Bob Stroud Root Salutes the Beatles-- Part 2: 'Can't Buy Me Love'

And remember, that the previous week on April 4, the Beatles had 14 songs in the Hot 100, but they also had the Top 5.

#38   I SAW HER STANDING THERE--  One of the great Beatle "B" sides, the flip of "I Want to Hold Your Hand."

#14   DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET--  

#9    PLEASE PLEASE ME--  

#7    I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND--  It was released in January so had spent three months in the Top 100 by now.

#4    SHE LOVES YOU--  This one was on the Swan label here in the United States.

#2    TWIST AND SHOUT--  Beatles doing the Isley's "Twist and Shout."

#1     CAN'T BUY ME LOVE--  Fourteen songs on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts back this week in 1964.  Another reason there will never be another band quite like the Beatles.  Fourteen songs that are the very definition of joy and jubilation that is rock and roll.  This is the #1 song in the country this week in 1964.

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This was Beatlemania at its best.  As much as I admire their later music which was a whole lot more involved, these were the "Fun" songs and the ones I most enjoy listening to.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Well She Was Just 17 And You Know What I mean."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"I Saw Her Standing There"

Bob Stroud Roots Salutes the Beatles Having 14 Songs in the Billboard Hot 100 on April 11, 1964-- Part 1: The Fab Four Fourteen

 #81  LOVE ME DO--  It's tough to get one song in the Hot 100.  They had 14.  This was what Beatlemania was all about.  Brand new single so was on  its way up the chart.

#78  ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN   Their version of Chuck Berry's song.  His 1956 hit.

#74  THERE'S A PLACE--  Flipside of "Twist and Shout"

#61  THANK YOU GIRL--   "B" side in the States.

#52  FROM ME TO YOU--   Also a "B" Side in the States

#50  ALL MY LOVING--  Not released as a single here in the States, but in Canada.  But on the strength of the imports which came flooding here into the States from Canada, this song charted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.  On the "B" side was "This Boy."   This was the "A" side.

#48   YOU CAN'T DO THAT--  Fab Four Fourteen Countdown.  More COWBELL!!!

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I Got Something To Say That Might Cause You Pain."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"You Can't Do That"

Rock 'N' Roll's Most Revolutionary Year-- Part 1

From the August 14, 2016, Chicago Tribune by Randy Lewis.

Answering this question brings lots of responses.

Some might say 1954, the year Bill Haley & His Comets recorded "Rock Around the Clock" and when Elvis Presley first stepped into Sam Phillips' Sun Studio.

Others might say it was 1964 when Beatlemania exploded onto the world and launched the British Invasion.

Some might say 1967 with the Summer of Love, the blossoming of Flower Power and psychedelic music.  Not to mention the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album.

Still, others would say 1977 with the arrival of that "young, loud, snotty" music called punk rock.

Then there is the case of 1982 with Grand master Flash & the Furious Five's "The Message," putting rap music on the national map.

More recently, the year 2001 saw the birth of iTunes and redefined -- as well as broadened -- how we listen to music.

Of the ones listed here, I would have to say 1964.

What Say You?  --RoadDog

MORE SUTHEN-ISMS:  And, for those of you who are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, all y'all need to hang a sign to hang on y'all's front porch that reads, "I'm not from the South, but I got here as fast as I could."

Taking a Trip Back to 1964, 1968, 1976 and the Beatles This Weekend

All the oldies you can handle, going back 52 Years, 48 Years and 40 Years.

"Fessa John Hook has Class Reunion 1964 running on his BeachShag site.  This will include songs you know and many that were on the Beach Music charts so these are ones you might not have ever heard.

Saturday from 8 to noon, Wendy Rice will go to the year 1968 on her Saturday Morning Flashback on Chicago's WXRT, 93.1 FM and it streams at www.wxrt.com.  That will be CDST.

Sunday, Bob Stroud kicks off his annual summer trip, this time back to 1976 on WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive.  These will be songs on your radio or on your stereo for June 5, 1976, that Bicentennial summer.  His Rock and Roll Roots show goes from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. CDST  He will also have shows the first Sunday of July, August and September for Summer 1976.  He streams at www.wdrv.com.

