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Post by chrislc on Feb 17, 2019 21:40:23 GMT -5
Just listening to Sept 14 1968. Wow the Iron Butterfly and Association songs back-to-back sounded like a medley they were so similar. Who would guess those two acts would be capable of sounding so much alike?
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Post by djjoe1960 on Feb 18, 2019 8:30:27 GMT -5
It's President's Day here in the U.S., and now let's go back to a countdown from 49 years ago this week. Here is the Top 40 for the week ending February 21, 1970 from the Cash Box charts--
It's a chance to hear songs that Casey didn't get to play, except for a few that were featured on the 1970 year end programs.
Joe
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Post by chrislc on Feb 25, 2019 19:18:40 GMT -5
08/07/65
The segue from Take Me Back into California Girls is AMAZING. Goosebumps.
It's great when those work out that way.
California Girls is one of the all time great intros IMO.
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Post by chrislc on Mar 2, 2019 15:21:57 GMT -5
03/05/66
Wow Communication by David McCallum how did that not make #1 I'm being saracastic.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Mar 12, 2019 11:49:26 GMT -5
As Winter turns to Spring (here in the Northern hemisphere) let's go back to one of pop music's best years--1967--and listen to the Top 40 pop singles from the middle of March from Cash Box magazine. The countdown features 2 Beatles songs, 2 from Herman's Hermits, Aretha Franklin's first Top 10, a Stones #1 and several Motown hits. Enjoy-- Joe  archive.org/details/011967031801 |
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Post by 1finemrg on Mar 16, 2019 23:34:12 GMT -5
As Winter turns to Spring (here in the Northern hemisphere) let's go back to one of pop music's best years--1967--and listen to the Top 40 pop singles from the middle of March from Cash Box magazine. The countdown features 2 Beatles songs, 2 from Herman's Hermits, Aretha Franklin's first Top 10, a Stones #1 and several Motown hits. Enjoy-- Joe archive.org/details/011967031801The story goes that King Records subsidiary Fraternity had a dilemma. The Cincinnati based label had two records that they thought could be hits. One was a throwback to the ballads of the fifties (Sixteen Candles, I Only Have Eyes For You...), and the other recalled the girl groups of the sixties. Problem was their budget only allowed to promote one of the songs. In terms of success they chose the right one. The fifties sounding "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" was a huge hit for the Casinos, reaching #5 on Cashbox and #6 on Billboard. The one they didn't push? It reached #92 on Billboard, and charted 9 non-consecutive weeks on Cashbox peaking at #75. It also charted an additional 11 weeks on Cashbox's Looking Ahesd (Bubbling Under) chart. It topped the charts in several small and mid-sized markets: Cincinnati (naturally); Quincy, IL; Erie, PA; Wilmington, NC; Albany & Troy, NY; Des Moines, IA. It went Top 10 on both Chicago AM stations. On this particular week (March 18, 1967), it returned back to the Looking Ahead chart for good, having spent its ninth and final week at #90 on the previous survey. Personally, I think it's the better of the two. Walk Tall - 2 Of Clubs |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Apr 8, 2019 15:36:18 GMT -5
While most people would argue that 1967 was the best year for 1960's pop music on the charts (hence , the radio), I certainly think that 1969 gives it a run for it's money--as evidenced by the Top 40 pop singles for the week ending April 12, 1969-- You'll hear Brenda Lee's last Top 40 hit, a remake of a #1 hit from 1967, the only Top 40 hit (of the 1960's) for a singer that had a #1 hit in 1949, and three songs from the musical Hair--
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Post by skyseth on Apr 8, 2019 17:58:40 GMT -5
Many thanks Joe , certainly a typo : it is April and not August.
Difficult for 60s lovers to isolate a year between 1965 and 1969 as the best.
All were fantastic years with so many gems.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Apr 9, 2019 7:22:12 GMT -5
Many thanks Joe , certainly a typo : it is April and not August. Difficult for 60s lovers to isolate a year between 1965 and 1969 as the best. All were fantastic years with so many gems. It was almost 80 here in Atlanta over the week end, so I guess I had summer on my mind. I corrected the date; Thanks. |
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Post by mitchm on Apr 9, 2019 11:03:09 GMT -5
I listened to your countdown for 11/05/66 last month on the archive site, and for my money that is possibly the best countdown for songs that I ever recall hearing. Classic favorite after classic favorite. Thanks for posting these, Joe.
