tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post3018331010194532701..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: 10 Nearly Forgotten Number One Songsmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-17371366400263212102008-04-29T21:53:00.000-05:002008-04-29T21:53:00.000-05:00Well, you could be nuts, but there's a resemblance...Well, you could be nuts, but there's a resemblance. Probably one of Paul Revere's Raiders, though. They were the house band for WHERE THE ACTION IS.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-14191327055651288532008-04-29T21:20:00.000-05:002008-04-29T21:20:00.000-05:00I'm probably hallucinating, but that looks like Jo...I'm probably hallucinating, but that looks like John Lennon in the bottom right-hand corner of the stage for 96 Tears. Check out 1:16 and 2:15. Am I nuts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-65514226078801929072008-04-28T18:26:00.000-05:002008-04-28T18:26:00.000-05:00I never heard the ones from the 1980s, having give...I never heard the ones from the 1980s, having given up on Top 40 stations when disco came in, but I remember all the others. In fact, I used to know the chords and English words to Sukiyaki.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-16188053957887750792008-04-28T16:50:00.000-05:002008-04-28T16:50:00.000-05:00He did. And Little Steven from the E Street Band (...He did. And Little Steven from the E Street Band (and THE SOPRANOS) will be one of those who never allows ? and the Mysterians to be forgotten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-69014267136958222972008-04-28T12:14:00.000-05:002008-04-28T12:14:00.000-05:00That's what I wondered. Didn't Gary U. S. Bonds t...That's what I wondered. Didn't Gary U. S. Bonds tour with Springsteen for a while?mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-14867957343487844622008-04-28T12:13:00.000-05:002008-04-28T12:13:00.000-05:00And how could anyone forget "Quarter to Three"?Je...And how could anyone forget "Quarter to Three"?<BR/><BR/><BR/>JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-47062406410001340262008-04-28T12:08:00.000-05:002008-04-28T12:08:00.000-05:00Andy Williams must have liked to do lyrics for ins...Andy Williams must have liked to do lyrics for instrumental hits: "Canadian Sunset," "Moon River."<BR/><BR/>I don't know who made up the lyrics to "Telstar," but Bobby does the vocal.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-28229647069168931582008-04-28T11:59:00.000-05:002008-04-28T11:59:00.000-05:00We once saw Andy Williams sing "Gotta Fly Now" but...We once saw Andy Williams sing "Gotta Fly Now" but Bobby Rydell "singing" Telstar?<BR/><BR/>WTF?<BR/><BR/>"Telstar" was the first British song to hit #1 on the US charts, by the way.<BR/><BR/>Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-52442265946436532882008-04-28T10:42:00.000-05:002008-04-28T10:42:00.000-05:00Rydell made up lyrics for "Telstar"?Rydell made up lyrics for "Telstar"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-32406641380032452802008-04-28T08:47:00.000-05:002008-04-28T08:47:00.000-05:00Very interesting list, Bill. I wonder how many pe...Very interesting list, Bill. I wonder how many people under 30 would look at the entries from the '50s and early '60s -- like "Deep Purple" and "Sukiyaki" -- and ask, "What planet did these people live on?"Fred Blosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07307848103704970189noreply@blogger.com