July 12, 2025
Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Spotlight: BB Hot 100 for July 10, 1965
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OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969 - #29: produced by Jimi Hendrix)
Background song: A Walk in the Black Forest - Horst Jankowski (#12 on the BB Hot 100 this week in 1965)
Top 5 Countdown for Spotlight date:
Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs (#5, down from its peak of #2)
Wonderful World - Herman's Hermits (cover of the 1960 Sam Cooke hit reached its peak at #4; Art Garfunkel would cover it again in 1978 with assistance from Paul Simon and James Taylor)
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds (Bob Dylan-penned tune with jangly Roger McGuinn guitar had been #1 for one week two weeks previous to July 10 chart)
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - The Four Tops (song was at #2 after having been #1 for a week, then gave way to "Mr. Tambourine Man", then went back to #1 for the week prior to July 10)
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones (song was in its first of four weeks at the top of the BB Hot 100)
Chart #s are for the week of July 10, 1965
Summer Sounds - Robert Goulet (1965 - #58: this was a high as this sound of the season was to go for the star of Broadway and TV)
A World of Our Own - The Seekers (1965 - #19: another song that was reaching its peak on our BB date)
Crying in the Chapel - Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires (1965 - #15: the King's cover of 1953 hit was down from its #3 peak)
For Your Love - The Yardbirds (1965 - #11: song had peaked at #6)
A Little Bit of Heaven - Ronnie Dove (1965 - #18: song was up from #20 the previous week on its way to a peak at #16)
Help Me, Rhonda - The Beach Boys (1965 - #25: song had been #1 for two weeks in May/June of '65)
Set Me Free - The Kinks (1965 - #30: song would peak at #23 in the US and #9 in the band's native UK)
45 Corner
Don't Just Stand There - Patty Duke (1965 - #45: song would eventually reach #8 for the 19-year-old Duke, who was starring in her own TV show at the time)
Down in the Boondocks - Billy Joe Royal (1965 - #77: song was up from #95 and would peak at #9; written and produced by Joe South)
No Pity (in the Naked City) - Jackie Wilson (1965 - #78: one of 54 charting singles for the artist known as "Mr. Excitement", this one would peak at #59)
You'd Better Come Home - Petula Clark (1965 - #82: making its chart debut on this date, song would reach #22)
Seventh Son - Johnny Rivers (1965 - #7: song was written by Willie Dixon; Rivers recorded his version at the Whiskey-a-Go-Go in L.A. and it peaked this week)
7:00 - 8:00+ The Birthday Calendar
Background Song: "Tequila" by The Champs: spent 5 weeks at #1 in 1958
July 6:
Bill Haley - b. 1925
Gene Chandler - 88
July 7:
Mary Ford - b. 1924
Ringo Starr [Richard Starkey] - 85
July 8:
Earl Van Dyke - b. 1930
Steve Lawrence - b. 1935
Warren Entner (The Grass Roots) - 81
Michael Dunford (Renaissance) - b. 1944
Peter Tetteroo (The Tee-Set) - b. 1947
July 9:
Ed Ames [Edmund Dantes Urick] - b. 1927
[Barton] Lee Hazelwood - b. 1929
Joe Miceli (John Fred and His Playboy Band) - b. 1944
July 10:
Ian Whitcomb - b. 1941
Jerry Miller (Moby Grape) - b. 1943
Arlo Guthrie - 78
Dave Smalley (The Raspberries) - 76
July 11:
Chuck Rio [Daniel Flores] (The Champs) - b. 1929
Thurston Harris - b. 1931
Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) - 78
July 12:
Barbara Cowsill - b. 1928
Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac) - b. 1943
Rip It Up - Bill Haley and His Comets (1956 - #25: his group's cover of the song performed by Little Richard)
Groovy Situation - Gene Chandler (1970 - #12: Chandler produced this song when recorded by Mel & Tim in 1969; the next year "The Duke of Earl" recorded it himself)
How High the Moon - Les Paul and Mary Ford (1951 - #1: although the duo had 9 charting singles in the rock'n'roll era, Paul's guitar work and his layering of Ford's vocals make this song ahead of its time)
It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr (1971 - #4: Starr wrote this hit that was produced by fellow Beatle George Harrison)
It's Growing - The Temptations (1965 - #18: the Funk Brothers were the house band at Motown Records and member Earl Van Dyke played the toy piano intro to this one)
Pretty Blue Eyes - Steve Lawrence (1960 - #9: Lawrence had 24 charting singles in the rock'n'roll era and some prior to it)
Let's Live for Today - The Grass Roots (1967 - #8: Warren Entner was lead vocalist for this hit and provided the "1,2,3,4" countdown before the chorus)
Northern Lights - Renaissance (1978 - #10 U.K.: group guitarist Michael Dunford wrote the music to this song)
Ma Belle Amie - The Tee-Set (1970 - #5: Peter Tetteroo was the lead singer for this Dutch group)
Summer Sweetheart - The Ames Brothers (1956 - #67: Ed Ames was lead singer for the Brothers)
Summer Wine - Nancy Sinatra with Lee Hazelwood (1967 - #49: Hazelwood wrote and produced several hits for Nancy)
Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred and His Playboy Band (1968 - #1: Joe Miceli was drummer for the group; song made its chart debut 11/25/67 and spent two weeks at #1 in January of '68)
You Turn Me On - Ian Whitcomb (1965 - #8: song was #9 on our spotlight chart date)
Omaha - Moby Grape (1967 - #88: Jerry Miller was guitarist for the group)
City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie (1972 - #18: writer Steve Goodman played the song for Guthrie in a Chicago bar and Guthrie liked it enough to record this, his biggest hit)
8:00 - 9:00
Go All the Way - The Raspberries (1972 - #5: Dave Smalley was the bass player for the group)
Little Bitty Pretty One - Thurston Harris (1957 - #6: song was written by Bobby Day, of "Rockin' Robin" fame)
Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1971 - #9: song was written by Jerry Jeff Walker, born in Oneonta, NY)
We Can Fly - The Cowsills (1968 - #21: Barbara Cowsill was the mother of the singing clan, after whom the Partridge Family was modeled)
You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac (1977 - #9: Christine McVie wrote the song about a member of the group's roadie crew with whom she had an affair)
Back to our Spotlight Date:
Temptation 'Bout to Get Me - The Knight Brothers (1965 - #70: peak of song by duo Richard Dunbar and Jimmy Diggs)
I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher (1965 - #88: song was making its chart debut and would peak at #1 for 3 weeks in August of '65; it also ranks #444/RS500)
Cara Mia - Jay and the Americans (1965 - #8: song was up from #11 the previous week and would peak at #4)
*Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Mel Carter (1965 - #52: song was on its way up to #8; cover of #5 hit by Karen Chandler in 1953)
I Do - The Marvelows (1965 - #54: song was down from its #37 peak for this one-hit wonder out of Chicago)
Catch the Wind - Donovan (1965 - #32: first charting single for the Scottish troubadour; down from #23 peak)
I Want Candy - The Strangeloves (1965 - #33: song would peak at #11 and be covered by Bow-Wow-Wow in 1982)
Tonight's the Night - Solomon Burke (1965 - #29: song would make it up one notch higher)
From a Window - Chad & Jeremy (1965 - #100: making its chart debut, song would reach only #97 even though it was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
How Can You Kiss Me - Mike & John & Bill (1965 - DNC: "Mike" was pre-Monkees Mike Nesmith; a 1965 bonus!)
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959 - #1 for two weeks; brothers Santo [steel guitar] and Johnny [rhythm guitar] Farina from Brooklyn)
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