Franklin
“He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother” – Hollies
“House Of The Rising Sun” – Frijid Pink
“Rainy Night In Georgia” – Brook Benton
Liked ’em
“Didn’t I” – Delfonics
“Evil Ways” – Santana
“Give Me Just A Little More Time” – Chairmen Of The Board
“He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother” – Hollies
“Kentucky Rain” – Elvis Presley
“Love Grows” – Edison Lighthouse
“Never Had A Dream Come True” – Stevie Wonder
“Oh Me Oh My” – Lulu
“She Came In Through The Bathroom Window” – Joe Cocker
“The Thrill Is Gone” – B.B. King
“Who’ll Stop The Rain” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
It’s the first month of the ’70s! As Sadie will keep reminding us, we’ve been at this for 4.5 years! (or rather, she reminds us that she is 4.5 years old – and the two are of course the same timeline.)
Apparently when I generated the list of songs for this month, which was a couple of years ago now, I set it to go deeper into the chart than I normally do – which means more (new) tunes this month. Enjoy them all!
Songs of the month
“A Brand New Me” – Dusty Springfield
[new] “Ain’t It Funky Now” – James Brown
[new] “Always Something There To Remind Me” – R.B. Greaves
[new] “Arizona” – Mark Lindsay
“Baby I’m For Real” – Originals
[new] “Baby Take Me In Your Arms” – Jefferson
“Backfield In Motion” – Mel & Tim
[new] “Barbara I Love You” – New Colony Six
[new] “Blowing Away” – 5Th Dimension
[new] “Cold Turkey” – Plastic Ono Band
[new] “Come Saturday Morning” – Sandpipers
“Come Together / Something” – Beatles
[new] “Compared To What” – Les Mccann & Eddie Harris
“Down On The Corner / Fortunate Son” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
“Early In The Morning” – Vanity Fare
“Eli’s Coming” – Three Dog Night
“Evil Woman Don’t Play Your Games With Me” – Crow
[new] “Friendship Train” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
[new] “Got To See If I Can Get Mommy” – Jerry Butler
[new] “Hello It’s Me” – Nazz
[new] “Hey There Lonely Girl” – Eddie Holman
“Holly Holy” – Neil Diamond
[new] “Honey Come Back” – Glen Campbell
[new] “How Can I Tell My Mom And Dad” – Lovelites
“I Want You Back” – Jackson Five
[new] “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again” – Dionne Warwick
[new] “I’m Glad I Fell For You” – David Ruffin
[new] “I’m Just A Prisoner” – Candi Staton
[new] “I’ve Gotta Make You Love Me” – Steam
[new] “If I Never Knew Your Name” – Vic Dana
[new] “If I Were A Carpenter” – Johnny Cash & June Carter
[new] “If Walls Could Talk” – Little Milton
[new] “It’s Just A Matter Of Time” – Sonny James
[new] “Jam Up And Jelly Tight” – Tommy Roe
[new] “Je T’aime Moi Non Plus” – Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
[new] “Jennifer Tompkins” – Street People
“Jingle Jangle” – Archies
“La La La” – Bobby Sherman
[new] “Leaving On A Jet Plane” – Peter Paul & Mary
[new] “Ma Belle Amie” – Tee Set
[new] “Midnight Cowboy” – Ferrante & Teicher
[new] “Mornin’ Mornin’” – Bobby Goldsboro
[new] “My Honey And Me” – Luther Ingram
“Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” – Steam
[new] “New World Coming” – Mama Cass
[new] “No Time” – Guess Who
[new] “Oh Well” – Fleetwood Mac
[new] “Oh What A Day” – Dells
[new] “Okie From Muskogee” – Merle Haggard
[new] “Psychedelic Shack” – Temptations
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” – B.J. Thomas
[new] “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head” – B.J. Thomas
[new] “Shades Of Green” – Flaming Ember
[new] “She” – Tommy James & The Shondells
“Smile A Little Smile For Me” – Flying Machine
[new] “Someday We’ll Be Together” – Diana Ross & The Supremes
[new] “Take A Letter Maria” – R. B. Greaves
“Take A Letter Maria” – R.B. Greaves
[new] “Thank You” – Sly & The Family Stone
[new] “The Rapper” – Jaggerz
[new] “These Eyes” – Junior Walker & The All Stars
“Up On Cripple Creek” – The Band
“Venus” – Shocking Blue
[new] “Walk A Mile In My Shoes” – Joe South
[new] “Walkin’ In The Rain” – Jay & The Americans
“Whole Lotta Love” – Led Zeppelin
[new] “Winter World Of Love” – Engelbert Humperdinck
[new] “Without Love” – Tom Jones
[new] “Won’t Find Better” – New Hope
[new] “Wonderful World Beautiful People” – Jimmy Cliff
“Yester-Me Yester-You Yesterday” – Stevie Wonder
[new] “You Got Me Hummin’” – Cold Blood
[new] = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
While it was designed as part of the Unix operating system somewhat later, the 1st of January, 1970 is known as the ” epoch of the Unix time standard”. It’s an arcane fact I’ve been aware of since learning my first “real” programming language (“C”) as a child. The timestamp keeps track of time by the number of seconds since 0:00:00 on January 1, 1970.
