Just did some looking up...in the pre-Craig films, 002 was the number of Bill Fairbanks, an agent who's been killed by Scaramanga years prior to TMWTGG, and also the number of one of the agents in the teaser of The Living Daylights. Novel M never woulda let in that guy with the beard!
Now that is quintessential Stones. The number of covers on their early albums continues to amaze me. This is one I'd hear on FM a lot when I was a kid, although that was a good ten years after this album came out. December's leftovers. Except for a couple of them. It makes sense that numbers would be recycled, just as letters are-- they're basically job titles. It's interesting, though, that Fleming, at least, intended the positions to be open ended (so eventually there must have been a 0086 and a 0099 ). It's funny, though, that in a franchise like this that they've never really delved into the 00-mythos or expanded it. I remember them talking about spin offs for Michelle Yeoh and Halle Berry, but they never came to pass, and they weren't 00s in any case. She could have offered him a ride in the trunk or something. Not me! I feel bad for him being the butt of jokes. That is cool. I wonder if they all bragged about being 00 agents for the rest of their lives. Maybe he was undercover.
And new on the silver screen: (Better late than never, right?) This will be the last one, as the next will be their "darker, edgier" take on Rubber Soul. The movies were never as big on continuity as the original novels, and were happy to ignore the finer details from them.
Looks good. I might catch this one. We're in the thick of it now. Yeah, it's kind of an odd franchise when you think about it. Still, there's some fun speculation to be had.
55 Years Ago This Week Selections from Billboard's Hot 100 for the week: Leaving the chart: "Fever," The McCoys (11 weeks) "It's My Life," The Animals (12 weeks) "Let's Hang On!," The Four Seasons (16 weeks) "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)," The Byrds (14 weeks) New on the chart: "Baby Scratch My Back," Slim Harpo (#16 US; #1 R&B) "What Now My Love," Sonny & Cher (#14 US; #13 UK) "The Cheater," Bob Kuban & The In-Men (#12 US) "I Fought the Law," Bobby Fuller Four (#9 US; #33 UK; #175 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time) "Working My Way Back to You," The Four Seasons (#9 US; #50 UK) And new on the boob tube: The Ed Sullivan Show, Season 18, episode 19 Branded, "A Destiny Which Made Us Brothers" 12 O'Clock High, "Which Way the Wind Blows" Batman, "The Joker Is Wild" Batman, "Batman Is Riled" Gilligan's Island, "Seer Gilligan" The Wild Wild West, "The Night of the Grand Emir" Hogan's Heroes, "It Takes a Thief... Sometimes" Get Smart, "Back to the Old Drawing Board" _______
I never heard this one before. Pretty groovy. Nice cover. It's got that unique Sonny & Cher sound. I was going to say I never heard this either, but I think I have. It's okay. An all-time classic, of course. Another goodie.
50 Years Ago This Week Selections from Billboard's Hot 100 for the week: Leaving the chart: Nothing we've been following. New on the chart: "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?," Creedence Clearwater Revival (#8 US; #36 UK) "Hey Tonight," Creedence Clearwater Revival (#8 US as double A-side w/ "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?") "Proud Mary," Ike & Tina Turner (#4 US; #5 R&B) "Mama's Pearl," Jackson 5 (#2 US; #2 R&B; #25 UK) "Me and Bobby McGee," Janis Joplin (#1 US the weeks of Mar. 20 and 27, 1971; #148 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time) And new on the boob tube: Hogan's Heroes, "That's No Lady, That's My Spy" The Ed Sullivan Show, Season 23, episode 18 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Season 4, episode 19 All in the Family, "Oh, My Aching Back" Hawaii Five-O, "F.O.B. Honolulu (Part 1)" Ironside, "The Target" Adam-12, "Log 66: The Vandals" The Brady Bunch, "Coming-Out Party" The Partridge Family, "The Soul Club" That Girl, "The Russians Are Staying" The Odd Couple, "Lovers Don't Make House Calls" Love, American Style, "Love and the Big Game / Love and the Nutsy Girl / Love and the Vampire" Mission: Impossible, "Blast" The Mary Tyler Moore Show, "We Closed in Minneapolis" By this point, Adam-12 and The Odd Couple have changed nights; Adam-12 is on Thursday after Ironside, and The Odd Couple is on Friday between That Girl and Love, American Style. Also, LAS has returned to a one-hour format (though IMDb mistakenly has all episodes from this season listed as 30 minutes). _______ Huh...I thought this one would get a reaction from you... I wasn't otherwise familiar with this song, but it looks like theirs is the highest-charting single version on this side of the pond. It's got that mid-'60s one-hit wonder sound. It's got that more highly regarded mid-'60s one-hit wonder sound. They're back in the zone. I should say that they're still in the zone after "Let's Hang On," but there was that intervening, anonymous Dylan cover...
