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Post by doofus67 on Oct 26, 2023 17:34:18 GMT -5
CHART DATE: October 26 | TW | LW | Title and artist | | 1 | 1 | MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS...The Grass Roots
[2nd week at #1] | | 2 | 5 | SUZIE Q...Creedence Clearwater Revival | | 3 | 2 | HEY JUDE...The Beatles | | 4 | 3 | GIRL WATCHER...The O'Kaysions | | 5 | --> | LOVE CHILD...Diana Ross & the Supremes | | 6 | 4 | TIME HAS COME TODAY...The Chambers Brothers | | 7 | 8 | ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER...The Jimi Hendrix Experience | | 8 | 9 | THE SNAKE...Al Wilson | | 9 | 10 | LITTLE GREEN APPLES...O.C. Smith | | 10 | --> | THOSE WERE THE DAYS...Mary Hopkin |
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 2, 2023 11:29:52 GMT -5
CHART DATE: November 2 | TW | LW | Title and artist | | 1 | 1 | MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS...The Grass Roots
[3rd week at #1] | | 2 | 5 | LOVE CHILD...Diana Ross & the Supremes | | 3 | 2 | SUZIE Q...Creedence Clearwater Revival | | 4 | 3 | HEY JUDE...The Beatles | | 5 | 7 | ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER...The Jimi Hendrix Experience | | 6 | 10 | THOSE WERE THE DAYS...Mary Hopkin | | 7 | --> | PIECE OF MY HEART...Big Brother & the Holding Company | | 8 | --> | HEY, WESTERN UNION MAN...Jerry Butler | | 9 | 4 | GIRL WATCHER...The O'Kaysions | | 10 | --> | HOLD ME TIGHT...Johnny Nash |
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 9, 2023 13:16:11 GMT -5
CHART DATE: November 9 | TW | LW | Title and artist | | 1 | 1 | MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS...The Grass Roots
[4th week at #1] | | 2 | 2 | LOVE CHILD...Diana Ross & the Supremes | | 3 | 4 | HEY JUDE...The Beatles | | 4 | 3 | SUZIE Q...Creedence Clearwater Revival | | 5 | 6 | THOSE WERE THE DAYS...Mary Hopkin | | 6 | 8 | HEY, WESTERN UNION MAN...Jerry Butler | | 7 | 7 | PIECE OF MY HEART...Big Brother & the Holding Company | | 8 | 10 | HOLD ME TIGHT...Johnny Nash | | 9 | 5 | ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER...The Jimi Hendrix Experience | | 10 | --> | LIVING IN THE U.S.A....The Steve Miller Band |
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 16, 2023 13:42:10 GMT -5
CHART DATE: November 16 | TW | LW | Title and artist | | 1 | 2 | LOVE CHILD...Diana Ross & the Supremes | | 2 | 1 | MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS...The Grass Roots | | 3 | 5 | THOSE WERE THE DAYS...Mary Hopkin | | 4 | 3 | HEY JUDE...The Beatles | | 5 | 8 | HOLD ME TIGHT...Johnny Nash | | 6 | 6 | HEY, WESTERN UNION MAN...Jerry Butler | | 7 | --> | MAGIC CARPET RIDE...Steppenwolf | | 8 | --> | WHITE ROOM...Cream | | 9 | 10 | LIVING IN THE U.S.A....The Steve Miller Band | | 10 | 4 | SUZIE Q...Creedence Clearwater Revival |
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Post by chrislc on Nov 20, 2023 15:45:38 GMT -5
CHART DATE: November 16 | TW | LW | Title and artist | | 1 | 2 | LOVE CHILD...Diana Ross & the Supremes | | 2 | 1 | MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS...The Grass Roots | | 3 | 5 | THOSE WERE THE DAYS...Mary Hopkin | | 4 | 3 | HEY JUDE...The Beatles | | 5 | 8 | HOLD ME TIGHT...Johnny Nash | | 6 | 6 | HEY, WESTERN UNION MAN...Jerry Butler | | 7 | --> | MAGIC CARPET RIDE...Steppenwolf | | 8 | --> | WHITE ROOM...Cream | | 9 | 10 | LIVING IN THE U.S.A....The Steve Miller Band | | 10 | 4 | SUZIE Q...Creedence Clearwater Revival |
Don't think we haven't noticed that you have bent over backwards to exclude Arthur Brown! There's 1968 in a nutshell - Bobby Goldsboro's singing angels replaced by Arthur Brown and his thing.  |
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 20, 2023 18:43:23 GMT -5
And in my faux nation of Fantastan, people prefer their cakes dry, though they're cool with sweet green icing.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Nov 20, 2023 18:52:32 GMT -5
And in my faux nation of Fantastan, people prefer their cakes dry, though they're cool with sweet green icing. ...and Little Green Apples?  |
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 20, 2023 18:59:04 GMT -5
And in my faux nation of Fantastan, people prefer their cakes dry, though they're cool with sweet green icing. ...and Little Green Apples? Of course! |
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Post by chrislc on Nov 20, 2023 19:30:46 GMT -5