As the majority of modern computers are 32-bit or 64-bit, and a large number of programs are still written in 32-bit compatibility mode, this means that many programs using Unix time are using signed 32-bit integer fields. The maximum value of a signed 32-bit integer is 231 − 1, and the minimum value is −231, making it impossible to represent dates before 13 December 1901 (at 20:45:52 UTC) or after 19 January 2038 (at 03:14:07 UTC).
Which, for those who enjoyed the ‘Y2k bug’ means we have another such global freak-out coming in 13 years.
On the 20th, “The Super Fight”, a simulated boxing bout between Muhammad Ali and the late Rocky Marciano, was shown on pay-per-view in 1,000 movie theaters in North America and around the world. The likely result, of the hypothetical fight between the two former world heavyweight boxing champions, was determined by data inputted to a computer, and enhanced by clips of possible outcomes that the two boxers had filmed during the summer before Marciano’s 1969 death in a plane crash. Marciano and Ali (still referred to by the press as Cassius Clay) were, at the time, the only two title holders who had never been defeated. People who paid five dollars apiece for a ticket to the film saw an ending where Marciano “floored Clay for the third time with a solid left hook” and in which “the taller, younger Clay was counted out at 57 of the 13th round.
Then on the 25th “MASH”, a film based on the 1968 Richard Hooker bestseller “MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors” and the inspiration for the popular TV series “M*A*S*H”, premiered in New York City before being released nationwide on March 18.
What’d Sadie think?
Four weeks at the top for”Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head” by B.J. Thomas before “I Want You Back” by the Jackson Five takes it – a real Sadie favourite.
Loved ’em
“Ain’t It Funky Now” – James Brown
“Always Something There To Remind Me” – R.B. Greaves
“Friendship Train” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
“I’ll Never Fall In Love Again” – Dionne Warwick
“Leaving On A Jet Plane” – Peter Paul & Mary
“Oh Well” – Fleetwood Mac
“Okie From Muskogee” – Merle Haggard
“Psychedelic Shack” – Temptations
“Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head” – B.J. Thomas
“She” – Tommy James & The Shondells
“Someday We’ll Be Together” – Diana Ross & The Supremes
Liked ’em
“Arizona” – Mark Lindsay
“Baby Take Me In Your Arms” – Jefferson
“Barbara I Love You” – New Colony Six
“Blowing Away” – 5Th Dimension
“Cold Turkey” – Plastic Ono Band
“Compared To What” – Les Mccann & Eddie Harris
“Country Preacher” – Cannonball Adderly Quintet
“Down In The Alley” – Ronnie Hawkins
“Got To See If I Can Get Mommy” – Jerry Butler
“Hello It’s Me” – Nazz
“Hey There Lonely Girl” – Eddie Holman
“Honey Come Back” – Glen Campbell
“How Can I Tell My Mom And Dad” – Lovelites
“I’m Glad I Fell For You” – David Ruffin
“I’m Just A Prisoner” – Candi Staton
“If I Were A Carpenter” – Johnny Cash & June Carter
“If Walls Could Talk” – Little Milton
“It’s Just A Matter Of Time” – Sonny James
“Jam Up And Jelly Tight” – Tommy Roe
“Je T’aime Moi Non Plus” – Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
“Jennifer Tompkins” – Street People
“My Honey And Me” – Luther Ingram
“New World Coming” – Mama Cass
“No Time” – Guess Who
“Oh What A Day” – Dells
“Shades Of Green” – Flaming Ember
“Take A Letter Maria” – R. B. Greaves
“Thank You” – Sly & The Family Stone
“The Rapper” – Jaggerz
“These Eyes” – Junior Walker & The All Stars
“Walk A Mile In My Shoes” – Joe South
“Winter World Of Love” – Engelbert Humperdinck
“Without Love” – Tom Jones
“Won’t Find Better” – New Hope
“Wonderful World Beautiful People” – Jimmy Cliff
“You Got Me Hummin’” – Cold Blood
Leave ’em
“Come Saturday Morning” – Sandpipers
“If I Never Knew Your Name” – Vic Dana
“Ma Belle Amie” – Tee Set
“Walkin’ In The Rain” – Jay & The Americans