Interesting record. Purely enjoyable period before competitive BS within the band (and with other acts) began to sour the act in some ways. More or less; Jagger did have his ear to the Atlantic era of The Drifters (and other acts), but his more noticeable borrowing from their sound did not last much longer after this period. It has been said by various viewers that this was Jagger attempting to ape Bob Dylan (at least in the lyrics), but whatever the case, Jones' opening riff gave this song a very unique sound for the track. Always a favorite, but it never gets credit for being one of the better songs of the 60s catalog--or overall. It never loses its appeal.
Sounds like it owes in good part to the Arthur Alexander original, though the Stones' arrangement perhaps enhances the similarity. I hear a lot more "Satisfaction" than Dylan in it. I personally prefer "Get Off of My Cloud," but it was first and foremost "Satisfaction" redux...and it worked!
And where the hell was the Wiki timeline when this iconic moment happened, on December 21, 1970!?! Actually, the more detailed page for the month of December did make note of it:
Creedence. 'nuff said. ibid. Classic. I don't think I've ever heard this, and yet I have because it's the Jackson Five. Another classic. That must be when I started watching Odd Couple, but I don't remember That Girl from Friday nights. I wonder when Room 222 got in the mix. I thought it sounded like something you might hear in a 60s film noir or something. Why did you think I wouldn't like it? I was going to say that there must be a million covers of this song and decided to check the Wiki page to see how much I was exaggerating. There's so many that they have them listed in separate sections alphabetically. Imagine the outrage, offense, backlash, blowback, and generally panty-twisting if this happened in the Internet Age.
The latter should be capitalized when it's the first word of a sentence. Creedence Cover. And noteworthy for being the biggest of a scattered handful of major crossover hits for such a well-known, long-running act. Not one of their better-known hits, but it has a nice sound. I want to tell the Osmonds that this is how it's done, but their contemporaneous single was the bigger hit. Historically, though, the Jackson 5 have four times as many chart-toppers as the Osmonds, and all done before the latter act broke out into chart success by aping the Jacksons' formula. Kind of an understatement here. And noteworthy for being an example of a major posthumous hit. I should note that the album will be getting a spotlight eventually. Looks like it took over That Girl's slot in the '71-'72 season; and The Brady Bunch moved from 7:30 to 8:00 (as 7:30 being part of prime-time lineups was phased out except for Sundays), so that it ran back-to-back with The Partridge Family. (In the '70-'71 season, Nanny and the Professor has been running between them.) Minimal lyrics, for one thing. I saw that. I don't know, but I may have to start consulting the more detailed monthly Wiki pages, if the yearly pages are trimming out such iconic moments in favor of cave-ins in Peru.
