The Saturday Survey

 

The Beatles begin their third week at #1 with "Yesterday," now in its fifth week on the chart.  (And three of those are at #1?!?!?  Yeah, I'd say it was a hit!)

A couple of other hits are lined up right behind it ...

"A Lover's Concerto" by The Toys moves from #5 to #2 ...

And "Get Off My Cloud" climbs to #5 (from #17) in its third week on the chart.  (It started at #71 three weeks ago!)

A few others doing well that we haven't mentioned yet include "You're The One" by The Vogues (#21 to #12), "Make Me Your Baby" by Barbara Lewis (#30 to #16),  "I Knew You When" by Billy Joe Royal (#29 to #18), "Rescue Me" by Fontella Bass (#37 to #19), "1-2-3" by Len Barry (formerly of The Dovells), #40 to #21 and "A Taste Of Honey" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (#43 to #28)

The Silkie do a nice cover of The Beatles' "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" from the "Help!" motion picture soundtrack ... it's up 19 places to #69 this week ...

And the top debut belongs to country singer Little Jimmy Dickens, whose "May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" premiers at #77, proving once again that just a little bit of sentiment can go a long, long way.

 

And DIDJAKNOW? Herb Alpert's new single "A Taste Of Honey" comes from his brand new album "Whipped Cream ... And Other Delights."

You know, we've been saluting this album now for over 25 years ...

And I can't say for certain just how many times we've featured this album cover on our website before ...

But if I had to hazard an educated guess, I'll just betcha it's been AT LEAST three or four times now!  (kk)

October 17th, 1965

IN CURRENT NEWS: 

Ace Frehley, founding member and lead guitarist of the rock band KISS, passed away on Thursday, October 16^th, just a few weeks after suffering a fall.  He was 74 years old.  Frehley wore the “Space Man” face make-up on stage.  It is likely his death was caused by a brain bleed sustained in the fall, but more investigating is expected to follow.

KISS, probably best described as “theatrical rock,” soared to fame in the mid-‘70’s with rock classics like “Rock And Roll All Nite” (#12, 1975) “Christine Sixteen” (#20, 1977) and “I Was Made For Lovin’ You” (#5, 1979), as well as their unexpected ballad hit “Beth,” which became one of their highest charting singles when it reached #7 in 1976.  Frehley also enjoyed a Top 20 solo hit with “New York Groove” (#13) in 1978.  (In 1978, all four members of KISS released solo albums on the same day.  Frehley’s scored the highest, thanks to the success of this single.)

KISS was inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 after long sitting on our Deserving And Denied List.  They placed EIGHT songs on our TOP 3333 MOST ESSENTIAL CLASSIC ROCK SONGS OF ALL TIME List with Beth (#534) and Rock And Roll All Nite (#582) scoring the highest.

KISS recently wrapped up their farewell tour and then announced that an avatar version of the band would continue to keep their music alive for many years to come.  (kk)

 

60 YEARS AGO TODAY:

10/17/65 – The Animals and Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs appear on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”  (So does the always-out-of-place Pat Boone!)

October 16th, 1965

60 YEARS AGO TODAY:

10/16/65 – The Beatles record “Day Tripper”

It'll make up one half of their "Double A-Side" Single released at the end of the year.