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
Today is “Officially National Lost and Found Day,” a day set aside to
make an extra effort to find those things that we’ve lost.
I had this Really Great Story for you today, but . . . I lost
it! When I went to look for it, I couldn’t find it!
Wait! If that weren’t
enough, we’re all losing something else that we’ll never find!
As I was writing this, I was informed of some very unsatisfying
news. In a message posted by Johnny Williams, he said his radio website that most
all of us have turned to now and again so many times over nearly thirty
years is “signing off” forever at the end of the year! Say “Goodbye, and a
Big Thank You to his "440:Satisfaction!"
I guess all this makes sense because today is Friday the
Thirteenth!
And,
as you probably know, “Paraskevidekatriaphobia” is the word for the Fear of Friday the 13th... while
“Triskaidekaphobia” is the Fear of the number 13.
It was sometime in the early 1990s, Psychotherapist Donald
Dossey of the Stress Management Center-Phobia Institute in Asheville, North
Carolina coined the term "Paraskevidekatriaphobia" to describe the
Friday the 13th Fear. Dossey would tell his patients that if
they learned to pronounce the word, they would be cured! ( Dossy must have been
a very Funny Guy in Therapy Sessions! )
Well, these words are all “Greek” to me! But if you do want
to know HOW to pronounce them for any reason, your wordsmith here has the
answers!
"Para SKEV-ee
DECK-ah TRI-ah PHOBIA."
“TRIS-kye-DEK-a-FOH-bee-a!”
These
Friday the Thirteenth words are probably of more interest to those
among us whom, when we were kids, would walk around proudly pronouncing,
ad nauseam, “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!”
Meanwhile,
the name “Friday” is believed to have a unique association with the divine
feminine. It’s derived from Old English and means “Day of Frigg,” who was a
powerful Sky Goddess in Norse Mythology. Frigg, also known as “Frigga,” was
associated with love, marriage and motherhood. ( Well, I din’t Friggan’ know that!
)
A few of
the most well-known Superstitions, of course, include ~~~
“Walking under a Ladder!”
“A Black Cat crossing your Path!”
“Breaking a Mirror!”
“Steppingon a Crack!”
“Spilling
Salt!”
Monkees keyboardist and
bass guitarist, Peter Tork, was born on Friday the Thirteenth in 1942. He did
OK for himself so he was probably OK with all these 13th
connotations of Days, Dates, and Numbers!
Fast forward to today, Taylor
Swift definitely has no fear of the Number 13 and says her lucky number
is 13. While not a Friday, she was born on December 13, 1989 and her 13th
Birthday was on a Friday the 13th. So today is her birthday. She’s
also done OK for herself!
Now, much more relatable
than any of the Chiefs TV Football Games Coverage, here’s an
excuse for me to include a gratuitous shot of her in the Forgotten Hits
VIP Lounge!
Hopefully all in all, you’ll
have a very Lucky Day Today. Knock on
Wood!
So, in acknowledgement
of today’s strange Friday Facts and Spells, here’s my Forgotten Hits “Friday
the Thirteen Superstitious Chuck Buell Minute Medley!”
CB ( Which Stands for
“Chucky-Lucky Boy!” )
Don't Friday the 13th and Chuckie kind of go together anyway???
(No wait ... that's JASON!!! I get my horror gods mixed up sometimes ... probably because I've never seen a single one of these movies that became such HUGE box office franchises!!!)
But I DO happen to have a favorite "13" song of my own ...
Although it never officially broke into ANY of the National Top 40 Charts, this WAS a big 1971 hit here in Chicago for Seatrain ...
Where "13 Questions" rose to #14 (damn! missed it by THAT much!) on the old WCFL Chart. (Looks like WLS ignored it completely.)
Still a good song ... and one that enough of you remembered and liked enough to vote it in as your #1824 "Most Essential Classic Rock Songs Of All Time" favorites.
(Go ahead ... I dare ANY of you dee jays out there to play it ...
and just because you probably won't, here it is to enjoy HERE in Forgotten Hits today ...
Friday the 13th ... of December ... 2024. (kk)
Now THAT'S a Forgotten Hit!!! (kk)
>>>Taylor Swift has done OK for herself (CB)
Yeah, I guess you could say that ...
Her "Eras" Tour, which kicked off in Glendale,
Arizona, in March of 2023 and concluded this past Sunday in Vancouver,
British Columbia, consisted of 149 shows on five continents, attended by
10,168,008 people, with $2,077,618,725 in total tickets sold, making
it the bestselling tour of all time. (Yes ... that's Two BILLION Dollars, folks!) Gross ticket sales were double
those of any other concert tour in history.
During the two years of her Eras Tour, Swift gave
out $197 million in bonuses to tour workers —truck drivers, caterers,
instrument techs, merch team, lighting, sound, production staff and
assistants, carpenters, dancers, band, security, choreographers,
pyrotechnics, riggers, hair, make-up, wardrobe, physical therapists and
video team. That is one sweet, appreciative girl who knows that it takes a village to pull off something as awesome as this.
