The Classic/Retro Pop Culture Thread

[The Old Mixer]

It comes from an off-Broadway musical about Jesus and his teachings, that was turned into a movie staring Victor Garber in his live-action debut as the Jesus stand-in.

Victor Garber came up previously in 50th anniversary business in 1969, when he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show as part of Canadian group the Sugar Shoppe, performing Laura Nyro's "Save the Country"--and we now have video!

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This whole album really has the stamp of Yoko and her activism on it.

They were both in deep with activists Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman in that period.

I don't think it's any surprise that shortly after the critical and commercial drubbing the album received that John left Yoko, moved to L.A., began his "Lost Weekend" with 'The Hollywood Vampires', and released two mediocre albums.

Mind Games is a watered-down Imagine, but much more listenable and enjoyable than STINYC. I consider Walls and Bridges to be one of John's stronger solo albums, and it produced the only #1 single of his solo career.

This was 6 years ago for you because you're doing the 50 year thing

Well, I wasn't doing the 50th anniversary thing quite yet at that point, I was just posting about whatever.

I can't decide if I've heard this before or not, but it's fun.

Kinda like James Brown, Mitch Ryder's singles sound like they're different parts of one long jam session.

I guess she found him sittin' on the dock of the bay.

A distinctively playful number. It's surprising that they got away with so closely copying the riff of the Temptations' "(I Know) I'm Losing You".

Have I mentioned how much I love Bob Dylan?

Possibly. This isn't one of his more memorable tracks, but he's in good blues form here.

I think you had to be there.

The live album that this recording of the Sam Cooke number is from is on the RS list.

Squiggy is undecided, but it's a fun songish thing.

Yeah, it's mildly enjoyable.

Oh, I'm familiar with it, I was just sighing over the censorship. Don't mind me.

I knew what you were saying, but didn't know if you were familiar with the song, and was getting in my own commentary on the issue.

 

[vandevere]

Godspell Movie Trailer - YouTube

It comes from an off-Broadway musical about Jesus and his teachings, that was turned into a movie staring Victor Garber in his live-action debut as the Jesus stand-in. Sort of a modern day 'Jesus Christ Superstar' set in and around Mahattan/New York City. It was on MoviesTV over the holidays and I watched a portion of it. It didn't do anything for me. Definitely a product of the era it was filmed in.

I liked it. Bought the Soundtrack album. Aksi had Jesus Christ Superstar, and Tommy. But I guess I'm a fan of the Classic Rock Opera...

 

[DarrenTR1970]

Mind Games is a watered-down Imagine, but much more listenable and enjoyable than STINYC.

I wish I could remember which post-Beatle book it's in - but I recall Lennon saying 'Mind Games' was the work of a 'semi-sick craftsman'.

 

[gblews]

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John uses the word to make a point, about women suffering inequity across racial barriers. It's actually one of the highlights of the generally dreadful Some Time in New York City album. John's concept for the album, as attested to by its cover, was to do an album that was as in-the-moment as a newspaper.

The problem with that is that the album naturally didn't date well, as it's chock full of songs about people and issues that I only knew about because John Lennon did songs about them. The studio disc of the double LP is also John and Yoko, sharing tracks on the same album, in full-on, heavy-handed political mode. The second disc is a live recording featuring long jams by Frank Zappa and Yoko.

John wasn’t the first white person (nor has he been the last), to complain about a group who were (apparently, to him), being unfairly treated as badly as Black people were, and are, in America. This is a racist trope that trivializes the plight of Black people by using it as a measuring stick, to amplify the suffering of another marginalized group.


And he tops it off by including a vile racial slur. John may have had good intentions here but this time he landed on all the wrong notes. Whether this album/song bombed or not, I hope he and Yoko. learned something.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Victor Garber came up previously in 50th anniversary business in 1969, when he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show as part of Canadian group the Sugar Shoppe, performing Laura Nyro's "Save the Country"--and we now have video!

Didn't we have video before? I keep expecting 2022 Victor Garber to appear through a time portal and drag himself off, muttering something about a haircut.

