WBZ Boston Top 30 3/18/67
SteveOrdinetz
WBZ "Radio 103" Hit Parade March 18, 1967
TW LW TITLE/ARTIST
1 2 Dedicated To The One I Love---Mamas & Papas
2 1 Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever---Beatles
3 8 I Think We're Alone Now---Tommy James/Shondells
4 3 Sit Down I Think I Love You---Mojo Men
5 21 Something Stupid---Frank & Nancy Sinatra
6 11 Happy Together---Turtles
7 4 Darling Be Home Soon---Lovin' Spoonful
8 12 Jimmy Mack---Martha/Vandellas
9 10 Beggin'---4 Seasons
10 5 California Nights---Lesley Gore
11 13 I've Been Lonely Too Long---Young Rascals
12 6 Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye---Casinos
13 7 For What It's Worth---Buffalo Springfield
14 14 Western Union---5 Americans
15 -- A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You/Girl I Knew
Somewhere---Monkees
16 9 More Of The Monkees (album)
17 22 This Is My Song---Petula Clark
18 24 Bernadette---4 Tops
19 16 Kind Of A Hush/No Milk Today---Herman's Hermits
20 17 Return Of The Red Baron---Royal Guardsmen
21 18 Who Do You Love---Woolies
22 20 Summer Wind---Nancy Sinatra
23 -- 59th St. Bridge Song---Harper's Bizarre
24 23 Baby I Need Your Lovin'---Johnny Rivers
25 30 Go-Go Radio Moscow---Nikita The K
26 -- Don't You Care---Buckinghams
27 26 Don't Do It---Mickey Dolenz
28 28 At The Zoo---Simon & Garfulkel
29 -- Soul Time---Shirley Ellis
30 -- Music To Watch Girls By---Andy Williams
11
sky...@tiac.net
Anybody have any info on the Mickey Dolenz song "Don't Do It"? Had no
idea that one of the Monkeys released a solo song while still with the
group. Was this a pre-Monkeys song that a record company decided to
release when he became famous? Inquiring minds would like to know.
Thanks.
bill Burks
SteveOrdinetz (stev...@xtdl.com) wrote:
: WBZ "Radio 103" Hit Parade March 18, 1967
:
Regina Litman
sky...@tiac.net wrote:
>
> Anybody have any info on the Mickey Dolenz song "Don't Do It"? Had no
> idea that one of the Monkeys released a solo song while still with the
> group. Was this a pre-Monkeys song that a record company decided to
> release when he became famous? Inquiring minds would like to know.
I heard the song once or twice. I didn't like it very much. I think it was made clear
back then that he recorded the song before he was in the Monkees. (Note the proper
spelling of the group name. Also, I have seen his first name spelled "Micky" in recent
years, but it was always shown as "Mickey" during the group's big run in the 1960s.)
Regina Litman
SteveOrdinetz wrote:
>
> WBZ "Radio 103" Hit Parade March 18, 1967
>
> TW LW TITLE/ARTIST
We kids (at least at my school) really resented the "intrusion" of this song on our Top
40 radio stations.
> 6 11 Happy Together---Turtles
WPGC in Washington had something called "Request-O-Matic" in which one lucky caller per
hour or half hour, usually in a household equipped with an early-model touch tone phone,
could actually make a request that was aired. Until this song came out, the requests
were pretty evenly balanced, with no one song, not even one by the Beatles, dominating
Request-O-Matic. But all of a sudden, it seemed like everyone wanted to hear this one
particular song. Fortunately for me, I liked it, too. It was also a favorite of my
mother's, one of the first rock and roll songs she admitted liking.
> 15 -- A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You/Girl I Knew
> Somewhere---Monkees
"Girl I Knew Somewhere" may have been played once on WPGC when the single first came
out, but in Washington, only "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" was a hit. Unlike the
Monkees' previous single, where "I'm Not Your Stepping Stone" got a lot of airplay
(though not as much as "I'm a Believer"), or their next one, where "Pleasant Valley
Sunday" and "Words" got about equal airplay.
> 16 9 More Of The Monkees (album)
WPGC listed "She" and "Mary, Mary" as a two-sided entry. I don't think the other songs
on the album got played on the station after the album's first day or so of release.
Perhaps with these two plus "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" on the airwaves, the
station figured that was enough and did not play "Girl I Knew Somewhere".
> 22 20 Summer Wind---Nancy Sinatra
I know of a song with this title by Frank from the previous year. Did she cover it? Or
is there a song called "Summer Wine"? Another message in this newsgroup mentioned a
song by her called "Summer Wine", which had sounded vaguely familiar, though I couldn't
recall it. Perhaps I had been thinking of "Summer Wind".
