EVERY Billboard #1 hit discussion thread 1958-Present

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by alphanguy, Jan 29, 2016.

  1. Dougd

    Dougd Forum Resident

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    Dion's Drip Drop got to No. 6 late in 1963, his last big hit of the 1960s until Abraham, Martin & John in 1968.

    Look at all the other great songs on the chart that week:
    Louie Louie, The Beach Boys, Bobby Rydell, The Trashmen, etc.

    US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending 28th December, 1963
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    TW LW TITLE –•– Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak To Date)

    1 1 DOMINIQUE –•– The Singing Nun (Philips)-8 (4 weeks at #1) (1)
    2 4 THERE! I’VE SAID IT AGAIN –•– Bobby Vinton (Epic)-5 (2)
    3 2 LOUIE LOUIE –•– The Kingsmen (Wand)-8 (2)
    4 5 SINCE I FELL FOR YOU –•– Lenny Welch (Cadence)-10 (4)
    5 3 YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A BABY TO CRY –•– The Caravelles (Smash)-9 (3)
    6 7 DRIP DROP –•– Dion DiMucci (Columbia)-7 (6)
    7 13 FORGET HIM –•– Bobby Rydell (Cameo)-8 (7)
    8 10 POPSICLES AND ICICLES –•– The Murmaids (Chattahoochee)-6 (8)
    9 11 TALK BACK TREMBLING LIPS –•– Johnny Tillotson (MGM)-8 (9)
    10 6 BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL –•– The Beach Boys (Capitol)-9 (6)

    11 24 MIDNIGHT MARY –•– Joey Powers (Amy)-8 (11)
    12 17 QUICKSAND –•– Martha and the Vandellas (Gordy)-6 (12)
    13 22 THE NITTY GRITTY –•– Shirley Ellis (Congress)-7 (13)
    14 12 LODDY LO –•– Chubby Checker (Parkway)-9 (12)
    15 20 WIVES AND LOVERS –•– Jack Jones (Kapp)-9 (15)
    16 8 I’M LEAVING IT UP TO YOU –•– Dale and Grace (Montel/Michelle)-13 (1)
    17 9 EVERYBODY –•– Tommy Roe (ABC-Paramount)-12 (3)
    18 21 THE BOY NEXT DOOR –•– The Secrets (Philips)-8 (18)
    19 33 PRETTY PAPER –•– Roy Orbison (Monument)-3 (19)
    20 48 AS USUAL –•– Brenda Lee (Decca)-3 (20)

    21 53 SURFIN’ BIRD –•– The Trashmen (Garrett)-4 (21)
    22 26 CAN I GET A WITNESS –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-11 (22)
    23 18 HAVE YOU HEARD –•– The Duprees featuring Joey Vann (Coed)-8 (18)
    24 31 DRAG CITY –•– Jan and Dean (Liberty)-4 (24)
    25 25 KANSAS CITY –•– Trini Lopez (Reprise)-7 (25)
    26 14 WONDERFUL SUMMER –•– Robin Ward (Dot)-9 (14)
    27 23 IN MY ROOM –•– The Beach Boys (Capitol)-9 (23)
    28 15 SHE’S A FOOL –•– Lesley Gore (Mercury)-14 (5)
    29 16 WALKING THE DOG –•– Rufus Thomas (Stax)-13 (10)
    30 38 TURN AROUND –•– Dick and DeeDee (Warner Brothers)-6 (30)

    31 36 FOR YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE –•– Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters (United Artists)-6 (31)
    32 40 THAT LUCKY OLD SUN –•– Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)-4 (32)
    33 34 BAD GIRL –•– Neil Sedaka (RCA Victor)-7 (33)
    34 19 LITTLE RED ROOSTER –•– Sam Cooke (RCA Victor)-10 (11)
    35 42 STEWBALL –•– Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Brothers)-5 (35)
    36 30 BABY DON’T YOU WEEP –•– Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters (United Artists)-7 (30)
    37 80 WHISPERING –•– Nino Tempo and April Stevens (Atco)-2 (37)
    38 59 OUT OF LIMITS –•– The Marketts (Warner Brothers)-4 (38)
    39 43 NEED TO BELONG –•– Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay)-6 (39)
    40 55 WHEN THE LOVELIGHT STARTS SHINING THROUGH HIS EYES –•– The Supremes (Motown)-5 (40)
     
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  2. Frank

    Frank Senior Member

  3. Dougd

    Dougd Forum Resident

    Location:
    Fla.
    One of the most memorable 1960s songs !!!

    Check out the other great songs on the chart that week.

