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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.

It’s 56 years and 2 months before Sadie is born and 12 years and 8 months before Thomas is… so let’s hear what June, 1964 sounds like!

Songs of the month

“A World Without Love” – Peter & Gordon
[new] “Bad To Me” – Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
[new] “Be Anything” – Connie Francis
[new] “Beans In My Ears” – Serendipity Singers
“Bits And Pieces” – Dave Clark Five
[new] “Can’t You See That She’s Mine” – Dave Clark Five
“Chapel Of Love” – Dixie Cups
“Cotton Candy” – Al Hirt
“Diane” – Bachelors
“Do You Love Me” – Dave Clark Five
[new] “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying” – Gerry And The Pacemakers
[new] “Don’t Throw Your Love Away” – Searchers
[new] “Don’t Worry Baby” – Beach Boys
“Every Little Bit Hurts” – Brenda Holloway
[new] “Good Times” – Sam Cooke
“Hello Dolly” – Louis Armstrong
“I Don’t Want To Hurt Anymore” – Nat King Cole
[new] “I Get Around” – Beach Boys
[new] “I’ll Touch A Star” – Terry Stafford
“I’m So Proud” – Impressions
“It’s Over” – Roy Orbison
“Little Children” – Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
“Love Me Do” – Beatles
“Love Me With All Your Heart” – Ray Charles Singers
[new] “Memphis” – Johnny Rivers
[new] “My Boy Lollipop” – Millie
“My Guy” – Mary Wells
[new] “No Particular Place To Go” – Chuck Berry
“Once Upon A Time” – Marvin Gaye And Mary Wells
“P.S. I Love You” – Beatles
“People” – Barbra Streisand
[new] “Rag Doll” – Four Seasons
“Romeo And Juliet” – Reflections
[new] “Tears And Roses” – Al Martino
“Tell Me Why” – Bobby Vinton
[new] “The Girl From Ipanema” – Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
[new] “Three Window Coupe” – Rip Chords
“Today” – New Christy Minstrels
[new] “Try It Baby” – Marvin Gaye
[new] “Viva Las Vegas” – Elvis Presley
“Walk On By” – Dionne Warwick
“What’d I Say” – Elvis Presley
[new] “What’s The Matter With You Baby” – Marving Gaye And Mary Wells
[new] “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 the 4th the Beatles began their first, and only, world concert tour starting with a performance at the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, and a second concert two days later at a concert hall in the village of Blokker, Netherlands, followed by visits to Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand. Because drummer Ringo Starr was hospitalized for acute tonsillitis, Jimmie Nicol took his place for the first eight shows on the tour. Here’s a video of The Beatles arriving in NZ on that leg of the tour…

And in a continuation of the British Invasion, the Rolling Stones were introduced to the American public in a pre-recorded segment of the ABC television show The Hollywood Palace. Although they had been flown to Los Angeles for the taping and played three songs, the only part that was televised was a 45-second segment of “I Just Want to Make Love to You” and host Dean Martin made derogatory remarks about the Stones, including “Their hair is not long. It’s just smaller foreheads and higher eyebrows.” Someone feeling increasingly irrelevant perhaps?

And in weightier news, on the 12th Nelson Mandela and seven co-defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment in the infamous Rivonia Trials. Goldberg would be sent to Pretoria, while Mandela and the other black defendants went to the Robben Island prison. Mandela wouldn’t be released until 1990.

What’d Sadie think?

Three weeks at number 1 for “Chapel Of Love” by the Dixie Cups and then a week for Peter & Gordon’s “A World Without Love”.

Loved ’em

• “Bad To Me” – Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
• “Can’t You See That She’s Mine” – Dave Clark Five
• “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
• “Good Times” – Sam Cooke
• “I Get Around” – Beach Boys
• “My Boy Lollipop” – Millie
• “The Girl From Ipanema” – Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
• “Viva Las Vegas” – Elvis Presley
• “What’s The Matter With You Baby” – Marving Gaye And Mary Wells

Liked ’em

• “Be Anything” – Connie Francis
• “I’ll Touch A Star” – Terry Stafford
• “No Particular Place To Go” – Chuck Berry
• “Tears And Roses” – Al Martino
• “Three Window Coupe” – Rip Chords
• “Try It Baby” – Marvin Gaye

Leave ’em

• “Beans In My Ears” – Serendipity Singers
• “Yesterday’s Gone” – Chad Stewart And Jeremy Clyde

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

It’s 56 years and 4 months before Sadie is born and 12 years and 10 months before Thomas is…and we missed sending the newsletter this week, so let’s jump straight into the tunes of April, 1964!

