Saturday, August 3, 2024

THE SATURDAY SURVEY

The Beatles hold on to the #1 spot for a second week with "A Hard Day's Night" ... but right behind it is "Everybody Loves Somebody" by Dean Martin ... Could this be our next #1 Hit on The Super Chart??? 

(Can you believe it ... "A Hard Day's Night" is The Fab Four's SIXTH #1 US National Hit in the past seven months ... unheard of!!!)

"Wishin' And Hopin'" by Dusty Springfield is the only other British Top Ten Hit (and we sure haven't been able to say THAT for a while!!!)  It holds at #6.

Still resting in The Top 20 are "Nobody I Know" by Peter and Gordon and "Can't You See That She's Mine" by The Dave Clark Five.  (Their next hit is right around the corner ... "Because" climbs from #57 to #25, a move of 32 spots!)

Sitting just outside The Top 20 are The Beatles (at #21) with their version of "Ain't She Sweet," up from #36 last week.

"How Do You Do It" by Gerry and the Pacemakers is at #24, "I Believe" by The Bachelors at #27 and "Tell Me" by The Rolling Stones at #28.

Cilla Black's "You're My World" anchors in at #35 ... while The Beatles have four more movie songs on the chart this week:  "I'll Cry Instead" is at #36 (up 16 places), "And I Love Her" at #41 (a giant leap of 34 spots), "I Should Have Known Better" (#56) and "If I Fell," new at #84.  (And could their Producer George Martin soon have a hit of his own???  His instrumental arrangement of "Ringo's Theme" ... essentially "This Boy" with no words ... is up 23 spots from #93 to #70!)

Also worth mention (from a British point of view) are "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" by Gerry and the Pacemakers (#48), "I'll Keep You Satisfied" by Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas (#52), "House Of The Rising Sun" by The Animals (new at #59), "It's All Over Now" by The Rolling Stones (#66), "Bad To Me" (falling 42 spots to #83) and "Shout" by Lulu and the Luvers, which falls down to #99.