Kinda like James Brown, Mitch Ryder's singles sound like they're different parts of one long jam session.

That would explain it.

A distinctively playful number. It's surprising that they got away with so closely copying the riff of the Temptations' "(I Know) I'm Losing You".

I'm usually not able to notice stuff like that.

Possibly. This isn't one of his more memorable tracks, but he's in good blues form here.

Yeah, it's no "Highway 61," but it's fun-- and I just got a little rhyme in there as my Dylan tribute.

I knew what you were saying, but didn't know if you were familiar with the song, and was getting in my own commentary on the issue.

Ah, okay, I getcha.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Didn't we have video before?

I originally posted screencaps, and the Sullivan account video's page says it was only posted this past November.

I keep expecting 2022 Victor Garber to appear through a time portal and drag himself off, muttering something about a haircut.

I find it amusing that young Garber's wearing comic book Firestorm's puffy sleeves.

Yeah, it's no "Highway 61," but it's fun-- and I just got a little rhyme in there as my Dylan tribute.

I'm enjoying that Dylan's original greatest hits compilation has come up in 55th Anniversaryland, putting some select tracks of genius from '63-'65 back in my shuffle.

Ah, okay, I getcha.

And it came to my attention that if I ever get around to doing a review of Some Time in New York City, I probably couldn't post audio from its other songs, as the newspaper headline-style title of the offending song is front and center on the album cover.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I originally posted screencaps, and the Sullivan account video's page says it was only posted this past November.

I must be thinking of the screencaps.

I find it amusing that young Garber's wearing comic book Firestorm's puffy sleeves.

I mostly know Victor Garber from Alias, where he was... not a Hippie.

I'm enjoying that Dylan's original greatest hits compilation has come up in 55th Anniversaryland, putting some select tracks of genius from '63-'65 back in my shuffle.

By the way, I think I've mentioned this before, and I came across it yesterday:

And it came to my attention that if I ever get around to doing a review of Some Time in New York City, I probably couldn't post audio from its other songs, as the newspaper headline-style title of the offending song is front and center on the album cover.

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[The Old Mixer]

55 Years Ago This Week

May 21

• Three days after the U.S. Marines crossed into the DMZ separating North and South Vietnam, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Army General Earle G. Wheeler, Jr., said that the United States had no intention of invading North Vietnam.
• In anticipation of war, Egypt called up its entire military reserve into service, while Palestinian commandos in the Gaza Strip announced that they were ready to attack Israel.
• As his prosecution of Clay Shaw continued, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison said at a press conference that President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated by five anti-Castro Cubans who were angry about the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, and that accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald "did not even touch a gun that day." Garrison said that the Cubans had been on the grassy knoll at Dealey Plaza and behind the wall there.

May 22

• The Innovation department store in the centre of Brussels, Belgium, burns down. It is the most devastating fire in Belgian history, resulting in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured.
• Egypt's President Nasser announced that the Gulf of Aqaba would be closed "to all ships flying Israeli flags or carrying strategic materials", blocking the port of Eilat and Israel's only access to the Indian Ocean.
• Died: Langston Hughes, 65, African-American author and poet

May 23

• A significant worldwide geomagnetic flare unfolded. Radio emissions coming from the Sun jammed military surveillance radars.
• At 12:00 noon, Egypt followed through with its threat and closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, blocking Israel's southern port of Eilat, and the Jewish nation's access to the Red Sea. According to the Egyptian press, mines were placed at the entrance to the strait and Egyptian torpedo boats were sent in to patrol the area.

May 24 – At noon, U.S. President Johnson convened a National Security Council meeting with 14 advisers to discuss the impending war in the Middle East, and whether Israel had atomic weapons. The memorandum of "Discussion of Middle East Crisis" was only partially declassified in 1983, with more in 1992, but three sections remain top secret, including all the details of "a brief discussion of possible presence of unconventional weapons". CIA Director Richard Helms "was quite positive in stating there were no nuclear weapons in the area", while JCS Chief Wheeler said that he was more skeptical than Helms. Response to the President's question "What do we do?" is still redacted, as well as his response to General Wheeler's statement that "we would have to decide whether we were going to send in forces and confront Nasser directly."