    US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending 17th February, 1962
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    TW LW TITLE –•– Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak To Date)

    1 2 DUKE OF EARL –•– Gene Chandler (Vee-Jay)-6 (1 week at #1) (1)
    2 1 PEPPERMINT TWIST (Part 1) –•– Joey Dee and the Starliters (Roulette)-13 (1)
    3 3 THE TWIST –•– Chubby Checker (Parkway)-32 (1)
    4 6 NORMAN –•– Sue Thompson (Hickory)-11 (4)
    5 7 THE WANDERER –•– Dion (Laurie)-11 (5)
    6 8 BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY –•– Brenda Lee (Decca)-6 (6)
    7 5 I KNOW (You Don’t Love Me No More) –•– Barbara George (A.F.O.)-14 (3)
    8 4 CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-11 (2)
    9 14 CRYING IN THE RAIN –•– The Everly Brothers (Warner Brothers)-6 (9)
    10 10 DEAR LADY TWIST –•– Gary (U.S.) Bonds (Legrand)-10 (10)
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    11 9 A LITTLE BITTY TEAR –•– Burl Ives (Decca)-9 (9)
    12 11 BABY IT’S YOU –•– The Shirelles (Scepter)-9 (8)
    13 21 HEY! BABY –•– Bruce Channel (Smash)-4 (13)
    14 13 COTTON FIELDS –•– The Highwaymen (United Artists)-12 (13)
    15 24 CHIP CHIP –•– Gene McDaniels (Liberty)-5 (15)
    16 12 THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT –•– The Tokens (RCA Victor)-14 (1)
    17 15 IRRESISTIBLE YOU –•– Bobby Darin (Atco)-10 (15)
    18 20 SHE’S EVERYTHING (I Wanted You To Be) –•– Ral Donner (Gone)-8 (18)
    19 22 SHADRACK –•– Brook Benton (Mercury)-6 (19)
    20 28 I’M BLUE (The Gong-Gong Song) –•– The Ikettes (Atco)-6 (20)
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    21 19 LETTER FULL OF TEARS –•– Gladys Knight and the Pips (Fury)-10 (19)
    22 18 RUN TO HIM –•– Bobby Vee (Liberty)-14 (2)
    23 17 TOWN WITHOUT PITY –•– Gene Pitney (Musicor)-16 (13)
    24 16 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE –•– The Lettermen (Capitol)-13 (7)
    25 34 THE CAJUN QUEEN –•– Jimmy Dean (Columbia)-4 (25)
    26 26 TUFF –•– Ace Cannon (Hi)-8 (26)
    27 35 LET ME IN –•– The Sensations (Argo)-7 (27)
    28 25 SMOKY PLACES –•– The Corsairs Featuring Jay “Bird” Uzzell (Tuff)-8 (25)
    29 47 MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW –•– Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen (Kapp)-3 (29)
    30 32 MULTIPLICATION –•– Bobby Darin (Atco)-9 (30)
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    31 50 HER ROYAL MAJESTY –•– James Darren (Colpix)-3 (31)
    32 41 SURFER’S STOMP –•– The Mar-Kets (Liberty)-6 (32)
    33 45 PERCOLATOR (Twist) –•– Billy Joe and the Checkmates (Dore)-6 (33)
    34 37 THE GREATEST HURT –•– Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)-6 (34)
    35 40 TO A SLEEPING BEAUTY –•– Jimmy Dean (Columbia)-5 (35)
    36 30 MOON RIVER –•– Henry Mancini and His Orchestra (RCA Victor)-19 (11)
    37 42 MY BOOMERANG WON’T COME BACK –•– Charlie Drake (United Artists)-6 (37)
    38 49 TWISTIN’ THE NIGHT AWAY –•– Sam Cooke (RCA Victor)-3 (38)
    39 31 DO-RE-MI –•– Lee Dorsey (Fury)-9 (27)
    40 44 WHAT’S SO GOOD ABOUT GOOD-BY –•– The Miracles (Tamla)-6 (40)

    THIS WEEK’S DROPS

    41 29 TWIST-HER –•– Bill Black’s Combo (Hi)-9 (26)
    44 27 IF YOU GOTTA MAKE A FOOL OF SOMEBODY –•– James Ray (Caprice)-13 (22)
    52 33 LET THERE BE DRUMS –•– Sandy Nelson (Imperial)-16 (7)
    54 23 WALK ON BY –•– Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury)-16 (5)
    56 38 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SWEET SIXTEEN –•– Neil Sedaka (RCA Victor)-14 (6)
    57 36 UNCHAIN MY HEART –•– Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)-12 (9)
    69 39 FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY –•– Jimmy Elledge (RCA Victor)-14 (22)

