Favorite Song (1) During Summer of Each Year of the 1960s

[dth1971]

Aug 6, 2022 5:37:19 GMT -5 1finemrg said:

Jul 30, 2022 15:53:03 GMT -5 chrislc said:

So a lot of Brian Hyland there, as he recorded the original version of Save Your Heart For Me, too. Itsy Bitsy is a near-perfect pop record, so it's a tough decision to not have it up there for 1960.

I distinctly remember watching "Rate-A-Record" on American Bandstand one Saturday morning in early 1971. The featured song was Brian's last Hot 100 single, his cover of Jackie Wilson's "Lonely Teardrops" the follow-up to "Gypsy Woman".

As the song was playing, the three teens chosen were giving high marks. The average was in the 80/85 in a range from 33 to 98.

At about the 2 minute mark, the tempo radically slowed for about 20 seconds. You could see the faces on the kids as if they had eaten something sour. All of them are talking to Dick Clark, who is erasing their original grades lowering the marks to the 45/50 range.

Looking at the dance floor, it's as if someone had started playing the 45 at 33 1/3 RPM. Everything seemed in slow motion.

Apparently at that point, the song didn't have a good beat and you couldn't dance to it. Certainly seemed to be a misstep by Brian and producer Del Shannon.

Lonely Teardrops - Brian Hyland

Was it by 1972-1973 American Bandstand modified it's Rate-a-Record include 2 people instead of 3?

[slf]

OK, here are the summer songs I've selected, from each year of the 60's and 70's:

1960:  Walk, Don't Run/The Ventures
1961:  Travelin' Man/Rick Nelson
1962:  Theme From "Route 66"/Nelson Riddle Orchestra
1963:  More/Kai Winding
1964:  Yesterday's Gone/Chad & Jeremy
1965:  Do The Freddie/Freddie & The Dreamers
1966:  I Saw Her Again/The Mamas & Papas
1967:  Up, Up, And Away/The 5th Dimension
1968:  I'd Like To Get To Know You/Spanky & Our Gang
           Classical Gas/Mason Williams (sorry, I couldn't break this tie!)
1969:  Questions 67 & 68/Chicago
1970:  Overture From "Tommy"/Assembled Multitude
1971:  Get It On/Chase
1972:  The Candy Man/Sammy Davis Jr.
1973:  So Very Hard To Go/Tower Of Power
1974:  Sugar Baby Love/The Rubettes 
1975:  The Hustle/Van McCoy
1976:  Theme From "Laverne & Shirley"/Cyndi Grecco
1977:  You Made Me Believe In Magic/The Bay City Rollers
1978:  Runaway/Jefferson Starship
1979:  Hold On/Triumph

[jgve1952]

Wow so cool that we agreed on 1975's "The Hustle."

[1finemrg]

Aug 6, 2022 8:13:50 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Aug 6, 2022 5:37:19 GMT -5 1finemrg said:

I distinctly remember watching "Rate-A-Record" on American Bandstand one Saturday morning in early 1971. The featured song was Brian's last Hot 100 single, his cover of Jackie Wilson's "Lonely Teardrops" the follow-up to "Gypsy Woman".

As the song was playing, the three teens chosen were giving high marks. The average was in the 80/85 in a range from 33 to 98.

At about the 2 minute mark, the tempo radically slowed for about 20 seconds. You could see the faces on the kids as if they had eaten something sour. All of them are talking to Dick Clark, who is erasing their original grades lowering the marks to the 45/50 range.

Looking at the dance floor, it's as if someone had started playing the 45 at 33 1/3 RPM. Everything seemed in slow motion.

Apparently at that point, the song didn't have a good beat and you couldn't dance to it. Certainly seemed to be a misstep by Brian and producer Del Shannon.

Lonely Teardrops - Brian Hyland

Was it by 1972-1973 American Bandstand modified it's Rate-a-Record include 2 people instead of 3?

Wikipedia says it was always 2 teens, not 3. The scale was 35 to 98, not 33 to 98.