May 25

• Celtic F.C. becomes the first Northern European football club to win the European Cup (now Champions League).
• In anticipation of war, the U.S. government ordered the wives and children of U.S. officials in Egypt and Israel to leave within 48 hours.
• John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelically re-painted Rolls-Royce. Apple Music Ltd, the Beatles' first Apple venture, is formally registered.

May 26

• The Beatles released their iconic album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which appeared on the Parlophone label in the United Kingdom that day, and would be released on June 2 in the United States. It would be the number one best selling album in the United Kingdom for 27 weeks, and number one in the United States for 15 weeks.

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• The government of Israel ordered its ships to avoid challenging the Egyptian closing of the Strait of Tiran and specifically directed that any of its merchant vessels "must not, for the present, try to run the blockade declared by Cairo". The decision closed off Israel's supply of oil from the Persian Gulf. At the same time, President Nasser of Egypt said that if the closing of the Gulf of Aqaba meant war, "it will be total and the objective will be to destroy Israel."
• President Nasser addressed the congress of Arab Trade Unionists in Cairo and declared that Egypt and the other Arab nations were now prepared to destroy Israel. "We've been waiting for the day when we are ready for battle," he said, noting "recently we have felt our strength is sufficient." The threat came a moment later when he said, "The struggle with Israel will be total; its basic goal will be the destruction of Israel. I would not say this five or even three years ago. Today I say it because I'm certain of it." At the same time, the Egyptian Air Force was again "ordered not to launch the first strike."

May 27

• The Australian referendum 1967 passes with an overwhelming 90% support, removing from the Australian Constitution 2 discriminatory sentences referring to Indigenous Australians. It signifies Australia's first step in recognising Indigenous rights.
• The folk rock band Fairport Convention plays their first gig in Golders Green, North London.
• Egypt and Israel were both prepared to go to war on May 27. The Soviet Ambassador to Egypt called President Nasser at 3:00 that morning and asked him to not make the first strike and, after U.S. President Johnson requested restraint to prevent a possible Soviet intervention in the Middle East, an Israeli cabinet resolution on whether to attack Egypt failed because of a 7 to 7 deadlock.
• The aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy was christened by the late President's 9-year-old daughter, Caroline Kennedy, in ceremonies at Newport News, Virginia, before a crowd of 32,000 people that included President Johnson and most of Kennedy's White House staff and his relatives. The event was so anticipated that all three American television networks interrupted their regular Saturday morning cartoon programming for live coverage, starting at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time.

Selections from Billboard's Hot 100 for the week:

1. "Groovin'," The Young Rascals
2. "Respect," Aretha Franklin
3. "I Got Rhythm," The Happenings
4. "Release Me (and Let Me Love Again)," Engelbert Humperdinck
5. "The Happening," The Supremes
6. "Sweet Soul Music," Arthur Conley
7. "Him or Me, What's It Gonna Be?," Paul Revere & The Raiders
8. "Creeque Alley," The Mamas & The Papas
9. "Somethin' Stupid," Frank & Nancy Sinatra
10. "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon," Neil Diamond
11. "On a Carousel," The Hollies
12. "Don't You Care," The Buckinghams
13. "Here Comes My Baby," The Tremeloes
14. "Mirage," Tommy James & The Shondells
15. "All I Need," The Temptations
16. "Friday on My Mind," The Easybeats
17. "Somebody to Love," Jefferson Airplane
18. "Close Your Eyes," Peaches & Herb
19. "You Got What It Takes," The Dave Clark Five
20. "Sunshine Girl," The Parade
21. "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman," Whistling Jack Smith
22. "When I Was Young," Eric Burdon & The Animals
23. "I Think We're Alone Now," Tommy James & The Shondells
24. "Too Many Fish in the Sea & Three Little Fishes," Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
25. "Shake a Tail Feather," James & Bobby Purify
26. "Happy Jack," The Who
27. "Casino Royale," Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
28. "When You're Young and in Love," The Marvelettes