    POWER PLAYS

    42 60 SHE’S GOT YOU –•– Patsy Cline (Decca)-4 (42)
    43 48 CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO –•– Floyd Cramer (RCA Victor)-5 (43)
    45 51 I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-4 (45)
    46 66 DON’T BREAK THE HEART THAT LOVES YOU –•– Connie Francis (MGM)-2 (46)
    47 72 WHAT’S YOUR NAME –•– Don and Juan (Big Top)-2 (47)
    48 56 TWISTIN’ POSTMAN –•– The Marvelettes (Tamla)-4 (48)
    49 59 LOST SOMEONE –•– James Brown and the Famous Flames (King)-9 (49)
    50 54 AFRIKAAN BEAT –•– Bert Kaempfert (Decca)-5 (50)

    NEW THIS WEEK

    64 — HEY, LET’S TWIST –•– Joey Dee and the Starliters (Roulette)-1 (64)
    73 — COME BACK SILLY GIRL –•– The Lettermen (Capitol)-1 (73)
    74 — OUR ANNIVERSARY –•– Shep and the Limelites (Hull)-1 (74)
    77 — DREAM BABY (How Long Must I Dream) –•– Roy Orbison (Monument)-1 (77)
    81 — WALK ON THE WILD SIDE –•– Brook Benton (Mercury)-1 (81)
    83 — (I’ve Got) BONNIE –•– Bobby Rydell (Cameo)-1 (83)
    88 — CRY BABY CRY –•– The Angels (Caprice)-1 (88)
    89 — POP-EYE –•– Huey Smith (Ace)-1 (89)
    90 — LOSE HER –•– Bobby Rydell (Cameo)-1 (90)
    92 — LOVE IS THE SWEETEST THING –•– Saverio Saridis (Warner Brothers)-3 (86)
    93 — SURFIN’ –•– The Beach Boys (Candix)-1 (93)
    94 — IT’S MAGIC –•– The Platters (Mercury)-1 (94)
    98 — JOEY BABY –•– Anita and th’ So-and-So’s (RCA Victor)-1 (98)
    99 — GROWING CLOSER TOGETHER –•– The Impressions (ABC-Paramount)-1 (99)
    100 — SOUL TWIST –•– King Curtis and the Noble Knights (Enjoy)-1 (100)
     
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  4. Dougd

    Dougd Forum Resident

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    You mean commercial oldies stations today still play songs from 1962?
    Of the so-called "oldies" stations (rather, "classic hits,") they play only 70s-80s and the ones I'm familiar with (the ones that follow the corporate "formula") never play anything older than 1975.
    In the early 2000s, oldies stations only went back to 1964.
     
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  5. John54

    John54 Senior Member

    Location:
    Burlington, ON
    I don't mind Hang On Sloopy but it's nothing special, and looking at the chart from the previous week, it's easily the weakest track in the top 10! Ranking my favourites from the whole chart:

    A++:
    8 IT AIN’T ME BABE –•– The Turtles
    11 YOU’VE GOT YOUR TROUBLES –•– The Fortunes
    14 BABY DON’T GO –•– Sonny and Cher
    20 SOME ENCHANTED EVENING –•– Jay and the Americans
    79 EVERYONE’S GONE TO THE MOON –•– Jonathan King
    90 THE UNIVERSAL SOLDIER –•– Glen Campbell

    A+:
    3 YOU WERE ON MY MIND –•– We Five
    4 CATCH US IF YOU CAN –•– The Dave Clark Five
    9 HEART FULL OF SOUL –•– The Yardbirds
    10 LAUGH AT ME –•– Sonny
    17 DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC –•– The Lovin’ Spoonful
    24 SUMMER NIGHTS –•– Marianne Faithfull
    32 JUST YOU –•– Sonny and Cher
    40 JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER –•– Herman’s Hermits
    93 1-2-3 –•– Len Barry

    A:
    1 EVE OF DESTRUCTION –•– Barry McGuire
    5 HELP! –•– The Beatles
    6 THE “IN” CROWD –•– The Ramsey Lewis Trio
    7 LIKE A ROLLING STONE –•– Bob Dylan
    16 I GOT YOU BABE –•– Sonny and Cher
    18 ACTION –•– Freddy Cannon
    19 CALIFORNIA GIRLS –•– The Beach Boys
    23 HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME –•– Mel Carter
    30 RIDE AWAY –•– Roy Orbison
    33 MOHAIR SAM –•– Charlie Rich
    38 IT’S THE SAME OLD SONG –•– The Four Tops
    39 NOTHING BUT HEARTACHES –•– The Supremes
    49 DOWN IN THE BOONDOCKS –•– Billy Joe Royal
    85 EVERYBODY LOVES A CLOWN –•– Gary Lewis and the Playboys
    87 ACT NATURALLY –•– The Beatles

