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And just like that, we find ourselves mid-way through the 1960s! It seems like only yesterday we were beginning our journey in 1950. Let’s hear what the new year sounds like…

(But wait! We skipped a newsletter for December, 1964 as I was busy finishing off the day job so you can go back to listen to it here first if you’re so inclined.)

Songs of the month

[new] “All Day And All Of The Night” – Kinks
“Amen” – Impressions
“Any Way You Want It” – Dave Clark Five
“As Tears Go By” – Marianne Faithfull
[new] “Bye Bye Baby” – Four Seasons
“Come See About Me” – Supremes
“Dance Dance Dance” – Beach Boys
“Dear Heart” – Andy Williams
[new] “Dear Heart” – Jack Jones
[new] “Don’t Forget I Still Love You” – Bobbi Martin
[new] “Downtown” – Petula Clark
[new] “Give Him A Great Big Kiss” – Shangri-Las
“Goin’ Out Of My Head” – Little Anthony And The Imperials
[new] “Have You Looked Into Your Heart” – Jerry Vale
[new] “Heart Of Stone” – Rolling Stones
[new] “Hold What You’ve Got” – Joe Tex
“How Sweet It Is” – Marvin Gaye
“I Feel Fine” – Beatles
[new] “I Go To Pieces” – Peter & Gordon
[new] “I’ll Be There” – Gerry & The Pacemakers
“I’m Into Something Good” – Herman’s Hermits
“Keep Searchin'” – Del Shannon
“Leader Of The Laundromat” – Detergents
[new] “Let’s Lock The Door” – Jay & The Americans
[new] “Look Of Love” – Lesley Gore
[new] “Love Potion No. 9” – Searchers
“Mountain Of Love” – Johnny Rivers
“Mr. Lonely” – Bobby Vinton
[new] “My Girl” – Temptations
“My Love Forgive Me” – Robert Goulet
“Oh No Not My Baby” – Maxine Brown
“Ringo” – Lorne Greene
“Saturday Night At The Movies” – Drifters
“Sha La La” – Manfred Mann
[new] “Shake” – Sam Cooke
“She’s A Woman” – Beatles
“She’s Not There” – Zombies
[new] “Tell Her No” – Zombies
[new] “The ‘in’ Crowd” – Dobie Gray
“The Jerk” – Larks
[new] “The Jolly Green Giant” – Kingsmen
[new] “The Name Game” – Shirley Ellis
“The Wedding” – Julie Rogers
[new] “This Diamond Ring” – Gary Lewis & The Playboys
[new] “Thou Shalt Not Steal” – Dick & Deedee
“Time Is On My Side” – Rolling Stones
“Too Many Fish In The Sea” – Marvelettes
[new] “Walk Away” – Matt Monro
“Willow Weep For Me” – Chad & Jeremy
[new] “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You” – Dean Martin
[new] “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin'” – Righteous Brothers

[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 the British comedy series “Not Only… But Also” premiered on BBC Two, hosted by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook, with special guests John Lennon and Norman Rossington. Here’s a clip with Lennon:

On the 15th the first showing of The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer in 20th Century Fox’s film adaptation of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, was made in a “sneak preview” at the Mann Theatre in Minneapolis. Preview cards from the audience showed 223 “excellent” votes, three “good” votes, and none for any lower category. It did alright on release…

And on the 24th of January, 1965, Sir Winston Churchill, former UK prime minister and war time leader, passed away aged 90. A state funeral was held on the 30th and can be watched below.

What’d Sadie think?

Two weeks for “I Feel Fine” by the Beatles before a week for “Come See About Me” by the Supremes interrupts two weeks for the classic “Downtown” by Petula Clark.

