Time Machine co-ordinates VII-IV6875862697071

 

Hi, and welcome to this week's Time Machine- one of 14 left to go!  This trip, we have 3 new M10 debuts, a new M10 #1, and Bill Haley!  But before we get going...

... a nod to the Sharp Dressed Men, ZZ Top, who lost bassist Dusty Hill this week, age 72.  I wasn't a big ZZT fan, but it doesn't take more than casual interest to know they were a foundational classic rock band.

Elvis:  You gonna have him on the show?

I'm thinking a little too soon.  Let the man get settled into the hereafter for a while.

Elvis:  Plus, you don't have a bit for him.

Plus, it's a little soon to have a bit for him.  Plus, we have Bill Hal...

Nardole:  Excuse me...

Elvis: UH-oh...

Let me guess, you got Phil Haley and his comments instead...*

* NOTE:  I looked up "Phil Haley" as a lark, and found this is an actual Bill Haley tribute band, go figure.

N:  No... actually, I got...

Oh, good grief!  Bill Daily?

BD:  Where the heck am I now?  Jeannie?  JEANNIE??

Relax, you've been appropriated onto a music show done from a time machine...

BD:  Because that makes more sense than a sexy magical lady from a bottle, of course...

Just roll with it, buddy, we all do...

EP:  Yeah, just chill, Bill- see what I did there?

BD:  Elvis, oh, thank God, someone normal around here...

Boy, did you miss THAT one!  Anyhow, while we get Bill acclimated, let's listen to the debut at #10- new stuff from Redspencer...

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All right, by now you should all know the new format- except Bill, of course...

BD:  I don't even know the old format..

We have five years this week- 1958, 1962, 1969, 1970, and 1971- 

BD:  So we still have a world in 1971.  That's good to know!

- and from the top tens of this week in those years, I selected my 17 favorites. Four of those who ranked the highest on their years' year-end hot 100 on Cashbox- with ties being broken by the Billboard list- we hold out for the final.  The bottom two either get the 6 Degrees treatment, or are the year we do our Overseas If You Please for.  So Bill... Bill?

BD: Hmm?  Oh, I'm sorry, we're you talking to me?

EP:  Here, dummy, read this part...

BD:  Let's see... umm, hmm, favorites... yada yada... year end... uh-huh-, uh-huh, if you please... got it!

So you read this list, everybody but the top 4 and the bottom two, by their ranking...

BD:  Okay... Umm, mmm,  by the ... uh-huh...

Out loud, this time, Bill?

EP:  An' inta the microphone, if'n you can handle it...

BD:  Of COURSE, I can handle it!  What, do you think I'm a...ooops  (BANG, SCREECHING FEEDBACK)  sorry, it, it uh, just slipped,  let me (BANG, FEEDBACK) oops...

EP:  GIMME THAT!  There, now just read...

BD:  Okay, let me see here... so ranking #48 in 1962 was Brian Hyland's Sealed With A Kiss;

#40 in 1969 was Blood Sweat And Tears and Spinning Wheel;

#32 in 1962 was Neil Sedaka's Breaking Up Is Hard To Do;

EP:  I bet if it comes to breakin', you can handle it...  

BD: Um, ok... #28 in 1970 was Blues Image, Ride Captain Ride- you know, I played a captain in the Air Force on... 

EP:  You played a MAJOR!  Get back to the list...

BD:  Jeez, I never knew you were such a sorehead!  #19 in 1958 was Yakety Yak by the Coasters;

#18 same year was Ricky Nelson, Poor Little Fool;

Then there were 2 #17s- one was 1969 Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James and the Shondells, and the other was Bobby Vinton Roses Are Red in 1962;

And then there were 3 #16s- Don't Pull Your Love by Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds in 1970, One by Three Dog Night in 1969, and Close To You by the Carpenters in 1970.  And that's all I can read.

Not bad, Bill.  So let's go to the second debut on the M10, where we're having a mini-  yes, Bill?

BD:  I was just wondering, um, what's an "M10"?

EP:  Just go on, boss.  We'll straighten him out during the song...  one way or t'other...

BD:  You know, you're kind of a bully!  I'm sorry I was nice to you!

EP:  When wuz you nice t'me?

When he called you normal!  Anyway, these next 2 debuts kick off a mini 'cover summer', and it starts with a blast from 1969 from The Ventures, coming in at #9....

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And now, live from the fabulous Tardis room, high above the mid 1960's here's Horace Bellbottom with the 6D!

