July 12, 2025 - JH: BB Hot 100 for July 10, 1965

 July 12, 2025

Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)

Spotlight:  BB Hot 100 for July 10, 1965

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Playlist

·     songs with * were requests

·     all chart information comes from the Billboard Top 100 (for chart dates before/during July 1958) or Billboard Hot 100 (for chart dates during/after Aug 1958) unless otherwise noted

·     a glossary of terms is below the playlist

6:00 - 7:00

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)

Glossary of Terms:

dnc = did not chart

nr = not released as a single at the time

AC = Billboard’s chart for “Adult Contemporary” records

BB = Billboard Magazine, which publishes the Hot 100 chart (previously known as the Top 100), along with several other charts

Bubbling Under = songs that were ranked but fell below the top 100

C&W = Billboard’s chart for “Country & Western” records

R&B = Billboard’s chart for “Rhythm & Blues” records

RRHOF = Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

RS500 = Rolling Stone Magazine’s ranked list of the top 500 singles of all-time

Host July: John Simon (JS) with a Spotlight on July, 1967!

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July 5, 2015 - JS - Save the Country

 

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Date:  7/5/25

Host:  John Simon

Feature:  Sounds of Summer+

  

 Tonight: it's a tag-team Rockin' Remnants show on WVBR with JS & JR. I'm on from 6-8 (with a GrassRoots qualifier and a bunch of cool tunes), and he's on from 8-9 with an hour of Seventies treats. Tune in for a mini feature on songs censored for airplay back in the day and a bit of topical kindling at the top of the show.

 

  

Playlist

 

 

·      YouTube links follow certain entries

·      songs with * were requests

·      all chart information comes from the Billboard Top 100 (for chart dates before/during July 1958) or Billboard Hot 100 (for chart dates during/after Aug 1958) unless otherwise noted

·      a glossary of terms is below the playlist

 

 

6-7pm 

 

OPENING THEME:  Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)

 

Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival (5/69; #2 Pop, #1 UK for three weeks – CCR was allegedly the first band signed to play at Woodstock, and by the end of the year would prove to have been the most successful singles band of the year. Unfortunately, they were scheduled to follow another Bay Area band – the Grateful Dead, whose set was disrupted by equipment failure and sloppy playing. Creedence went on late, and John Fogerty was seething. You can hear it in this live performance from that night. The urgency of the performance, the tale of hurricanes and raging storms and the political tumult of the times all ring true today. Crank it up and feed your fire!)

 

 

Revolution – Beatles (9/68; #12 – The Beatles had just launched Apple Records and their first single featured a “Paul” side and a “John” side. Paul’s Hey Jude became a runaway hit, but this one blasted out of speakers for 13 weeks and was close enough to the Democratic Convention in Chicago that year that the two are forever linked. That’s Nicky Hopkins on piano.)

 

 

 

Monster – Steppenwolf (12/69; #39 – this was a nine-minute album track that was heavily edited to create a radio-friendly single, but that version left out some of the best parts. Here’s a compromise: a self-created edit that combines Monster/Suicide/America into a 6-minute piece.)

 

Save the Country – 5^th Dimension (6/70; #27 – here’s one more for our state-of-the-union opening set, written by HS of Music & Art alumnus Laura Nyro. Producer Bones Howe enlisted the Wrecking Crew to lay down the musical tracks, and that’s Larry Knechtel’s swirling organ work. This is an upbeat call to action that has a swinging beat and a message of hope and unity.)

 

 

 

Eight Miles High – The Byrds (5/66; #14 – we’re getting ready to do a mini-feature on songs censored for radio play, and this is sort of an appetizer. It came out of the band’s challenging trip to the UK, where they were met by a hostile press and lukewarm crowds. The song was musically experimental and the lyrics certainly implied drug use, which led to a broadcast ban in some markets. Still Rolling Stone has ranked it as #115 in their RS500, and it’s widely recognized as a masterpiece.)