Loved ’em

• “All Day And All Of The Night” – Kinks
• “Bye Bye Baby” – Four Seasons
• “Downtown” – Petula Clark
• “Goin’ Out Of My Head” – Little Anthony & The Imperials
• “Love Potion No. 9” – Searchers
• “My Girl” – Temptations
• “This Diamond Ring” – Gary Lewis & The Playboys
• “Walk Away” – Matt Monro
• “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You” – Dean Martin
• “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin'” – Righteous Brothers
  

Liked ’em

• “Don’t Forget I Still Love You” – Bobbi Martin
• “Give Him A Great Big Kiss” – Shangri-Las
• “Have You Looked Into Your Heart” – Jerry Vale
• “Heart Of Stone” – Rolling Stones
• “Hold What You’ve Got” – Joe Tex
• “I Go To Pieces” – Peter & Gordon
• “I’ll Be There” – Gerry & The Pacemakers
• “Let’s Lock The Door” – Jay & The Americans
• “Look Of Love” – Lesley Gore
• “Shake” – Sam Cooke
• “Tell Her No” – Zombies
• “The ‘in’ Crowd” – Dobie Gray
• “The Name Game” – Shirley Ellis

Leave ’em

• “Dear Heart” – Jack Jones
• “The Jolly Green Giant” – Kingsmen
• “Thou Shalt Not Steal” – Dick & Deedee

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

It’s 55 years and 8 months before Sadie is born and 12 years and 2 months before Thomas is.

Songs of the month

“Ain’t That Loving You Baby” – Elvis Presley
[new] “Amen” – Impressions
[new] “Any Way You Want It” – Dave Clark Five
[new] “As Tears Go By” – Marianne Faithfull
“Ask Me” – Elvis Presley
“Baby Love” – Supremes
“Big Man In Town” – Four Seasons
“Come A Little Bit Closer” – Jay And The Americans
“Come See About Me” – Supremes
“Dance Dance Dance” – Beach Boys
[new] “Dear Heart” – Andy Williams
“Everything’s Alright” – Newbeats
“Goin’ Out Of My Head” – Little Anthony And The Imperials
“Have I The Right” – Honeycombs
[new] “How Sweet It Is” – Marvin Gaye
[new] “I Feel Fine” – Beatles
“I’m Gonna Be Strong” – Gene Pitney
“I’m Into Something Good” – Herman’s Hermits
“Is It True” – Brenda Lee
[new] “Keep Searchin'” – Del Shannon
“Last Kiss” – J. Frank Wilson
[new] “Leader Of The Laundromat” – Detergents
“Leader Of The Pack” – Shangri-Las
[new] “Love Potion Number Nine” – Searchers
“Mountain Of Love” – Johnny Rivers
“Mr. Lonely” – Bobby Vinton
[new] “My Love Forgive Me” – Robert Goulet
[new] “Oh No Not My Baby” – Maxine Brown
“Reach Out For Me” – Dionne Warwick
“Right Or Wrong” – Ronnie Dove
“Ringo” – Lorne Greene
“Saturday Night At The Movies” – Drifters
“Sha La La” – Manfred Mann
[new] “She’s A Woman” – Beatles
“She’s Not There” – Zombies
“Sidewalk Surfin'” – Jan & Dean
“The Jerk” – Larks
[new] “The Wedding” – Julie Rogers
“Time Is On My Side” – Rolling Stones
[new] “Too Many Fish In The Sea” – Marvelettes
“Walking In The Rain” – Ronettes
[new] “Willow Weep For Me” – Chad & Jeremy
“You Really Got Me” – Kinks

[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

What’d Sadie think?

A week a piece for “Ringo” by Lorne Greene , “Mr. Lonely” by Bobby Vinton, “Come See About Me” -by the Supremes and lastly, “I Feel Fine” by the Beatles.

