To completely go off topic, another of my Holy Grail oldies was a quirky version of Summertime (the George Gershwin classic) that one of the oldies stations used to play very rarely. Do you know how many versions of that song there are? I thought I'd never find it. All I remembered was that the singer did some incredibly unusual singing on it. Then one day, bingo! I found it by accident on YouTube. I love this version of the song; it absolutely kicks booty. It's down right jaw dropping what this singer does with his voice on this track. As far as reimagining a classic goes, this is even more bizarre than the doo wop version of Blue Moon. From 1966, Billy Stewart and Summertime. Enjoy!
Man, this is a classic R&B hit that I remember from my childhood. The long version has a lot of great scatting.
Steve Hoffman did a great job with it here: Various Artists - Vintage Music Collectors Series, Volumes 7 & 8 - Amazon.com Music
Annoying indeed. Catch the Top 50 songs that week. That week wasn't really that bad musically. There was some good stuff there. Ricky Nelson, a handful of Elvis songs, Everly Bros., etc. The smooth soul of The Platters at No. 2. US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending 11th January, 1959 – Issue Date: 5th January, 1959 TW LW TITLE –•– Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak To Date) 1 1 THE CHIPMUNK SONG –•– The Chipmunks with the Music Of David Seville (Liberty)-6 – (3 wks @ #1) (1) 2 2 SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES –•– The Platters (Mercury)-8 (2) 3 3 TO KNOW HIM, IS TO LOVE HIM –•– The Teddy Bears (Dore)-16 (1) 4 5 PROBLEMS –•– The Everly Brothers (Cadence)-9 (2) 5 4 ONE NIGHT –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-9 (4) 6 13 MY HAPPINESS –•– Connie Francis (MGM)-5 (6) 7 6 TOM DOOLEY –•– The Kingston Trio (Capitol)-15 (1) 8 9 A LOVER’S QUESTION –•– Clyde McPhatter (Atlantic)-13 (8) 9 11 GOTTA TRAVEL ON –•– Billy Grammer (Monument)-7 (9) 10 10 WHOLE LOTTA LOVING –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-8 (10) 11 7 LONESOME TOWN –•– Ricky Nelson (Imperial)-12 (7) 12 8 BEEP BEEP –•– The Playmates (Roulette)-10 (4) 13 15 BIMBOMBEY –•– Jimmie Rodgers (Roulette)-9 (11) 14 14 I GOT STUNG –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-10 (8) 15 18 DONNA –•– Ritchie Valens (Del-Fi)-7 (15) 16 29 THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY –•– The Harry Simeone Chorale (20th Fox)-3 (16) 17 17 QUEEN OF THE HOP –•– Bobby Darin (Atco)-14 (9) 18 25 16 CANDLES –•– The Crests (Coed)-7 (18) 19 12 IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE –•– Conway Twitty (MGM)-17 (1) 20 16 LONELY TEARDROPS –•– Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)-7 (16) 21 32 THE DIARY –•– Neil Sedaka (RCA Victor)-5 (21) 22 22 MANHATTAN SPIRITUAL –•– Reg Owen and His Orchestra (Palette)-5 (22) 23 30 GOODBYE BABY –•– Jack Scott (Carlton)-4 (23) 24 19 LOVE IS ALL WE NEED –•– Tommy Edwards (MGM)-11 (15) 25 23 I’LL WAIT FOR YOU –•– Frankie Avalon (Chancellor)-12 (15) 26 31 CANNONBALL –•– Duane Eddy (Jamie)-10 (15) 27 56 LUCKY LADYBUG –•– Billy and Lillie (Swan)-3 (27) 28 27 PHILADELPHIA U.S.A. –•– The Nu Tornados (Carlton)-8 (26) 29 33 THE TEEN COMMANDMENTS –•– Paul Anka-George Hamilton IV-Johnny Nash (ABC-Paramount)-6 (29) 30 24 THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC –•– Louis Prima and Keely Smith (Capitol)-10 (18) 31 26 LOVE YOU MOST OF