    B+:
    15 UNCHAINED MELODY –•– The Righteous Brothers
    26 LIAR, LIAR –•– The Castaways
    35 HOUSTON –•– Dean Martin
    37 HOME OF THE BRAVE –•– Jody Miller
    43 SINCE I LOST MY BABY –•– The Temptations
    42 HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER –•– Johnny Tillotson
    44 KANSAS CITY STAR –•– Roger Miller
    83 ARE YOU A BOY OR ARE YOU A GIRL –•– The Barbarians
    84 UNIVERSAL SOLDIER –•– Donovan

    I should point out that the Bonnie and the Treasures version of Home of the Brave would be A++.
     
  6. HarborRat

    HarborRat Forum Resident

    Location:
    Cincinnati, Ohio
    In Cincinnati, we have a locally owned AM oldies station, WDJO 1480, which plays '60's and '50's real oldies. As I write this, they are playing "Blueberry Hill" by Fats Domino. This station is pretty unusual these days, I guess. I love listening to this stuff in the car. (And WDJO is available on the internet.)
     
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  7. Dougd

    Dougd Forum Resident

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    Fla.
    If I Can Dream hit No. 12 in 1968, the year his comeback kicked off. Not a bad chart showing.
     
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  8. Dougd

    Dougd Forum Resident

    Location:
    Fla.
    Nothing against The Beach Boys (my favorite group), I don't think they enjoyed the kind of chart success Elvis enjoyed 1962-63.
    He was still charting big Top 10 hits.
     
  9. EdogawaRampo

    EdogawaRampo Senior Member

    The Ramsey Lewis Trio version was hit as well...my older sister had the 45 when we were kids. I still love it all these decades later.
     
  10. Dougd

    Dougd Forum Resident

    Location:
    Fla.
    That's great to hear. From what I've read on radio forums, radio programmers today pretty much don't care about listeners with gray hair.
    Their target advertising audience is 18-50.
    Anyone who is 50 today would have been 20 in 1986, and they only go-back 30 years in terms of songs.

    The "classic hits" FM stations I heard on a recent drive through the Midwest all played 70s and 80s but were mostly late 70s through late 80s.
    I heard very little early 70s.
    Most the stations didn't play any song older than 1975.

    I have been bemoaning the state of commercial "oldies" radio since 2000, when they dropped playing 50s and early 60s.
    Even then, they would only play the most tired, overplayed songs from 1964-1974.
    Today, they hardly play any 1970s, except for late 70s.

    Odd, I graduated from high school in 1980, so you'd figure "my music" would be late 70s.
    Far from it.
    I prefer music from the 50s-70s with mostly 1959-66 with many 70s. I find the late 70s, overall, to be among the least interesting to me.
     
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  11. John54

    John54 Senior Member

    Location:
    Burlington, ON
    Ten years ago I used to listen to that station on the Internet! I discovered a few songs I'd never heard before through it, like Dusty by the Rag Dolls and (I'm pretty sure) All Strung Out by Nino Tempo and April Stevens. One night they had a doo-wop obscurities special and they played Maybe You'll Be There by Billy and the Essentials, which was also new to me.
     
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  12. Manapua

    Manapua Forum Resident

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    Honolulu
    I love this group! They had so many great songs, it's a shame none ever reached the top so we can properly pay tribute. Everyone is familiar with their superlative version of The In Crowd but this is also one of my all time favorites - enjoy!

     
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  13. AppleBonker

    AppleBonker Forum Resident

    Location:
    Seattle
    Continuing my walk through the thread, I next reach... House of the Rising Sun by the Animals.

    I've already talked a little about how this song seems to me a precursor of folk rock. But it also has, I think, an intensity to it quite unlike most of the other songs on the charts in those days. As others have mentioned, it seems like one of the first songs to really presage the way rock would sound in a few years. I would put the Kinks' You Really Got Me in that same category as well (it's from around the same time), but that song is not nearly as guttural as this one.

    The main source of the power of House is Eric Burdon, who has one of the most incredible voices of the British Invasion. But credit is also due to Alan Price, who plays one of my all time favorite keyboard parts here. His solo is so hot that he probably needed to hose himself off afterwards.