Songs of the month

[new] “Ain’t Nothing You Can Do” – Bobby Bland
[new] “Bits And Pieces” – Dave Clark Five
“Blue Winter” – Connie Francis
“Can’t Buy Me Love” – Beatles
“Dawn” – Four Seasons
[new] “Dead Man’s Curve” – Jan And Dean
[new] “Do You Want To Know A Secret” – Beatles
“Don’t Let The Rain Come Down” – Serendipity Singers
[new] “Ebb Tide” – Lenny Welch
[new] “Forever” – Pete Drake And His Talking Steel Guitar
“Fun Fun Fun” – Beach Boys
“Glad All Over” – Dave Clark Five
“Hello Dolly” – Louis Armstrong
[new] “Hey Bobba Needle” – Chubby Checker
“Hi-Heel Sneakers” – Tommy Tucker
[new] “Hippy Hippy Shake” – Swinging Blue Jeans
“I Love You More And More Every Day” – Al Martino
“I Want To Hold Your Hand” – Beatles
“It Hurts Me” – Elvis Presley
“It’s In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)” – Betty Everett
[new] “It’s Over” – Roy Orbison
“Java” – Al Hirt
“Kissin’ Cousins” – Elvis Presley
[new] “Money” – Kingsmen
[new] “My Guy” – Mary Wells
“My Heart Belongs To Only You” – Bobby Vinton
[new] “Nadine” – Chuck Berry
“Navy Blue” – Diane Renay
“Needles And Pins” – Searchers
“Please Please Me” – Beatles
[new] “Ronnie” – Four Seasons
[new] “Shangri-La” – Robert Maxwell
“She Loves You” – Beatles
“Stay” – Four Seasons
“Suspicion” – Terry Stafford
[new] “That’s The Way Boys Are” – Lesley Gore
[new] “The Matador” – Major Lance
“The Way You Do The Things You Do” – Temptations
[new] “Think” – Brenda Lee
“Twist And Shout” – Beatles
[new] “White On White” – Danny Williams
“You’re A Wonderful One” – Marvin Gaye

[new] = New to the chart this week.

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

This month in history

On April 7th IBM announced the System/360 mainframe computer system, the first commercially available system to use micro-miniaturized logic circuits.The new machine, which IBM chairman Thomas J. Watson Jr. described as “the beginning of a new generation—not only of computers—but their application in business, science and government”, was shown off at meetings in 165 cities.

On the 13th the 36th Academy Awards ceremony were held. Sidney Poitier became the first black person to win an Academy Award in the category Best Actor in a Leading Role, for his performance in Lilies of the Field – trailer below.

And on the 20th the first jar of Nutella, a “hazelnut cocoa spread” now popular around the world, was shipped from the Ferrero factory in Italy.

What’d Sadie think?

It’s four weeks at number 1 for The Beatles with “Can’t Buy Me Love”. The first week of the month sees even more extreme domination though…

yes they held the top 5 spots!

Loved ’em

• “Ain’t Nothing You Can Do” – Bobby Bland
• “Bits And Pieces” – Dave Clark Five
• “Do You Want To Know A Secret” – Beatles
• “Hippy Hippy Shake” – Swinging Blue Jeans
• “My Guy” – Mary Wells
  

Liked ’em

• “Dead Man’s Curve” – Jan And Dean
• “Ebb Tide” – Lenny Welch
• “Forever” – Pete Drake
• “Hey Bobba Needle” – Chubby Checker
• “It’s Over” – Roy Orbison
• “Money” – Kingsmen
• “Nadine” – Chuck Berry
• “Ronnie” – Four Seasons
• “Shangri-La” – Robert Maxwell
• “That’s The Way Boys Are” – Lesley Gore
• “The Matador” – Major Lance
  

Leave ’em

• “Think” – Brenda Lee
• “White On White” – Danny Williams

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