A Storm, Civil War Round Table, Oak Park Lounge, Sunnyside and Beatles

SATURDAY, JULY 23

We had quite the storm last night with plenty of lightning, thunder and some of the worst hail we've ever seen.  Beware all the roofing companies who'll be about now.

Went to Panera Bread in Cryustal Lake, Illinois, for the McHenry County Civil War Round Table discussion group on Lee and His Generals.  Stopped at Wendy's in McHenry on the way home and had one of their Biggie Bags for $5, a good deal in these days of no deals.

Stopped at the Pink Harrison cabin which was plaqued earlier this month.  Liz did not know it was there.  We had wanted to see the afternoon band at the Lakehouse on Pistakee (Lake), but it was too crowded, so ended up at Oak Park Lounge for a couple beers.  That is real old-time Chain of Lakes.  Then stopped at Sunnyside in Johnsburg on the way home.

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SUNDAY, JULY 25

Bob Stroud Root Saluted the Beatles' "Something New" album which was released this date in 1964 during the force of Beatlemania.  I realize the later Beatles songs were much better efforts, but to me the early ones were the real "FUN" ones.  Recorded the show on cassette.  Songs on the album:

I'll Cry Instead

Things We Said Today

Any Time At All

When I Get Home

Slow Down

Matchbox

Tell Me Why

And I Love Her

I'm Happy Just to Dance With You

If I Fell

Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

Went to the McHenry American Legion and Sunnyside in the afternoon.

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  If you replace  the "W" with a "T" in "What, Where & When", you would have the answer to each one.

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"

Update on the Beatles Top Five Billboard Chart Hits

In Sunday's post on the Beatles having the Top Five slots on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 11, 1964, I was off by one week.  The Top Five they had was the week before, April 4.  I realized this when listening to Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots show yesterday and he did not have those.

It turns out that the Top Five that I listed was from April 4 and there were a total of just 12 Beatles songs in the Hot 100.  Two more joined the following week which was the one that Stroud played.

You can see the Top Five songs on my Sunday, April 11, 2021, post.

The other Beatles songs in the Hot 100 on April 4, 1964

31.  I SAW HER STANDING THERE  (Capitol)

41.  FROM ME TO YOU  (Vee Jay)

46.  DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET  (Vee Jay)

58.  ALL MY LOVING   (Capitol)

65.  YOU CAN'T DO THAT   (Capitol)

68.  ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN   (Capitol)

79.  THANK YOU GIRL   (Vee Jay)

Of interest, the 12 Hot 100 songs were not all on the same label, but four labels which showed how the record companies were scurrying to cash in on the Beatle phenomenon.  They were Capitol, Tollie, Swan and Vee Jay.  I put the record companies on the Top Five on my Sunday post.

Learn Somethin' Ever' Day.  --RoadTle

TEENAGERS AND CATS:   Neither teenagers nor cats turn their heads when you call them by name.

April 11, 1964: Beatles Have the Top 5 Songs in U.S. and 14 in the Hot 100

Five of the Beatle songs were in the Top Five.

And Bob Stroud is going to play all 14 of those songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for you in just a few minutes (and again at 9 PM CDST) on his Rock and Roll Roots Show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM.  It streams, so tune in.  (www.wdrv.com)

Beatlemania was at its height back then, all those 57 years ago!!

#1  CAN'T BUY ME LOVE  (Capitol)

#2  TWIST AND SHOUT    (Tollie)

#3  SHE LOVES YOU   (Swan)

#4  I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND    (Capitol)

#5  PLEASE PLEASE ME    (Vee Jay)

There were also two Beatles' tribute songs on the list:

41.  WE LOVE YOU BEATLES--  The Carefrees

85.  A LETTER TO THE BEATLES--  Four Preps

--RoadBeatle

Seven Ways the Beatles Changed Boomer Childhood

Terri Hemmert, our Beatle enthusiast here in Chicago on WXRT, 93.1 FM, who has a show on Sundays from 8-10 am called Breakfast With the Beatles found this bit of information and passed it on to us.

1.  The Beatles made music a necessity.  (It sure did for me.  It had a huge impact on my life.)

2.  It displaced traditional childhood past times.  Like toys.  (Well, not really in my case.)

3.  The youngest Beatle fans started continually hanging out with older ones.  (Not me.)

4.  Children became aware of appearance and wanted to look cool.  (I didn't dare cross my parents in this situation.)

5.  They displaced traditional male role models.  (Like I said, I would not dare cross my dad.)

6.  Children became consumers when they became fans.  (To an extent.  I didn't have much money and my dad thought records were a waste of money. I didn't buy my first 45s until 1965, and even then, on the sly.)

7.  They created global and generational consciousness in younger boomers.  (There was no doubt but the Beatles were OUR music, not our parents.)

