Joe South continues to make big strides on this week's countdown, climbing from #16 into The Top Ten at #8.
Other big movers this week of eight places or more include "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival (#22 to #14), "Indian Giver" by The 1910 Fruitgum Company (#24 to #16), "Time Of The Season" by The Zombies (#26 to #17), "Dizzy" by Tommy Roe, up ten places from #34 to #24, "This Girl's In Love With You" by Dionne Warwick ... her gender-bending version of this tune moves from #35 to #27 and "Long Green" by The Fireballs, up from #38 to #29.
My all-time favorite record by Jay and the Americans sits at #6 this week
Setting the Way Back Machine to December of 1999, this was the THIRD song we ever featured in Forgotten Hits ... a Top Ten Hit for Steppenwolf ... yet one you still hardly ever hear today. (It premiers at #40 this week in 1969)
And, speaking of This Week in 1969 ...
February 11th - Actress Jennifer Aniston is born
February 12th - Glen and Billie Jean Campbell welcome their brand new son, Wesley Kane Campbell at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Later that evening Jose Feliciano will guest star on The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS-TV.
February 12th - Glen and Billie Jean Campbell welcome their brand new son, Wesley Kane Campbell at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Later that evening Jose Feliciano will guest star on The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS-TV.
February 13th – Gold Records are awarded for The Doors’ hit single “Touch Me” and “Everyday People” by Sly and the Family Stone
Also on this date, Bob Dylan holds his first recording session at Columbia Recording Studios on Music Row in Nashville, TN, for what will become his "Nashville Skyline" LP a few months later.
Also on this date, Bob Dylan holds his first recording session at Columbia Recording Studios on Music Row in Nashville, TN, for what will become his "Nashville Skyline" LP a few months later.
February 15th – A hairdresser names Vickie Jones is arrested after a performance in Fort Meyers, Florida, for trying to pass herself off as Aretha Franklin. Incredibly, her performance was SO good and SO realistic, that nobody in the audience requested a refund.
February 16th - George Jones marries Tammy Wynette in Ringgold, Georgia ... six months AFTER they had announced their marriage to the press!
February 17th – Bob Dylan records "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" in Nashville