Also Sunday, Terri Hemmert has her weekly Breakfast With the Beatles show on WXRT, 93.1 FM from 8 to 10 a.m..

Worth a Listen to Any or All.  --RoadDog

WLEE Top 40 Survey for July 27, 1964-- Part 4 "A Hard Day's Night"

10.  HANDY MAN--  Del Shannon
9.  AND I LOVE HER--  Beatles
8.  MEMPHIS--  Johnny Rivers

7.  NEW ORLEANS--  Bern Elliott and the Fenmen  British beat group 1961-1964.  Peaked at #24 in UK.  Didn't make Top 100 in U.S..
6.  CAN'T YOU SEE THAT SHE'S MINE--  Dave Clark Five
5.  LITTLE OLD LADY FROM PASADENA--  Jan & Dean
4.  RAG DOLL--  Four Seasons

3.  BECAUSE--  Dave Clark Five
2.  I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER--  Beatles
1.  A HARD DAY'S NIGHT--  Beatles


DISCOVERY OF THE WEEK

A SUMMER SONG--  Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde
I COULD CONQUER THE WORLD--  Sherelles   Actually it was the Shevelles, a Welsh group who had four U.K. singles.  Peaked at #104 in U.S..  Give it a listen.
SWEET WILLIAM--  Millie Small   Who could forget that voice?  #40 on Bilboard and followup to "My Boy Lollipop."

Name That Tune:  "Has a Pretty Little Flower Bed of White Gardenias."  --  RoadDog

HEADLINES FROM 2029:  Postal Service raises price of first class stamp to $17.89 and reduces mail delivery to Wednesdays only.

"Little Old Lady from Pasadena"

WLEE Top 40 for July 27, 1964-- Part 3: "Where Did Out Love Go"

20.  C'MON AND SWIM--  Bobby Freeman
19.  I LIKE IT LIKE THAT--  Miracles  (As in Smokey Robinson)  #20 on Billboard.   Great Motown.
18.  SUGAR LIPS--  Al Hirt    Instrumental  Went to #30 Billboard.

17.  HOW GLAD I AM--  Nancy Wilson.  Full title "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am"  #11 Billboard, her biggest hit.
16.  STEAL AWAY--  Jimmy Hughes   Great Southern Soul  Went to #17 on Billboard, his biggest hit.
15.  I WANNA LOVE HIM SO BAD--  Jellybeans   Whoa, what a Girl Group song!!!
14.  WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO--  Supremes

13.  UNDER THE BOARDWALK--  Drifters
12.  EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY--  Dean Martin
11.  THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA--  Getz & Gilberts

Name That Tune:  "Oh When the Sun Beats Down and Burns the Tar Up On the Roof."  --RoadDog

HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2029:  France pleads for global help after being taken over by Jamaica.  No other country comes forward to help the beleaguered nation!

"Under the Boardwalk"

WLEE Radio Top 40 for July 27, 1964-- Part 2 "Walk, Don't Run '64"

My recommendation is to take the list and listen to the many songs you've probably never heard of before on You Tube.

30.  ALONE--  Four Seasons  Went to #28 on Billboard.  Not one of their bigger hits, but great song.  You'll probably recognize it.
29.  SUCH A NIGHT--  Elvis Presley  #16  Not one of his bigger hits, but a great song.  It was a #2 R&B hit in 1954 for Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters.
28.  HOW DO YOU DO IT--  Gerry & the Pacemakers#9 on Billboard and their second U.SS. hit.

27.  WALK, DON'T RUN '64--  Ventures
26.  ANGELITO--  Rene Y Rene    Mexican-American duo from Laredo, Texas.  Went to #43 on Billboard.  Sung in Spanish and English.
25.  PEOPLE SAY--  Dixie Cups   #12 Billboard.  Follow up to their #1 hit "Chapel of Love."
24.  AL DI DA--  Ray Charles Singers   Not to be confused with THE Ray Charles.  This group was of  a man born Charles Raymond Offenburg, an arranger and composer for many TV shows.  Went to #29 Billboard.