Something To Think About.  --RoadDog

EGGCELLENT  EASTER JOKES:  From April 2019 Wassup Magazine.    Q.  What does the Easter Rabbit get for making a basket?    A.  Two points just like everyone else.

The WLS Top Ten for May 7, 1965

1.  MRS. BROWN YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER--  Herman's hermits
2.  TICKET TO RIDE/YES IT IS--  Beatles
3.  TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU--  Kinks

4.  COUNT ME IN--  Gary Lewis
5.  SILHOUETTES--  Herman's Hermits
6.  I KNOW A PLACE--  Petula Clark
7.  IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT--  Gerry & the Pacemakers

8.  THE LAST TIME--  Rolling Stones
9.  IKO IKO--  Dixie Cups
10.  GO NOW--  Moody Blues

--"It May be the Last Time That..."  --RoadDog

The WLS Top Ten for April 30, 1965

1.   MRS. BROWN YOUVE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER--  Herman's Hermits
2.  TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU--  Kinks
3.  TICKET TO RIDE/YES IT IS--  Beatles

4.  I KNOW A PLACE--  Petula Clark
5.  COUNT ME IN--  Gary Lewis
6.  THE LAST TIME--  Rolling Stones
7.  DO YOU WANT TO DANCE--  Beach Boys

8.  I'M TELLING YOU NOW--  Freddie & the Dreamers
9.  IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT--  Gerry & the Pacemakers
10.  I'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU--  Seekers

I'm not sure about the Seekers, but seven of the rest of the Top Ten were held down by British groups.

See What the Beatles Started!  --RoadDog


BAD QUOTES BY FAMOUS PEOPLE:  "Drill for oil?  You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil?  You're crazy."  Driller who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist in his project to drill for oil in 1859.

Beatlemania Hits in 1964

From Yahoo! News.

Jacqueline Horsfall, then 15 years old, recalls her dad calling from the sofa: "The Beatles are on TV.  Don't you want to watch?"  She replied, "The what?  Beatles?"

She joined her parents and wrote in her diary that night: "Sunday, February 9.  The Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan Show tonight.  Their haircuts are out of the world.  I don't think they'll last long though."

The next day, she wrote: "Monday, February 10.  All the kids and teachers were talking about the Beatles. Ten of their songs are in the Top Twenty.  Almost immediately, we started imitating them."

"Tuesday, February 11  After church meeting tonight, everyone was acting like the Beatles.  The boys wore their hair in a fringe, and we played two Beatle albums.  An enterprising classmate sold Beatle photos at school snapped off the Ed Sullivan Show."

I sure wish I had been keeping a dairy or journal back then.

It Had Arrived.    --RoadDog

Follow Up On the Amazing Beatles Feat Back in April 1964

Continued from the April 7th and 30th blogs of this year.

Most folks know that the Beatles had the Top Five singles in the U.S. with these songs on these labels:

1.  Can't Buy Me Love (Capitol)
2.  Twist & Shout  (Tollie)
3.  She Loves You  (Swan)
4.  I Want to Hold Your Hand (Capitol)
5.  Please Please Me (Vee Jay)

The rest of the Top Ten:

6.  SUSPICION--  Terry Stafford
7.  HELLO DOLLY--  Louis Armstrong
8.  SHOOP SHOOP SONG--  Betty Everett (jumped from #16)
9.  MY HEART BELONGS TO ONLY YOU--  Bobby Vinton
10.  GLAD ALL OVER--  Dave Clark Five

But, in addition, the Beatles had these songs in the Top 100 (record label)

31.  I Saw Her Standing There (Capitol)
41.  From me to You  (Vee Jay)
46.  Do You Want to Know a Secret (Vee Jay)
58.  All My Loving  (Capitol)
65.  You Can't Do That (Capitol)
68.  Roll Over Beethoven (Capitol)
79.  Thank You Girl (Vee Jay)

Good Work If You Can Find It.  --RoadDog

WLS Top Ten: June 26, 1964

Still looking back at these great songs from that real turning point in rock history.

1.  LITTLE CHILDREN--  Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas
2.  I GET AROUND--  Beach Boys
3.  MEMPHIS--  Johnny Rivers

4.  A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE--  Peter and Gordon
5.  MY BOY LOLLIPOP-- Millie Small
6.  THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA--  Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz  (jumped from #21)
7.  CAN'T YOU SEE SHE'S MINE--  Dave Clark Five (jumped from #24)

8.  PARTY GIRL--  Bernadette Carroll
9.  LOVE ME DO/ P.S. I LOVE YOU--  You Know Who
10.  LOVE ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART--  Ray Charles Singers

Thursday, I will list all 40 songs to get a better idea of the numerous types of songs on the chart at the time.  Three of the Top Ten are by British Invasion acts: #1, #4 and #7.  Not sure where Millie Small was from.