ALL –•– Sam Cooke (Keen)-8 (26) 32 21 POOR BOY –•– The Royaltones (Jubilee)-12 (17) 33 39 THE ALL AMERICAN BOY –•– Bill Parsons (Bobby Bare) (Fraternity)-3 (33) 34 20 I GOT A FEELING –•– Ricky Nelson (Imperial)-13 (10) 35 48 C’MON EVERYBODY –•– Eddie Cochran (Liberty)-7 (35) 36 53 STAGGER LEE –•– Lloyd Price (ABC-Paramount)-5 (36) 37 43 (All Of a Sudden) MY HEART SINGS –•– Paul Anka (ABC-Paramount)-3 (37) 38 34 I CRIED A TEAR –•– LaVern Baker (Atlantic)-5 (34) 39 40 THE WORLD OUTSIDE –•– The Four Coins (Epic)-9 (21) 40 55 DON’T PITY ME –•– Dion and the Belmonts (Laurie)-3 (40) THIS WEEK’S DROPS: 42 28 TOPSY II –•– Cozy Cole (Love)-20 (3) 43 38 IT’S ALL IN THE GAME –•– Tommy Edwards (MGM)-21 (1) 44 36 TURVY II –•– Cozy Cole (Love)-6 (36) 45 35 JINGLE BELL ROCK –•– Bobby Helms (Decca)-9 (6) 55 37 CHANTILLY LACE –•– The Big Bopper (Mercury)-23 (6) POWER HITS: 41 50 PEEK-A-BOO –•– The Cadillacs (Josie)-5 (35) 49 41 THE END –•– Earl Grant (Decca) Wks: 17 Pk: # 7 50 58 ROCKA-CONGA –•– The Applejacks (Cameo)-3 (50) NEW THIS WEEK: 71 — DON’T YOU KNOW YOCKOMO –•– Huey (Piano) Smith and the Clowns (Ace)-2 (71) 77 — (I Wanna) DANCE WITH THE TEACHER –•– The Olympics (Demon)-3 (77) 78 — PETER GUNN –•– Ray Anthony (Capitol)-1 (78) 79 — I TALK TO THE TREES –•– Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra (London)-1 (79) 81 — YELLOW BIRD –•– The Mills Brothers (Dot)-1 (81) 85 — PRETTY GIRLS EVERYWHERE –•– Eugene Church and the Fellows (Class)-2 (85) 86 — LITTLE SPACE GIRL –•– Jesse Lee Turner (Carlton)-1 (86) 98 — TALL PAUL –•– Annette and the Afterbeats (Disneyland)-1 (98) 99 — SERMONETTE –•– Della Reese (Jubilee)-1 (99) 100 — GAZACHSTAHAGEN –•– The Wild-Cats (United Artists)-1 (100)
Ricky Nelson was HUGE. The 2nd biggest-charting artist (following only Elvis) from the late 1950s and early 1960s. He had a good run. I imagine his run would've continued more into 1964 after For You (No. 6, Jan. 1964) if he had better material. The material in 1964-1966 was very weak. Tin Pan Alley, old standards. Kind of like Elvis, who relied on hacknied, well-trod material.
It's a kid's song and it's Christmas time. Is one of your favorite sayings "Bah, Humbug" at this time of year?
California Girls and Like A Rolling Stone were among those kept from No. 1 by I Got You Babe, a Sonny & Cher song, which was No.1 for weeks. Calif. Girls sounded more like a No.1 song than Help Me, Rhonda, which did hit No. 1
Less- charting on the country charts. On the pop charts, Elvis' singles charted throughout the 1960s, into 1965, where he had Top 10 & Top 20 hits. 1966-67 saw smaller hits until his comeback in 1968.
Oldies station programmers, particularly those of the radio chains, do much revisionism. Many hit songs many remember were all but forgotten...
Theme From a Summer Place was also the biggest-charting single of the decade.... or so I once read in a Billboard Hits book, with Hey Jude No. 2. The Twist was No. 1 Hey Jude, No. 2 Theme was No. 3. The Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 Hits of the 1960s
Many artists had double-sided hits. Among the most prolific: -Elvis -Ricky Nelson -Fats Domino -Beach Boys -Beatles
The Twist would go on to be the biggest charting single of the 1960s. The Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 Hits of the 1960s
That was clearly the case for many British Invasion groups too, like Herman's Hermits, The Animals, Dave Clark Five, etc.
