Saturday, March 16, 2024

The Saturday Survey

"I Want To Hold Your Hand" FINALLY falls out of the #1 slot, replaced by "She Loves You" ... and, since the #3 Record is "Please Please Me," The Beatles now have The Top Three Songs in America.

Meanwhile, "Twist And Shout" skyrockets into The Top Ten this week, too, shooting from #45 to #7, giving the lovable mop tops FOUR Top Ten Records this week.

The old guard, Elvis Presley (who was the last big thing of this magnitude) sneaks into The Top Ten with "Kissin' Cousins" ... while The Four Seasons and The Beach Boys hold down the number 4 and 5 spots respectively.

Watching the rest of The British Invasion acts, we find The Dave Clark Five's "Glad All Over" at #14, "Needles And Pins" by The Searchers up another sixteen spots to #23 followed by Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want To Be With You" at #24.  

"I Saw Her Standing There" sits at #33 while "My Bonnie" is now the #38 record.

The Swinging Blue Jeans continue to climb as "Hippy Hippy Shake" cracks The Top 40 at #40.

And The Beatles have three more songs on this week's countdown:  "From Me To You" now sits at #56, the Canadian import "Roll Over Beethoven" is #77 and their brand new record, "Can't Buy Me Love," debuts at #94.  (This is the first record to chart simultaneously in Great Britain and The United States.)

Beatle novelty records continue to appear on the chart ...

"We Love You Beatles" by The Carefrees is actually doing pretty well ... it climbs from #93 to #69, a move of 24 places, while "My Boyfriend Got A Beatle Haircut" by Donna Lynn, "The Boy With The Beatle Hair (by The Swans) and "A Letter To The Beatles" (by The Four Preps) are also making some noise.