>>>Now, what I do NOT understand, is Randy’s Super Chart for this week NOT showing "That Thing You Do!" at all! (Clark Besch)
Dang me! I don't know how I missed that one ...
– Randy Price
It WAS early on a Sunday morning, but you had me reacting with, "WHAT? NO! THAT can't be! Did I have a blackout and there was a time-warp?" It came through like the movie 'Yesterday'. Thankfully I am not suffering from memory lapse and can see the humour. I am certainly awake and aware now. Good set up, messing with my British Invasion and taxing my love of 60s music.
Shelley
And, it's our Heart For The Charts that makes me happy and proud to pass along the following good news for all of us who’ve been anxiously awaiting the brand new edition of Joel Whitburn’s “Top Pop Annual” book …
Paul Haney tells us that the first shipment of books arrived yesterday afternoon at Record Research Headquarters in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin … and will already start shipping out later today!
The newly revised edition now covers the biggest hits for ever year, 1950 – 2023, ranked in order by peak position (with ties broken by weeks AT that peak position, followed by weeks in The Top 10, Top 40 and Top 100) … a VERY comprehensive look at the biggest hits for EVERY year for the past 74 years of pop music history! (kk)
The Rolling Stones wrapped up their Hackney Diamonds Tour Sunday Night in Ridgedale, Missouri, at The Thunder Ridge Nature Arena … and are now resting comfortably after their extensive and exhaustive road trip, sponsored by AARP!
The Glimmer Twins, Mick and Keith … looking dog tired after the tour. (kk)
From Ultimate Classic Rock, ten highlights of the recent Hackney Diamonds Tour …
My guess is we’ll next be treated to a live album from the tour (SO many great “extras” this time around in the way of “surprise” tracks The Stones haven’t played in years!) … plus the chance to showcase their new material in a live setting …
And then a quick clean-up of the tracks already in the vault for a new album release early next year, followed by yet another tour …
But that’s just me … nothing official on ANY of this … but The Stones obviously had a great time out on the road this year … they still sound great … and they can still sell out enormous arenas no matter where they go …
So why not?!?!
The Rolling Stones performed a total of 44 different songs during the course of their twenty live shows.
According to Noise 11, here is the complete list of songs performed on this year's trek thru the States ...
Angry (from Hackney Diamonds, 2023)
Beast of Burden (from Some Girls, 1978)
Before They Make Me Run (from Some Girls, 1978)
Bitch (from Sticky Fingers, 1971)
Bite My Head Off (from Hackney Diamonds, 2023)
Dead Flowers (from Sticky Fingers, 1971)
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) (from Its Only Rock and Roll, 1974)
Emotional Rescue (from Emotional Rescue, 1980)
Far Away Eyes (from Some Girls, 1978)
Fool to Cry (from Black and Blue, 1976)
Get Off of My Cloud (from December’s Children, 1965)
Gimme Shelter (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
Happy (from Exile On Main Street, 1972)
Honky Tonk Women (single, 1969)
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (single, 1965)
It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (but I Like It) (from Its Only Rock and Roll, 1974)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (single, 1968)
Let It Bleed (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
Let’s Spend the Night Together (from Between The Buttons, 1967)
Like a Rolling Stone (from Stripped, 1995)
Little T&A (from Tattoo You, 1981)
Mess It Up (from Hackney Diamonds, 2023)
Midnight Rambler (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
Miss You (from Some Girls, 1978)
Monkey Man (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
Out of Time (from Aftermath UK, 1966)
Paint It Black (from Aftermath, 1966)
Rocks Off (from Exile On Main Street, 1972)
Shattered (from Some Girls, 1978)
She’s a Rainbow (from Their Satanic Majesties Request, 1967)
She’s So Cold (from Emotional Rescue, 1980)
Start Me Up (from Tattoo You, 1981)
Street Fighting Man (from Beggar’s Banquet, 1968)
Sweet Sounds of Heaven (from Hackney Diamonds, 2023)
Sweet Virginia (from Exile On Main Street, 1972)
Sympathy for the Devil (from Beggar’s Banquet, 1968)
Tell Me Straight (from Hackney Diamonds, 2023)
Time Is on My Side (from 12×5, 1964)
Tumbling Dice (from Exile On Main Street, 1972)
Whole Wide World (from Hackney Diamonds, 2023)
Wild Horses (from Sticky Fingers, 1971)
You Can’t Always Get What You Want (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
You Got Me Rocking (from Voodoo Lounge, 1994)
You Got the Silver (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
Songwriter Jerry Fuller passed away last Thursday (July 18th) of lung cancer. He was 85 years old.