Wham’s “Last Christmas” has now hit a new chart career peak, coming
in at #3 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100 Chart.It comes in right behind “Rockin’ Around The
Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee at #2 and (of course) Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For
Christmas Is You,” which has again hit #1.(This is Mariah’s SIXTH time topping the chart with this song … and she’s done it in
six consecutive years, dating back to 2019.)In all, “All I Want For Christmas Is You” has now logged FIFTEEN weeks
at #1, counting this week’s return to the top of the heap. “Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helm and “A Holly Jolly
Christmas” by Burl Ives also have Top Ten showings this week. (kk)
This just in from Frank B ...
kk ...
"ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE" SURPASSES ONE BILLION SPOTIFY STREAMS!
FB
I just heard that a great radio
website shutting down.
We get so dependent on our fave
internet sites to always be there for us. It's so tough when one with
tons of great info and a “go to” site closes down.
Reel Radio was the big one and Both
Sides Now is telling us that the "440: Satisfaction" radio site will closing
down at the end of year.
This site has been great for
finding what DJ was at what station in the past or what DJs have been on what
stations in the past or WHAT CITIES a station is located in. Many uses
and ways to search. IF you want some info on your fave DJs, stations,
cities, you’d better look now as it closes up end of year.
Do you guys have TUBI TV?
It’s a free download with tons of TV and movies. Hard to find everything,
but they do have some music films that are sometimes alittle hard to locate.
They've recently added the 2023
documentary "What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat and Tears?"
The only way I found it was to use "search" for the title.
That all said, I just finished watching
the BS&T film. Altho a bit tedious as to its length and downer
feelings, it REALLY brought home how great their music was and how BS&T got
a raw deal.As a 14 year old in 1970, I was
in love with this band and saw no reason to stop loving them. I still see
no reason to stop. They were great.
I have Clive Davis' book, published
in 1974, and it is very worth owning if you can find a copy. BS&T is
covered in the book.
Anyway, I did not see any end to
BS&T at that time, ESPECIALLY due to government intervention of the
underground culture, of which I knew nothing of then. Rolling Stone Magazine
was just something I picked up if free copies were offered (after their time
had passed) by our local head shop/record shop, called "Dirt Cheap Records."
In hindsight, despite all that
the film offered up that supposedly closed off BS&T's success story, I
really think that their course was going to end like Three Dog Night’s did, no
matter the Iron Curtain tour or not. They did NOT write their own music
after Al Kooper's leaving and thus, they would eventually run their course of
non-original material and lose the interest of the public by doing cover
versions. Later covers like "So Long Dixie," "Roller
Coaster" and "Got to Get You Into My Life" all sit in my fave
45s but the public wanted to move on as they do and BST's non-original songs were
not in vogue by then. Sad but true, despite being GREAT music.
The film certainly showed how
great BS&T was with David Clayton Thomas and before as well. Thanks
for pointing me to this film!
THIS was the Wichita station
that I was glued to suddenly in 1969 (thanks to brother Roger). It was my
intro to STEREO and I loved it and BS&T was a huge part of my life 1969-73
mainly.
Blood, Sweat and Tears (and Three Dog Night, too, for that
matter) always did VERY well here in Chicago on our Top 40 Charts.
BS&T hit #1 with “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy,” #2 with
“Spinning Wheel” and #4 with “And When I Die.”My personal favorite has always been the Carole King tune “Hi-De-Ho,”
which topped out at #11 here in Chi-Town. (That was the record that made me go
see them in 1971 at The Arie Crown Theater here in Chicago, where their warm-up
act was Linda Ronstadt, whose back-up band still consisted of three future
members of The Eagles.I’ve told the
story before about how she let them take center stage to perform “Take It Easy”
and “Witchy Woman” after announcing that they would soon be leaving her to start
a career of their own.
Three Dog Night (always one of my favorites, then and now …
got to see them several times back in the day, one concert in which an unknown
guy from England opened the show … he was just about to release his first album
in America … so that was the very first time I ever saw Elton John!)
Three Dog Night hit #1 here with “One,” “Easy To Be Hard,” “Mama
Told Me Not To Come,” “Joy To The World,” “Black And White” and “Shambala,”
several of these hits outperforming their national chart popularity.
I still haven’t seen the BS&T film yet … will have to
make it a point to do so now that I know where to find it!Thanks, Clark!(kk)
And finally,
Changing gears ...
Just heard this awesome 1966 Bee
Gees song! VERY Billy J musically and kinda like Lennon/Macca's
"Love of the Loved" as well. VERY cool lyrics and VERY Beatlish
sounding beautiful song. Sometimes, I think these guys have written a
song about EVERY TOPIC!
