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Post by LC on Sept 19, 2023 8:00:33 GMT -5
He also left out the band that just hit with "You Better You Bet" earlier that same year, the Who. Their first chart single, "I Can't Explain," happened in '64. "I Can't Explain" charted 3/27/65. Only two weeks in the Hot 100, with a #93 peak the second week. It had 'bubbled Under' for three weeks prior to reaching the 100. The Who wouldn't have a U.S. top 40 single until the spring of 1967, when "Happy Jack" reached #24. But it charted in the UK in '64, I believe, which puts them in the first wave.
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Post by mga707 on Sept 19, 2023 10:08:38 GMT -5
"I Can't Explain" charted 3/27/65. Only two weeks in the Hot 100, with a #93 peak the second week. It had 'bubbled Under' for three weeks prior to reaching the 100. The Who wouldn't have a U.S. top 40 single until the spring of 1967, when "Happy Jack" reached #24. But it charted in the UK in '64, I believe, which puts them in the first wave. I go by when the British groups first charted in the U.S., since quite a few of the early British Invasion records, including quite a few by The Beatles, had charted a year or more earlier in the U.K. than in the U.S. A good example are Freddie and the Dreamers, whose breakthrough April 1965 #1 U.S. single "I'm Telling You Now" had been a hit in the U.K. in 1963.
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Post by woolebull on Sept 20, 2023 11:15:14 GMT -5
But it charted in the UK in '64, I believe, which puts them in the first wave. I go by when the British groups first charted in the U.S., since quite a few of the early British Invasion records, including quite a few by The Beatles, had charted a year or more earlier in the U.K. than in the U.S. A good example are Freddie and the Dreamers, whose breakthrough April 1965 #1 U.S. single "I'm Telling You Now" had been a hit in the U.K. in 1963. Great posts helping to explain the various waves of the British Invasion. I still believe, even knocking the Moody Blues out of the "first" definition, that the comments were at best premature since The Kinks had hit the top 40 not long before. Of course, The Kinks would make the comment anachronistic for good a couple of years later with two more top 40 hits, and almost adding another in 1985. Funny, this is the second time I have heard a 1981 show and a segment made me pause wondering if they were trying to speed up a story. I wish I could remember the show, but I am pretty sure it was 1981 and Casey did a "Whatever Happened To" segment on The Knack. I found it really odd that The Knack got the milk carton treatment something like a year after they were in the 40. I mean, they were ultimately spot on, I just thought in 1981 that would have been premature.
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Post by woolebull on Sept 20, 2023 11:50:24 GMT -5
Ok, so doing a little research on when the segment on The Knack happened, I found a couple of things. And by doing a little research, I turned to the greatest resource any of us can have, "American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1980s)" written by the amazing at40petebattistini. Two things I found, one specific to the original question I asked. 1) The "milk carton" segment on The Knack actually happened on March 20, 1982. So not 1981 but still only a little over two years after they had hit the Top 40. 2) As to the "British Invasion"/Rolling Stones segment in question, Pete offered this insight: "program error: regarding a story about the Rolling Stones and chart longevity, Gary indicated that '... of all the bands who were a part of the first wave of the British pop invasion 17 years ago, they are the only one still hitting the charts...'; however, no mention was made about the Moody Blues, a band whose chart activity started in 1965 and was present in this week's Top 40". Glad to know great minds think alike, Pete!
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