> 25 30 Go-Go Radio Moscow---Nikita The K
Great novelty record! "Tell it to the Snow" by the Four Freezin's, "Georgeski Boy" by
the Shriekers, and "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" by the Red Magoos. (Last-named song not
to be confused with a song by BTO in the 1970s.)
> 27 26 Don't Do It---Mickey Dolenz
As I stated in a reply to another reply to this message, I'm pretty sure that this is a
song he recorded before his days with the Monkees, and whatever record company it was on
released it to try to capitalize on his new-found success. In fact, the first (and
possibly only) time I heard it, on WINX, located in the Maryland suburbs of Washington,
the disk jockey announced that he was going to play a song by the "lead singer of the
Monkees". I did not consider any one Monkee to be the lead singer, but apparently
Mickey had sung lead on "I'm a Believer" and, perhaps, "Last Train to Clarksville", so
he was the most prominent singer in the group at the time.
> 30 -- Music To Watch Girls By---Andy Williams
Mostly, I heard the instrumental by the Bob Crewe Generation, but I remember hearing
this one a few times, too. However, I had forgotten about it until just now.
Norm Katuna
On 12/27/52 Billboard magazine reviewed Rockin' 504, Ray Charles-----"Walkin'
And Talkin' To Myself", rating it at an 75 and on Thu, 20 Mar 1997 21:59:36
-0500, in rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s, Regina Litman
<rsli...@philly.infi.net>, wrote:
I have another single that was released a few months later. Challenge 59372
"Huff Puff" by Micky Dolenz. This has a picture cover also.
You do know that Nesmith and Jones both had records released before they were
the Monkees? Nesmith went under another name for two of his. Anybody know what
the records were and what the psuedonym name was for Mike?
_________________________________
Norm Katuna
------------------
Jackie Cray........Maybelle..............Limelight 3001
Crescendos.........Crazy hop.............Nasco 6009
Cliff Crofford.....A night for love......Tally 109
Andrew Rogers
In article <3331FC...@philly.infi.net> Regina Litman <rsli...@philly.infi.net> writes:
>> 5 21 Something Stupid---Frank & Nancy Sinatra
>
>We kids (at least at my school) really resented the "intrusion" of this
>song on our Top 40 radio stations.
I really resented the fact that it blew dead bears, although I wouldn't have
particularly minded this one if they had let Frank sing it alone. Speaking
of which, there was a rumor among the beat-crazed teens at my school that
"Frank" was actually Frank, Jr. - anyone else hear that?
>> 15 -- A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You/Girl I Knew
>> Somewhere---Monkees
>
>Unlike the Monkees' previous single, where "I'm Not Your Stepping Stone"
>got a lot of airplay (though not as much as "I'm a Believer"), or their
>next one, where "Pleasant Valley
>Sunday" and "Words" got about equal airplay.
"The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (available at Andrew's Ace Archives) was light
years better than "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You", and is still my
favorite Monkees single side.
>> 22 20 Summer Wind---Nancy Sinatra
>
>I know of a song with this title by Frank from the previous year.
That's a typo - it should be "Summer Wine", B-side of "Sugar Town". Yet
another B-side that blows away its intended A-side; in fact, "Summer Wine"
was far and away the bigger hit on 'PTR. This was one of her duets (maybe
the first) with Lee Hazelwood - do these lines sound familiar:
Strawberries, cherries, and an angel's kiss in spring
My summer wine was really made from all those things
>> 25 30 Go-Go Radio Moscow---Nikita The K
>
>Great novelty record! "Tell it to the Snow" by the Four Freezin's,
>"Georgeski Boy" by the Shriekers, and "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" by
>the Red Magoos.
The brainchild of New York jingle writer Ed Labunsky. A Dickie Goodman-style
"breakin" record, only with parodies of current hits instead of the originals
or soundalikes.
>> 27 26 Don't Do It---Mickey Dolenz
>
>As I stated in a reply to another reply to this message, I'm pretty sure
>that this is a song he recorded before his days with the Monkees, and
>whatever record company it was on released it to try to capitalize on
>his new-found success.
Yes; he recorded it for Challenge around '63 or '64. He wasn't particularly
upset about the belated cash-in, though; I remember him saying in some
teenzine that the company had sunk a lot of money into it at the time and
were entitled to earn some of it back.
>> 30 -- Music To Watch Girls By---Andy Williams
>
>Mostly, I heard the instrumental by the Bob Crewe Generation, but I remember
>hearing this one a few times, too.