30. "Six O'Clock," The Lovin' Spoonful
31. "Yellow Balloon," The Yellow Balloon
32. "Dead End Street Monologue/Dead End Street," Lou Rawls
33. "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You," The Monkees
34. "Come on Down to My Boat," Every Mother's Son
35. "Do It Again a Little Bit Slower," Jon & Robin & The In Crowd

37. "Alfie," Dionne Warwick

39. "She'd Rather Be with Me," The Turtles
40. "Little Bit o' Soul," The Music Explosion

42. "Tramp," Otis & Carla

46. "Let's Live for Today," The Grass Roots
47. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
48. "Jimmy Mack," Martha & The Vandellas
49. "Sunday Will Never Be the Same," Spanky & Our Gang
50. "7 Rooms of Gloom," Four Tops

52. "Windy," The Association
53. "Can't Take My Eyes Off You," Frankie Valli
54. "The Oogum Boogum Song," Brenton Wood

58. "Ding, Dong! The Witch Is Dead," The Fifth Estate

62. "Shake," Otis Redding

64. "Here We Go Again," Ray Charles

78. "For Your Precious Love," Oscar Toney, Jr.
79. "New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Have You Seen My Wife, Mr. Jones)," Bee Gees

81. "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)," Janis Ian

85. "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat," Bob Dylan

94. "Soul Finger," The Bar-Kays

98. "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)," Scott McKenzie

Leaving the chart:

• "Get Me to the World on Time," The Electric Prunes (8 weeks)
• "Happy Together," The Turtles (15 weeks)
• "I'm a Man," The Spencer Davis Group (9 weeks)
• "Make Me Yours," Bettye Swann (2 weeks)
• "This Is My Song," Petula Clark (12 weeks)
• "Western Union," The Five Americans (12 weeks)

New on the chart:

"Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)," Janis Ian

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"New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Have You Seen My Wife, Mr. Jones)," Bee Gees

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"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)," Scott McKenzie

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"Windy," The Association

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(#1 US the weeks of July 1 through 22, 1967)


And new on the boob tube:

• The Ed Sullivan Show, Season 19, episode 35
• The Saint, "The Death Game" (US series premiere)

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By the way, I think I've mentioned this before, and I came across it yesterday:

Yes you have. Kinda signy for its times, the transition of '60s youth culture becoming mainstream enough for presidents.

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Eh, I doubt YouTube cares.

 

[Nerys Myk]

New on the chart:

"Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)," Janis Ian

(#14 US)

"New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Have You Seen My Wife, Mr. Jones)," Bee Gees

(#14 US; #12 UK)

"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)," Scott McKenzie

(#4 US; #1 UK)

"Windy," The Association

(#1 US the weeks of July 1 through 22, 1967)

I know all of those. Usually there's one or two that have me scratching my head.

 

[The Old Mixer]

I know all of those. Usually there's one or two that have me scratching my head.

There woulda been one of those, but it got bumped for the Pepper clip.

 

[Nerys Myk]

There woulda been one of those, but it got bumped for the Pepper clip.

Now I gotta know.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

Not much to add, but four bona-fide classics.

"Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)," Janis Ian

"New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Have You Seen My Wife, Mr. Jones)," Bee Gees

The Bee Gees pretty much right hit one out of the park their first time at bat.

"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)," Scott McKenzie

We won't hold the fact that he co-wrote 'Kokomo' by The Beach Boys, against him.

"Windy," The Association

The Association - Along Comes Mary | 2/1 (1968) - YouTube

Probably right up there with The Beach Boys in terms of some of the best vocal harmonies of the sixties.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Now I gotta know.

It's bolded in the dropdown list.

 

[Nerys Myk]

It's bolded in the dropdown list.

Yep, head scratcher.

 

[The Old Mixer]

FWIW, I wasn't familiar with the Janis Ian song until I was populating my collection a few years back.

 

[Nerys Myk]

FWIW, I wasn't familiar with the Janis Ian song until I was populating my collection a few years back.

I remember it from childhood. Probably saw her on a variety show singing it.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

FWIW, I wasn't familiar with the Janis Ian song until I was populating my collection a few years back.