One of the greatest rock & roll songs of the 1960s!!! One of the biggest hits of 1961: Top 100 Songs (1955-2015) 1961 1 Bobby Lewis Tossin’ And Turnin’ 2 Patsy Cline I Fall To Pieces 3 Highwaymen Michael 4 Roy Orbison Cryin’ 5 Del Shannon Runaway 6 Jive Five My True Story 7 Chubby Checker Pony Time 8 String-a-longs Wheels 9 Dee Clark Raindrops 10 Joe Dowell Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn) 11 Lawrence Welk Calcutta 12 Bobby Vee Take Good Care Of My Baby 13 Roy Orbison Running Scared 14 Shirelles Dedicated To The One I Love 15 Mar-Keys Last Night 16 Shirelles Will You Love Me Tomorrow 17 Ferrante and Teicher Exodus 18 Connie Francis Where The Boys Are 19 Ray Charles Hit The Road Jack 20 Sue Thompson Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) 21 Ernie K-Doe Mother-In-Law 22 Dovells Bristol Stomp 23 Ricky Nelson Travelin’ Man 24 Miracles Shop Around 25 Brook Benton The Boll Weevil Song 26 Gene Mcdaniels A Hundred Pounds Of Clay 27 Dick and Deedee The Mountain’s High 28 Marty Robbins Don’t Worry 29 Floyd Cramer On The Rebound 30 Steve Lawrence Portrait Of My Love 31 Gary “U.S.” Bonds Quarter To Three 32 Barry Mann Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) 33 Neil Sedaka Calendar Girl 34 Chris Kenner I Like It Like That 35 Jorgen Ingmann Apache 36 Linda Scott Don’t Bet Money Honey 37 Johnny Tillotson Without You 38 Ferlin Husky Wings Of A Dove 39 Elvis Presley Little Sister 40 Marcels Blue Moon 41 Shep and The Limelites Daddy’s Home 42 Troy Shondell This Time 43 Clarence “Frog Man” Henry I Don’t Know Why But I Do 44 Kokomo Asia Minor 45 Faron Young Hello Walls 46 Dion Runaround Sue 47 Arthur Lyman Yellow Bird 48 Timi Yuro Hurt 49 Ricky Nelson Hello Mary Lou 50 Capris There’s A Moon Out Tonight 51 Elvis Presley Surrender 52 Paris Sisters I Love How You Love Me 53 Lee Dorsey Ya Ya 54 Gary “U.S.” Bonds School Is Out 55 Bob Moore Mexico 56 Ral Donner You Don’t Know What You’ve Got (Until You Lose It) 57 Everly Brothers Walk Right Back 58 Lettermen The Way You Look Tonight 59 Pat Boone Moody River 60 Ray Charles One Mint Julep 61 Adam Wade Take Good Care Of Her 62 Carla Thomas Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) 63 Ben E. King Stand By Me 64 Ben E. King Spanish Harlem 65 Ike and Tina Turner It’s Gonna Work Out Fine 66 Echoes Baby Blue 67 Buzz Clifford Baby Sittin’ Boogie 68 Del Shannon Hats Off To Larry 69 Caesar and The Romans Those Oldies But Goodies 70 Chubby Checker The Fly 71 Elvis Presley (Marie’s The Name) His Latest Flame 72 Bert Kaempfert and His Orch. Wonderland By Night 73 Tony Orlando Bless You 74 Linda Scott I’ve Told Every Little Star 75 Bobby Lewis One Track Mind 76 Rosie and The Originals Angel Baby 77 Curtis Lee Pretty Little Angel Eyes 78 Brook Benton Think Twice 79 Lonnie Donegan Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (On The Bedpost Overnight) 80 Connie Francis Breakin’ In A Brand New Broken Heart 81 Shirelles Mama Said 82 Fats Domino Let The Four Winds Blow 83 Adam Wade The Writing On The Wall 84 Matt Monroe My Kind Of Girl 85 Paul Anka Tonight My Love, Tonight 86 Jimmy Dean Big Bad John 87 