 

 

Hungry – Paul Revere & The Raiders feat. Mark Lindsay (6/66; #6 – here’s another American band on the Columbia Records label, but there was no ambiguity about the music or the lyrics: this was a steadily driving rock ‘n’ roll record featuring one of the great singers of the era, and it came in a picture sleeve!)

 

 

Big Bad John – Jimmy Dean (11/61; #1 for five weeks – Jimmy Dean was about to be let go by his record label and really needed a hit. He hastily composed this song on an airplane ride and recorded it in Nashville. Lyrically, it tells the story of “one helluva man” who saves the day – but label censors made him re-record that line to say “one big, big man” and the rest is history. It was one of the biggest hits of the year and it won the Grammy Award for C&W Record of the Year. These days, the edited version is pretty hard to find!)

 

 

Rhapsody in the Rain – Lou Christie (4/66; #16 – Lou Christie’s lush ballad almost never got on the radio because of its overt sexual content: this one is about a couple making out in a car to the rhythm of the windshield wipers. They made him go back in and change “making out in the rain” to “fell in love in the rain” and “our love went much too far” became “our love came like a falling star.” This version is now the one that’s hard to find.)

 

 

Angel of the Morning – Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts (5/68; #7 – Chip Taylor had written this one and Evie Sands recorded it for the Cameo-Parkway label, but the label was in the process of going under and the song basically dropped out of circulation. A copy, though, did make its way to the American northwest where an obscure bar band took a crack at it. This is their version, and tonight we hear a rare stereo rendering of it.)

 

 

*  Try a Little Tenderness – Three Dog Night (2/69; #29 – their very first charting single was a reworking of the Otis Redding hit – which was, itself, a reworking of an old standard. Their next 18 singles would all be Top Twenty hits, and they’d go on to be one of the biggest bands of the Seventies. This one goes out to Peggy from Scottie.)

  

A Little Bit O’ Soul – Music Explosion (6/67; #2 for two weeks – this Ohio bar band exploded out of nowhere on the Laurie Records label and seared themselves into the public consciousness. They’d have one low-charting follow-up single, but this is their main claim to fame!)

 

 

 

 

7-8pm

 

 Birthday Calendar

 

 

June 29 – Little Eva – born 1945

 

 

June 30 – Florence Ballard (Supremes) – born 1943

 

           

 

July 1 – Debbie Harry (Blondie) – age 80

           

 

July 2 – Paul Williams (Temptations) – born 1939

           

 

 

July 3 – Judith Durham (Seekers) – born 1943

            – Fontella Bass – born 1940

 

 

 

July 4 – Bill Withers – born 1938

 

 

 

July 5 – Terry Cashman – age 84

            – Robbie Robertson – born 1943

 

 

Some Kind-A Wonderful – Little Eva (1962; NR – this Goffin/King number was released on the hastily-created Little Eva LP hot on the heels of her big #1 single “The Locomotion.” In fact, most of the songs on the album were Goffin-King creations. The Drifters had taken this song to #32 the year before.)

 

 

Back in My Arms Again – Supremes (5/65; #1 – this was the trio’s fifth consecutive #1 record after floundering for several years at the label and almost being dropped from the roster. Five of their next seven singles would also reach #1, before internal issues would lead to the firing of founding member Florence Ballard.)

 

 

Don’t Look Back – Temptations (12/65; #83 Pop, #15 R&B – Paul Williams had been singing lead for the group before David Ruffin was promoted into that role. This was actually the B-side of “My Baby,” another David Ruffin song that reached the Top Ten, and became one of Paul’s final featured performances.)

 

In the Flesh – Blondie (10/76; dnc – this was an early B-side for the group from their final LP on the Private Stock label, and it actually made it to #3 in Australia…making it the group’s first charting single. Their move to Chrysalis Records would ultimately result in five #1 hits, and seal their status as Pop Music royalty.)

