Monday, November 02, 2015

Forgotten Hits: 50 Year Flashback - November 2, 1965

Forgotten Hits: 50 Year Flashback - November 2, 1965

5 comments:

Jeff Meyerson said...

And here is the NYC top 10 of 11/3/65:

1 6 I HEAR A SYMPHONY - The Supremes
2 1 A LOVER’S CONCERTO - The Toys
3 2 1-2-3 - Len Barry
4 3 KEEP ON DANCING - The Gentrys
5 4 GET OFF OF MY CLOUD - The Rolling Stones
6 5 LET’S HANG ON! - The 4 Seasons
7 9 RESCUE ME - Fontella Bass
8 13 AIN’T THAT PECULIAR - Marvin Gaye
9 10 LIAR, LIAR - The Castaways
10 7 YESTERDAY - The Beatles

"A Taste of Honey" by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass jumped from 55 to 18. "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" by The Silkie (I always thought it was just Silkie) went from 56 to 22. Other big jumps were taken by The Dave Clark Five with "Over and Over" and James Brown with Cap'n Bob's least favorite song, "I Got You (I Feel Good)."

Jeff

Don Coffin said...

I note that "Yesterday" is listed as Paul McCartney (true!); it was released, however, as by The Beatles. And here's the Billboard top 10:

Get Off Of My Cloud, The Rolling Stones
A Lover's Concerto, The Toys
Yesterday, The Beatles (or Paul McCartney, or whoever)
Everybody Loves a Clown, Gary Lewis and the Playboys
Keep On Dancing, The Gentrys
You're the One, The Vogues
Positively 4th Street, Mr. Dylan
1-2-3, Len Barry
Rescue Me, Fontella Bass
A Taste of Honey, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

Jeff Meyerson said...

I subscribed to Billboard for several years starting in 1966 and always studied their weekly lists closely. I didn't keep any of the magazines, however.

Jeff

mybillcrider said...

I had a college friend who subscribed to Billboard starting in 1960. I'd read it in the university library the previous year, but I'd visit him and pore over his copy every week. I loved the ads and the Hot 100 lists.

Don Coffin said...

Through the miracle of Al Gore's most famous invention, it's all only a click away.