Fuller’s hits include “Travelin’ Man” for Ricky Nelson (#1, 1961), “Little Green Apples” for O.C. Smith (#2, 1968), “Show And Tell” for Al Wilson (#1, 1973) and a string of hits for Gary Puckett and the Union Gap that included “Woman, Woman” (#2, 1967), “Young Girl” (#1, 1968), “Lady Willpower” (#1, 1968) and “Over You” (#5, 1968) … not a bad portfolio of hit music!
He also wrote Rick Nelson’s hits “It’s Up To You” (#6, 1963) and “A Wonder Like You” (#11, 1961.) In all, Nelson recorded NINETEEN songs written by Jerry Fuller, including MY personal favorite B-Side, “That’s All She Wrote.”
Fuller also found success as a record producer, scoring hits with these great Forgotten Hits … “Lies” by The Knickerbockers, “Arizona” and “Silver Bird” by Mark Lindsay. Fuller wrote and/or produced records by Lynn Anderson, Pat Boone, Ray Charles, Cher, Roy Clark, James Darren, Engelbert Humperdinck, The Kingston Trio, The Lettermen, Don McLean, Lou Rawls, Percy Sledge, Bobby Vee, The Ventures, Gene Vincent and hundreds more. He has long been a favorite of mine and although he will surely be missed, his music will live on forever. (kk)
Frank B. tells us that we also lost Duke Fakir, the last original member of The Four Tops, last week, who died of heart failure. Duke was 88 years old.
Fakir just recently retired from the group he helped to found in 1953.
The Four Tops helped to define The Motown Sound in the 1960's, crossing over from the R&B charts to score an incredible twenty Top 40 pop hits as well.
After leaving Motown, The Four Tops continued to hit The Top Ten with hits like "Keeper Of The Castle" (#9, 1972), "Ain't No Woman Like The One I've Got" (#1, 1973 and "When She Was My Girl" (#10, 1981.) kk
Sandy Posey, who scored four straight Top 40 Pop Hits between 1966 and 1967 has also died. Posey died at her home in Tennessee after years of suffering from dementia.
In rapid succession, her hits "Born A Woman" (#9, 1966), "Single Girl" (#10, 1966), "What A Woman In Love Won't Do" (#31, 1967) and "I Take It Back" (#11, 1967) raced up the pop charts. In the 1970's, she would earn several other Top 40 Hits on the Country Charts. (kk)
Kent,
Your posting of the Oak Ridge Boys' ELVIRA reminded me of the original, which I have not heard in years.
Here in the OKC area, for the week of February
17, 1966, it peaked at #11 by original writer and singer Dallas Frazier
(Capitol). He also wrote ALLEY OOP.
Larry Neal
Dallas Frazier’s 1966 original version was a long-forgotten hit when The Oaks chose to revive it in 1981.
Frazier’s version peaked at #72 in Billboard (it spent one week at #100 in Cash Box!) and then disappeared for good.
Ironically, The Oak Ridge Boys’ version TOPPED Cash Box’s chart some fifteen years later (while stopping at #5 in Billboard.)
Here’s an oddity coming from iHeart radio …
It’s an 8-part podcast on the Fake Zombies!
Apparently, a true story of a band touring the US as the Zombies in 1969 on heels of "Time of the Season" becoming a hit. The fake group included two future ZZ Top members. Odd story that I will NOT be listening to the podcast of.
Tune In To "The True Story of the Fake Zombies" Today!
Clark Besch
Burton Cummings is a star that will shine
forever.
I've been to about six or seven of his appearances, in various stages of
his career. Every one was a winner.
My first experience was at SIU Carbondale, fall quarter of 1970. Tore the place apart. They did a version of American Woman that seemed like it lasted for an hour.
In 1976, after a Guess Who concert at McCormick Place (Chicago), the group appeared at a record shop on Oak Street near Rush, and it was fun getting to chat with the band. Afterwards, the group walked back to their hotel on Michigan Avenue, and Burton invited me to walk with him. One of the high points of my life. Mike
I think it's great that Burton basically put the "fake" Guess Who band out of business by denying them permission to perform his songs in concert ...
And now is going out on the road to perform them himself ...
And only as HE can!!! (kk)
From Timmy ...
Best Buds Bob and Don ... with their pal Mickey!
And finally, Timmy reminds us that if you think YOU’RE having a bad day, keep this little fact in mind …