It's part of my Time Life "Classic Rock" series. I've known about it for thirty years or so. Not one that is played on the radio anymore.

 

[RJDiogenes]

New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison said at a press conference that President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated by five anti-Castro Cubans who were angry about the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, and that accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald "did not even touch a gun that day." Garrison said that the Cubans had been on the grassy knoll at Dealey Plaza and behind the wall there.

Ah, the good old days, when there were only one or two conspiracy theories in the news at a time. The 21st century has really trivialized the concept of the conspiracy theory.

A significant worldwide geomagnetic flare unfolded. Radio emissions coming from the Sun jammed military surveillance radars.

Whose side are you on, Sun?!

Response to the President's question "What do we do?" is still redacted, as well as his response to General Wheeler's statement that "we would have to decide whether we were going to send in forces and confront Nasser directly."

Redacted or censored?

The aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy was christened by the late President's 9-year-old daughter, Caroline Kennedy

Not quite as iconic as the JFK Jr salute photo, I guess, but still an amazing image.

"Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)," Janis Ian

The most notable thing about this sad song is the narrator's surrender. But, fifty-five years later, the fastest-growing demographic in the country is the so-called "multi-racial," despite efforts to promote self segregation.

"New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Have You Seen My Wife, Mr. Jones)," Bee Gees

So many things to love about this, from the historical subject matter to the lyricism to the haunting music and vocals-- this is prime time for the Bee Gees.

"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)," Scott McKenzie

Stone-Cold Hippie Classic. Peace, man!

"Windy," The Association

A fun 60s song. This is the one I remember being covered on Sesame Street.

Yes you have. Kinda signy for its times, the transition of '60s youth culture becoming mainstream enough for presidents.

He's the Rock & Roll President.

It's part of my Time Life "Classic Rock" series. I've known about it for thirty years or so. Not one that is played on the radio anymore.

Oh, man, I've got all those Time-Life sets. So many cassettes.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

Oh, man, I've got all those Time-Life sets. So many cassettes.

Cassettes?! Wow, you really are dating yourself. I have mine on CD.

 

[The Old Mixer]

50 Years Ago This Week

May 21 – In St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City), Laszlo Toth attacks Michelangelo's Pietà statue with a geologist's hammer, shouting that he is Jesus Christ.

May 22

• Richard M. Nixon became the first United States President to visit Moscow (and only the second President, after Franklin D. Roosevelt, to visit the Soviet Union), as he and Henry Kissinger arrived to begin a summit meeting with Soviet First Secretary Brezhnev.

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• The Republic of Sri Lanka was formally created, adopting a new name, a new constitution, and a new form of government. Formerly the Dominion of Ceylon, it had been nominally ruled by the Queen of England since gaining independence in 1948. William Gopallawa, who had been Governor-General of Ceylon since 1962, became the first President of Sri Lanka, while Sirimavo Bandaranaike continued as Prime Minister.
• Ferit Melen forms the new (interim) government of Turkey (35th government).

May 23

• In Moscow, Presidents Richard Nixon and Nikolai Podgorny signed, on behalf of the United States and the Soviet Union respectively, the "Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Environmental Protection".
• The fictional character Rerun van Pelt (Linus and Lucy's little brother), was born, in the comic strip Peanuts.
• The Tamil United Front (later known as Tamil United Liberation Front), a pro-Tamil organization, is founded in Sri Lanka.

May 24

• The Apollo–Soyuz Test Project was created by an agreement signed by President Richard Nixon for the United States and Premier Alexei Kosygin for the Soviet Union.
• Scottish Association football club Rangers F.C. win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, defeating FC Dynamo Moscow 3–2 in the final at Camp Nou in Barcelona (Spain). A pitch invasion by their supporters leads to the team being banned from defending the trophy the following season.

May 25 – The first computerized fly-by-wire airplane flight was made by test pilot Gary Krier, in an F-8 Crusader that had been equipped with the digital computer that had been used on Apollo space missions.