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
And so we come to the last playlist of the 1960s! To my ears it is already starting to sound quite ’70s tinged, lets dive into that decade proper next week. But for now, let’s hear the sounds of December, 1969…
Songs of the month
[new] “A Brand New Me” – Dusty Springfield
“And When I Die” – “Blood Sweat And Tears”
“Baby I’m For Real” – Originals
“Baby It’s You” – Smith
“Backfield In Motion” – Mel & Tim
“Cherry Hill Park” – Billy Joe Royal
“Come Together / Something” – Beatles
[new] “Don’t Cry Daddy” – Elvis Presley
“Down On The Corner / Fortunate Son” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
[new] “Early In The Morning” – Vanity Fare
“Eleanor Rigby” – Aretha Franklin
“Eli’s Coming” – Three Dog Night
[new] “Evil Woman Don’t Play Your Games With Me” – Crow
“Friendship Train” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
“Going In Circles” – Friends Of Distinction
[new] “Groovy Grubworm” – Harlow Wilcox And The Oakies
[new] “Heaven Knows” – Grass Roots
“Holly Holy” – Neil Diamond
[new] “I Want You Back” – Jackson 5
[new] “Jam Up Jelly Tight” – Tommy Roe
[new] “Jingle Jangle” – Archies
[new] “La La La” – Bobby Sherman
“Leaving On A Jet Plane” – “Peter Paul And Mary”
[new] “Midnight Cowboy” – Ferrante And Teicher
“Mind Body And Soul” – Flaming Ember
“Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” – Steam
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” – B.J. Thomas
“Smile A Little Smile For Me” – Flying Machine
“Someday We’ll Be Together” – Diana Ross And The Supremes
“Suite Judy Blue Eyes” – Crosby Stills & Nash
“Suspicious Minds” – Elvis Presley
“Take A Letter Maria” – R.B. Greaves
“These Eyes” – Junior Walker And The All Stars
“Undun” – Guess Who
[new] “Up On Cripple Creek” – The Band
[new] “Venus” – Shocking Blue
“Wedding Bell Blues” – 5Th Dimension
[new] “Wedding Bell Blues” – 5Th Dimension
[new] “Whole Lotta Love” – Led Zeppelin
“Yester-Me Yester-You Yesterday” – Stevie Wonder
[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 4th “A Boy Named Charlie Brown”, the first feature film based on the Peanuts comic strip, was released to theaters for the first time.
And on the 17th the first widely publicised warning of climate change, caused by pollution, was delivered by physical scientist Joseph O. Fletcher of the Rand Corporation. Fletcher told the assembled scientists that “Very substantial changes have taken place during our lifetime” in the increase in temperature in the first part of the 20th century, resulting in the melting of the ice caps of the Earth; that carbon dioxide had been responsible for up to one half of the warming; and that although mankind’s influence on the warning had been small compared to natural causes, “within another generation, man will become important, the carbon dioxide pollution apparently being the most important” and that the world had “only a few decades to solve the problem. Still not solved it. Still debating it. Luckily, still here.
No video of this, but this “Men of the Year” video from 1969 did tickle me.
On the 25th, Seiko, the Japanese electronics manufacturer, introduced the world’s first quartz clock wristwatch, the Astron , at a press conference in Tokyo. The electronic timepiece was the most accurate wristwatch in the world at the time, guaranteed to be accurate within five seconds for every month of use, and began a new era in watch manufacturing. One historian of timepieces would later write that “Astron was the shot heard around the watch world, beginning an upheaval that radically rearranged that world. It shifted the balance of power to the Far East, toppled Switzerland as the world’s watch production leader, sent the Swiss watch industry into a two-decade-long tailspin (between 1970 and 1988 Swiss watch employment fell from 90,000 to 28,000), brought a quantum leap in watch accuracy, a quantum change in watch styling, and much more.”