Bobby Rydell Good Time Baby 88 Floyd Cramer San Antonio Rose 89 Bobby Vee Rubber Ball 90 Ray Peterson Missing You 91 Brenda Lee Dum Dum 92 Eddie Hodges I’m Gonna Knock On Your Door 93 Brenda Lee You Can Depend On Me 94 Chubby Checker Let’s Twist Again 95 Dave Brubeck Take Five 96 Elvis Presley Are You Lonesome Tonight 97 Don Gibson Sea Of Heartbreak 98 Four Preps More Money For You And Me Medley 99 Bobby Darin You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby 100 Drifters Please Stay
The song was No. 1 for A MONTH !!! There were some great songs on the chart that week. Elvis, The Ventures, Ernie-K-Doe, Linda Scott, Ray Charles, The Shirelles... US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending 30th April, 1961 TW LW TITLE –•– Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak To Date) 1 2 RUNAWAY –•– Del Shannon (Big Top)-8 (1 week at #1) (1) 2 1 BLUE MOON –•– The Marcels (Colpix)-8 (1) 3 3 MOTHER-IN-LAW –•– Ernie K-Doe (Minit)-5 (3) 4 5 BUT I DO –•– Clarence (Frogman) Henry (Argo)-10 (4) 5 4 ON THE REBOUND –•– Floyd Cramer (RCA Victor)-8 (4) 6 9 A HUNDRED POUNDS OF CLAY –•– Gene McDaniels (Liberty)-6 (6) 7 18 I’VE TOLD EVERY LITTLE STAR –•– Linda Scott (Canadian American)-7 (7) 8 16 YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME –•– Brenda Lee (Decca)-5 (8) 9 11 TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER –•– Adam Wade (Coed)-7 (9) 10 14 ONE MINT JULEP –•– Ray Charles (Impulse)-8 (10) —— 11 6 APACHE –•– Jørgen Ingmann and His Guitar (Atco)-14 (2) 12 13 PLEASE LOVE ME FOREVER –•– Cathy Jean and the Roommates (Valmor)-9 (12) 13 7 DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE –•– The Shirelles (Scepter)-18 (3) 14 17 BABY BLUE –•– The Echoes (Seg-way)-8 (14) 15 8 ASIA MINOR –•– Kokomo (Felsted)-10 (8) 16 19 TONIGHT MY LOVE, TONIGHT –•– Paul Anka (ABC-Paramount)-7 (16) 17 23 PORTRAIT OF MY LOVE –•– Steve Lawrence (United Artists)-8 (17) 18 12 DON’T WORRY –•– Marty Robbins (Columbia)-13 (3) 19 10 SURRENDER –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-10 (1) 20 27 DADDY’S HOME –•– Shep and the Limelites (Hull)-5 (20) —— 21 56 BREAKIN’ IN A BRAND NEW BROKEN HEART –•– Connie Francis (MGM)-2 (21) 22 20 PLEASE TELL ME WHY –•– Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)-7 (20) 23 15 PONY TIME –•– Chubby Checker (Parkway)-14 (1) 24 21 WALK RIGHT BACK –•– The Everly Brothers (Warner Brothers)-12 (7) 25 24 GEE WHIZ (Look At His Eyes) –•– Carla Thomas (Atlantic)-13 (10) 26 25 JUST FOR OLD TIME’S SAKE –•– The McGuire Sisters (Coral)-7 (25) 27 31 FIND ANOTHER GIRL –•– Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay)-8 (27) 28 44 TONIGHT I FELL IN LOVE –•– The Tokens (Warwick)-8 (28) 29 22 THINK TWICE –•– Brook Benton (Mercury)-11 (11) 30 46 FUNNY –•– Maxine Brown (Nomar)-5 (30) —— 31 32 TENDERLY –•– Bert Kaempfert (Decca)-5 (31) 32 34 SHU RAH –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-6 (32) 33 42 BUMBLE BOOGIE –•– B. Bumble and the Stingers (Rendezvous)-5 (33) 34 85 FLAMING STAR (From the “Elvis By Request” EP) –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-2 (34) 35 47 FROGG –•– The Brothers