“Amen” – Impressions
“Amen” – Impressions
“Any Way You Want It” – Dave Clark Five
“As Tears Go By” – Marianne Faithfull
“Dance Dance Dance” – Kinks
“Dear Heart” – Andy Williams
“How Sweet It Is” – Marvin Gaye
“I Feel Fine” – Beatles
“Keep Searchin'” – Del Shannon
“Leader Of The Laundromat” – Detergents
“Love Potion Number Nine” – Searchers
“My Love Forgive Me” – Robert Goulet
“Oh No Not My Baby” – Maxine Brown
“Ringo” – Lorne Green
“She’s A Woman” – Beatles
“The Wedding” – Julie Rogers
“Too Many Fish In The Sea” – Marvelettes
“Willow Weep For Me” – Chad & Jeremy

Loved ’em

Liked ’em

Leave ’em

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

We’re coming to the end of another year in our journey, but before the Xmas songs hit the charts lets hear from November, 1964 sounded like…

Songs of the month

“A Summer Song” – Chad Stuart And Jeremy Clyde
“Ain’t That Loving You Baby” – Elvis Presley
[new] “Ask Me” – Elvis Presley
“Baby Don’t You Do It” – Marvin Gaye
“Baby Love” – Supremes
[new] “Big Man In Town” – Four Seasons
“Chug-A-Lug” – Roger Miller
“Come A Little Bit Closer” – Jay And The Americans
[new] “Come See About Me” – Supremes
[new] “Dance Dance Dance” – Beach Boys
“Dancing In The Street” – Martha And The Vandellas
“Do Wah Diddy Diddy” – Manfred Mann
“Everybody Knows” – Dave Clark Five
[new] “Everything’s Alright” – Newbeats
[new] “Goin’ Out Of My Head” – Little Anthony And The Imperials
“Have I The Right” – Honeycombs
“I Don’t Want To See You Again” – Peter & Gordon
“I Like It” – Gerry And The Pacemakers
“I’m Crying” – Animals
[new] “I’m Gonna Be Strong” – Gene Pitney
[new] “I’m Into Something Good” – Herman’s Hermits
“Is It True” – Brenda Lee
“Last Kiss” – J. Frank Wilson
“Leader Of The Pack” – Shangri-Las
“Let It Be Me” – Betty Everett And Jerry Butler
“Little Honda” – Hondells
[new] “Mountain Of Love” – Johnny Rivers
[new] “Mr. Lonely” – Bobby Vinton
“Oh Pretty Woman” – Roy Orbison
[new] “Reach Out For Me” – Dionne Warwick
“Ride The Wild Surf” – Jan & Dean
[new] “Right Or Wrong” – Ronnie Dove
[new] “Ringo” – Lorne Greene
[new] “Saturday Night At The Movies” – Drifters
[new] “Sha La La” – Manfred Mann
[new] “She’s Not There” – Zombies
[new] “Sidewalk Surfin'” – Jan & Dean
“The Door Is Still Open To My Heart” – Dean Martin
[new] “The Jerk” – Larks
[new] “Time Is On My Side” – Rolling Stones
“Tobacco Road” – Nashville Teens
[new] “Walking In The Rain” – Ronettes
[new] “We’ll Sing In The Sunshine” – Gale Garnet
“We’ll Sing In The Sunshine” – Gale Garnett
“When I Grow Up” – Beach Boys
“You Must Believe Me” – Impressions
[new] “You Really Got Me” – Kinks

[new] = New to the chart this week.

You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

This month in history

The annual Royal Variety Performance in the UK is a useful showcase of pop-culture of the time, and luckily recordings of many performances from the ’60s seem to exist. In 1964 the line-up included Tommy Cooper, The Bachelors, Millicent Martin, Kathy Kirby, Brenda Lee, Morecambe and Wise, Gracie Fields, Jimmy Tarbuck, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, and Cilla Black who you can see below.

On November 10 the “Porsche 901” sports car, introduced at the Paris Auto Show the previous month, was rebranded as the Porsche 911 after 82 of the vehicles had been constructed. French automaker Peugeot had objected to the designation with the claim “that it held all the rights to all car model numbers with zero as the middle digit”, and the West German Porsche company “elected to switch rather than fight French logic.”