What’d Sadie think?
Two weeks at the top for “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” by Steam before “Peter Paul And Mary” take the spot for a week with “Leaving On A Jet Plane” followed by “Someday We’ll Be Together” by Diana Ross And The Supremes.
Loved ’em
Between “Whole Lotta Love” by Led Zeppelin and the debut “I Want You Back”, from the jackson 5, we’re definitely entering the ’70s!
“I Want You Back” – Jackson 5
“Suite Judy Blue Eyes” – “Crosby Stills And Nash”
“Venus” – Shocking Blue
“Whole Lotta Love” – Led Zeppelin
Liked ’em
“A Brand New Me” – Dusty Springfield
“Don’t Cry Daddy” – Elvis Presley
“Evil Woman Don’t Play Your Games With Me” – Crow
“Groovy Grubworm” – Harlow Wilcox And The Oakies
“Heaven Knows” – Grass Roots
“Jam Up Jelly Tight” – Tommy Roe
“Jingle Jangle” – Archies
“La La La” – Bobby Sherman
“Midnight Cowboy” – Ferrante And Teicher
“Up On Cripple Creek” – The Band
“Wedding Bell Blues” – 5Th Dimenson
Leave ’em
“Early In The Morning” – Vanity Fare
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
“You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” – Dionne Warwick
[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 9th of the month rhe end of the daily rum ration, enjoyed by sailors of Britain’s Royal Navy for more than two centuries, was announced by the Ministry of Defence. The “tot”, consisting of 71 millilitres (2.5 imp fl oz; 2.4 US fl oz) of 95.5 proof rum, was given at mid-day as a morale-booster for the men at sea and had been a practice introduced in 1731. The serving of the rum would formally end on August 1, 1970.
Then on the 10th “Sesame Street” aired its first episode on the National Educational Television (NET) network, the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), starting after school at various times. As one critic noted in informing parents that the new show for preschool children presented the alphabet and numerals in the form of commercials, “The first edition of Sesame Street comes to you today… through the courtesy of the numbers 2 and 3, and the letters E, S and W.”
In parallels to today, on the 13th, U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew took the unprecedented step of accusing the three American television networks (whose affiliate stations’ broadcast rights were licensed by the United States government) of letting their newscasters and commentators of abusing “a concentration of power over American public opinion, unknown in history” and hinting that “perhaps it is time that the networks were made more responsive to the views of the nation and more responsible to the people they serve”, and urged Americans to call and write their local TV stations.
What’d Sadie think?
A week for Elvis and”Suspicious Minds” before “Wedding Bell Blues” by 5Th Dimension has two weeks at the top, with The Beatles and “Come Together” finishing up the month at number 1.
Loved ’em
“Down On The Corner” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
“Eleanor Rigby” – Aretha Franklin
“Fortunate Son” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
“Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn” – James Brown
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” – B.J. Thomas
“Someday We’ll Be Together” – Diana Ross And The Supremes
“Yester-Me Yester-You Yesterday” – Stevie Wonder
Liked ’em
“Backfield In Motion” – Mel & Tim
“Ball Of Fire” – Tommy James And The Shondells
“Cherry Hill Park” – Billy Joe Royal
“Eli’s Coming” – Three Dog Night
“Friendship Train” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
“Holly Holy” – Neil Diamond
“Leaving On A Jet Plane” – “Peter Paul And Mary”
“Mind Body And Soul” – Flaming Ember
“Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” – Steam
“Ruben James” – Kenny Rogers And The First Edition
“Suite Judy Blue Eyes” – Crosby Stills & Nash
“Take A Letter Maria” – R.B. Greaves
“These Eyes” – Junior Walker And The All Stars
“Try A Little Kindness” – Glen Campbell
“Undun” – Guess Who
Leave ’em
“Jesus Is A Soul Man” – Lawrence Reynolds
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
We’re near to closing out the decade, with the sounds of October, 1969 this week. Before we listen to them a big shout out and thanks to friend-of-the-show Carl, who noted that the [new] tags were missing from the song list the past couple of weeks. Good catch sir!
We had updated the posting template that is automatically created when I generate a new playlist, and that fall off, oops!
Anyway, onto the sounds!