23.  I BELIEVE--  Bachelors   Went to #33 on Billboard  From Dublin, Ireland.  Follow up to their #1 hit "Diane."
22.  YOU'RE MY WORLD--  Cilla Black
21.  TELL ME--  Rolling Stones  First U.S. Top 40 and second U.S. release.

Name That Tune:  "You Give Me a Feeling in My Heart."  --RoadDog


MEMORY LANE:  Whatever happened to "supper?"  Now most everyone calls it dinner.

"How Do You Do It"

WLEE Radio Top 40 for July 27, 1964-- Part 1: "Nobody I Know"

From the Dancing on the Edge News.

The station was located in Richmond, Virginia.  I imagine the call letters had something to do with the Confederate general.

40.  HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE--  Bobby Bare   Country
39.  RINGO'S THEME--  George Martin Orchestra  This is the instrumental to "This Boy" from the Hard Day's Night movie soundtrack.
38.  I GET AROUND--  Beach Boys

37.  NOBODY I KNOW--Peter & Gordon   I had forgotten about how good this song was.  Follow up to their #1 hit "A World Without Love."  Went to #12.
36.  YOU'RE MY REMEDY--  Marvelettes   A forgotten Motown goodie.
35.  LOVE IS ALL WE NEED--  Vic Dana  Was he ever that young?
34.  I'LL KEEP YOU SATISFIED--  Billy J. Kramer

33.  SHE'S THE ONE--  Chartbusters   Think Beatle Busters.
32.  JOHNNY LOVES ME--  Florraine Darlin  never heard of her before.  A great Girl Group song.  Her only Top 100 was 1962's "Long As the Rose Is Red" #62.  Good song.
31.  HAUNTED HOUSE--  Gene Simmons

Name That Tune: "I'm getting Bugged Driving Up and Down This Same Old Strip."  --RoadDog


MEMORY LANE:  Whatever happened to lumbago?  Perhaps uit was that castor oil your mom made you take?

"I Get Around"

20 WLS Best-Selling Records of 1964-- Part 2

11.  EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY--  Dean Martin
12.  DEAD MAN'S CURVE--  Jan & dean
13.  RAG DOLL--  Four Seasons

14.  A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE--  Peter & Gordon
15.  DRAG CITY--  Jan & Dean
16.  YOU DON'T OWN ME--  Lesley Gore
17.  LITTLE CHILDREN--  Billy J. Kramer

18.  HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN--  Animals
19.  THE LEADER OF THE PACK--  Shangri-Las
20.  I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD--  Herman's Hermits

--RoadDog

20 WLS Best-Selling #1 Records of 1964-- Part 1

Do you think that maybe some of these might be by the Beatles?

1.  I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND--  Beatles
2.  PRETTY WOMAN--  Roy Orbison
3.  A HARD DAY'S NIGHT--  Beatles

4.  SHE LOVES YOU--  Beatles
5.  THERE I'VE SAID IT AGAIN--  Bobby Vinton
6.  TWIST & SHOUT--  Beatles
7.  I GET AROUND--  Beach Boys

8.  LOVE ME DO--  Beatles
9.  WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO--  Supremes
10.  SUSPICION--  Terry Stafford

--RoadDog


SO YOU THINK ENGLISH IS EASY.  --If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all of them but one, what do you call it?

WLS Top Ten Survey for December 25, 1964

Fifty years ago.

1.  I FEEL FINE/ SHE'S A WOMAN--  Beatles
2.  MR. LONELY--  Bobby Vinton
3.  SHE'S NOT THERE--  Zombies

4.  I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD--  Herman's Hermits
5.  MOUNTAIN OF LOVE--  Johnny Rivers
6.  COME SEE ABOUT ME--  Supremes
7.  LEADER OF THE LAUNDROMAT--  Detergents

8.  ASK ME--  Elvis Presley
9.  ANYWAY YOU WANT IT--  Dave Clark Five
10.  THE WEDDING--  Julie Rogers

--RoadDog


YOU THINK ENGLISH IS EASY?  Sweetmeats are candy while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

WLS Top Ten for December 18, 1964: Beatles Back at #1

*  bRITISH iNVASION GROUP.