Never heard of "Party Girl" by Bernadette Carroll.  You Tube here I come.  --RoadDpg

Top 35 British Invasion Hits-- Part 1

From January 18, 2009, Rock and Roll Roots,  Bob Stroud.

All of these hit #1 in the United States.  Marking the 45th anniversary of the British Invasion, kicked off by you-know-who.

35.  FERRY CROSS THE MERCY--  Gerry & the Pacemakers
34.  PAINT IT BLACK--  Rolling Stones
33.  I'M TELLING YOU--  Freddie & the Dreamers
32.  TWIST AND SHOUT--  Beatles
31.  A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE--  Peter & Gordon

30.  HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN--  Animals
29.  GET OFF MY CLOUD--  Rolling Stones
28.  WILD THING--  Troggs
27..  SHE'S A WOMAN--  Beatles
26.  I FEEL FINE--  Beatles

25.  I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL THE PARTY--  Beatles
24.  EIGHT DAYS A WEEK--  Beatles
23.  LOVE POTION #9--  Searchers

Bweatles?  --RoadDog

WLS Top Ten Survey, June 5, 1964

1.  LOVE ME DO/ PS I LOVE YOU--  Beatles
2.  DEAD MAN'S CURVE/ NEW GIRL IN SCHOOL--  Jan and Dean
3.  CHAPEL OF LOVE--  Dixie Cups

4.  LET'S HAVE A PARTY/  LITTLE DONNA--  Rivieras
5.  YESTERDAY'S GONE--  Chad & Jeremy
6.  LOVE ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART--  Ray Charles Singers
7.  LITTLE CHILDREN/ BAD TO ME--  Billy J. Kramer *& the Dakotas

8.  DO YOU LOVE ME--  Dave Clark Five
9.  SHANGRI-LA--  Vic Dana
10.  TALL COOL ONE--  Wailers

--RoadDog


RETIREE Q&A:  Q:  What do retirees call a long lunch?  A:  Normal

WLS Silver Dollar Survey Top Ten for May 15, 1964

And, that would be FIFTY YEARS ago, in case you're counting.

1.  LOVE ME DO/ P.S. I LOVE YOU--  Beatles
2.  DEAD MAN'S CURVE/ NEW GIRL IN SCHOOL--  Jan and Dean
3.  HELLO DOLLY--  Louis Armstrong

4.  CHAPEL OF LOVE--  Dixie Cups
5.  TALL COOL ONE--  Wailers
6.  SUSPICION--  Terry Stafford
7.  YESTERDAY'S GONE--  Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde (before they were Chad and Jeremy).  Yet another British Invasion group.

8.  CROOKED LITTLE MAN--  Serendipity Singers
9.  THANK YOU GIRL/ DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET--
10.  RONNIE--  Four Seasons (jumped from#16)

Too Much Music.  --RoadDog

May 8, 1964 WLS Silver Dollar Survey Top Ten

Just taking a look at Beatlemania a HALF CENTURY ago!!!


1.  Dead Man's Curve/New Girl in School--  Jan and Dean
2.  Suspicion--  Terry Stafford
3.  Love Me Do/ P.S. I Love You--  Beatles

4.  Tall Cool One--  Wailers
5.  Hello Dolly--  Louis Armstrong
6.  White On White--  Danny Williams  (Sure wish I had remembered this song as it would have been so great of a father-daughter dance when I used to deejay.)
7.  Bits and Pieces--  Dave Clark Five

8.  Crooked Little Man--  Serendipity Singers
9.  Whenever He Holds You--  Bobby Goldsboro
10.  Thank You Girl/You Can't Do That--  Beatles

#21.  Not Fade Away-- Rolling Stones

--SongDog

WLS Top Ten: May 1, 1964

1.  Suspicion--  Terry Stafford
2.  Dead Man's Curve/New Girl in School--  Jan & Dean
3.  White on White--  Danny Williams (This would make a really good wedding song for father-daughter dance.  Wish I'd thought of it when I was deejaying.  But the hard dance to find was the Mother-son dance.)
4.  Hello Dolly--  Louis Armstrong
5.  Bits and Pieces--  Dave Clark Five
6.  Crooked Little Man--  Serendipity Singers   (OK, stop singing it. "My roof's got a hole in it...")
7.  Love Me Do/PS I Love You--  Beatles
8.  Tall Cool One--  Wailers (I don't remember this one.  Guess I'll have to You Tube it.)
9.  Forever--  Peter Drake   (Another one I don't remember.)
10.  Can't Buy Me Love/You Can't Do That--  Beatles

Some others of interest:
11.  She's a Bad Motorcycle--  Crestones (Yet another.  With a name like that, I should have remembered it.  )
14.  Thank You Girl/Do You Want to Know a Secret--  Beatles
16.  Yesterday's Gone--  Chad and Jeremy  (or was it Peter and Gordon.  I can never keep the two groups apart.)