And on the 29th on the first Sunday of Advent in the Roman Catholic Church, Catholics “walked into their parishes around the globe and, for the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire, participated in a mass that was given largely in their native tongue.” rather than the traditional Latin.

What’d Sadie think?

It’s three weeks at the top for “Baby Love” by the Supremes before “Leader Of The Pack” by the Shangri-Las takes it for a week.

Loved ’em

Particularly loving the psychedelic tinged first hit from the Zombies, with “She’s Not There” and the proto-punk of “The Kinks” with “You Really Got Me”.

• “I’m Into Something Good” – Herman’s Hermits
• “Big Man In Town” – Four Seasons
• “Come See About Me” – Supremes
• “Goin’ Out Of My Head” – Little Anthony And The Imperials
• “Mountain Of Love” – Johnny Rivers
• “Ringo” – Lorne Greene
• “She’s Not There” – Zombies
• “Time Is On My Side” – Rolling Stones
• “You Really Got Me” – Kinks
  

Liked ’em

• “Ask Me” – Elvis Presley
• “Dance Dance Dance” – Beach Boys
• “Everything’s Alright” – Newbeats
• “I’m Gonna Be Strong” – Gene Pitney
• “Reach Out For Me” – Dionne Warwick
• “Right Or Wrong” – Ronnie Dove
• “Saturday Night At The Movies” – Drifters
• “Sha La La” – Manfred Mann
• “Sidewalk Surfin'” – Jan & Dean
• “The Jerk” – Larks
• “Walking In The Rain” – Ronettes
• “We’ll Sing In The Sunshine” – Gale Garnet

Leave ’em

• “Mr. Lonely” – Bobby Vinton

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

It’s 55 years and 11 months before Sadie is born and a mere 12 years and 5 months before Thomas is… let’s hear what September, 1964 sounded like.

Songs of the month

“A Hard Day’s Night” – Beatles
[new] “A Summer Song” – Chad Stuart And Jeremy Clyde
“Ain’t She Sweet” – Beatles
“And I Love Her” – Beatles
[new] “Baby I Need Your Loving” – Four Tops
“Because” – Dave Clark Five
“Bread And Butter” – Newbeats
“C’mon And Swim” – Bobby Freeman
“Clinging Vine” – Bobby Vinton
[new] “Clinging Vine” – Dean Martin
[new] “Dancing In The Street” – Martha And The Vandellas
[new] “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” – Manfred Mann
“Everybody Loves Somebody” – Dean Martin
[new] “From A Window” – Billy J. Kramer The Dakotas
[new] “Funny” – Joe Hinton
“G.T.O.” – Ronny And The Daytonas
[new] “Haunted House” – Gene Simmons
“How Do You Do It” – Gerry And The Pacemakers
[new] “I’m On The Outside” – Little Anthony And The Imperials
“In The Misty Moonlight” – Jerry Wallace
“It Hurts To Be In Love” – Gene Pitney
[new] “It’s All Over Now” – Rolling Stones
“Just Be True” – Gene Chandler
[new] “Last Kiss” – J. Frank Wilson
[new] “Let It Be Me” – Betty Everett And Jerry Butler
[new] “Matchbox” – Beatles
“Maybe I Know” – Lesley Gore
“Maybelline” – Johnny Rivers
[new] “Oh Pretty Woman” – Roy Orbison
[new] “Out Of Sight” – James Brown
“People Say” – Dixie Cups
[new] “Remember Walkin’ In The Sand” – Shangri-Las
[new] “Rhythm” – Major Lance
[new] “Save It For Me” – Four Seasons
“Selfish One” – Jackie Ross
“Such A Night” – Elvis Presley
“The House Of The Rising Sun” – Animals
“Under The Boardwalk” – Drifters
“Walk Don’t Run ’64” – Ventures
[new] “We’ll Sing In The Sunshine” – Gale Garnett
[new] “When I Grow Up” – Beach Boys
“Where Did Our Love Go” – Supremes
“Wishin’ And Hopin'” – Dusty Springfield
[new] “You Can Never Tell” – Chuck Berry
[new] “You Must Believe Me” – Impressions

[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 of September “The Daisy Ad”, a television commercial and one of the most controversial political advertisements in the history of American presidential campaigns, was aired for the first and last time. U.S. President Johnson had formally opened his campaign for election to a full term, and the one-minute spot appeared during a break from NBC’s showing of the 1951 film David and Bathsheba.