1.  I FEEL FINE/ SHE'S A WOMAN--  Beatles*
2.  SHE'S NOT THERE--  Zombies*
3.  MR. LONELY--  Bobby Vinton

4.  COME SEE ABOUT ME--  Supremes
5.  I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD--  Herman's Hermits*
6.  RINGO--  Lorne Greene
7.  ASK ME--  Elvis Presley

8.  MOUNTAIN OF LOVE--  Johnny Rivers
9.  TIME IS ON MY SIDE--  Rolling Stones*
10.  ANYWAY YOU WANT IT--  Dave Clark Five*

--RoadDog


YOU THINK ENGLISH IS EASY.  Upon seeing the tear in the painting, I shed a tear.

WLS Top Thirty Survey, December 11, 1964-- Part 2

16.  SCRATCH--  Travis Wammack
17.  RIGHT OR WRONG--  Ronnie Dove
18.  LEADER OF THE LAUNDROMAT--  Detergents  "I don't know?"

19.  THE WEDDING--  Julie Rogers
20.  I'M GONNA BE STRONG--  Gene Pitney
21.  AS TEARS GO BY--  Rolling Stones

22.  BIG MAN IN TOWN--  Four Seasons
23.  SHA LA LA--  Manfred Mann
24.  SIDEWALK SURFIN'--  Jan & Dean

25.  I JUST CAN'T SAY GOODBYE--  Bobby Rydell
26.  SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES--  Drifters
27.  WALK AWAY--  Matt Munro

28.  THE OTHER RINGO--  Larry Finnegan
29.  FALL AWAY--  Eddie Albert
30.  DO WACKA DO--  Roger Miller

"Who's That Bangin' On the Piano?"  --RoadDog


YOU THINK ENGLISH IS EASY?  They were too close to close the door.

WLS Top Ten R&B for November 27, 1964

1.  ADORABLE ONE--  Joe Simon
2.  TOO MANY FISH IN THE SEA--  Marvelettes
3.  AIN'T DOIN' TOO BAD--  Bobby Bland

4.  VOICE YOUR CHOICE--  Radiants
5.  SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU--  Chuck Jackson
6.  OH NO, NOT MY BABY--  Maxine Brown
7.  LONELY LONELY NIGHTS--  Vernon & Jewel

8.  AIN'T IT THE TRUTH--  Mary Wells
9.  WHAT'S NEW--  Gene Chandler
10.  AMEN--  Impressions

--RoadDog

WLS Top Ten for November 27, 1964

1.  I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD--  Herman's Hermits
2.  SHE'S NOT THERE--  Zombies
3.  RINGO--  Lorne Greene

4.  LEADER OF THE PACK--  Shangri-Las
5.  ASK ME--  Elvis Presley
6.  YOU REALLY GOT ME--  Kinks
7.  TIME IS ON MY SIDE--   Rolling Stones

8.  BABY LOVE--  Supremes
9.  HAVE I THE RIGHT--  Honeycomb
10.  COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER--  Jay & the Americans

15.  MOUNTAIN OF LOVE--  Johnny Rivers
30.  ANY WAY YOU WANT IT--  Dave Clark Five

Going Back Fifty Years--  RoadDog


YOU THINK ENGLISH IS EASY?  He could lead if he would get the lead out.

WLS Top Ten for November 20, 1964

Since I'll be away from my lists, I will go ahead a couple weeks.