Songs of the month
“A Boy Named Sue” – Johnny Cash
[new] “And When I Die” – “Blood Sweat And Tears”
[new] “Baby I’m For Real” – Originals
[new] “Baby It’s You” – Smith
[new] “Carry Me Back” – Rascals
[new] “Come Together” – Beatles
[new] “Easy To Be Hard” – Marvin Gaye
“Easy To Be Hard” – Three Dog Night
“Everybody’s Talkin’” – Nilsson
“Get Together” – Youngbloods
[new] “Going In Circles” – Friends Of Distinction
“Green River” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
“Honky Tonk Women” – Rolling Stones
“Hot Fun In The Summertime” – Sly And The Family Stone
“Hurts So Bad” – Lettermen
“I Can’t Get Next To You” – Temptations
“I’d Wait A Million Years” – Grass Roots
“I’ll Never Fall In Love Again” – Tom Jones
“I’m Gonna Make You Mine” – Lou Christie
[new] “Is That All There Is” – Peggy Lee
[new] “Jealous Kind Of Fella” – Garland Green
“Jean” – Oliver
“Keem-O-Sabe” – Electric Indian
“Lay Lady Lay” – Bob Dylan
“Little Woman” – Bobby Sherman
[new] “Make Believe” – Wind
“Oh What A Night” – Dells
[new] “Smile A Little Smile For Me” – Flying Machine
[new] “Something” – Beatles
[new] “Sugar On Sunday” – Clique
“Sugar Sugar” – Archies
“Suspicious Minds” – Elvis Presley
“That’s The Way Love Is” – Marvin Gaye
“This Girl Is A Woman Now” – Gary Puckett And The Union Gap
[new] “Tracy” – Cuff Links
[new] “Walk On By” – Isaac Hayes
[new] “Wedding Bell Blues” – 5Th Dimension
“What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am” – Bill Deal And The Rhondells
“What’s The Use Of Breaking Up” – Jerry Butler
“When I Die” – Motherlode
“You – I” – Rugbys
[new] “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” – Dionne Warwick
[new] “Your Good Thing” – Electric Indian
“Your Good Thing” – Lou Rawls
[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 5th British comedy Monty Python’s Flying Circus first aired, appearing on BBC One at 10:55 at night. The first show was described in the news as “Latest late-night show which will, we are warned, be ‘nutty’.” Quite!
And in other nutty, but in a different way, TV – on the 22nd, during a live broadcast on San Francisco’s KGO-TV morning program “The Jim Dunbar Show”, a voice who confirmed to be the Zodiac Killer was heard for the first time. The voice, who later turned out wasn’t the Zodiac, called in at least five times over a 90 minute period. Dunbar’s guest was the famous criminal defense attorney, Melvin Belli, and the first call came at 7:10, as the caller threatened to commit more murders if he wasn’t allowed to talk to Belli on the air.
Then on the 29th iin the evening at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus, the first message was sent over ARPANET, the forerunner of the internet. Leonard Kleinrock would recall later that the first message, transmitted from UCLA to the computer at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) was intended to be transmitting the letters “L-O-G”, after which Stanford would add two more letters to send back the word “LOGIN”. Charley Kline, a 21-year old UCLA student, attempted to send a message on the department’s SDS Sigma 7 computer to a Sigma 7 at SRI. Kline sent the “L”, then asked over the telephone whether it had been received, then sent the “O”. Before UCLA could transmit the letter “G”, the SRI computer crashed and, as Kleinrock would note later, “History now records how clever we were to send such a prophetic first message, namely ‘Lo’”. Fitting!
What’d Sadie think?
It’s two weeks at the top for “Sugar Sugar” by the Archies then two for the Temptations with”I Can’t Get Next To You”.
Loved ’em
“Come Together” – Beatles
“Easy To Be Hard” – Marvin Gaye
“Something” – Beatles
“Walk On By” – Isaac Hayes
Liked ’em
“And When I Die” – “Blood Sweat And Tears”
“Baby I’m For Real” – Originals
“Baby It’s You” – Smith
“Carry Me Back” – Rascals
“Going In Circles” – Friends Of Distinction
“Is That All There Is” – Peggy Lee
“Jealous Kind Of Fella” – Garland Green
“Make Believe” – Wind
“Smile A Little Smile For Me” – Flying Machine
“Sugar On Sunday” – Clique
“Tracy” – Cuff Links
“Wedding Bell Blues” – 5Th Dimension
“You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” – Dionne Warwick
“Your Good Thing” – Electric Indian
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