 

 

Morningtown Ride – The Seekers (2/67; #44 Pop, #1 UK – speaking of Australia, this group was the first group from down under to reach the Top Five in the US, the UK and in their home country. This one was a much bigger hit overseas, but it became a singalong favorite at at least one sleepaway camp in the Adirondacks. I can attest to that!)

 

 

Don’t Mess Up a Good Thing – Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure (2/65; #33 Pop, #5 R&B – she was a St. Louis native who became a star for the Checker Records label in Chicago, and released a couple of duets singles with this Soul journeyman. Greg Allman would later record a cool version on his debut solo album, too.)

 

 

 

A Song That Never Comes – Cashman, Pistilli & West (10/68; dnc – these NYC songwriters recorded under several names and also founded their own successful record label. This one was released as a single on the ABC label, but never got much airplay outside of New York City. It would, however, later become a hit for Mama Cass Elliott.)

 

 

Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers (7/71; #3 for two weeks – this was one of his most enduring hits and Rolling Stone has ranked it at #258 in their vaunted RS500 listing. It was used to great effect in the 1999 rom-com Notting Hill to reflect the passage of time. Check it out!)

 

Up On Cripple Creek – The Band (11/69; #25 – believe it or not, this was their highest-charting single. Almost all of them were penned by Canadian guitarist Robbie Robertson, whose birthday would’ve been today.)

  

Good Morning Starshine – Oliver (5/69; #3 for two weeks – this was one of five successful singles drawn from the score of the Tribal Rock musical Hair. It would also be the first big hit from the North Carolina folkie.)

 

  

Make It With You – Bread (6/68; #1 – David Gates had been a writer/producer/arranger in LA for nearly a decade before forming a band to perform his music. This was their first major release and would top the chart two months later – helping them to become Pop radio regulars in the early-to-mid Seventies.)

 

  

*  What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye (3/71; #2 Pop, #1 R&B for five weeks – this was the title track of an album that Motown almost refused to release. It was too political, too understated and not nearly “commercial” enough. Marvin Gaye threatened to leave and Motown relented, and the album yielded three Top Ten hits. Rolling Stone ranks this single at #4 in their RS500. Going out to David in Vancouver.)

 

 

*  Lies – The Knickerbockers (12/65; #20 – this band from Bergenfield, NJ released what some have called “the greatest John Lennon record” that John actually had nothing to do with. The request had been for Cream’s “Politician,” but I ran out of time – and I’m still fuming about the state of our union. I took the liberty of subbing it out with this one. Grrr…..)

  

 

8-9pm

 

John Rudan presents an hour of Seventies music for your listening pleasure!

 

 

Good Lovin’ – 1978 – Grateful Dead

Good Lovin’ Gone Bad – Bad Company

Hey St. Peter – 1978 – Flash & The Pan

Where To Now St. Peter – 1970 – Elton John

 

No Sugar Tonight – 1970 – The Guess Who

No Spitting On The Bus – Steve Gibbons Band

Never Been Any Reason – Head East

I’ve Been Searchin’ So Long – Chicago

 

Oh Girl – 1972 – The Chi-Lites

I’d Love To Change The World – Ten Years After

Give One Heart – 1975 – Orleans

Don’t Leave Me This Way – Thelma Houston

 

 

CLOSING THEME:  Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)

 

 

 

 

 

Glossary of Terms:

dnc = did not chart

nr = not released as a single at the time

AC = Billboard’s chart for “Adult Contemporary” records

BB = Billboard Magazine, which publishes the Hot 100 chart (previously known as the Top 100), along with several other charts

Bubbling Under = songs that were ranked but fell below the top 100

C&W = Billboard’s chart for “Country & Western” records

R&B = Billboard’s chart for “Rhythm & Blues” records

RRHOF = Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

RS500 = Rolling Stone Magazine’s ranked list of the top 500 singles of all-time

 

 

 

 

Host Next Week (7/12/25):  Jan Hunsinger with a spotlight on July of 1965

 

 

 

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