Time Machine co-ordinates VIXXVIII456111061

Today, we go to November 11, 1961, and we had a busy day!  First, the great (and yeah, I did read it) novel Catch-22 came out today.  Gotta love that Yossarian!  Also it was "Get rid of Stalin" day in the USSR, as the cities of Stalingrad, Stalinsk, and Stalino suddenly became Volgograd, Novokuznetsk, and Donetsk.

"And I got demoted back to Ioseb Jughashvili..."

And finally, the US sent a monkey named Goliath into space- or would have, had the Atlas rocket not blown up a half-minute in.  Supposedly there was an article referenced about the story once the monkey's cinders remains were found from the Miami Herald, but when I went to see if there was a picture, I got this:

 This is not Goliath the spider monkey, but U Thant, who became SecGen of the UN about a week before Goliath became a s'more.


Anyway, this is Time Machine, and this week's show features, among other things, the return of The Shacks to the M10- and they bring Plume Of Feathers with 'em; what the Eagles, Doobies, and Toto have to do with either Daryl Hall or the Electric Indian; Sandy Nelson makes his second stop in in about 3 weeks; and Johnny Tillotson does the Panel thing!  No catches here, gang!


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And we open today's show with Plume Of Feathers, who return for a second trip into the M10.  Debuting at #9...





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Today we bring in Johnny Tillotson as our POTM, to give us the Panel Picks!  How are you today?

Just fine.  Say, is this really the 1961 me?

Yep.  You've been talking to Gary Troxel, haven't you?

Well, uh... he said this gig don't pay...

Well, it's not really you.  If it were really you, I would probably have to pay you.

So why not get the real me?  I'm still alive, aren't I?

Well, yeah, but I just do this to...

I'm going to have to leave myself a note to sue you 56 years from now.

But don't you see?  People 56 years after YOU do the show are hearing about you again, bringing interest to your name and hits to your website.

Website?

Trust me, it's a good thing.  Might even make you some money there doing the show here.

Really?  A lot?

'Bout as much as this interview is worth...

Okay, let's do it!

Good, good.  Here's the list, you have 8 candidates from 29 stations.

Okay, let's see... first up is Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John, which was Cashbox's #1 this week... say, is this my this week or your this week?

Yours, currently.  It comes and goes.

Okay... I guess... next is someone called George, Johnny, and the Pilots with Flying Blue Angels.  They bubbled under on Billboard in September.  Bet they didn't get many votes.

Johnny Burnette was #44 on CB with God Country And My Baby.

James Darren was at #30- and was the biggest mover this week, up from 66 for a 36-notch jump- with Goodbye Cruel World.

Oh, and that reminds me I forgot last week's big jumper- which is unfortunate, because it was Kathy Young's A Thousand Stars, which moved up 29 spots from 98 to 69.

The Tokens were at #118- their first charting week- with The Lion Sleeps Tonight.  And it would only take FIVE weeks to hit the top!


Bob Moore was at #20 with Mexico.

The Marvelettes were at #4 with Please Mr Postman.

Dion was at #2 with Runaround Sue.  Say, what about number three?

Gets the 6D treatment this week- no Panel votes.

So what was it?  Just whisper it to me...

NO!  You get it when everyone else does.

Hmph, Elvis was right about you!  Troy Shondell was at #6 with This Time.

And last on the list is Bobby Edwards and You're The Reason, which CB had at #15.

Alright, nice job, Johnny.  So we had a big winner this week- almost 38% of the vote!  But who was it?  Choose this week from Jimmy Dean, James Darren, Dion, and the Marvelettes- #s 1, 2, 4, and 20!

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So who is Tim Moore?

Well, to go with the teaser, in 1977 he released his third lp, White Shadows, which featured amongst the backing musicians Michael McDonald (soon to be Doobie Brothers), Jeff Porcaro (someday Toto), and Timothy B Schmit ('Long Run' era  Eagles).  You might actually know him best as the writer of Rock And Roll Love Letter for the Bay City Rollers.  But he was into a lot of interesting things.  He helped out on early Steely Dan, and Donald Fagen sang on his first lp.  Frank Zappa wanted to sign him, but he wanted Zappa to produce him, and Frank was too busy touring.  He was a member of Todd Rundgren's first band, Woody's Truck Stop, and played with Daryl Hall in an outfit called Gulliver.   And at Daryl Hall we jump off and mention that the later Hall and Oates superstar got a start in a band called The Electric Indian, who did a one-off called Keem-O-Sabe.  Also in that grouping was one Len Borisoff- who you know better as Len Barry, who had the big hit 1-2-3 in '65.  And Len got his start as a member of the Dovells, who were at #3 this week with a song I can't believe never got a Panel vote- the Bristol Stomp.


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So maybe you got to see the Shacks doing This Strange Effect- which was in the M10 about this time last year- on an IPhone ad.   As a result, they released the tune as a "single" (or what passes as one these days), and I got to hear the flip side on Spotify last week.  Thing is- bad for you- they haven't put out a video yet, and nobody's gotten around to  posting an audio clip on YouTube.  However, if you click through to this page on BandCamp, you can listen to the tune.  It's called Fly Fishing- and it comes in all the way up at #5.


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Stat Pack time!

Sandy Nelson- who got TM love a couple weeks back, is back with Let There Be Drums as the #61 in '61!

Claude King- who would be a pop one-hit-wonder in a bit with Wolverton Mountain in the top 3- is at #101 this week with the hit just before, The Comancheros.  It would climb quick for a couple of weeks, then crap out at #76. 

I knew 18 on this countdown- moving back up!


And in the UK, they love Elvis, and he's at their top with the two sided (Marie's The Name of) His Latest Flame/Little Sister.  Little Sister was on the way down at #52 here.  Our #1 on Cashbox- Big Bad John- was at #4 there, and would peak at #2.


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And with that, we head to the rest of the M10.

For a second week in a row, a former #1 pauses at 10 on the way out- this time it's Ducktails with Light A Candle, after 8 weeks.

And at #8, another former #1- Tom Petty's Walls (No. 3), falling 5.

Nothing But Thieves tumbles 2 to #7 with Broken Machine.

UDL (see last week) move up one to #6 with Rewind.

I'm going to start calling #9 the launching pad.  Two weeks ago, Mo Kenny was at 9, and went to #2.  Last week, Dent May was at #9 with Picture On A Screen- and this week, he leaps to #4.

Alvvays squeezes out one more week of climbing, moving up 1 to #3 with Your Type.  A good week next week could give them the biggest hit they have had yet on the M10!

The Derevs drop to #2- and might not move again for a while- with Something Good.

And at the top?

...Mo Kenney with Unglued!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


And on the Panel?  Well, the Marvelettes got 10.3%...
Dion got 13.8%...
 James Darren got 17.2%...

So that means next week's POTM will be...

...Jimmy Dean with Big Bad John!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, that's a wear-the-grooves-out-as-a-kid hit at the top!  I wonder if we might do it again when we once more ask the musical question- where were you in '62!  See ya then!