And in my faux nation of Fantastan, people prefer their cakes dry, though they're cool with sweet green icing. ...and Little Green Apples? Without question the worst pressed 45 I ever bought. Reverse echo preview one and two grooves - throughout. And why was a 12-year-old boy buying Little Green Apples in the first place? I can't fathom what I heard in it that made me feel I needed to own it. I should have been buying Sunshine Of Your Love. Or God forbid, a Cream LP. But there's a future Kasem fan for you, I guess. |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Nov 20, 2023 19:41:55 GMT -5
Singles added to my collection in November 1968… …Run To Me – The Montanas …Sweet Blindness – Fifth Dimension …Shape Of Things To Come – Max Frost & The Troopers Wish I still had them.  |
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Post by chrislc on Nov 20, 2023 22:27:11 GMT -5
Singles added to my collection in November 1968… …Run To Me – The Montanas …Sweet Blindness – Fifth Dimension …Shape Of Things To Come – Max Frost & The Troopers Wish I still had them. That Max Frost single is great. I was just listening to it yesterday on a Cash Box Countdown. It's amazing to hear these songs in such high quality. One thing I notice is the guitar work by Dennis Coffey and others at Motown. I never really noticed the guitars on those hits back then on AM radio. Of course the bass was paramount and cut through everything. Kids these days don't know what they missed. And by "these days" I mean kids born in 1960 or later. |
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Post by slf on Nov 21, 2023 20:09:19 GMT -5
CHART DATE: November 16 | TW | LW | Title and artist | | 1 | 2 | LOVE CHILD...Diana Ross & the Supremes | | 2 | 1 | MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS...The Grass Roots | | 3 | 5 | THOSE WERE THE DAYS...Mary Hopkin | | 4 | 3 | HEY JUDE...The Beatles | | 5 | 8 | HOLD ME TIGHT...Johnny Nash | | 6 | 6 | HEY, WESTERN UNION MAN...Jerry Butler | | 7 | --> | MAGIC CARPET RIDE...Steppenwolf | | 8 | --> | WHITE ROOM...Cream | | 9 | 10 | LIVING IN THE U.S.A....The Steve Miller Band | | 10 | 4 | SUZIE Q...Creedence Clearwater Revival |
Don't think we haven't noticed that you have bent over backwards to exclude Arthur Brown! There's 1968 in a nutshell - Bobby Goldsboro's singing angels replaced by Arthur Brown and his thing. Well, I applaud doofus67 for doing so. I personally would bend backwards, forwards, over, under, sideways, down to exclude that hideous abomination of a song! It's one thing for a song to be bad; quit another for a song to grab you by the jugular and scare you sh**less within the first three seconds! I'm a little young to remember the fall of 1968, but, in spite of many good Top 40 hits in those autumn months, I would be scared to death to listen to the radio for fear of that musical nightmare popping up at any time. |
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Post by slf on Nov 21, 2023 20:17:34 GMT -5
Singles added to my collection in November 1968… …Run To Me – The Montanas …Sweet Blindness – Fifth Dimension …Shape Of Things To Come – Max Frost & The Troopers Wish I still had them. You're a man after my own heart. I love all three songs, but especially the first one. "Run To Me" by the Montanas ranks among my very favorite pop hits of all time! I bought a Montanas greatest hits CD years ago, mainly for their minor hit "You've Got To Be Loved", and discovered this gem, as well as several other great songs. You might be able to find a used copy of it on Amazon, but I bet it will cost a pretty penny. |
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Post by chrislc on Nov 21, 2023 21:01:16 GMT -5
Don't think we haven't noticed that you have bent over backwards to exclude Arthur Brown! There's 1968 in a nutshell - Bobby Goldsboro's singing angels replaced by Arthur Brown and his thing. Well, I applaud doofus67 for doing so. I personally would bend backwards, forwards, over, under, sideways, down to exclude that hideous abomination of a song! It's one thing for a song to be bad; quit another for a song to grab you by the jugular and scare you sh**less within the first three seconds! I'm a little young to remember the fall of 1968, but, in spite of many good Top 40 hits in those autumn months, I would be scared to death to listen to the radio for fear of that musical nightmare popping up at any time. Just imagine listening to the radio late at night, about to drift off to sleep, school the next day, and THAT one comes on for the first time! Didn't happen to me but it could have - and I'm sure it happened to some kids. We really didn't need more trauma at this point that year. |
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 21, 2023 21:37:52 GMT -5
And get this: The self-proclaimed God of Hellfire is still performing at age 81.
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