Clark
I wasn’t familiar with this one … but I like it.I think they sound like half a dozen other
British bands at the time … LEAST of all like The Bee Gees!(lol)kk
Some GREAT pix of Micky Dolenz performing at The City Winery
/ Boston …
Micky did TWO sold out shows there and the audience is just
loving hearing him reminisce about his days in The Monkees …
At the New York City City Winery on Tuesday night Paul
Shaffer introduced him and played “Gimme Some Lovin'."
Micky’s new “Live At The Troubadour” CD is available now for streaming thru
all of the usual sources … and if you order it as a physical CD thru his website, you have the
option of having Micky sign it for you!
(And stick around … you just may have the chance to WIN one …
more details to come!)kk
This’ll be a very hot ticket next summer …
Toto, Men At Work and Christopher Cross will be touring
together.Between them, these acts had 23
Top 40 Hits between 1978 and 1989, including #1 hits by each of them:Toto (“Africa); Men At Work (“Who Can It Be
Now” and “Down Under”) and Christopher Cross (“Sailing” and “Arthur’s Theme.”)In addition, Toto reach #2 with “Rosanna” as
did Cross with “Ride Like The Wind.”
Steve Lukather of Toto and Colin Hay of Men At Work have
been touring together for years now as part of Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band
(who are also hitting the road in 2025 … see below)
Confirmed dates so far:
Toto's 2025 Tour With Christopher Cross and Men at Work 7/18 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK
Financial Amphitheatre 7/19 – Tampa, FL @ MidFlorida Credit
Union Amphitheatre 7/21 – Birmingham, AL @ Coca-Cola
Amphitheater 7/22 – Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank
Amphitheatre 7/24 – Burgettstown, PA @ The Pavilion
at Star Lake 7/25 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts
Center 7/26 – Boston, MA @ Leader Bank Pavilion 7/28 – Gilford, NH @ BankNH Pavilion 7/30 – Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford
HealthCare Amphitheater 8/ 1 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock
Live at Etess Arena 8/ 3 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music
Center 8/ 5 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino
Amphitheatre 8/ 6 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music
Center 8/ 8 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom
Music Center 8/ 9 – Tinley Park, IL @ Credit Union 1
Amphitheatre 8/11 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music
Theatre 8/13 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live 8/14 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music
Pavilion 8/15 – Nashville, TN @ Ascend
Amphitheater 8/17 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Zoo
Amphitheatre 8/18 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at
Toyota Music Factory 8/21 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial
Theatre 8/23 – Las Vegas, NV @ Fontainebleau 8/24 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum 8/25 – Concord, CA @ Toyota Pavilion at
Concord 8/27 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Utah First
Credit Union Amphitheatre 8/29 – Puyallup, WA @ Washington State
Fair 8/30 – Ridgefield, WA @ RV Inn Style
Resorts Amphitheater
“I
am happy to announce these new All Starr shows in June,” Ringo Starr
said in a press release. “I absolutely love playing live and I love this
band. It’s been so great playing with these guys, I just want to keep
this line up going and that’s why I haven’t changed the All Starrs in a
while. So here we go again, and we look forward to seeing you on the
road this Spring.”
The
All Starr Band features Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Hamish
Stuart, Gregg Bissonette, as well as Buck Johnson on keyboards.
Grammy Award-winning artist Ringo Starr releases his second country
album “Look Up” ahead of the tour, on January 10th.
Live Nation has not yet said when tickets will be available for
purchase.
Visit the Live Nation website for updates.
And that's all she wrote...'cause that's all they told me.
Shelley
Looking very much like an East Coast run this time around ...
June 12th – Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford HealthCare
Amphitheater
June 13th – New York City, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
June 15th – Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at The Mann
June 17th – Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap
June 18th – Greensboro, NC @ Tanger Center
June 20th – Hollywood, FL @ Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
June 21st – Clearwater, FL @ The BayCare Sound
June 22nd – St. Augustine, FL @ The St. Augustine Amphitheater
June 24th – Tuscaloosa, AL @ Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater
June 25th – Charlotte, NC @ Ovens Auditorium
But
before he does that, Ringo has shows scheduled at The Ryman Auditorium
on January 14th and 15th WITHOUT The All-Starr Band to help promote his
new country album. (kk)
In fact, the drumming legend recently held a private launch/listening party at Third Man Records in London, attended by Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Ronnie Wood, David Gilmour, Bob Geldof, Melanie C of the Spice Girls, and Olivia
Harrison. The event also included a Q-and-A, hosted by Jools Holland. The album, produced and co-written by T Bone Burnett, arrives on January 10, 2025. (kk)
And this one was a new discovery for me ...
So maybe it will be for some of you, too.
I found this the other day while surfin' around looking for other stuff and was blown away.
(Let's just say that I'm sure Eric Clapton would be proud!)
Evidently recorded during lock-down a few years ago, I didn't even know this existed until I stumbled across it quite by accident ...
It's The Doobie Brothers with Peter Frampton doing Eric Clapton's "Let It Rain!"