HB:  I begin to question whether you will make it through 14 more posts!  At any rate, this week, we start with the family connection.  In particular, that of Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick, musical stars of their own and the daughters of Lee Warwick, who in turn had a famous sister herself in Cissy Houston.  Cissy, of course, had a rather famous daughter herself in the late Whitney Houston, which is neither here nor there.  Lee and Cissy founded a group of backup singers called the Sweet Inspirations, who originally counted among their number another singer to have solo success, Doris Troy.

Among the many records they were involved in was one called Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison.  That record was produced by one Bert Berns, who under the pseudonym Bert Russell, co-wrote a famous tune called Twist And Shout, which the Beatles covered to great success.  Another cover of that song was done by Smoky Robinson and the Miracles, on an lp called, "The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey".  Another covered hit on that album was a rendition of the hit that Chris selected from the top ten in 1962- the #2 this week, and #59 on the year-ending hot 100, the Orlons and The Wah-Watusi.

Excellent job, Horace!  You get better at this every week!  You should consider doing a spin-off!

HB:  If the challenge of keeping you legal and solvent ever slows down, perhaps I shall consider.

And now, we turn to Elvis for the Overseas If You Please!

BD:  I thought I was supposed to do that!

We're running low on mikes, and Horace there doesn't want to blow our retirement funds on more.  Hit it, Bud!

EP: Stand back, son!  So the lowest song was from 1969- Andy Kim's Baby I Love You, which missed the year-end chart.  An' so, that gives us the #1s around the world this week in '69:

In South Africa, some'un named Leapy Lee an' his tune Little Yellow Airplane;

Canada was Crystal Blue Persuasion;

In New Zealand it wuz Yours Truly an' In The Ghetto;

In Australia it was... of course, the Beatles- everywhere I go, I swear- an' The Ballad Of John an' Yoko;

An' in the UK, it was the Rollin' Stones an' Honkey Tonk Women!

Okay, Bill, I'm gonna give you a chance on the big mover across the 5 years this week .  Now, just keep your hands back and lean in...

BD:  Okay, thank you!  How's thi... (BONK Feedback)

Too close...

BD:  Sorry, heh, little nervous here.. okay so in 1958, the Pony Tails ALMOST took it with a 41-notch climb for Born Too Late from 71 to thirty... but Honky Tonk Women beat it, up 48 spots in 1969, from 68 to 20.

Okay, now carefully step back from the microphone, while I cue up the last debut at #8- and I think this will be a BIG one-  new stuff from Texas band the Black Pumas...  

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All right, here are the final four, in alphabetical order...

From 1971, this week's #1, Indian Reservation by the Raiders;

This week's #1 in '69, Zager and Evans and In The Year 2525;

From 1970, this week's #10, the Jackson 5 and The Love You Save;

And also from 1971, once again this week, the Cornelius Bros and Sister Rose and Treat Her Like A Lady!

EP:  Which'n wuz yer favorite this week, boss?

Toughie... the Carpenters or Bobby Vinton for sure... out of the finalists, the J5.

EP:  Can I go with the New Zealand #1?

Sure... you can't WIN with it, but you can certainly put a bet on it.

BD:  What about me?  Can I pick?

EP:  Just do it from over there...

BD:  Well' I was just thinking that, in honor of the show, it should be In The Year 2525...

EP:  That's just dumb!

BD:  Yeah?  Well, it will beat YOUR guess!

Daily one, Presley nothing!  We'll see how Bill did in a minute, but first, the remaining M10...

EP:  Nice one, boss, ya almost fergot!

And no one would know it had you not opened your mouth!

BD:  Wait, how are you over there and over here?

I just bopped back a few minutes to stick in the M10...

BD:  But couldn't that, like, mess something up?

EP:  Yes, now shuddup an' let him get it done!

#7 falling 3 is former #1 Sass Jordan's The Key...

#6 and holding, Journey's The Way We Used To Be...

#5 and up 3, courtship. and Fuzzy...

#4 and up one, Maneskin and Beggin'... 

#3 and up one, Weezer and Tell Me What You Want...

#2, off the top, Gerry Rafferty's Slow Down...

And this week's new #1.....

...Griffith James, with Tennis, and Market And Black!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And now, how'd we do?

Treat Her Like A Lady was the #14 song of 1971...

The Love You Save, #12 in 1970...

In The Year 2525, #11 in 1969...

And the winner, the #3 song of 1971....

....the Raiders and Indian Reservation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So will Mark Lindsay be on next week's show?  Will Bill or Phil Haley sue us, adding to a long and illustrious list headed by Diana Ross?  Lord willing, tune in next week!