July 16, 1966: The Who, Spoonful and Shondells all score in The Evolution of Rock 'n Roll...

The Number One Record Nationwide on July 16, 1966:

Tommy James and the Shondells'

"HankyPanky” 

 

        "Of all the lost-and-found singles rescued from obscurity in the Sixties, "Hanky Panky" must be the greatest, rocketing this Michigan band to stardom after three years of indifference. Singer James had formed the band as a mere hobby, and only cut the song in question -- written by Brill Building vets Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and recorded by them as the Raindrops -- as a favor to Niles, MI disc jockey Jack Douglas (of WNIL) in 1964. Only after (Bob Livorio) another enterprising on-air personality in Pittsburgh found it in a box of rejects and started touting it as an "exclusive" did it start to make waves there."
 --Robert Fontenot, About.com Guide

What else happened on July 16, 1966?

There were a couple of GREAT releases:

The Lovin' Spoonful,

"Summer In The City" 

 

The Who,

 "I'm Free"  

JULY 16, 1966: A HECK OF A DAY IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL!!!

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Billboard’s Hot 100, The Top Ten: April 19, 1964

                   Billboard’s Hot 100

The Top Ten

April 19, 1964: 

  

 With The Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love” holding the #1 spot, “Twist and Shout” in at #2 ,  “Do You Want To Know A Secret”  at #5 and “She Loves You”    hangin’ in there at #8, holding four ‘Top Ten’ spots on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart…So who else was in that Top Ten? We listened to more than The Beatles!

Holding strong at #3 (after breaking up the record breaking holding of the whole top five by The Beatles a few weeks earlier) is Terry Stafford’s "Suspicion,” a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. It was one of 25 songs Pomus and Shuman wrote for Elvis Presley…

Louis Armstrong and his All Star Band grabbed the #4 spot with “Hello Dolly”…  

 

 

Betty Everett’s “The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)” holds on tight to the #6 spot…

The Dave Clark Five is up from the eight spot to #7 with “Glad All Over”…

A group by the name of The Serendipity Singers were at #8 with “Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)”… 

Jan and Dean made a stop at #10 that week, on the way up the chart with the classic

 “Deadman’s Curve”…

The Beatles were HOT but Americans still ROCKED the April 19, 1964 charts in

THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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MARCH 27 CHARTBUSTERS…

 A few March 27th Chart Busters...

1961: Del Shannon's "Runaway" enters the charts…

1965: The Who's "I Can't Explain" enters the charts…

1965: The Supremes' "Stop! In The Name of Love" hits #1…

1971: Three Dog Night's "Joy To The World" enters the charts…

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