1.  I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD--  Herman's Hermits
2.  SHE'S NOT THERE--  Zombies
3.  LEADER OF THE PACK--  Shangri-Las

4.  YOU REALLY GOT ME-- Kinks  (Three of the Top Four are British Invasion songs thanks to the Beatles.)
5.  RINGO-- Lorne Greene  (Pa on "Bonanza.  Go ahead and hum that song.  Did it have something to do also with another Ringo with the Beatles?)
6.  BABY LOVE--  Supremes
7.  COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER--  Jay & the Americans

8.  TIME IS ON MY SIDE--  Rolling Stones  (Their first WLS Top Ten.)
9.  PRETTY WOMAN--  Roy Orbison
10.  ASK ME--  Elvis Presley

17.  GONE GONE GONE--  Everly Brothers (Probably my favorite E.B. song.)
18.  SHE UNDERSTANDS ME--  Johnny Tillotson
19.  WALKING IN THE RAIN--  Ronnettes

20.  SCRATCHY--  Travis Wammack
29.  THE WEDDING--  Julie Rogers
30.  EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT--  Newbeats

I'm not familiar with #10, 18, 19,20, 29 and 30.

You Tube Here I Come.  --RoadDog


YOU THINK ENGLISH IS EASY?  We must polish the Polish furniture.

WLS Top 10, November 13, 1964

1.  THE LEADER OF THE PACK--  Shangri-Las
2.  YOU REALLY GOT MR--  Kinks
3.  I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD--  Herman's Hermits

4.  HAVE I THE RIGHT--  Honeycombs
5.  SHE'S NOT THERE--  Zombies
6.  RINGO--  Lorne Greene
7.  PRETTY WOMAN--  Roy Orbison

8.  COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER--  Jay & the Americans
9.  BABY LOVE--  Supremes
10.  OVER YOU--  Paul Revere & the Raiders

"You're My Kind of Man."  --RoadDog

WLS R&B Top Ten, November 6, 1974

1.  AIN'T DOIN' TOO BAD--  Bobby Bland
2.  OH NO, NOT MY BABY--  Maxine Brown
3.  BABY DON'T YOU DO IT--  Marvin Gaye

4.  BEAUTICIAN BLUES--  B.B. King
5.  YOU MUST BELIEVE ME--  Impressions
6.  ADORABLE ONE--  Joe Simon
7.  THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS MADE OF--  Miracles

8.  HAD A TALK WITH MY MAN--  Mitty Collier
9.  IT'S ALL OVER--  Walter Jackson
10.  THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT--  Sam Cooke

"No Matter What the Others Might Say.  --RoadDog


YOU THINK ENGLISH IS EASY.  "  The farm was used to produce produce.

WLS Top Thirty Songs November 6, 1964: Ones I Didn't Know-- Part 1

Well, some of them I did know, but rarely ever heard, even back then.  Some I was completely unaware of at all.  I went to You Tube and heard all of them.

18.  I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN--  Peter & Gordon
19.  YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN--  Dixie Cups

21.  DON'T IT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD--  Overlanders
23.  TEEN BEAT '65--  Sandy Nelson

24.  PEARLY SHELLS--  Burl Ives
25.  UNLESS YOU CARE--  Terry Black

26.  RIGHT OR WRONG--  Ronnie Dove
27.  WALKING IN THE RAIN--  Ronettes

28.  THE LUMBERJACK--  Hal Willis
30.  ASK ME--  Elvis Presley

--RoadDog

WLS Top Ten for November 6, 1964

1.  LEADER OF THE PACK--  Shangri-Las
2.  PRETTY WOMAN--  Roy Orbison
3.  COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER--  Jay & the Americans

4.  YOU REALLY GOT ME--  Kinks
5.  HAVE I THE RIGHT--  Honeycombs
6.  TOBACCO ROAD--  Nashville Teens
7.  THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN--  Dean Martin

8.  DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY--  Manfred Mann
9.  I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD--  Herman's Hermits
10.  RINGO--  Lorne Greene  (That's right.  Pa.)

Even though the Beatles weren't in the top ten, their impact as starting the British Invasion was still there as five of the top ten were from England:  4,5,6,8 and 9.

There were quite a few songs rounding out the top 30 that I hadn't heard of before, so will write about them tomorrow.

It's Pa Cartwright Vs. Ringo, the Gunslinger,or Was He the Drummer from That Group?  --RoadDog