The Animals finally make their way into the #1 spot (we always knew they would!) in their fifth week on the chart as "The House Of The Rising Sun" overtakes The Supremes' hit "Where Did Our Love Go."
"A Hard Day's Night" remains in The Top Five at #5 ... at #5 ... and "Because" by The Dave Clark Five actually inches up a notch to #6. "How Do You Do It" by Gerry and the Pacemakers is another Top Ten Hit for British pop stars Gerry and the Pacemakers.
The Beatles have TWO new entries on this week's chart ...
It's BOTH sides of their new US Single only "Matchbox" and "Slow Down," which premier at #'s 75 and 93 respectively. (I always preferred "Slow Down," featuring another great John Lennon vocal ... but it's Ringo's rare A-Side that will eventually out-perform it on the charts, peaking nationally at #17 in both Billboard and Cash Box Magazine.)
Meanwhile, The Fabs hold steady with "And I Love Her" at #13, "Ain't She Sweet" at #31, "I'll Cry Instead" at #39 and "If I Fell" at #67. (Man, how many times this year have The Beatles had as many as half a dozen ... or more ... hits on the chart at the same time?!?!?)
"Wishin' And Hopin'" falls to #19 for Dusty Springfield ... and it seems to be all over now for The Rolling Stones as their latest, "It's All Over Now" falls from #31 to #34, while "Tell Me" is now down to #53.
The Searchers make a big upward movement with their latest as "Some Day We're Gonna Love Again" climbs from #65 to #50, while "A Summer Song" by Chad and Jeremy is up another 18 spots from #77 to #59.
Manfred Mann debut at #63 with their future #1 Hit "Do Wah Diddy Diddy," a British remake of a recent US chart hit by The Exciters (that didn't do NEARLY as well) ... and George Martin holds at #56 with "Ringo's Theme."
Billy J. Kramer climbs 21 spots (from #94 to #73) with "From A Window" while their previous hit, "I'll Keep You Satisfied," slips to #80. (Both tunes were written for Billy by Lennon and McCartney as, of course, was "Ringo's Theme," then titled "This Boy.")
Brian Poole and the Tremeloes move up eight spots to #82 with their first US chart hit, "Someone Someone" and British pop phenomenon P.J. Proby premiers on The Super Chart at #95 with "Hold Me." (P.J. never quite caught on here in The States the way he did back home.)
Meanwhile, there are a number of records to watch making big moves this week ...
"Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison leaps from #58 to #22 in only its second week on the chart ... a sure-fire future #1 hit, while "Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)" by The Shangri-Las is up thirty places from 45 to #15.
The Four Seasons have yet another hit on their hands as "Save It For Me" jumps from #61 to #27, up 34 spots ... while "Last Kiss," a song that will become a 1960's standard, is up 21 spots from #86 to #65 for J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers. (It'll make it all the way to #1 in many markets.)
BONUS CHART:
We've been telling you for weeks now about the WLS / WCFL Rewound Labor Day Weekend Radio Special running all weekend long on Rewound Radio. (In fact, you can tune in RIGHT NOW to hear it!!!)
So we decided to a special Saturday Survey Extra today by running the WLS Silver Dollar Survey from exactly 60 YEARS AGO TODAY as a special treat. (WCFL hadn't switched over to their Top 40 format yet in 1964 ... but I DO remember listening to all my beloved Chicago White Sox games on their station back then!!! lol)
Can you believe that 60 YEARS AGO TODAYWLS was already celebrating their 40th Anniversary of Broadcasting?!?! (They had switched over to Top 40 Rock and Roll a little over four years ago at this point.)
And now they're celebrating their 100th ANNIVERSARY!!!
The Bubblegum Votes are really starting to come in now ...
So let's kick things up another notch with these comments from Tommy Roe ... considered by many to be The KING of Bubblegum!!!
(Naturally, we had to ask him what some of HIS favorite bubblegum songs
were ... and once again, I told him, “Don’t be shy about naming some of
your own tunes … and Tommy did exactly that!)