    The Animals continued in the blues-rock vein for a couple more years with (mostly) the same lineup. They produced several more winners, including iconic numbers like We Gotta Get Out of This Place, It's My Life, Don't Bring Me Down, and my personal favorite, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood.

    Eric re-emerged with a kinder, gentler Animals lineup after this. His forays into psychedlia occasionally sound dated today (example: Winds of Change), but I still flat out love 'San Franciscan Nights', dicey lyrics and all. It's such a beautiful song, I would gladly fly TransLove Airways to hear it.



    I also really like Monterrey ('The Byrds... and the Airplane... did fly!'), and the touching 'Anything'.
     
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  14. sunspot42

    sunspot42 Forum Resident

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    San Francisco
    Somebody should start Translove Airways - hot stewardesses in Barbarella-inspired getups. I'd pay extra to fly it!
     
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  15. sgb

    sgb Senior Member

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    Baton Rouge
    I just checked my DB, and found that my two copies — one on a Time-Life compilation, the other on a Legacy Dion collection — are both <<STEREO>>. I don't remember what it sounded like in Mono.
     
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  16. HGN2001

    HGN2001 Mystery picture member

    I thought this thread was to discuss the Number One songs from Billboard, but lately it's devolved into a posting of charts from various weeks. I'm OK with either of those discussions, perhaps as separate threads, but I'd prefer a return to the discipline that this thread started with.
     
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  17. Oatsdad

    Oatsdad Oat, Biscuits, Abbie & Mitzi: Best Dogs Ever

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    Alexandria VA
    Crack that whip! :D
     
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  18. sgb

    sgb Senior Member

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    Baton Rouge
    LOL!

    I hope everyone took a moment to remember Chuck Berry who passed away yesterday. I remember my cousin, Phil, playing one of his records for me around Christmas, 1955.
     
  19. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    Earl Young and Red Holt harbored very bitter feelings after Ramsey Lewis decided to dissolve the trio and work with other musicians. They had a bit of revenge when they went to Brunswick Records and formed the house band and scored a hit album and single "Soulful Strut", and Lewis released a series of awful albums until his contract ran out with Chess Records. But, now we are jumping ahead in addition to posting charts and non-#1 songs.

    What's this thread about, anyway?
     
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  20. Tim S

    Tim S Senior Member

    Location:
    East Tennessee
    I'd prefer that too. It is interesting to see what other songs were charting at the time a particular song hit number one, but that can be done by citing a few songs in your text or giving some statements about what was going on - it doesn't require a long pasted list of the entire chart.
     
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  21. Solitaire1

    Solitaire1 Carpenters Fan



    Sorry, could not resist.
     
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  22. Dougd

    Dougd Forum Resident

    Location:
    Fla.
    I posted the charts to show you the quality of the other non-No. 1 songs (of which there were many more) that populated the charts of a particular week.
    While No. 1s are great, a song at No. 1 doesn't really tell you anything, until you hear that LOUIE LOUIE, which only got to No. 2, was also on the chart.

    Additionally, many No. 1s (like Honey, Physical, Venus, etc.) tend to hog the top spot, clogging it & preventing other No. 1-like songs ( i.e. Creedance Clearwater Revival, Chicago) from going higher.
    California Girls, for example, was as good as I Got You Babe, but you wouldn't know about the song in this thread otherwise. It "only" hit No. 3 :(

    I will, however, limit the posting to the Top 10 or so, as the whole chart can get quite long.
     
  23. Dougd

    Dougd Forum Resident

    Location:
    Fla.
    That doesn't mean the "British Invasion" was perfect or always right or better in any way...
    After all, there are many throw-away songs from the UK during that time period (Freddy & The Dreamers, The Hippy Hippy Shake, etc.).

    Music tastes change.
    Note how the so-called "British Invasion" didn't stop songs like HONEY from dominating the No. 1 spot in 1968 FOR A MONTH !!!
     
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  24. Dougd

    Dougd Forum Resident

    Location:
    Fla.
    The older listeners are as important as the fickle teen fan-base.
    The teen buyers change tastes rather quickly.
    Adults tend to be steadier in purchasing, and not so wishy-washy.

    The great Bobby Darin appealed to both and eventually recorded to the older record buyers, which remained an important buying segment throughout the 60s.

    Note the importance of adult record buyers since the 1990s. Classic rock wouldn't exist without that buying demographic.
     
  25. Dougd

    Dougd Forum Resident

    Location:
    Fla.
    Another Gem from 1961/62.
    A very distinctive song.
    Remarkable like The Duke of Earl, The Doo Run Run (can we say CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN? :) ) for its unique sound.
    You hear this song and you immediately think of the early 60s.
     

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