_______ 50th Anniversary Viewing (Part 1) _______ Hogan's Heroes "The Meister Spy" Originally aired January 17, 1971 So this time the spy comes to them. Lt. Miller (Dave Morick) is brought in as a new prisoner, with a story about a mysterious plane malfunction that forced a landing. But the coffee pot reveals that his observer on the flight, Major Martin, is actually a spy, who faked the malfunction. As Miller is in on the prisoners' operation, Hogan brings him into Klink's office and has him briefly pretend to be another German spy, to sew doubt about Strausser's credentials...which is supported by a verification phone call being rerouted to Newkirk and Carter pretending to be a bakery. The prisoners need to find out who Strausser's high-placed intel source in England is, so Hogan goes to a German intelligence meeting posing as Strausser, with Carter accompanying him. The meeting is in the residence of Herr Mayerink (Ray Hastings), with Herr Schneer (Oscar Beregi) and Fraulein Kissinger (Eva von Fielitz) in attendance. Hogan bluffs his way out of some attempts to identify him and passes on some false intel, while Carter snaps pictures with a concealed lapel camera. The Germans don't know who Strausser's source is, so Hogan goes back to the stalag posing as Mayerink to spring him from the cooler, and the prisoners pull a tiny little IMF operation that includes a fake ride in the back of a prop truck and Carter posing as Hitler with Newkirk as his fretting aide...all right under Schultz's nose, of course. Strausser finds himself under pressure to verify his source for the temperamental fake fuehrer. When Schultz comes in to take him back to the cooler, Strausser thinks he's being taken to a firing squad, so he spills the identity of his source, an undersecretary on the war council...and Hogan immediately "unmasks" by taking off his civilian overcoat to reveal his uniform underneath. Mission: DIS-missed. In the coda, Schultz gets a brief glimpse of Carter as Hitler. _______ The Ed Sullivan Show Season 23, episode 17 Originally aired January 17, 1971 As represented in The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show Tony does a breathlessly uptempo swing rendition of "What the World Needs Now," accompanied by a big band orchestra, that includes a cornet solo. This skit features Mahna Mahna Muppet (as the Muppet is apparently referred to) as a rock 'n' roll drummer filling in for the quartet's missing violinist. Mahna Mahna: I thought everybody wants less violins on television! The now Union Gap-less Gary does a rather weak solo cover of "I Who Have Nothing". As he usually seems to do, Tony mixes things up with a slower number that better demonstrates his vocal chops, "I'll Begin Again". tv.com's listings for the show are down again...! _______ Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Season 4, episode 18 Originally aired January 18, 1971 Joey Bishop is the actual guest star. A song about honesty...or bad jokes: Joey with the Tasteful Lady: The Mod World of Modern Prisons: Continued here. Joey and Wolfgang: Joey and the drunk couple. Edith Ann on her diet. The Cocktail Party: _______ All in the Family "Writing the President" Originally aired January 19, 1971 The episode opens with an argument over what the family will be watching on TV. (What happened to the portable TV upstairs that Lionel was fixing last week?) A comment about black athletes spurs an argument that becomes about the name of an old acquaintance of Archie's that Mike thinks Archie made up. Then the subject switches to Archie's worship of John Wayne. Edith: He'd lay down his life for the Duke. For me, no...the Duke, yeah. Then Archie learns about the letter that Mike's writing to Nixon concerning subjects that include the environment and Vietnam; and Archie refuses to let them mail it with his return address on the envelope. Challenged to write to the president himself, Archie takes the task very seriously, which includes wanting to use embossed stationery that the Bunkers got as a wedding present...and as Edith can't find it, Archie has to use stationery from a plumbing company that Edith used to work for instead. Archie also dresses in a suit to sit down and write it. But he's at a loss for words beyond a comically clumsy greeting, and tries dictating what he wants to say to Edith. He ends up enlisting the help of a nun who comes to the door soliciting contributions (Helen Page Camp)...in return for which he reluctantly makes a donation. Archie (covertly to Edith): No matter what they tell ya, most of what you give 'em, they buy golden candlesticks with it. Archie then slips into a daydream in which Nixon (voiced by an uncredited Rich Little) reads his letter on television, to the joy and approval of the entire family. And the family actually does unify when they go out together to mail their letters, and come back feeling good about having gotten involved as citizens. _______ Ironside "From Hrûska with Love" Originally aired January 21, 1971 The episode opens with Ironside and Mark about to meet up with the others to leave for a trip to Vegas, when they're intercepted by Randall and strongarmed into taking a special undercover assignment for the State Department to escort the attractive buy haughty Hrûska Pazoureck (Diana Hyland)--a convicted spy and the widow of a Czech filmmaker--south of border in to trade her for a captive American, Professor Appleton (John Archer). The van is tailed, but after they think they've shaken it, the car turns up at a gas stop and searches the carelessly unattended van. The team then cluelessly proceeds to their hotel, where, while Ed and Eve are away from the van and the others are distracted by a shoeshine boy