I have this in a fakebook somewhere, with the lyrics of course:
Gm Gm/maj7 Gm7 Gm6
It's the name of the game, mumble foo, watch a dame
A7
On any street in town
Cm
What's that sound
A7 D7
Next time you hear a loud collective sigh
Gm Cm Gm
They're making music to watch girls by
Andrew
alcue
In article <3334c732...@news3.cts.com>, no...@cts.com (Norm Katuna) says:
>
>On 12/27/52 Billboard magazine reviewed Rockin' 504, Ray Charles-----"Walkin'
>And Talkin' To Myself", rating it at an 75 and on Thu, 20 Mar 1997 21:59:36
>-0500, in rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s, Regina Litman
><rsli...@philly.infi.net>, wrote:
>
>::: sky...@tiac.net wrote:
>::: >
>::: > Anybody have any info on the Mickey Dolenz song "Don't Do It"? Had no
>::: > idea that one of the Monkeys released a solo song while still with the
>::: > group. Was this a pre-Monkeys song that a record company decided to
>::: > release when he became famous? Inquiring minds would like to know.
>:::
>::: I heard the song once or twice. I didn't like it very much. I think it was made clear
>::: back then that he recorded the song before he was in the Monkees. (Note the proper
>::: spelling of the group name. Also, I have seen his first name spelled "Micky" in recent
>::: years, but it was always shown as "Mickey" during the group's big run in the 1960s.)
>
>
>I have another single that was released a few months later. Challenge 59372
>"Huff Puff" by Micky Dolenz. This has a picture cover also.
>
>You do know that Nesmith and Jones both had records released before they were
>the Monkees? Nesmith went under another name for two of his. Anybody know what
>the records were and what the psuedonym name was for Mike?
>_________________________________
>Norm Katuna
Michael Blessing, on Colpix records.
Regina Litman
Norm Katuna wrote:
>
> I have another single that was released a few months later. Challenge 59372
> "Huff Puff" by Micky Dolenz. This has a picture cover also.
>
> You do know that Nesmith and Jones both had records released before they were
> the Monkees? Nesmith went under another name for two of his. Anybody know what
> the records were and what the psuedonym name was for Mike?
Norm,
Since this message is from you, I presume you are asking it as a trivia question, not
because you don't know that answer. And I also know that you believe that trivia
answers should be emailed, not posted. Nevertheless, I am going to answer this one
publicly, not to show off, but because I am not completely sure of your intentions and
because others hear may be wondering what the answer is. Also, I only know part of the
answer.
The part I know is what the pseudonym was - Michael Blessing.
A "David Jones" was scheduled to be on _Shindig_ on Thursday, Oct. 7, 1965. I almost
never missed this program, and I was really looking forward to seeing this person
because there was a David Jones in my homeroom class. Yes, I know it's a common name (a
fellow in Great Britain with that name had some success under the pseudonym David
Bowie), but I thought it would still be neat to see someone on TV who had the same name
as a classmate.
Unfortunately, my mother and I got into a typical mother-daughter conflict that
afternoon, and my punishment was no TV for the night. I presume that this David Jones
was the same one who became Davy Jones. I believe I saw much later (in the 1990s) that
he did indeed have a record out around Oct. 1965, so it would have made sense that he
would be promoting it on this show. Another scheduled guest that night was Evie Sands,
who had several records out over the years but never had any success. She, too, had a
record out around Oct. 1965 that I later learned about. (Possibly either "Take Me For a
Little While" or "I Can't Let Go".)
Regina Litman
Andrew Rogers wrote:
>
> >> 22 20 Summer Wind---Nancy Sinatra
> >
> >I know of a song with this title by Frank from the previous year.
>
> That's a typo - it should be "Summer Wine", B-side of "Sugar Town". Yet
> another B-side that blows away its intended A-side; in fact, "Summer Wine"
> was far and away the bigger hit on 'PTR. This was one of her duets (maybe
> the first) with Lee Hazelwood - do these lines sound familiar:
>
> Strawberries, cherries, and an angel's kiss in spring
> My summer wine was really made from all those things
Now I remember it! But I remember hearing "Sugar Town", which I did not like. Some
kids thought that maybe "Sugar Town" was a reference to taking LSD.
Jack Freeman
Hi. SUMMER WIND by Frank Sinatra peaked at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100
in September of '66; a very mellow, shimmering, sunshiny record, with a
haunting melody.
Now, SUMMER WINE was one of those orchestrally magnificent Lee Hazlewood
collaberations with Nancy...with typically evocative Hazlewood lyrics:
strawberries, cherries, and an angel kissing Spring
my Summer wine is really made from all these things
later
she took my jangling spurs, a dollar and a dime
and left me craving more...Summer wine
oh-oh-oh Summer wine...
It peaked at #49 in April '67, but stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 a very
respectable nine weeks...
Top 2,000 Sixties Oldies Chart + Bubbling Under List
Jack
http://members.aol.com/JLFJLF/index.html
Newly revised Top 300 songs to reflect readers votes & requests, as well
as new radio listening and requests. Top hits re-numbered to reflect new
data.
David Sampson
Norm Katuna wrote:
>
> On 12/27/52 Billboard magazine reviewed Rockin' 504, Ray Charles-----"Walkin'
> And Talkin' To Myself", rating it at an 75 and on Thu, 20 Mar 1997 21:59:36
> -0500, in rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s, Regina Litman
> <rsli...@philly.infi.net>, wrote:
>
> ::: sky...@tiac.net wrote:
> ::: >
> ::: > Anybody have any info on the Mickey Dolenz song "Don't Do It"? Had no
> ::: > idea that one of the Monkeys released a solo song while still with the
> ::: > group. Was this a pre-Monkeys song that a record company decided to
> ::: > release when he became famous? Inquiring minds would like to know.
> :::
> ::: I heard the song once or twice. I didn't like it very much. I think it was made clear
> ::: back then that he recorded the song before he was in the Monkees. (Note the proper
> ::: spelling of the group name. Also, I have seen his first name spelled "Micky" in recent
> ::: years, but it was always shown as "Mickey" during the group's big run in the 1960s.)
>
> "Huff Puff" by Micky Dolenz. This has a picture cover also.
>
> You do know that Nesmith and Jones both had records released before they were
> the Monkees? Nesmith went under another name for two of his. Anybody know what
> the records were and what the psuedonym name was for Mike?
> Norm Katuna
Easy one Norm. Mike went under the name Michael Blessing. Davey had an
album and at least on single out on colpix(His "What are we going to do"
actually made the charts. All this stuff-Including both of Dolenz
Challange singles "Huff Puff" & "Don't Do It" and 6 tracks from MB(It's
a hoot to hear him do Buffy Saint-Marie's "Until It's time for you to
go") are out on a Japan import CD called "Monkey Solo
recordings(Yes-they mis-spell it) on the A Side label(AZ-5024)
Cheers
Dave Sampson
CKCU FM 93.1 In Ottawa, Canada
John or Max
rog...@star.Hi.COM (Andrew Rogers) wrote:
>In article <3331FC...@philly.infi.net> Regina Litman <rsli...@philly.infi.net> writes:
>>> 5 21 Something Stupid---Frank & Nancy Sinatra
>>
>>We kids (at least at my school) really resented the "intrusion" of this
>>song on our Top 40 radio stations.
>I really resented the fact that it blew dead bears, although I wouldn't have
>particularly minded this one if they had let Frank sing it alone. Speaking
>of which, there was a rumor among the beat-crazed teens at my school that
>"Frank" was actually Frank, Jr. - anyone else hear that?
I was really "creeped out" by the blatant incest of it all. (Not to
mention Nancy's drone some would call harmonizing.
>>> 27 26 Don't Do It---Mickey Dolenz
>Yes; he recorded it for Challenge around '63 or '64. He wasn't particularly
>upset about the belated cash-in, though; I remember him saying in some
>teenzine that the company had sunk a lot of money into it at the time and
>were entitled to earn some of it back.
Challenge even released a "follow-up" to it, with picture sleeve. It
was called "Huff Puff"/"(The Obvious) Fate" -- and met its obvious
fate.
>>> 30 -- Music To Watch Girls By---Andy Williams
>>Mostly, I heard the instrumental by the Bob Crewe Generation, but I remember
>>hearing this one a few times, too.
_This_ is the one I resented on the pop chart. Andy Williams was one
of those artists my parents loved; ergo, I loathed. And, Andrew,
what's a "mumble foo".
>I have this in a fakebook somewhere, with the lyrics of course:
> Gm Gm/maj7 Gm7 Gm6
> It's the name of the game, mumble foo, watch a dame
> A7
> On any street in town
> Cm
> What's that sound
> A7 D7
> Next time you hear a loud collective sigh
> Gm Cm Gm
> They're making music to watch girls by
>Andrew
John
John or Max
Regina Litman <rsli...@philly.infi.net> wrote:
--snip--
>A "David Jones" was scheduled to be on _Shindig_ on Thursday, Oct. 7, 1965. I almost
>never missed this program, and I was really looking forward to seeing this person
>because there was a David Jones in my homeroom class. Yes, I know it's a common name (a
>fellow in Great Britain with that name had some success under the pseudonym David
>Bowie), but I thought it would still be neat to see someone on TV who had the same name
>as a classmate.
>Unfortunately, my mother and I got into a typical mother-daughter conflict that
>afternoon, and my punishment was no TV for the night. I presume that this David Jones
>was the same one who became Davy Jones. I believe I saw much later (in the 1990s) that
>he did indeed have a record out around Oct. 1965, so it would have made sense that he
>would be promoting it on this show.
--snip--
I remember that song as it got some airplay in Maine -- "What Are We
Going To Do". I didn't really like it much as it has a similar
"preciousness" that Peter Noone had in many of the Herman's Hermits
releases, which I found annoying. It didn't get very high on the
charts there, but it did chart. I just checked Whitburn and it only
got to #93 in August of '65 and was credited to "Davy" Jones.
John Frank