WLS Top 40 for November 10, 1969-- Part 2: "Ruben James"

(D) means Debut.  The number behind the artists is the highest the song got on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.

35.  GET RHYTHM--  Johnny Cash     #60     That beat, that sound, that voice.  Country goes pop!!!

34.  RUEBEN JAMES--  Kenny Rogers / First Edition    #26    The old black man who took in the little white boy and raised him.  Spelled "Ruben James."

33.  TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE--  Little Anthony / Imperials     #82   At first, I didn't care for it (I don't remember ever hearing it), but the more I listened to it, the more I liked it.

32.  ELEANOR RIGBY--  Aretha Franklin   #17   (D)  Let her take someone else's song and make it her own.

31.  AREN'T WE THE LUCKY ONES--  Vic Dana    Did not chart.   The flip side of "I Tried to Love You Today."  believe it or not, I could not find this song on You Tube.  That is a rare thing indeed.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Well, All The Lonely People, Where Do They All Come from?  Yeah."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Eleanor Rigby"