An in more, lighter, classic advertising on September 14 Pop-Tarts were introduced by the Kellogg company, as pre-cooked pastries that were designed to be warmed up in a toaster, starting with a test marketing in grocery stores in Cleveland, Ohio.

And in classic TV launches on the 19th Flipper”, a tv adventure series starring a dolphin and the family that has befriended him, began the first of three seasons on the NBC network. This was still being run in syndication when I was a boy in the ’80s.

And on the 26th “Gilligan’s Island”, a situation comedy starring Bob Denver as one of seven people marooned on a deserted island, made its debut on CBS in the states, and would remain in rotation to this day.

What’d Sadie think?

Three weeks atop the chart for the classic “The House Of The Rising Sun” by the Animals before new to the chart, “Oh Pretty Woman” by Roy Orbison storms up.

Loved ’em

• “Baby I Need Your Loving” – Four Tops
• “Dancing In The Street” – Martha And The Vandellas
• “It’s All Over Now” – Rolling Stones
• “Oh Pretty Woman” – Roy Orbison
• “Out Of Sight” – James Brown
• “You Can Never Tell” – Chuck Berry

Liked ’em

• “A Summer Song” – Chad Stuart And Jeremy Clyde
• “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” – Manfred Mann
• “From A Window” – Billy J. Kramer The Dakotas
• “Funny” – Joe Hinton
• “I’m On The Outside” – Little Anthony And The Imperials
• “In The Misty Moonlight” – Four Seasons
• “Last Kiss” – J. Frank Wilson
• “Let It Be Me” – Betty Everett And Jerry Butler
• “Matchbox” – Beatles
• “Remember Walkin’ In The Sand” – Shangri-Las
• “Rhythm” – Major Lance
• “Save It For Me” – Four Seasons
• “We’ll Sing In The Sunshine” – Gale Garnett
• “When I Grow Up” – Beach Boys
• “You Must Believe Me” – Impressions

Leave ’em

• “Haunted House” – Gene Simmons

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

It’s turning into a scorching summer down under in Auckland of 2024 as we turn our ears back to August of 1964…

Songs of the month

“A Hard Day’s Night” – Beatles
[new] “Ain’t She Sweet” – Beatles
[new] “Al-Di-La” – Ray Charles Singers
[new] “And I Love Her” – Beatles
[new] “Because” – Dave Clark Five
[new] “Bread And Butter” – Newbeats
[new] “C’mon And Swim” – Bobby Freeman
“Can’t You See That She’s Mine” – Dave Clark Five
[new] “Clinging Vine” – Bobby Vinton
“Dang Me” – Roger Miller
“Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying” – Gerry And The Pacemakers
“Don’t Throw Your Love Away” – Searchers
“Don’t Worry Baby” – Beach Boys
“Everybody Loves Somebody” – Dean Martin
“Farmer John” – Premiers
[new] “G.T.O.” – Ronny And The Daytonas
“Good Times” – Sam Cooke
[new] “Handy Man” – Del Shannon
[new] “How Do You Do It” – Gerry And The Pacemakers
“How Glad I Am” – Nancy Wilson
“I Get Around” – Beach Boys
[new] “I Like It Like That” – Miracles
“I Wanna Love Him So Bad” – Jelly Beans
[new] “I’ll Cry Instead” – Beatles
[new] “I’ll Keep You Satisfied” – Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
[new] “In The Misty Moonlight” – Jerry Wallace
[new] “It Hurts To Be In Love” – Gene Pitney
[new] “Just Be True” – Gene Chandler
“Keep On Pushing” – Impressions
[new] “Maybe I Know” – Lesley Gore
[new] “Maybelline” – Johnny Rivers
“Memphis” – Johnny Rivers
“My Boy Lollipop” – Millie
“Nobody I Know” – Peter & Gordon
[new] “People Say” – Dixie Cups
“People” – Barbra Streisand
“Rag Doll” – Four Seasons
[new] “Selfish One” – Jackie Ross
“Steal Away” – Jimmy Hughes
[new] “Such A Night” – Elvis Presley
[new] “Sugar Lips” – Al Hirt
[new] “Tell Me” – Rolling Stones
“The Girl From Ipanema” – Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
[new] “The House Of The Rising Sun” – Animals
“The Little Old Lady From Pasadena” – Jan & Dean
“Try It Baby” – Marvin Gaye
“Under The Boardwalk” – Drifters
[new] “Walk-Don’t Run ’64” – Ventures
“Where Did Our Love Go” – Supremes
“Wishin’ And Hopin'” – Dusty Springfield
[new] “You Never Can Tell” – Chuck Berry
[new] “You’re My World” – Cilla Black

