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Today is March 29th, 1962- and it is announced that British politician and poet Sir Ian MacDonald Horobin would be raised to a lifetime peerage. But...
About two weeks after, he declined the peerage, mumbling something about 'not up to the pressure of the position.' I didn't think being a member of the Lords was all that pressure packed. But...
About a month after that, he was arrested for assault on young boys while an MP from Oldham East. Not only did he admit to it, and to the charges that he had a 17-y-o lad procuring for him (and described as his virtual wife), but...
Horobin admitted ten charges of assault in July 1962, and was sentenced to four years imprisonment. Horobin had told the secretary of the settlement that his relationships with boys had been going on for over 40 years and described homosexuals as "...us poor devils who are born like this; nothing can change me. It is natural for us to love boys in this way." (WIKI)
I'll just leave that right there...
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All right guys, call out your names!
Cornelius: I'm "Nini"..
Ronald: I'm Bingo...
Gene...
Richard...
...and I'm Fred...
Alright. So I was just reading that Blue Moon was actually kinda one song grafted on another?
Nini: Well, we had walked to the studio in this big snowstorm, and Stu Phillips felt sorry for us.
Gene: Colpix liked us, but Stu wasn't s'posed to work with no one but the Skyliners...
Fred: So he hid us out till the coast was clear. We did a demo set of songs, and there was this one that Stu liked my base line, but not much else.
Nini: So he wanted me to sing Heart And Soul to it, but I didn't know Heart And Soul. Then he suggested Blue Moon, which was an old Rogers and Hart musical tune. And that one I knew, and the rest was history.
Richard: Yeah, Murray the K couldn't play it enough!
So that's how it went from slow to fast...Okay then, here's the list, do the one-vote wonders first. 14 contestants from 37 stations.
G: Ah'll do the first one. Chubby Checker an' that little girl Dee Dee Sharp was at #6 onna Cashbox charts with Slooooow Twistin...
Bingo: Don and Juan have a great one with What's Your Name, it's at #5...
R: Ace Cannon was at #25 with Tuff...
Fred: Bobby Darin had got to #22 back in February with Multiplication...
N: John D Lowdermilk was at #75 with Thou Shalt Not Steal...
TM fans might remember that John is the guy who wrote what became the Raiders' big hit Indian Reservation...
G: That's real good, son. Now, a little girl named Debbie Woods didn't even make the charts with Just One More Chance... I guess she never got it, huh?
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| "No, I sure didn't..." |
B: Larry Finnegan had a song called Dear One at # 33...
R: The Everly Brothers were at #28 with Cryin' In The rain...
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| "Looks like we're beat again..." |
F: Ah'm afraid so, fellas... and Johnny Crawford has the last of the one-votes with Patti Ann at #47.
That leaves us with five finalists for the five of you!
G: You all get ta choose from Shelly Fabres with Johnny Angel at #13...
B: Paul Anka with Love Me Warm And Tender at #14...
N: Elvis has Good Luck Charm at #10... wonder if'n it'll bring him any luck?
R: That little Dee Dee Sharp is on here again with Mashed Potato Time at #15...
F: ...an' this week's number one song- Bruce Channel and Hey Baby!
Thanks guys! So the top ten took yet another beating... but that doesn't mean Bruce has this wrapped up! In fact, it was a 2-song race... and if you're good, I'll trim it down to those two in a bit.
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Okay, so let's try that "live" 6D- and it's two weeks in a row for Connie Francis...
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Davis also wrote the perennial hit Baby Face, which hit #3 for Art Mooney in '48, and #14 in '75 for the Wing And A Prayer Fife And Drum Corps. Their lead singer was one Linda November- who also was the singing cat in the old Meow Mix ads!
In addition, she won a CLIO award for singing in the famous Mean Joe Greene Coke Ad!
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Well, that went well! Now, how about our two debuts this week- back to back! At #10, for the first time since March of 2016's Hourglass, here is Indianapolis sister act Lily and Madeline...
...and at #8... well, I was half asleep when I stuck this in the shuffle, and when I listened to it awake, I said, "That sounds like the guy from Dinosaur Jr! " And I was right! From his 2018 solo lp Elastic Days, here's J Mascis...
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So I decided to see how the "label race" on the M10 was going. For those of you not in the know, the real world label race is down to the Big Three- Universal, Sony, and Warner, and all the labels they gobbled up- plus the many indy labels, which hold 12% of the US market. On the M10, these are the top ten-
10 (tie)- Carpark- they bring us Dent May and the Beths, and have 6 hits on the M10.
