THE SATURDAY SURVEY

The Beatles hold on to the #1 spot for a second week with "A Hard Day's Night" ... but right behind it is "Everybody Loves Somebody" by Dean Martin ... Could this be our next #1 Hit on The Super Chart??? 

(Can you believe it ... "A Hard Day's Night" is The Fab Four's SIXTH #1 US National Hit in the past seven months ... unheard of!!!)

"Wishin' And Hopin'" by Dusty Springfield is the only other British Top Ten Hit (and we sure haven't been able to say THAT for a while!!!)  It holds at #6.

Still resting in The Top 20 are "Nobody I Know" by Peter and Gordon and "Can't You See That She's Mine" by The Dave Clark Five.  (Their next hit is right around the corner ... "Because" climbs from #57 to #25, a move of 32 spots!)

Sitting just outside The Top 20 are The Beatles (at #21) with their version of "Ain't She Sweet," up from #36 last week.

"How Do You Do It" by Gerry and the Pacemakers is at #24, "I Believe" by The Bachelors at #27 and "Tell Me" by The Rolling Stones at #28.

Cilla Black's "You're My World" anchors in at #35 ... while The Beatles have four more movie songs on the chart this week:  "I'll Cry Instead" is at #36 (up 16 places), "And I Love Her" at #41 (a giant leap of 34 spots), "I Should Have Known Better" (#56) and "If I Fell," new at #84.  (And could their Producer George Martin soon have a hit of his own???  His instrumental arrangement of "Ringo's Theme" ... essentially "This Boy" with no words ... is up 23 spots from #93 to #70!)

Also worth mention (from a British point of view) are "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" by Gerry and the Pacemakers (#48), "I'll Keep You Satisfied" by Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas (#52), "House Of The Rising Sun" by The Animals (new at #59), "It's All Over Now" by The Rolling Stones (#66), "Bad To Me" (falling 42 spots to #83) and "Shout" by Lulu and the Luvers, which falls down to #99.

August 2nd, 1964

60 YEARS AGO TODAY:

8/2/64 - After an intense, two-day search, the body of country music superstar Jim Reeves was found in the wreckage of his aircraft and, at 1:00 p.m. local time, radio stations across the United States formally announced his death.  The single-engine Beechcraft Debonair aircraft, with Reeves at the controls, had crashed 42 hours earlier during a thunderstrom. 

Thousands of people traveled to pay their last respects at his funeral two days later. The coffin, draped in flowers from fans, was driven through the streets of Nashville and then to Reeves' final resting place near Carthage, Texas.

August 1st, 1964

60 YEARS AGO TODAY:

8/1/64 – The Beatles' single "A Hard Day's Night" goes #1 here in The States and holds that position for two weeks  (It will be replaced on 8/15 by “Everybody Loves Somebody” by Dean Martin, an achievement that Dino predicted after he finished recording the song.)

Also on 8/1, the final Looney Tunes Cartoon is released.  Shortly after the release of “Senorella and the Glass Huarache, Jack L. Warner will shut down The Warner Brothers Cartoon Division.

(Yep ... that was all, folks!)

Also on 8/1, a new group called Steam Packet opens for The Rolling Stones for two shows at The London Palladium.  Steam Packet’s lead singer is some guy named Rod Stewart, who won’t really rise to fame for another seven years.

July 31st, 1964

60 YEARS AGO TODAY:

7/31/64 – Country Superstar Jim Reeves dies in a plane crash when the plane he was flying encounters a severe thunderstorm over Brentwood, Tennesee.  The plane (and Reeves’ body) will be found two days later in a wooded area.   

Reeves had six #1 Country Hits before he died … and five more after he was gone!

His biggest hit of all was “He’ll Have To Go,” which topped Billboard’s Top Country Singles chart for 14 weeks … and crossed over to the pop charts as well, where it peaked at #2.

Tuesday This And That

Best Classic Bands is reporting about a brand new 3-CD set saluting Bubblegum Music, those infectious tunes from the late ‘60’s that became immediate ear worms as they dominated the pop charts near the end of the decade …

And while we can certainly take issue with some of their selections … both several that made the list … as well as several that did not … we can’t deny that this is a pretty good collection of feel-good tunes.

https://bestclassicbands.com/pour-a-little-sugar-on-it-bubblegum-music-box-set-7-29-24/

What are YOUR Top Ten Favorite Bubblegum Tunes?

Let us know … and, if we get enough of a response to this question, we’ll run a list of Forgotten Hits favorites in a future issue.  (kk)

And, speaking of Ear Worms, Chuck Buell sent us this bit a couple of weeks ago that never ran in FH … but seems oh so appropriate right now!!!  (lol)

Hey, Kids!

 

And Adults, too!

 

Remember when “Gummies” were basically a simple, sweet, shiny, soft, chewy, stick-in-your-teeth gelatin candy?! Gummy Bears, Gummy Worms, Gummy Fish and other unique Gummi shapes?!

 

Well, believe it or not, July 15th was “National Gummi Worm Day!” 

 

( Hey, I don’t make this stuff up! )

 

It’s interesting how far Gummies have come. 

 

Today, aside from being a Candy Treat, Gummies are now also used to be a “Medicinal Delivery System” for Vitamins, Supplements, Minerals or as a Sleep Aid, Immune Support or even to deliver various types of CBD!

 

The most well-known Gummi is, perhaps, The Worm!  Which brings to mind, I’ve opened a can of worms on more than one occasion. What’s the Big Deal with that? They basically just lay there wiggling a bit but they’re hardly the chaos we’ve all been warned about!

 

Anyway, now this closing thought about Worms. 

 

Do you know what song is often credited with being the most common “Ear Worm?”

 

My :40 edited version of that 60-year old song is attached!  

 

C'mon!  Let's all sing along together!

CB ( which stands for "Choir Boy!" )

 

60 YEARS AGO TODAY:

7/30/64 - Actress Vivica Fox is born