The Beatles hold on to the #1 spot for a second straight week (after two weeks at #2 prior to that)
Looking at The Top Ten, the only songs that even resemble a threat are "Love Potion Number Nine" by The Searchers, still on the rise moving this week from #7 to #4, "Downtown" by Petula Clark (up 12 places from #22 to #10) and The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," now resting at #11, up from #20.
Other big countdown movers include "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis (it jumps twenty spots from #48 to #28), "I'll Be There" by Gerry and the Pacemakers (a move of twelve from #41 to #29), "Give Him A Great Big Kiss" by The Shangr-Las (#62 to #48), "Let's Lock The Door (And Throw Away The Key)" by Jay and the Americans (#65 to #50) and "All Day And All Of The Night" by The Kinks, up fifteen places from #71 to #56.
In the way of hot new premiers, we can attribute three of these to British acts ...
The Rolling Stones debut at #81 with "Heart Of Stone," Peter and Gordon are back on the chart with their version of a Del Shannon tune, "I Go To Pieces," new at #86, and The Zombies are back as well, with a very bouncy number called "Tell Her No," this week's #93 hit.
60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
1/4/65 – Poet T.S. Eliot dies
