The Supremes hold down the #1 spot for the third straight week with their second chart-topper, "Baby Love." The #2 and #3 records also gain a two point advance this week as "Leader Of The Pack" by The Shangri-Las slides into the #2 position and Jay and the Americans' "Come A Little Bit Closer" slips up right behind it at #3.
Both of these records look to be future #1 contenders ... but don't rule out the unlikely hit by Bonanza's Lorne Greene, whose spoken word record "Ringo" climbs from #11 to #6. Right behind it is "She's Not There" by The Zombies, one of three Top Ten Records by British acts this week. (The others are "Have I The Right" by The Honeycombs, which slips down a spot to #5, and "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks, up six spots to #9.)
Talk about your unlikely Top Ten Hits, how are Dean Martin's "The Door Is Still Open To My Heart" and Bobby Vinton's "Mr. Lonely" able to compete during this age of British Rock and Motown?!?! Yet they currently sit at #8 and #10 respectively this week ... and Bobby Vinton's record is showing real momentum as it climbs from #18 to #10.
Other British rockers doing well this week include The Rolling Stones (up eight places to #11 with "Time Is On My Side), Manfred Mann, still in the Top 20 with their former #1 Hit "Do Wah Diddy Diddy," Herman's Hermits, who climb nine spots with their first US Hit, "I'm Into Something Good," Peter and Gordon with "I Don't Want To See You Again," The Nashville Teens with "Tobacco Road," The Searchers' hit "When You Walk In The Room," and Gerry and the Pacemakers with "I Like It," all of which are Top 40 Records this week in '64.
Speaking of Top 40 Hits, The Supremes' follow-up hit, "Come See About Me," makes a giant leap from #78 to #36 in its second week on the chart, even as they hold down the #1 spot for the third week in a row. (This one could easily follow it to the top of the chart ... that's a move of 42 places!!!)
The Dave Clark Five have the top debut this week as "Any Way You Want It," a real raucous rocker, premiers at #63. Marianne Faithfull (Mick Jagger's girlfriend) is up 19 places to #71 with a song Mick wrote for her (and a song that The Stones will eventually record as well), "As Tears Go By," reportedly the first song ever written by The Glimmer Twins, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
And Chad and Jeremy (now officially BILLED as Chad and Jeremy ... instead of Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde) are back on the chart this week with a remake of a real oldie ... it dates back to 1932 ... "Willow Weep For Me." It premiers at #84.
How's that for the two extremes of British Rock, circa November, 1964!!!
60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
11/16/64 – Baseball Great Dwight Gooden is born
Also on 11/16, Jay and the Americans record “Let’s Lock The Door”
Their current hit, "Come A Little Bit Closer," sits at #3 on this week's Super Chart
Also on 11/16, The Animals record “Don’t Let Me Be
Misunderstood”