named Emiliano (Lee Joseph Casey) haggling with Mark, the van is hijacked and Mark is tossed out. The Chief and Hrûska's abductors switch vehicles and take them to a barn, where Ironside finds out that the duo holding them, Bouchet and Fuentes (Ron Soble and Mario Alcalde), are opportunists looking to sell both parties to the respective interested governments. Hrûska tells Bob of how she stayed out of Czechoslovakia after the Soviets took over, and then was framed for spying. Meanwhile, the team reports the van stolen to local police while keeping the truth of the situation from them. The police eventually find the abandoned van, and Ed proceeds to meet with the Czech negotiator, Hlinka (Michael Hausserman), who arranges for them to see Appleton and verify his ID, while Eve poses as Hrûska, covering her hair and wearing sunglasses while staying at a distance. Mark pals with Emiliano, whom he figures was paid, and eventually guilts him into spilling info about where Fuentes lives. The team searches Bouchet's car and finds an egg carton with the address of the chicken farm where the Chief and Hrûska are being held. Back at the farm, Hlinka has negotiated with the the abductors, and the Ironside has tried to sew doubt in Fuentes about Bochet's motives; he also finds and hides what I think was an axe, which he eventually uses to bring some hay down on Fuentes and grab his gun. When Hlinka arrives, the armed Chief takes custody of Appleton. The team arrives to find that Ironside has the situation well in hand, and Hrûska decides to go home willingly, to fight for her people. _______ Adam-12 "Log 155: I.A.D." Originally aired January 21, 1971 The episode opens with the officers pulling up to a warehouse along with another unit and getting out to stealthily look around. A suspect walks out and Malloy quietly apprehends him; then the perp's partner gets suspicious and draws his gun; there's an exchange of fire and Malloy has to wound him. While cuffing him, the second suspect kicks him and a forklift manned by a third perp comes barreling out. Johnson shoots the driver and diverts the lift. But after the end of watch, Johnson has to cancel a steak dinner on Malloy because he just found out that he's being investigated by Internal Affairs regarding a blackmail accusation. Malloy initially has no doubts about Johnson's innocence. At a postponed dinner, Tony doesn't want to eat, but describes how he's been accused of shaking down a man called Bender who was caught fooling around with a "B-girl," all while seeming desperate to establish an alibi. They're interrupted by a waitress asking them to throw out a bum (John Steadman) who's been nursing a makeshift cup of tea for an hour. Tony then asks Reed and Malloy to look for the B-girl involved, Ginger. The officers get a call involving a man at a bar accusing a B-girl named Jackie (Gloria Manon) of trying to pick his pocket. They take the opportunity to ask her about Ginger, and find that she's heard about Johnson and is pleased because of how he hassles the girls. Back on patrol, they respond to another call at a bar, which turns out to be false; but Ginger (Eve Brent) happens to be there, so they question her. Her story seems a little practiced, though Mac's willing to take a statement from her at the station. Malloy then goes into the breakroom to confront Johnson, accusing him of paying her based of several clues, including that she was initially conspicuously hard to find, but then talked too willingly. Johnson admits to it and tries to play the personal debt card, but gets a stern dressing down from Pete for reflecting poorly on the entire force. Pete subsequently sends Mac to talk to Johnson, and Jim indicates that he'd already suspected the truth about Johnson, but decided to let Malloy figure it out for himself. _______
Oops. Yeah, that came up on AT40 a week or two ago. That's later than I would have guessed, but it makes sense. I must have started watching from the first episode. I vaguely remember Nanny and the Professor as one of those shows that falls into the same category as I Dream of Jeannie and My Favorite Martian and Bewitched and so on, but I never really watched it. It was verbose enough. Must be a Russian double agent. That's a little odd. Not exactly a common name. I wonder what happened to Schultz after the war. Was he convicted of war crimes or compensated for his aid? These guys are good. They should have their own show. But more sax. That's weird. I wonder what's going on with them. More like insults than honesty. Beyond repair. They did kind of free associate a lot. It's best to stick to one subject at a time. A little prophetic humor there. As controversial as it was, it was never really a meanspirited show. Ten points. This strikes me as a pretty far-fetched premise. Up on a roof with a microphone, because she has a cold. Ironside meets a lot of women who subsequently leave the country. That's my Malloy. "Just seeing if you were paying attention."
I've fallen out of the habit of putting those on. Huh...hadn't even noticed it. Here he assumed that he actually saw Hitler, but couldn't believe his eyes. The conversations flow naturally. I'm sure they've done worse...and there was a thread about the Chief potentially getting a government assignment a few weeks back. He left Canada chick in her country. Like Friday with the ability to modulate his voice.
I generally listen on my way to Mom's, unless it's a really bad year. Maybe Hogan adopted him and let him do the gardening or something. Yeah, they evoked the conversations people were actually having around the house. He's just that good. Ah, right. At some point in the Webbverse, Malloy and Reed got promoted to Dragnet.