Four (Columbia)-3 (35) 36 35 BRASS BUTTONS –•– The String-A-Longs (Warwick)-5 (35) 37 33 HIDE AWAY –•– Freddy King (Federal)-8 (29) 38 54 RUNNING SCARED –•– Roy Orbison (Monument)-3 (38) 39 53 WHAT’D I SAY –•– Jerry Lee Lewis (Sun)-4 (39) 40 30 TRUST IN ME –•– Etta James (Argo)-7 (30) THIS WEEK’S DROPS 41 28 ONCE UPON A TIME –•– Rochell and the Candles with Johnny Wyatt (Swingin’)-12 (26) 43 29 WHERE THE BOYS ARE –•– Connie Francis (MGM)-15 (4) 44 36 SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL –•– The Drifters (Atlantic)-6 (36) 45 26 WHEELS –•– The String-A-Longs (Warwick)-16 (3) 48 38 LIKE LONG HAIR –•– Paul Revere and the Raiders (Gardena)-5 (38) 50 37 (Love Theme From) ONE EYED JACKS –•– Ferrante and Teicher (United Artists)-6 (37) 52 39 THEME FROM DIXIE –•– Duane Eddy (Jamie)-6 (39) 76 40 MODEL GIRL –•– Johnny Maestro (Coed)-12 (20) POWER PLAYS 42 78 MAMA SAID –•– The Shirelles (Scepter)-2 (42) 46 43 FELL IN LOVE ON MONDAY –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-6 (32) 47 51 THE CONTINENTAL WALK –•– Hank Ballard and the Midnighters (King)-4 (47) 49 52 AIN’T IT, BABY –•– The Miracles (Tamla)-5 (49) NEW THIS WEEK 71 — TRAVELIN’ MAN –•– Ricky Nelson (Imperial)-1 (71) 85 — LULLABY OF THE LEAVES –•– The Ventures (Dolton)-1 (85) 91 — TOSSIN’ AND TURNIN’ –•– Bobby Lewis (Beltone)-1 (91) 96 — LITTLE EGYPT (Ying-Yang) –•– The Coasters (Atco)-1 (96)
Great New Orleans R&B-influenced rock & roll. Some other great songs on that chart that week. The monster RAINDROPS by Dee Clark, which should've hit No. 1. Some great American Graffiti tunes, like Barbara Ann (by The Regents) and Heart and Soul (Cleftones). All in all, a great year for popular music. US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending 2nd July, 1961 TW LW TITLE –•– Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak To Date) 1 3 QUARTER TO THREE –•– Gary (U.S.) Bonds (Legrand)-6 (1 week at #1) (1) 2 5 RAINDROPS –•– Dee Clark (Vee-Jay)-9 (2) 3 1 MOODY RIVER –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-9 (1) 4 7 TOSSIN’ AND TURNIN’ –•– Bobby Lewis (Beltone)-10 (4) 5 2 TRAVELIN’ MAN –•– Ricky Nelson (Imperial)-10 (1) 6 6 THE WRITING ON THE WALL –•– Adam Wade (Coed)-7 (6) 7 9 THE BOLL WEEVIL SONG –•– Brook Benton (Mercury)-7 (7) 8 8 EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART –•– The Pips (Vee-Jay)-7 (8) 9 10 THOSE OLDIES BUT GOODIES (Remind Me Of You) –•– Little Caesar and the Romans (Del-Fi)-9 (9) 10 4 STAND BY ME –•– Ben E. King (Atco)-8 (4) —— 11 15 YELLOW BIRD –•– Arthur Lyman Group (Hi Fi)-5 (11) 12 12 YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE –•– Clarence (Frogman) Henry (Argo)-7 (12) 13 16 DANCE ON LITTLE GIRL –•– Paul Anka (ABC-Paramount)-5 (13) 14 11 RUNNING SCARED –•– Roy Orbison (Monument)-12 (1) 15 14 I FEEL SO BAD –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-7 (5) 16 17 HELLO MARY LOU –•– Ricky Nelson (Imperial)-9 (9) 17 13 BARBARA-ANN –•– The Regents (Gee)-7 (13) 18 33 HATS OFF TO LARRY –•– Del Shannon (Big Top)-4 (18) 19 43 SAN ANTONIO ROSE –•– Floyd Cramer (RCA Victor)-4 (19) 20 30 TELL ME WHY –•– The Belmonts (Sabrina)-6 (20) —— 21 19 HELLO WALLS –•– Faron Young (Capitol)-12 (12) 22 18 HEART AND SOUL –•– The Cleftones (Gee)-6 (18) 23 20 PEANUT BUTTER –•– The Marathons (Arvee)-10 (20) 24 25 I’M A FOOL TO CARE –•– Joe Barry (Smash)-10 (24) 25 21 RAMA LAMA DING DONG –•– The Edsels (Twin)-9 (21) 26 27 WILD IN THE COUNTRY –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-4 (26) 27 29 TEMPTATION –•– The Everly Brothers (Warner Brothers)-5 (27) 28 40 IT KEEPS RAININ’ –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-7 (28) 29 23 LITTLE EGYPT (Ying-Yang) –•– The Coasters (Atco)-10 (23) 30 57 TONIGHT (Could Be the Night) –•– The Velvets (Monument)-5 (30) —— 31 69 DUM DUM –•– Brenda Lee (Decca)-2 (31) 32 49 I’M COMIN’ ON BACK TO YOU –•– Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)-3 (32) 33 46 MY KIND OF GIRL –•– Matt Monro (Warwick)-5 (33) 34 55 OLE BUTTERMILK SKY –•– Bill Black’s Combo (Hi)-4 (34) 35 48 THREE HEARTS IN A TANGLE –•– Roy Drusky (Decca)-12 (35) 36 47 CUPID –•– Sam Cooke (RCA Victor)-4 (36) 37 31 TRAGEDY –•– The Fleetwoods (Dolton)-11 (10) 38 53 PLEASE STAY –•– The Drifters (Atlantic)-4 (38) 39 68 YOU CAN’T SIT DOWN (Part 2) –•– The Philip Upchurch Combo (Boyd)-2 (39) 40 35 COUNT EVERY STAR –•– Donnie and the Dreamers (Whale)-9 (35) THIS WEEK’S DROPS 42 24 DADDY’S HOME –•– Shep and the Limelites (Hull)-14 (2) 44 38 BETTER TELL HIM NO –•– The Starlets (PAM)-10 (38) 45 26 A HUNDRED POUNDS OF CLAY –•– Gene McDaniels (Liberty)-15 (3) 46 28 MOTHER-IN-LAW –•– Ernie K-Doe (Minit)-14 (1) 49 32 LITTLE DEVIL –•– Neil Sedaka (RCA Victor)-9 (11) 53 22 MAMA SAID –•– The Shirelles (Scepter)-11 (4) 57 36 GIRL OF MY BEST FRIEND –•– Ral Donner and the Starfires (Gone)-11 (19) 58 37 LULLABYE OF LOVE –•– Frank Gari (Crusade)-12 (23) 59 39 NEVER ON SUNDAY –•– Don Costa and His Orchestra and Chorus (United Artists)-23 (19) POWER PLAYS 41 71 I LIKE IT LIKE THAT (Part 1) –•– Chris Kenner (Instant)-5 (41) 43 62 JURA (I Swear I Love You) –•– Les Paul and Mary Ford (Columbia)-8 (43) 47 52 I DON’T MIND –•– James Brown and the Famous Flames (King)-7 (47) 48 — TOGETHER –•– Connie Francis (MGM)-1 (48) 50 61 SACRED –•– The Castells (Era)-5 (50) NEW THIS WEEK 48 — TOGETHER –•– Connie Francis (MGM)-1 (48) 63 — (The Graduation Song…) POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE –•– Adrian Kimberly (Don Everly) (Calliope)-1 (63) 67 — YOU’LL ANSWER TO ME –•– Patti Page (Mercury)-1 (67) 72 — DREAM –•– Etta James (Argo)-1 (72) 77 — THE SWITCH-A-ROO –•– Hank Ballard and the Midnighters (King)-1 (77) 82 — THAT’S WHAT GIRLS ARE MADE FOR –•– The Spinners (Tri-Phi)-1 (82) 83 — QUITE A PARTY –•– The Fireballs (Warwick)-1 (83) 87 — HEART AND SOUL –•– Jan and Dean (Challenge)-1 (87) 90 — TE-TA-TE-TA-TA –•– Ernie K-Doe (Minit)-1 (90) 98 — WOODEN HEART (Muss I Denn) –•– Joe Dowell (Smash)-1 (98) 99 — RAININ’ IN MY HEART –•– Slim Harpo (Excello)-4 (69) 100 — TAKE A FOOL’S ADVICE –•– Nat King Cole (Capitol)-1 (100)
Dick Bartley use to play Drip Drop on his Rock & Roll's Greatest Hits Saturday night oldies show, before it (regretably) dropped all 60s music. He played a stereo version when it was finally released.