Hi Kent –
Below you
will find my list of FAVORITE BUBBLE GUM HITS
I could
list many more, but this is a snap shot of some of my favorite songs and
artists.(Of course, Tommy has always
been a favorite of mine!HA! HA!) …
Rock On …
T
# 1 –
Dizzy – Tommy Roe
# 2 – Jam
Up And Jelly Tight – Tommy Roe
# 3 –
Sweet Pea – Tommy Roe
# 4 –
Hooray For Hazel – Tommy Roe
# 5 – I
Want To Hold Your Hand – The Beatles
# 6 –
Love Me Do – The Beatles
# 7 – She
Loves You – The Beatles
# 8 – Do
You Want To Know A Secret – The Beatles
# 9 –
Yummy Yummy Yummy – The Ohio Express
#10 –
Chewy Chewy – The Ohio Express
#11 –
Daydream Believer – The Monkees
#12 – I’m
A Believer – The Monkees
#13 – Billie
Jean – Michael Jackson
#14 – ABC
– The Jackson Five
#15 –
With A Girl Like You – The Troggs
#16 –
Hanky Panky – Tommy James and the Shondells
#17 – I
Think We’re Alone Now – Tommy James and the Shondells
#18 –
Mony Mony – Tommy James and the Shondells
#19 –
This Diamond Ring – Gary Lewis and the Playboys
#20
-Lightnin’ Strikes – Lou Christie
Tommy toured with The Beatles in England … and then was one
of their opening acts the first time The Fab Four played here in The States in
Washington, DC. Tommy picked THREE of their early songs for his Top 20 List ... and Ron Dante, another Bubblegum Mega Star, selected "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" for HIS list of favorites!!! What are some of YOURS??? (kk)
We were flippin’ thru YouTube the other night and stumbled
across this one …
Always
enjoy hearing Kasenetz-Katz produced bubblegum stories since I am friends with a member
of Prof Morrison's Lollipop, who was basically a local Lincoln/Omaha R&B
band, the Coachmen, who changed their name to PML when their manager got them
signed to KK. Although their hit "You Got The Love" was more
like The Shadows of Knight's "Shake" in the fact that it was mostly
snotty rock and also slightly bubblegum, I suppose. PLUS, "You Got The
Love" was basically a rewrite by Joey Levine of an early ‘67 unreleased
Monkees song, finally heard by the pre-fabs in the 2010's on their CD
"Good Times."
As to the
first bubblegum songs, I can see where Frank Jeckell might push "Simon
Says" as the first bubblegum song and it likely was the first on Buddah.The thing is, it's hard to pinpoint what
MAKES a bubblegum genre.
One
might think along Frank's thinking that lyrics as simple and kid-like as
"Simon Says" is the backbone, but the music and way a song is sung
and performed is also very important.
Some
people pinned the bubblegum moniker on the Monkees AFTER the genre was created
over a year later, BUT no one called any songs bubblegum in late 1966,
IMO. The genre today is used as loosely as then unknown terms such as
"Yacht Rock," or "Northern Soul." It's like the
"Wrecking Crew" moniker never existing back then, but today covers
most west coast "created" rock backgrounds made by backup or studio
players out west. My girlfriend even thought the Cryan’ Shames "I
Wanna Meet you" was bubblegum when she heard it 20 years ago. NOW, I
think that if the Monkees would be considered bubblegum, I could hear her
point. Never even considered such before. I still don’t put it in
that category, tho.
Well
before "Simon Says" and the plethora of Buddah bubblegummers
appeared, I would dig into "Sweet Pea" and "Hooray for
Hazel" by Tommy Roe or even Cyrkle's "Red Bubber Ball in 1966 or
1967's "Snoopy" songs, the Innocence's "There's Got To Be A
Word" and "Mairzy Doats" or FH'er's Fifth Estate "Ding Dong
The Witch Is Dead," or even the Cowsills??? Those all a year before
Buddah's great bubblegum hits in many cases.
Personally,
I will not go with what I would consider today, but choose what I think I would
have chosen as bubblegum in 1970 when I made my all-time chart based totally on
points earned on my weekly personal charts. I was 14 then, so more likely
to be correct bubblegum choices as a kid.
1.
Jelly Jungle - Lemon Pipers
2.
Love Grows - Edison Lighthouse
3.
Gimme Dat Ding - Pipkins (bubblegum or no?)
4.
Snoopy Vs Red Baron - Royal Guardsmen
5.
Yummy Yummy Yummy - Ohio Express
6.
Indian Lake - Cowsills
7.
1-2-3 Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Company
8.
Sugar, Sugar - Archies
Above
all were in my Top 100 All-Time Hits. Below are from 101 on down all-time:
9.
Red Bubber Ball - Cyrkle (REALLY? Well, think about those lyrics and
keyboard sound)
10.
Down At Lulu's - Ohio Express
11.
Laura - Newbeats
12.
Dizzy - Tommy Roe
13.
Cowboy Convention - Ohio Express
14.
Bubblegum Music - Rock & Roll Dubble Bubble Trading Card Company of
Philadelphia, 19141
15.
Hooray For Hazel - Tommy Roe
16.
She's Ready - Spiral Staircase
17.
I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight - Boyce & Hart
18.
Simon Says - 1910 Fruitgum Company
19.
Little People - McCoys (actually a #2 hit in Wichita on KLEO in the summer of ‘66!)
20.
Popsicle - Jan & Dean (another 1966 item that fits)
All of
those were in my All-Time Top 300 in 1970 as a fairly new TEENAGER charting my
own faves weekly. ALL reached #1 or #2 on my weekly charts!