--RoadDog

Back to the Amazing April 4, 1964, Billboard Beatles Chart-- Part 2

From Billboard.

In case you don't remember the Top Five Beatles Songs.  Of interest, note the four different record labels the songs were on:

1,    Can't Buy Me Love (Capitol)
2.    Twist and Shout (Tollie)
3.     She Loves You  (Swan)
4.    I Want to Hold Your Hand  (Capitol)
5.    Please Please Me (Vee-Jay)

AND, as if  having the Top Five wasn't enough, the Beatles also had another seven slots occupied on the rest of the chart:

31.  I Saw Her Standing There (Capitol)
41    From Me to You  (Vee Jay)
46.  Do You Want to Know a Secret  (Vee Jay)
58.  All My Loving  (Capitol)
65.  You Can't Do That  (Capitol)
68.  Roll Over Beethoven  (Capitol)
79.  Thank You Girl  (Vee Jay)

No doubt, an interesting story why these songs were on four different record labels.

Did We Even Have a Chance Not to Become Beatle Fans?  --RoadDog

YOGI-ISMS--  Deep Thoughts from Yogi Berra, much to the Aflack duck's dismay:   "A nickel isn't worth a dime today."

Back to That Amazing April 4, 1964, Billboard Beatles Chart-- Part 1

From Billboard.

The number 1 song, "Can't Buy Me Love" had jumped from #26 to #1.    That was the record jump by an artist until Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This" jumped from #52 to #1 in 2002.  Then, her "My Life Would Suck Without You" jumped from #97 to #1 in 2009.

Besides the Top Five 5 songs, all by the Beatles (check the Beatles or Beatlemania labels to find out the Top Five), the rest of the Top Ten was:

#6, "SUSPICION"  by Terry Stafford,
#7.  "HELLO DOLLY" by Louis Armstrong,
#8.  "SHOOP SHOOP SONG" by Betty Everett,  
#9.  "MY HEART BELONGS ONLY TO YOU" by Bobby Vinton
#10.  GLAD ALL OVER"  by the Dave Clark Five.

RoadDog

WLS Survey: April 24, 1964: The British Invasion Is ON!!

Just looking back at a HALF A CENTURY AGO. That long? Really??? Where does the time go? And, I was about to turn 13.

#1. SUSPICION-- Terry Stafford
#2. CROOKED LITTLE MAN-- Serendipity Singers
#3. DEAD MAN'S CURVE/ NEW GIRL IN SCHOOL-- Jan & Dean

#4. WHITE ON WHITE-- Danny Williams
#5. HELLO DOLLY-- Louis Armstrong
#6. BITS AND PIECES-- Dave Clark Five

#7. THANK YOU GIRL/ DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET-- Beatles
#8. FOREVER-- Peter Drake
#9. GLAD ALL OVER-- Dave Clark Five

#10. CAN'T BUY ME LOVE/ YOU CAN'T DO THAT--Beatles
#12. TWIST AND SHOUT-- Beatles
#26. NOT FADE AWAY-- Rolling Stones

#27. YESTERDAY'S GONE-- Chad & Jeremy
#30. LOVE ME DO-- Beatles
STAY AWHILE-- Dusty Springfield.

The Dave Clark Five running neck-and-neck with the Beatles? First Stones song on the chart?

Fifty Years Ago?? --RoadDog

Chicago's WLS Radio Top Ten April 17, 1964

#1. CROOKED LITTLE MAN-- Serendipity Singers // #2. SUSPICION-- Terry Stafford // #3. CAN'T BUY ME LOVE/YOU CAN'T DO THAT-- Beatles // #4. WHITE ON WHITE-- Danny Williams // #5. GLAD ALL OVER-- Dave Clark Five //// #6. DEAD MAN'S CURVE/NEW GIRL IN SCHOOL-- Jan and Dean // #7. HELLO DOLLY-- Louis Armstrong // #8. THANK YOU GIRL/DO YOU WANT TO K NOW A SECRET-- Beatles // #9. MY HEART BELONGS TO ONLY YOU-- Bobby Vinton // #10. BITS AND PIECES-- Dave Clark Five. //// #12. TWIST AND SHOUT-- Beatles // #28. BEATLE TIME-- Livers and #33. NOT FADE AWAY-- Rolling Stones. //// The Beatles weren't quite as dominating as they had been the previous two months, but still represented. The Dave Clark Five was the "newest" news from England andf then there were the bad boys from London. //// Of interest to Oldies fans. Today, WDRV features 1967 on Ten at Ten and Saturday, WXRT's Flashback goes to 1973 for four hours 8 to noon. //// Great Songs All Over the Place. --RoadDog