Where Were You March 6, 1965?-- Part 4

Closing out the year.

MY GIRL-- TEMPTATIONS-- Hands down, their most famous ballad written by million-seller Smokey Robinson. (How could you miss that famous intro and then, there was that fantastic choreography the Temps did up on the stage.)
NEW YORK'S A LONELY TOWN-- TRADEWINDS-- One-hit wonder. (Well, did you really expect to find surfers in New York City? Perhaps surf on ship wakes in the Hudson?)

FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY-- GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS-- Top Ten. (This one always takes me back to MYF, Methodist Youth Fellowship, in Palatine, Illinois. We had a sock hop and that was one song they played but I was too 'skeered to ask a girl to dance.)
CAN'T YOU FEEL MY HEARTBEAT-- HERMAN'S HERMITS-- Top Ten. (OK, I was getting ready to buy my first album and it was between Herman's Greatest Hits and the Beatles. I went with the Hermits. Hey, I really liked them too, Mrs. Brown.)

DO YOU WANNA DANCE-- BEACH BOYS-- An outrageous production by Brian Wilson. Brand new. The first and really only time Dennis Wilson would sing lead vocal on a Beach Boy hit with an old Bobby Freeman song. It was included on the upcoming album The Beach Boys Today. (Under the moonlight. Go Denny!!)

I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL THE PARTY-- BEATLES-- The "B" side.(The number one song in Chicago this date was a two-sided hit by who else?)
EIGHT DAYS A WEEK-- BEATLES-- The "A" side. (Imagine there being Beatle songs playing on your radio back in '65? Imagine them having a two-sided hit? Inconceivable!!)

Getting Ready to Jump Ahead Ten Years. --RoadDog


MAXINE SAYS: Ever stop to think and forget to start again?