Clark
Besch
When Buddah Records announced their new brand of music as "Bubblegum Music," it set the tone for some of the hits specifically released on their label ... and artists like The Lemon Pipers, The Ohio Express and The 1910 Fruitgum Company all rose to the top of the charts with this new brand of pop music aimed at the pre-teen audience with very catchy and simple choruses and chord structures. Prior to the term being coined, most of us would have probably considered the music of artists like The Monkees, The Partridge Family, The Archies, etc., as "Teeny-Bopper Music" ... but once the bubblegum label existed, records before and since have been lumped into this category. (I will say this ... we've received over 4000 votes now and the artists list is all over the board!)
That's why we didn't set any ground rules ... the whole idea behind this poll is to determine what YOU GUYS consider bubblegum music. And once the final list is compiled, we think you'll be surprised by just who is included!
Keep sending in your votes ... we're putting together a couple of radio countdowns ... and even and episode of The History Of Rock And Roll right now, dedicated to the genre ... so let's have some fun with this. (As usual, there seem to be some clear-cut, obvious leaders ... but we're getting votes for songs and artists we've never even heard of before ... so it's been a learning experience for us as well ... and once we decide to close the polls, we'll be sure to feature some of these little-known tracks as survey "extras.")
Some GREAT choices here … have YOU voted yet???(kk)
IT ALL KICKS OFF TOMORROW AT 6 am EASTERN ...
The Third Annual WLS / WCFL REWOUND LABOR DAY WEEKEND on REWOUND RADIO!!!
And it doesn't end until right around Midnight on Monday Night!
So listen in when you can as some of the biggest names in Chicago Radio History are back with their ORIGINAL air checks from The Glory Days Of Top 40 Radio!!!
The
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the Two Historical Chicago Powerhouse Radio Stations of the mid-1960s
to the mid-1970s begins Tomorrow, Saturday Morning, at 6 AM Eastern Time
and airs all the way through to a little after Midnight, Monday, Labor
Day Night!
And
once again, for the third year, I have been honored to have a few of my
Vintage Chicago WLS Radio Hours featured as a part of this Rock Radio
History Presentation.
In
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WCFL, were influential in presenting to the entire country the
incredible early years of the beginning of Rock Radio and its Memorable
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I, along with many of my Radio Friends and Associates were a part of that exciting and historic time! It's
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Whether
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or even discovering what Truly Fun Radio and its Great Music was like
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You can even tell Alexa "Alexa, play Rewound Radio!"
Now
for those who've asked ( and yes, there have been quite a few, I'm
happy to say! ), here're my "scheduled hours." As this is a Live
Special with Previously Recorded Hours and other Fun Features, start
times may vary!
All Times are Eastern ...
Saturday Night starting sometime around 9 pm ... give or take an hour
Sunday midday, starting sometime from 11 am to 1 pm. ( There's a "Special" Special that has to start at Noon Eastern )
And Monday night, sometime around 7:30 pm ... give or take!
But
all that doesn't really matter! There's plenty of others with Good
"Back Then" Listening whenever you might "tune in" throughout the
Sixty-plus Hours!
The Attached Video has some more information.
It'll be Fun so don't miss it if you can!
Chuck!
There are SO many big names from Chicago radio's storied past ...
Listen for clips by Bernie Allen, Bill Bailey, Dick Biondi, Jerry G. Bishop,
Ron Britain, Chuck Britton, Chuck Buell, Dex Card, Yvonne Daniels, Jeff Davis, Bob Dearborn, Dick and Doug, Johnny Driscoll, Tommy Edwards, Gary Gears, JJ Jeffrey, Tom Kent, Steve King, Chris Knapp, John Landecker, Larry Lujack, Brant Miller, Larry O'Brien, Big Ron O'Brien, Don Phillips, Barney Pip, Ron Riley, Art Roberts, Joel Sebastian, Bob Sirott, Jim Stagg, Kris Erik Stevens, Turi Ryder, Bill Taylor, Charlie Van Dyke, Clark Weber, Fred Winston and several more ...
All EXACTLY as they aired way back when.
Plus there'll be special features daily ...
Steve King's tribute to Elvis, put together just days after he died, Chickenman and Animal Stories vignettes, Dick Biondi's "Pop Goes The Music," celebrating the hits of 1965 and, of course, the INCREDIBLE, infamous WLS New Year's Eve Montage, covering the music from 1955 thru 1978.
Use the links above ... and listen and remember just how good radio used to be.
But don't just take MY word for it ...
Take a gander at this week's ROSS ON RADIO post from Sean Ross, who thoroughly enjoyed last year's broadcast ... and can't wait to hear what they've cooked up for THIS year's salute ... featuring nearly all new clips airing for the first time during the WLS / WCFL Rewound Memorial Day