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Post by chrislc on Apr 9, 2019 20:16:06 GMT -5
While most people would argue that 1967 was the best year for 1960's pop music on the charts (hence , the radio), I certainly think that 1969 gives it a run for it's money--as evidenced by the Top 40 pop singles for the week ending April 12, 1969-- You'll hear Brenda Lee's last Top 40 hit, a remake of a #1 hit from 1967, the only Top 40 hit (of the 1960's) for a singer that had a #1 hit in 1949, and three songs from the musical Hair-- Yay a new one! I've listened to all of them and some of them multiple times. I've been looking forward to Spring 1969 and Neon Philhamonic. But this will be a close call. They didn't make BB 40 until May 10. Sometimes CB is a little faster so we shall see. Hmmm they didn't make the 4/26 countdown - already posted - so I guess not. I'm also looking forward to Soul Coaxing. Did that make the CB 40? Anyway it's great hearing these first hours - just as with Casey - so many songs we haven't heard in 50 years or maybe never at all. Have you ever noticed how most "Morning" hits were in the spring? MORNING GIRL, ANGEL OF THE MORNING (68 and 81), A BEAUTIFUL MORNING, MORNING TRAIN, MORNING DANCE, MORNING HAS BROKEN, COME SATURDAY MORNING and I'm probably forgetting some. |
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Post by doofus67 on Apr 9, 2019 21:24:19 GMT -5
Have you ever noticed how most "Morning" hits were in the spring? MORNING GIRL, ANGEL OF THE MORNING (68 and 81), A BEAUTIFUL MORNING, MORNING TRAIN, MORNING DANCE, MORNING HAS BROKEN, COME SATURDAY MORNING and I'm probably forgetting some. "Mornin'" by Al Jarreau was a springtime hit too. Although, when "The Morning After" and "Touch Me in the Morning" were back-to-back #1's, it was in mid to late summer. |
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Post by chrislc on Apr 9, 2019 22:41:27 GMT -5
Have you ever noticed how most "Morning" hits were in the spring? MORNING GIRL, ANGEL OF THE MORNING (68 and 81), A BEAUTIFUL MORNING, MORNING TRAIN, MORNING DANCE, MORNING HAS BROKEN, COME SATURDAY MORNING and I'm probably forgetting some. "Mornin'" by Al Jarreau was a springtime hit too. Although, when "The Morning After" and "Touch Me in the Morning" were back-to-back #1's, it was in mid to late summer. The record companies and movie studios were distracted by Watergate.  |
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Post by slf on Apr 10, 2019 3:05:02 GMT -5
While most people would argue that 1967 was the best year for 1960's pop music on the charts (hence , the radio), I certainly think that 1969 gives it a run for it's money--as evidenced by the Top 40 pop singles for the week ending April 12, 1969-- You'll hear Brenda Lee's last Top 40 hit, a remake of a #1 hit from 1967, the only Top 40 hit (of the 1960's) for a singer that had a #1 hit in 1949, and three songs from the musical Hair-- Yay a new one! I've listened to all of them and some of them multiple times. I've been looking forward to Spring 1969 and Neon Philhamonic. But this will be a close call. They didn't make BB 40 until May 10. Sometimes CB is a little faster so we shall see. Hmmm they didn't make the 4/26 countdown - already posted - so I guess not. I'm also looking forward to Soul Coaxing. Did that make the CB 40? Anyway it's great hearing these first hours - just as with Casey - so many songs we haven't heard in 50 years or maybe never at all. Have you ever noticed how most "Morning" hits were in the spring? MORNING GIRL, ANGEL OF THE MORNING (68 and 81), A BEAUTIFUL MORNING, MORNING TRAIN, MORNING DANCE, MORNING HAS BROKEN, COME SATURDAY MORNING and I'm probably forgetting some. You're off by one year with the song "Soul Coaxing"; it spent two weeks in the Cash Box Top 40 in the spring of '68. But what a fantastic easy-listening gem! Those lush strings are heavenly and the bridge is intriguingly spooky. |
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Post by 1finemrg on Apr 10, 2019 5:50:34 GMT -5
While most people would argue that 1967 was the best year for 1960's pop music on the charts (hence , the radio), I certainly think that 1969 gives it a run for it's money--as evidenced by the Top 40 pop singles for the week ending April 12, 1969-- You'll hear Brenda Lee's last Top 40 hit, a remake of a #1 hit from 1967, the only Top 40 hit (of the 1960's) for a singer that had a #1 hit in 1949, and three songs from the musical Hair-- They never had a Top 40 hit nationally, but in Chicago they reached the Top 15 seven times. Five of those made the Top 10, with "It Could Be We're In Love" topping the charts for four weeks in August, 1967. One of their final singles bubbled under on Billboard and was in its seventh week on Cashbox's Looking Ahead chart the week of 4/12/69. Locally, it failed to chart on WLS but topped out at #26 on WCFL. An overlooked gem. First Train To California - Cryan Shames |
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