_______ 50th Anniversary Viewing (Part 2) _______ The Brady Bunch "The Drummer Boy" Originally aired January 22, 1971 Peter, Jan, and Cindy all got in the Glee Club, and Bobby's bad singing becomes an object of ridicule among the other kids. The parents try to comfort him, and Mike suggests that Bobby try an instrument...so he picks out a drum set. Bobby's cacophonous practicing disturbs everyone, so the parents try to talk to him, but can't bring themselves to further discourage him. Mike eventually gets the idea to set up the garage as his studio, but the neighbors complain. Meanwhile, Deacon Jones starts popping up at Peter's football practice because he's a friend of the coach. Peter's late to practice because of Glee Club, and the other boys on the team make fun. At the next practice, Peter takes more of a ribbing, so he wants to quit Glee Club, though the parents try to talk him out of it. But when Larry makes fun of Peter in front of Deacon, the celebrity guest rebukes him because he's part of a singing group with some teammates, and encourages Peter to stick with the club. Afterward, Peter tells the parents that a lot of guys on the team are now trying out. Bobby then talks about quitting playing the drums, and Mike and Carol, in contrast with the Peter situation, steer him into going through with it. But it turns ot that he's switching instruments with another kid at school, trading in his drums for a bugle. Needless to say, his bugle playing is terrible. In the coda, Mike brings home a baton for Bobby, figuring that it will be a noiseless option, but Bobby starts breaking things in the house. _______ The Partridge Family "Why Did the Music Stop?" Originally aired January 22, 1971 Shirley runs into an old friend, Mabel (Reva Rose), at the grocery store, who lays it on thick about how Shirley's a big star, which gets her worried about show biz corrupting the kids. Switch to a small-scale club gig were the band is playing "I'm Here, You're Here": Shirley starts fussing over the kids in the dressing room afterward, and declares that they're all going to the doctor for a checkup. At the pediatrician's office, she runs into her curly-mustached visiting former obstetrician, Dr. Lucas, who delivered Tracy. He later calls the house for a date, which Shirley can't make because of a gig. At dinner, she suggests that they take a break for six months, which Danny considers to be career suicide...but discussing it among the kids, Laurie argues for it on the basis that Mom is the one who needs a normal social life. So they go back to her with their unanimous decision to quit. But while Shirley tries to impose some normal activity on the kids, they're clearly bored out of their minds. As Dr. Lucas hasn't called, Danny lures him over to make sure he knows that Shirley's still in town. Once they're alone together, he starts nervously talking about a question that he's been meaning to ask Shirley, but he's called away by a patient who's going into labor. On a follow-up date at his place, he confesses that he's been keeping tabs on her, and dropped by Dr. Michaels's office while she was there deliberately. But when she returns home to the kids clearly enjoying playing "I Can Feel Your Heartbeat" in the garage, she reveals that he wanted Shirley to have a look at some songs he'd written! In the coda, things are back to normal (of course), and Reuben, Keith, and Danny have been taking an interest in rescoring Lucas's songs. Story-wise, it seems like this one came way too close to the episode in which Shirley had to temporarily leave the band. _______ Love, American Style "Love and the Cake / Love and Murphy's Bed / Love and the Neighbor / Love and the Serious Wedding" Originally aired January 22, 1971 "Love and the Serious Wedding" opens with Louise (E.J. Peaker) being delivered her gorilla suit-wearing boyfriend, Ralph (Paul Winchell), in a cage. Demonstrating what a joker he is, Ralph changes into a superhero costume. He pops the question, and when she accepts, he starts planning for how to stage their wedding as a big gag, but while she usually shares his sense of humor, Louise declares that she wants the wedding to be "absolutely straight". But Ralph can't comply for the rehearsal, coming in through the window and gluing the best man and maid of honor's (Ed Peck and Rosanna Huffman) shoes to the platform they're standing on. At the wedding, the minister's (Arthur Malet) words leading up to the "speak now or forever hold your peace" part heavily emphasize the seriousness of the occasion...then somebody in a gorilla suit (lacking a credit, I'm guessing Janos Prohaska) bursts in, Louise recognizes him as an old boyfriend who was shot down in WWII, and he carries her off. While the minister is horrified, Ralph declares that it's Louise's best gag ever and runs after her! _______ Mission: Impossible "The Field" Originally aired January 23, 1971 On an island in the Adriatic Sea, the enemy nation of the week launches their satellite on a Saturn V rocket; the project's commander is General Marin (Barry Atwater). The mines can only be disarmed from Marin's control center, and Barney has to get past them to get to a separate bunker where he can bring down the satellite. Norris, whom Paris will be posing as, is described as an unstable gambler and womanizer. Paris acknowledges that Norris's body type is too different for a disguise, so fortunately, nobody currently on the island is supposed to have met him. Jim sneaks into a government