Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Tropical Jon's Evolution of Rock 'n Roll lists the Number One Charted Tunes 1960 ~ 1969


MARCH 13, 1960 ~ 1969 : NUMBER ONE SONGS IN AMERICA

1960: Percy Faith -

Theme From 'A Summer Place'

This was a MAJOR “Slow Dance” tune at the hops throughout the early 1960s…Usually it started a set and Bill Purcell’s “Our Winter Love” closed it out…   http://youtu.be/0c45spFPiQE
Hot on the heels of ‘his’ SMASH HIT “The Twist” (Which he STOLE from Hank Ballard & The Midnighters), on March 13 1961, Chubby Checker scored again with Pony Time…



This was a MAJOR “Slow Dance” tune at the hops throughout the early 1960s…Usually it started a set and Bill Purcell’s “Our Winter Love” closed it out…  
Hot on the heels of ‘his’ SMASH HIT “The Twist” (Which he STOLE from Hank Ballard & The Midnighters), on March 13 1961, Chubby Checker scored again with Pony Time…

Number One on the chart on March 13, 1962 was a Texas boy, Bruce Channel (with the signature harmonica of Delbert McClinton) with their tune “Hey! Baby”… When Bruce and Delbert toured Europe while this song was a hit, the then unknown Beatles played a gig with them, and it's said that John Lennon's later harmonica play on many of the Beatles' recordings, especially "Love Me Do", was influenced by what he picked up from Delbert.





On this date in 1963: Frankie Vallie’s Four Seasons were at the top of the chart with “Walk Like A Man”…
Then THE BEATLES showed up! Number One on March 13, 1964: “I Want To Hold Your Hand”




On this date in 1963: Frankie Vallie’s Four Seasons were at the top of the chart with “Walk Like A Man”…







Then THE BEATLES showed up!
Number One on March 13, 1964:
“I Want To Hold Your Hand”




On March 13, 1965: Beatles are NUMBER ONE AGAIN with “Eight Days A Week”



In 1966, with anti-war sentiments building, Sgt. Barry Sadler’s  Ballad of the Green Beret” was, ironically,  on the top of the chart where it stayed for SEVEN WEEKS!!! 

When March 13 rolled around again in 1967, The Beatles were back at the top spot with “Penny Lane”


March 13, 1968 saw Otis Redding 
 “Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay” and at the top spot on the chart…


And by this date in 1969 we were just so “Dizzy” from the 60s that we ran Tommy Roe’s  pop tune “Dizzy” to the top of the charts…

THE 1960s certainly saw Rock ‘n Roll evolve—Then came the 1970s and LOOK OUT!!!...





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