The Supremes capture their third straight #1 Hit with "Come See About Me," which eases into the #1 spot ahead of The Beatles' "I Feel Fine," dropping last week's #1 Record, "Mr. Lonely," to #3.
How does The British Invasion look as the year draws to a close?
Well, besides The Beatles, The Top Ten also includes hits by The Zombies ("She's Not There," #4), The Rolling Stones ("Time Is On My Side," #6) and Herman's Hermits ("I'm Into Something Good," at #10) ... so The Brits are still holding on to 40% of the top of the chart.
Not far behind are The Beatles (again) with "She's A Woman," up 18 places to #11, The Dave Clark Five, up six spots to #13 with "Any Way You Want It," and The Kinks, right behind them at #14 with "You Really Got Me." That drops their hold down to 35% of The Top 20.
But then, spread out over the course of the rest of The Top 40, we find "Sha La La" by Manfred Mann at #21, "Love Potion Number Nine" by The Searchers, still climbing at #25, this week a jump of a dozen spots, Chad and Jeremy at #31 with "Willow Weep For Me" and Marianne Faithfull at #36 with "As Tears Go By."
Other British Chart Hits on the move include "Always Something There To Remind Me" by Sandie Shaw (up twelve spots to #53), The Animals with their latest, "Boom Boom" (#56, also up twelve spots) and "I'll Be There" by Gerry and the Pacemakers, their version of an old Bobby Darin B-Side, up 29 places to #66 ... so nowhere near the stranglehold they had back in March or April of this year. (Still making an impact, however.)
And, speaking of making an impact, the most played pop record in history sits at #67 this week as The Righteous Brothers climb 24 places with their '60's classic, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'."
60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
12/14/64 – Actor William Bendix (“The Life Of Riley”) passes away
