Tilting at Windmills: Time Machine co-ordinates VII-V6886263697077

Friday, August 6, 2021

Time Machine co-ordinates VII-V6886263697077

Hi, gang, and welcome to the second time through the cycle on our "Last Legs of Time Machine" tour...

Elvis: You're really gonna call it that?

Why not? We're in 'jumping the shark' territory as it is! Anyway, the draw this week was for 1962, 1963, 1969, 1970, and 1977- and because this is the second time through, this time I'm drawing favorites from not just the top 10, but the top 20...

'Bout had to if'n you aren't repeating any from the first rounds...

Very true, oh King! And this week we have on hand the generals of the Raiders, Paul Revere and Mark Lindsay!

Gentlemen, good to have you aboard!

PR: Good to be here... good to be anywhere, I guess!

Now, Wiki says, "Revere was the energetic comic relief, the madman of rock and roll, in contrast to the teen idol look of Lindsay."

Elvis: He 'bout had to be comic relief, with a last name like....

Elvis, shh!

PR: Are we really gonna dig out those gags? I got so tired of that, I was ecstatic when the record company wanted me to drop my real last name and just go by Revere...

ML: I agree, seems a little juvenile...

Well, now you know why Elvis is OUR comic relief! Honestly, I never really watched your act myself- I was a wee lad- but perhaps you could come on-

ML: Wait, no one said anything about performing! Our costumes...

...I was going to say, you could come on our Halloween bash, I've been considering a "costume party" theme anyway! You'd be perfect!

EP: Yeah, you could come as a giant...

ELVIS! You're about this close...

EP: Sorry, boss...

While I discuss with my partner here what is actually permissible around here, let's watch our first debut! It was a hot 100 hit in 1969, but last week was the first time I heard it! At #10, here is Sagittarius...

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So, guys, this week we ended up with 14 songs out of those five years, and because of diving a little deeper, they hit their respective years' hot hundreds a little lower than last time through the cycle. Never the less, I have three I'm saving for the final, two that get saved for the 6D and Overseas If You Please, and the remaining nine are yours to present, in order of where they hit their hot 100s!

PR: Man, that seems like a lot of work...

Elvis: What, I thought you were good at announcin' stuff! What happened to, "The British are comin'?"

ML: I hate to say it, Paul, but he has a point. Don't be a...

PR: Not you, too, Mark??!

ML: Sorry. Here, let me do them...

#99 in 1963 was Judy's Turn To Cry by Leslie Gore...

Oh, look! At #94 in 1970 was my Silver Bird!

PR: What? Gimme that list!

Okay, so #92 in 1977 was Ariel by Dean Friedman ...

#80 in 1963 was Doris Troy and Just One Look...

#71 in 1969 was Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition...

man, this is a lot of work!

ML: Here, let me do some more...

#66 in 1963 was Kai Winding's Orchestra with More...

That would be my favorite in the bunch...

ML: #65 in 1977 was Helen Reddy and You're My World...

#47 in 1962 was Claudine Clark and Party Lights...

PR: Hey, gimme the list back!

ML: There's only one left we can do...

PR: Whatever! The #35 in 1970 was Mungo Jerry an' In The Summertime! The end, for now!

Uh, yeah, thanks guys! Let's go right out to our 6D list! Horace, here you go, no fanfare!

Horace: Very well, and I think you'll find that using some respect instead of all the shenanigans this show tends to drift into will find a more appreciative aud... Good Heavens, what is that young man doing?

Aw, don't have a cow! It's only blanks! BANG! BANG!

HB: Sigh. Anyway, this week, we will be reversing our usual course to save for the end the truly astounding record that lies there! Our 6 degrees song, which made neither the Billboard or Cashbox year-end charts for 1969, was country legend Roy Clark and Yesterday When I Was Young. Clark came to fame as the winner in both 1947 and 1948 of the National Banjo Contest, which helped him get a regular part in the touring band of soon to be star Jimmy Dean. While Dean fired him from the band in 1957 after 3 years of excessive tardiness, Dean still invited him on the Tonight Show during a week he filled in for Jack Paar. Despite the fact that his Yesterday was his most famous hit, his only #1 on the country and western charts was 1973's Come Live With Me.

That song was written by the famous duo of Felice and Boudeaux Bryant. In the course of what might have ended up a list of their biggest hits- which upon reflection is a path we traveled once before- we discovered one of their songs set a unique record. That song was All I Have To Do Is Dream by the Everly Brothers. On the week of June 2nd, 1958, this song became the only one to top ALL 6 of the current Billboard charts- Country and Western, Rhythm and Blues, and Pop, both sales and airplay on each- simultaneously! Bravo, gentlemen, bravo!

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Elvis: I can't believe those dummies managed that!

Now, just because I have fun with them on my bits doesn't mean they're dummies- any more than you are!

Elvis: I know, but- wait, are you sayin' you play me like I'm a dummy?

PR: Ha! Now that's comedy!

Before this becomes a shooting match, whatsay we play our second debut! At #9, here's M10 stars illuminati hotties, with some help at the end from Buck Meek:

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So now, right before I announce your top three, here's Paul and Mark with the Overseas If You Please!

ML: So the other bottom song- not on the CB hot 100 of 1963, but #66 on BB- is our other country crossover, Johnny Cash's Ring Of Fire. In his honor, we have the top songs this week in 1963 around the world. Paul?

PR: In Australia, we have Johnny O'Keefe and the rockin' Move Baby Move. Canada had Just One Look; New Zealand had the recent stateside #1 by Kyu Sakamoto, Sukiyaki. And in England, it was fat boy over there with Devil In Disguise....

ML: And the big mover this week from those five years belongs to John Lennon as the Plastic Ono Band and Give Peace A Chance, up 47 spots from 76 to 29.

Nice job, fellows, and congrats for being one of the few acts that were SUPPOSED to be on the show this summer that actually WERE on the show!

Before we proceed to the "devil in disguise" over there giving the M10, and my announcement of the choices you get for this week's winner, let me update the all-time songs of M10 summer leaderboard: Since we forgot to mention it last week, Sass Jordan's The Key pulls into #22; This week, matching Lalena at #38 is Market And Black; matching Big Sur at the new #50 slot is Slow Down! And now...

Your choices this week for the winner-

From 1963, Jan and Dean's Surf City;

From 1962, Little Eva and The Loco Motion;

and from 1977, Alice Cooper and You And Me!

Okay, King, you're up!

Okay, I gots the rest o' the M10 fer ya...

8- Maneskin falls 4 with Beggin'...

7- Redspencer up 3 with Big Deal...

6- The Ventures up 3 with Theme From A Summer Place...

5- down 3, Gerry Rafferty's Slow Down...

4- down 3 from the top, Griffith James and Tennis an' Market And Black...

3- up 2 for courtship. and Fuzzy...