[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 8th a Rolling Stones concert in the Netherlands resort of Scheveningen, near The Hague, ended in a near riot after the Stones had played only four songs.

Then on the 2rd The Beatles performed at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California, one of the two concerts that were compiled as the live album “The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl”.

On the 27th, also in Hollywood, Walt Disney’s hit film Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews in the title role and Dick Van Dyke, made its first appearance, with a première at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. The film would go on to become Disney’s biggest moneymaker to date, and would win five Academy Awards, including an Academy Award for Best Actress for Andrews.

What’d Sadie think?

Two weeks at the top for “A Hard Day’s Night” – Beatles before a week for Dean Martin’s “Everybody Loves Somebody” and then the Supremes ask, “Where Did Our Love Go” – Supremes at the top for a week.

Loved ’em

• “And I Love Her” – Beatles
• “Bread And Butter” – Newbeats
• “I’ll Keep You Satisfied” – Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
• “Just Be True” – Gene Chandler
• “Tell Me” – Rolling Stones
• “The House Of The Rising Sun” – Animals
• “You Never Can Tell” – Chuck Berry

Tune of the week is definitely “House of the Rising Sun”, as a traditional folk song recorded by an electric rock band, it has been described as the “first folk rock hit”. It has quite the storied past so we’ll leave that to wikipedia.

Liked ’em

• “Ain’t She Sweet” – Beatles
• “Al-Di-La” – Ray Charles Singers
• “Because” – Dave Clark Five
• “C’mon And Swim” – Bobby Freeman
• “G.T.O.” – Ronny And The Daytonas
• “Handy Man” – Del Shannon
• “How Do You Do It” – Gerry And The Pacemakers
• “I’ll Cry Instead” – Beatles
• “It Hurts To Be In Love” – Gene Pitney
• “Maybe I Know” – Lesley Gore
• “Maybelline” – Johnny Rivers
• “People Say” – Dixie Cups
• “Selfish One” – Jackie Ross
• “Such A Night” – Elvis Presley
• “Walk-Don’t Run ’64” – Ventures
• “You’re My World” – Cilla Black

Leave ’em

• “Clinging Vine” – Bobby Vinton
• “In The Misty Moonlight” – Jerry Wallace
• “Sugar Lips” – Al Hirt

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

Happy New Year from here in January of 2024! Our fourth, calendar, year of this project… A busy Xmas with family so here’s June which we didn’t post, before we tune into July of 1964….