Sorry 'bout that. Made corrections to original post.

[chrislc]

Aug 6, 2022 5:37:19 GMT -5 1finemrg said:

Jul 30, 2022 15:53:03 GMT -5 chrislc said:

So a lot of Brian Hyland there, as he recorded the original version of Save Your Heart For Me, too. Itsy Bitsy is a near-perfect pop record, so it's a tough decision to not have it up there for 1960.

I distinctly remember watching "Rate-A-Record" on American Bandstand one Saturday morning in early 1971. The featured song was Brian's last Hot 100 single, his cover of Jackie Wilson's "Lonely Teardrops" the follow-up to "Gypsy Woman".

As the song was playing, the two teens chosen were giving high marks. The average was in the 80/85 in a range from 35 to 98.

At about the 2 minute mark, the tempo radically slowed for about 20 seconds. You could see the faces on the kids as if they had eaten something sour. All of them are talking to Dick Clark, who is erasing their original grades lowering the marks to the 45/50 range.

Looking at the dance floor, it's as if someone had started playing the 45 at 33 1/3 RPM. Everything seemed in slow motion.

Apparently at that point, the song didn't have a good beat and you couldn't dance to it. Certainly seemed to be a misstep by Brian and producer Del Shannon.

Lonely Teardrops - Brian Hyland

I'm glad I read the last line of your post. I was all set to reply with a "good beat/dance to it" joke. Low-hanging fruit!

[jgve1952]

As a child in the late 50's (yes I am that old!), I remember when Dick Clark's American Bandstand was on during the week after I got home from school.

[vince]

Here are my picks for summer songs:

1960: Only the Lonely – Roy Orbison
1961: Tossin’ and Turnin’ – Bobby Lewis
1962: Palisades Park – Freddy Cannon
1963: Wipe Out - Surfaris
1964: A Hard Day’s Night - Beatles
1965: Satisfaction – Rolling Stones
1966: Paperback Writer - Beatles
1967: Light My Fire - Doors
1968: Jumpin’ Jack Flash – Rolling Stones
1969: Honky Tonk Women – Rolling Stones
1970: Ball of Confusion - Temptations
1971: Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
1972: School’s Out – Alice Cooper
1973: Smoke on the Water – Deep Purple
1974: Radar Love – Golden Earring
1975: Love Will Keep Us Together – Captain & Tennille
1976: You Should Be Dancing – Bee Gees
1977: I Just Want to Be Your Everything – Andy Gibb
1978: Miss You – Rolling Stones
1979: Hot Stuff – Donna Summer

[rayshae3]

On this last full day of the summer, here’s my picks:

1960: Cathy’s Clown - The Everly Brothers
1961: Crying - Roy Orbison
1962: Desafinado - Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd
1963: Girl from Ipanema - Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto
1964: Walk on By - Dionne Warwick
1965: Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
1966: Mas Que Nada - Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66
1967: Music to Watch Girls by - Andy Willaims
1968: This Guy’s in Love with You - Herb Alpert
1969: Light Flight - Pentangle
1970: Airport Song - Magna Carta
1971: Bangladesh - George Harrison
1972: For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (Live) - Simon & Garfunkel
1973: Amoureuse - Kiki Dee
1974: Love Is the Answer - Van McCoy
1975: Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen (track from Born to Run)
1976: You to Me Are Everything - Real Thing
1977: Down the Hall - Four Seasons
1978: Ritmo de Brasil - Ultimate
1979: Parisienne Walkways - Gary Moore

[donwa001]

My choices:

1969: Quentin's Theme - The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde
1970: Close To You - Carpenters
1971: Indian Reservation - Raiders
1972: Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O' Sullivan
1973: Kodachrome - Paul Simon
1974: Beach Baby - First Class
1975: Swearin' To God - Frankie Valli
1976: Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck
1977: Devil's Gun - CJ & Co
1978: Grease - Frankie Valli
1979: Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions