Feelin’ fine in 1969. So many hits get lost to history because radio mainly focuses on what went top 10 but here at PopOff! I like to dig up the archives and dust of the lost hits. So here is a 10 slice musical pizza of top 40 on this day in ‘69 from the US and UK, counting down from 28-19. Your top ten for this date can be found in the following post.
Thoughts on ‘69:
Wow! See this is why I do this… Cat Mother… Hoo-wee a medley of rock ‘n’ roll turned blues boogie-woogie. Certainly better what Jive Bunny did in the 80s. I think we can agree on that
Anyone else notice the Joe Jeffrey Group channeling The Outsiders’ “Time Won’t Let Me” from ’66 with “Pledge of Love”? Seriously same song (somebody needs to do an overlay) once again PROVING the same copycat culture has been around forever in music.
And check out Jerry Butler with those opening strings giving us a whiff of the disco to come on “Moody Woman”. Damn Jerry totally got lost in the shuffle of history. He needs a revival.
No surprise to see Neil Diamond here except for the surprise that this MONSTER hit had to climb the charts at all. You’d have thought with the legacy of this song in karaoke bars and beyond that it just landed right at #1 upon release. Oh, also, the correct title is “Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)”.
The Isley Brothers having left Motown by this point to start their own T-Neck records label giving some funk that is basically stenciled from, “It’s Your Thing”. Of course Motown basically just made the same song over and over so who can really complain and good song is a good song even if it is just a copy.
Also of note the 60s was probably (in terms of the Hot 100) the winner in the instrumental hits category just in sheer numbers, quality is debatable…
And Kenny Rogers!!!! Wow did he take a turn in the late 70s and 80s with more schmaltzy over produced work. He’s gotta little bit of a country funk groove to it here which I can totally ride down the road with.
Over in the UK we see a lot of huge hits that had their time in the top 10 and were sliding their way back down the charts.
Woo, Jackie Wilson… always worth a spin
And of course by now everyone knows Paul Anka wrote it but Frank made it his signature song.
The Beatles featuring the 5th Beatle Billy Preston with "Get Back" just one in a string of endless hits.
And Robin Gibb solo??? Never heard this one. Got a little Gary Puckett orchestration and crescendo going on here but not quite to the stratosphere of Gary. A little more subdued
And the Bee Gees at #23. People, in the US especially it seems, forget the Bee Gees were very much trying to do The Beatles thing originally. They had MANY hits before disco came along. But I do think disco saved them. I am also surprised at how long they lasted considering most bands breakup at some point.
Now, we need to address Chicken Shack and their cover of Etta’s classic “I’d Rather Go Blind”. Again this is why I do this stuff people. Pre Fleetwood Mac Christie McVie!!!! Are you serious!! And it isn’t that bad of a cover to boot. A little smoother and less greasy than Etta’s but solid none the less.
I don’t know which came first but chicken or egg Billy Preston is doing some serious “Let It Be” at #20 (or the other way around).
Overall much more soul in the top 40 UK side. But we shall see what the top 10 holds next post.
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