10 (tie)- Universal's main label, mostly represented here by the Jayhawks, also 6 hits.
8 (tie)- Big Crown- this would be the Shacks, and claim 7 hits.
8 (tie)- RCA- a Sony label; Cage The Elephant and Nothing But Thieves have hit here, to the tune of 7 hits.
6 (tie)- PIAS (Play It Again Sam)- an indy who boast Lucius and Agnes Obel, with 8.
6 (tie)- Fat Possum- a indy that is led on the M10 by Melody's Echo Chamber, with 8.
5- Sony's main label, along with Sony Legacy, which claim Leonard Cohen, Willie Nelson, and Dami Im, among others, 9 hits.
4- Warner's main label and Warner Nashville, who brought us the Black Keys, Adam Lambert, and Jana Kramer, among others, 10 hits.
3- Sub Pop- need I say more than Beach House? How about Cullen Omori, J Mascis, and Frankie Cosmos? 12 hits. They are 51% indy, 49% Warner.
2- Polyvinyl- Alvvays. Anna Burch. 13 hits.
And 1- Columbia, with 19 M10 hits, and a stable of labels (let alone artists) that would stun you.
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How about a little stat pack? But first-
If you took Paul Anka, Dee Dee Sharp, or- yes, the number one by Bruce Channel- you are out. If you took Elvis or Shelly, you still have a chance.
I knew 28 here and 13 in the UK. The Panel had a trio on the UK chart this week- finalists by Paul Anka at #23 and Bruce Channel at #12, along with the Everlys at #16. The top dog in England was the instrumental Wonderful Land by Cliff Richards' Shadows.
Big mover was our buddy Mr Acker Bilk with Stranger On The Shore, zooming up 31 from 88 to 57.
The Shirelles claimed the #62 in '62 with Baby It's You; the Chantels boned out at #101 on Cashbox (better than the #118 they got on Billboard) with Here It Comes Again.
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And now, the rest of the M10:
illuminati hotties move up a spot to #9 with I Want To Keep Yr Dog.
Three-week #1 You're Not Alone by The Dig slides from 4 to 7 after 8 weeks.
A pair of one-notch-up songs: The Black Keys Lo/Hi to #6, Weezer's High As A Kite at #5.
Pure Bathing Culture gets pushed out of the way, down a spot to #4 with Devotion.
The hot tray this week is Idlewild's Dream Variations, up from 9 to 3.
The top two hold- barely. The Japanese House at #2 with You Seemed So Happy; and the top song for a second week...
Anna Burch and St Adalbert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And our panel winner, by a 32.4% to 21.6% margin....
Shelly Fabres and Johnny Angel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank Bob Elvis was on vacation this week... Next week, only a pretty face will save me from his wrath in 1963!
And now I can't get "Johnny Angel" out of my head.
ReplyDeleteOnly fair. I was dealing with He's So Fine...
DeleteChris:
ReplyDelete---That was one crazy open with "Sir Ian" and his "exploits"...glad he didn't become a lord, but I agree that he WOULD work well on the BBC...lol.
---That's a good backstory to BLUE MOON. I like their version and I'd bet they couldn't do that today.
---Can't say I recall Benny Davis, but he sure had a long run. That has to be a record.
---Linda November and the Meow Mix cat commercial...LOVED IT.
Never had a cat that sang THAT well...yet.
--- Lily and Madeline - a good song. Easy to listen to.
---J Mascis - another good song (nice for after dinner with a slice of cake)
---Wow, those big 3 DID gobble up a LOT of labels.
Glad to see some indie ones in the mix.
---On the M10...wow, Idlewild DID make a huge jump. Is that the biggest move yet, or what?
---Yeah, I missed the panel pick (went with Elvis), but it was a LONG decision, as I was torn between him AND Shelly...I hate second-guessing myself.
(Gibbs rule #1 - always go with your gut)
Better luck next time.
And another very good ride this week.
Keep those hit comin' up there, brother.
Hah! Laurie got one you didn't for a change- but she almost did the same thing for the same reason!
DeleteSo I got looking into your big jump question, and you might be seeing it this week! I found 4 that went from 10 to 3, one from 9 to 2, and three from 10 to 2- two by the same act! Plus, don't be surprised to see another member of the group this week...