Saturday, February 24, 2024

The Saturday Survey

BRITISH INVASION WATCH:

The Beatles now have THREE records in The Top Ten as "I Want To Hold Your Hand" holds on to the #1 spot for the SIXTH straight week, "She Loves You" remains at #2 and "Please Please Me" finally cracks The Top Ten, moving from #24 to #8.

Dusty Springfield loses her bullet but still manages to creep up two more spots to #16.

Beatles tunes "I Saw Her Standing There" (#43) and "My Bonnie" (#47) continue to rise ... while Cliff Richard is on his way out, now sitting at #44 with his version of "It's All In The Game."

The Dave Clark Five make an eleven point leap from #56 to #45 with their first US Hit, "Glad All Over" ... 

And way down at #98 we find The Searchers, another British Invasion band, premiering on The Super Chart Countdown with a song written by Sonny Bono, who hasn't even had his OWN first hit yet!!! (Right behind it is proof positive that The Beatles have made a lasting impression on pop culture ... a new novelty tune, "My Boyfriend Got A Beatle Haircut" by Donna Lynn premiers on the chart!)

And, after falling off the list for a week, The Beatles are back on "The Next Ten" list with "From Me To You," where it now sits at #108.