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Monday, August 1, 2011

Number One Songs This Date: August 1, 2011-- Part 2

Some More #1s:

1970 (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU-- Carpenters
1969 IN THE YEAR 2525 (EXORDIUM & TERMINUS)-- Zager & Evans-- (Never knew about the parentheses.)
1968 HELLO, I LOVE YOU-- Doors-- (Always reminds me of Honey Hill in Wauconda, Illinois, where the night crew at Burger King in Palatine would go every afternoon.)
1967 LIGHT MY FIRE-- Doors-- (First of two years straight with a #1 this date.)

1966 WILD THING-- Troggs-- ("You make my heart sing!")
1965 I'M HENRY VIII-- Herman's Hermits
1964 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT-- Beatles-- (From the movie of the same name.)
1963 SO MUCH IN LOVE-- Tymes-- (Great Beach Music!)

1962 ROSES ARE RED-- Bobby Vinton
1961 TOSSIN' AND TURNIN'-- Bobby Lewis
1960 I'M SORRY-- Brenda Lee
1951 COME ON-A MY HOUSE-- Rosemary Clooney

1941 DADDY-- Sammy Kaye-- (Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye.)
1931 AT YOUR COMMAND-- Bing Crosby
1921 CHERIE-- Paul Whiteman

1911 I'M FALLING IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE-- John McCormack
1901 "JIM LAWSON'S HORSE TRADE WITH DEACON WITHERSPOON"-- Cal Stewart-- (Hunh?)

I Boppa Yer head You Come On-A My House. --RoadDog


GROANERS: What do you call a boomerang that doesn't work? A stick.

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