Songs of the month

[new] “A Hard Day’s Night” – Beatles
“A World Without Love” – Peter & Gordon
[new] “Alone” – Four Seasons
“Bad To Me” – Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
“Can’t You See That She’s Mine” – Dave Clark Five
“Chapel Of Love” – Dixie Cups
[new] “Dang Me” – Roger Miller
“Diane” – Bachelors
“Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying” – Gerry And The Pacemakers
“Don’t Throw Your Love Away” – Searchers
“Don’t Worry Baby” – Beach Boys
[new] “Everybody Loves Somebody” – Dean Martin
[new] “Farmer John” – Premiers
“Good Times” – Sam Cooke
[new] “Hey Harmonica Man” – Stevie Wonder
[new] “How Glad I Am” – Nancy Wilson
“I Get Around” – Beach Boys
[new] “I Wanna Love Him So Bad” – Jelly Beans
“I’ll Touch A Star” – Terry Stafford
[new] “Keep On Pushing” – Impressions
“Little Children” – Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
“Love Me Do” – Beatles
“Love Me With All Your Heart” – Ray Charles Singers
“Memphis” – Johnny Rivers
“My Boy Lollipop” – Millie
“My Guy” – Mary Wells
“No Particular Place To Go” – Chuck Berry
[new] “Nobody I Know” – Peter & Gordon
“People” – Barbra Streisand
“Rag Doll” – Four Seasons
[new] “Rag Doll” – Searchers
[new] “Remember Me” – Rita Pavone
[new] “Steal Away” – Jimmy Hughes
“Tell Me Why” – Bobby Vinton
“The Girl From Ipanema” – Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
[new] “The Little Old Lady From Pasadena” – Jan & Dean
“Today” – New Christy Minstrels
“Try It Baby” – Marvin Gaye
[new] “Under The Boardwalk” – Drifters
“Walk On By” – Dionne Warwick
[new] “What’s The Matter With You Baby” – Marvin Gaye And Mary Wells
[new] “Where Did Our Love Go” – Supremes
[new] “Wishin’ And Hopin'” – Dusty Springfield
“Yesterday’s Gone” – Chad Stewart And Jeremy Clyde

[new] = New to the chart this week.

You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

This month in history

On July 2nd U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, finally abolishing racial segregation in the United States in public schools, public accommodations and travel, and in voting registration.

Across the pond on the 6th The Beatles’ first feature film, “A Hard Day’s Night”, premiered in the United Kingdom.

Still in the UK, on the 15th, the “topping out” ceremony was held to mark the completion of what was, at the time, the tallest building in the United Kingdom, the Post Office Tower (aka the iconic “BT Tower”) in London.

Then on the 31st of July, Jim Reeves, 40, American country singer, was killed when the small plane he was piloting encountered a violent thunderstorm while flying over Brentwood, Tennessee.

What’d Sadie think?

Two weeks at the top for “I Get Around” by the Beach Boys before the Four Seasons take over with “Rag Doll”.

Loved ’em

Some real classics in the playlist this month, from yet another Beatles hit to “Under the Boardwalk”, and hits from The Supremes and Dusty Springfield.

• “A Hard Day’s Night” – Beatles
• “Dang Me” – Roger Miller
• “Hey Harmonica Man” – Stevie Wonder
• “How Glad I Am” – Nancy Wilson
• “The Little Old Lady From Pasadena” – Jan & Dean
• “Under The Boardwalk” – Drifters
• “What’s The Matter With You Baby” – Marvin Gaye And Mary Wells
• “Where Did Our Love Go” – Supremes
• “Wishin’ And Hopin'” – Dusty Springfield

Liked ’em

• “Alone” – Four Seasons
• “Everybody Loves Somebody” – Dean Martin
• “Farmer John” – Premiers
• “I Wanna Love Him So Bad” – Jelly Beans
• “Keep On Pushing” – Impressions
• “Nobody I Know” – Peter & Gordon
• “Rag Doll” – Searchers
• “Steal Away” – Jimmy Hughes

Leave ’em

• “Remember Me” – Rita Pavone
• “Tell Me Why” – Ray Charles Singers

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.