office to use a developed-on-the-spot X-ray photo to break into a safe where the minefield schematic is kept. Barney then scubas onto the island. Paris and Doug pay a visit to Norris's place, with Doug packing heat--a relatively rare part of our IMFers' M.O. Real Norris is with his ladyfriend, Kathrine Berat (Patricia Priest), but catches her making a call after he's supposed to have left and shoots her on the spot; then disposes of the body but sloppily leaves her handbag in his vehicle. (I guess Denny Miller really is typecast--the main difference here being that he actually did it.) When he returns to his place, he's knockout-drug-ringed immediately so Paris can take his place. Barney detonates some mines with a rocket launcher so that Marin will have Fake Norris brought to the island to check it out. Norris persuades them to deactivate that section of the minefield, allowing Barney to get in and do his thing. But back on the mainland, Inspector Koder (Milton Selzer)--for whom Kathrine was spying on Norris--is on the murder case, and quickly zeroes in on his suspect. So Marin gets a call to take "Norris" into custody and have him brought back to the mainland for questioning; and the section of minefield is reactivated with Barney trapped inside it. At Norris's apartment, Koder and his lieutenant talk loudly about what's going on for the benefit of three hiding IMFers--Koder misses them, as well as Real Norris, who's drugged in a closet. They revive Norris and question him under the pretense that he's been given something potentially fatal. Then Jim and Doug get into Secret Police uniforms to infiltrate HQ, prioritizing drugging Koder before he can get in to see Paris, as the inspector actually knows what Norris looks like. Paris stalls the questioning, not knowing what the rest of the team is up to. Then Dana is brought in as a surprise witness to the murder--her story checking out as her details match what the police found. Taking his cues from her act of being a jealous rival love interest, Paris accuses her of having killed Kathrine, and she eventually breaks down and confesses, following which she's escorted out by Doug. Paris is allowed to make an emergency call to the island, where he has the section of minefield deactivated again. He drives off with the other landbound IMFers, while Barney does his wetsuit thing. Mission: Accomplished. _______ The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Second Story Story" Originally aired January 23, 1971 After spilling some of Lou's liquor on herself while pouring him a drink, Mary goes home to change and finds that the clothes in her closet are gone. Only after officers Jackson and Tully (Vic Tayback and Bob Dishy) respond to Mary's call does she realize that her TV and stereo are also gone. After buying new clothes, she comes home from work to find that her place has been much more thoroughly cleaned out, including her books and most of the furniture. Phyllis saw a truck, but her memory of its appearance and license number seem dubious. At work the next day, the others bring Mary various hand-me-down items to refurnish her apartment. Tully calls her with news that they might have a suspect at the station (where Mary has a conversation with an old man played by Burt Mustin). Tully, now dressed in a suit, tells her that they spotted a phony charity truck and has her identify some of her things. In the coda, her apartment is back to normal and she has to give Phyllis a series of excuses to get out of attending a dermitoligists' organization meeting. _______ The Chief: That I am. I always pictured Malloy being promoted to Mac's job...they even later had him sub for Mac on at least one occasion.
50 Years Ago This Week Selections from Billboard's Hot 100 for the week: Leaving the chart: "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?," Chicago (13 weeks) "Domino," Van Morrison (12 weeks) "One Man Band," Three Dog Night (11 weeks) "River Deep - Mountain High," The Supremes & Four Tops (10 weeks) "The Tears of a Clown," Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (16 weeks) Re-entering the chart: "Timothy," The Buoys (first charted Jan. 2; will be dropping off again before beginning the climb to its peak position: #17 US) New on the chart: "Country Road," James Taylor (#37 US; #9 AC) "Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)," The Staple Singers (#27 US; #6 R&B) "Blue Money," Van Morrison (#23 US) "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story," Andy Williams (#9 US; #1 AC; #4 UK) "For All We Know," Carpenters (#3 US; #1 AC) "She's a Lady," Tom Jones (#2 US; #4 AC; #42 R&B; #13 UK) "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)," The Temptations (#1 US the weeks of Apr. 3 and 10, 1971; #33 AC; #1 R&B; #8 UK; #389 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time) And new on the boob tube: Hogan's Heroes, "To Russia Without Love" The Ed Sullivan Show, Season 23, episode 19 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Season 4, episode 20 All in the Family, "Archie Gives Blood" Hawaii Five-O, "F.O.B. Honolulu (Part 2)" Ironside, "A Killing at the Track" Adam-12, "Log 36: Man Between" The Brady Bunch, "Our Son, the Man" The Partridge Family, "To Play or Not to Play" That Girl, "That Shoplifter" The Odd Couple, "Engrave Trouble" Love, American Style, "Love and the Arctic Station / Love and the Pulitzer Prize / Love and the Tattoo" Mission: Impossible, "The Catafalque" The Mary Tyler Moore Show, "Hi!"
