August 11, 1962: A flood of new releases hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart, that will go on to be hit records. Mary Wells' "You Beat Me to the Punch", Ray Stevens' "Ahab the Arab", The Marvelettes' "Beechwood 4-5789", The Contours' "Do You Love Me", The Beach Boys' "Surfin' Safari", Booker T and the MGs' "Green Onions"...

August 11, 1962:  A flood of new releases hit the Billboard Hot 100... 

 

MOTOWN SWEETHEART, MISS MARY WELLS…

 

NOVELTY ACT, RAY STEVENS…

THE MARVELETTES

MORE MOTOWN SWEETHEARTS...

 

MOTOWN ROCKERS, THE CONTOURS…

 

CALIFORNIA’S BEACH BOYS…

 

THE MEMPHIS GROOVE MASTERS, 

BOOKER T & THE MGs…

Not a bad crop of “newbies” to hit 

The Billboard Hot 100 on one day...

  Hot 100 on August 11, 1962

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