I actually replied to the first post yesterday morning, but apparently did not click Submit. And this time Firefox did not remember what I typed. Here I go again: When I was in grade school, we had a Christmas play and they put me in the choir. After a rehearsal, the teacher took me aside and said it would be best if I just moved my lips. I recommend air guitar. So too late then-- they're already corrupted by show biz. Including "I Can Feel Your Fetus's Heartbeat" and "Breech Baby Blues." Now that's my LAS. I was so hoping that Phelps would pick Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from his portfolio and tell Barney that he needs a spaceship by noon. Marilyn Munster? With hopefully some visual cue to tip off Barney. And Dana gets out in about seven years for good behavior. Mel from Mel's Diner. This one seemed a bit random. That makes sense. And then Reed is the seasoned vet mentoring the new rookie. Such a weird and creepy song. I don't remember it from when it was new, but it was a staple of Lost 45s when I used to listen. I just can't get into that James Taylor sound (except for "Mexico," which I just heard on AT40 yesterday). In contrast, I do love the Staple Singers sound. This isn't their best, but it's pleasant to listen to. Not Van's best, either, but nice to listen to. Not my cup of tea, but I always have a soft spot for Andy Williams. This is beautiful, as the Carpenters usually are. It's Tom Jones. What can you say? And here's a classic. And now I'm going to click Post Reply for real and make sure it goes through.
55 Years Ago This Week Selections from Billboard's Hot 100 for the week: Leaving the chart: "Ebb Tide," The Righteous Brothers (9 weeks) "I Got You (I Feel Good)," James Brown & The Famous Flames (12 weeks) "Over and Over," The Dave Clark Five (12 weeks) "A Sweet Woman Like You," Joe Tex (9 weeks) New on the chart: "Set You Free This Time," The Byrds (#79 US) "You Baby," The Turtles (#20 US) "At the Scene," The Dave Clark Five (#18 US) "Batman Theme," The Marketts (#17 US) And new on the boob tube: The Ed Sullivan Show, Season 18, episode 20 Branded, "McCord's Way" 12 O'Clock High, "The Outsider" Batman, "Instant Freeze" Batman, "Rats Like Cheese" Gilligan's Island, "Love Me, Love My Skipper" Hogan's Heroes, "The Great Impersonation" Get Smart, "All in the Mind" _______ Or military school. Bobby was absent from the next episode... I wouldn't go that far...they have their passion, their purpose...life seemed hollow without being able to pursue their craft. They did say that his lyrics were terrible. I guess so...didn't recognize her myself. Like a Collier Electronics Minefieldometer? But of course. Dana drove off with the rest of the Accomplished Mission team...it was Doug who took her away. A lot of these MTM episodes do. Or a rookie detective, as going into detective work was his ambition. I read that making it about cannibalism was a deliberate choice to stoke controversy. The most noteworthy thing about this song is that it was written by Rupert Holmes, who nine years hence will be giving us the last chart-topper of the '70s. If you like Piña Colada, And making lunch of your friends... I'm fine with James Taylor, but I guess I can understand that, as I was just doing a review listen for the Grateful Dead's "latest" album, and find that I can't seem to get into their sound. It sounds good, but otherwise hasn't had much of a chance to make an impression. It sounds distinctly Van Morrison, but generically so. It's LoveStorymania! I shan't be getting this myself...and decided against the Mancini instrumental when I realized it was a cover. You can't go wrong when Karen's on her warm-blanket-vocals game. I can say: a) This is Tom's biggest American hit. b) Hey 1971, it's kind of lame when freakin' Tom Jones brings the week's most rockin' chart entry! Definitely, and enjoyable, but not a personal favorite. Seems like maybe they're trying to go back to basics and recapture "My Girl" here.