May 26

• Two historic nuclear arms control agreements were signed at Moscow, between the United States (by its President, Richard M. Nixon) and the Soviet Union (by Communist Party First Secretary Leonid Brezhnev). The SALT I treaty, product of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, prohibited both sides from building additional offensive nuclear missiles, while the ABM Treaty restricted both sides to only two sites for Anti-Ballistic Missiles, with 100 missiles each.
• Later known as the "Watergate burglars", a team associated with the Committee to Re-Elect the President failed in its first attempt at wiretapping the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex.
• Wernher von Braun retires from NASA, frustrated by the agency's unwillingness to pursue a manned trans-orbital space program.
• Willandra National Park is established in Australia.

May 27

• The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), announced its plans as an American government agency to form advisory commissions for the purpose of regulating 13 different occupational hazards, including toxic chemicals, excessive noise, and radiation.
• Mark Donohue wins the Indianapolis 500 in a Penske Racing McLaren–Offenhauser.

Selections from Billboard's Hot 100 for the week:

1. "Oh Girl," The Chi-Lites
2. "I'll Take You There," The Staple Singers
3. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," Roberta Flack
4. "Look What You Done for Me," Al Green
5. "The Candy Man," Sammy Davis, Jr. w/ The Mike Curb Congregation
6. "Morning Has Broken," Cat Stevens
7. "Tumbling Dice," The Rolling Stones
8. "I Gotcha," Joe Tex
9. "Sylvia's Mother," Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
10. "Hot Rod Lincoln," Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
11. "Nice to Be with You," Gallery
12. "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All," The 5th Dimension
13. "Little Bitty Pretty One," Jackson 5
14. "Betcha By Golly, Wow," The Stylistics
15. "Day Dreaming," Aretha Franklin
16. "Slippin' into Darkness," War
17. "It's Going to Take Some Time," Carpenters
18. "Song Sung Blue," Neil Diamond
19. "Diary," Bread
20. "Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love," Love Unlimited
21. "I Saw the Light," Todd Rundgren
22. "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard," Paul Simon
23. "Back Off Boogaloo," Ringo Starr
24. "Doctor My Eyes," Jackson Browne
25. "Taxi," Harry Chapin
26. "Rockin' Robin," Michael Jackson
27. "Vincent" / "Castles in the Air", Don McLean
28. "Outa-Space," Billy Preston
29. "Troglodyte (Cave Man)," The Jimmy Castor Bunch

31. "Amazing Grace," The Pipes & Drums & Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
32. "Isn't Life Strange," The Moody Blues
33. "Old Man," Neil Young
34. "Someday Never Comes," Creedence Clearwater Revival

36. "Lean on Me," Bill Withers

38. "I Need You," America

40. "Rocket Man," Elton John

42. "Smilin'," Sly & The Family Stone

49. "Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast," Wayne Newton

54. "Living in a House Divided," Cher

58. "How Do You Do?," Mouth & MacNeal
59. "I Wanna Be Where You Are," Michael Jackson

62. "Layla," Derek & The Dominos

64. "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)," Stevie Wonder
65. "Woman Is the N***** of the World," John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band w/ Elephant's Memory & The Invisible Strings
66. "An American Trilogy," Elvis Presley

69. "Baby Blue," Badfinger

72. "Day by Day," Godspell
73. "Too Late to Turn Back Now," Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
74. "Changes," David Bowie

77. "Legend in Your Own Time," Carly Simon

82. "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.," Donna Fargo

84. "Conquistador," Procol Harum

Leaving the chart:

• "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done," Sonny & Cher (13 weeks)
• "The Family of Man," Three Dog Night (9 weeks)
• "A Horse with No Name," America (14 weeks)
• "In the Rain," The Dramatics (13 weeks)
• "Suavecito," Malo (12 weeks)

New on the chart:

"Conquistador," Procol Harum

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"I Wanna Be Where You Are," Michael Jackson

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"The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.," Donna Fargo

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(#11 US; #7 AC; #1 Country)

"Too Late to Turn Back Now," Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

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Not quite as iconic as the JFK Jr salute photo, I guess, but still an amazing image.

What image is that?

Not one that is played on the radio anymore.

AFAIK, not much of anything from that era is played on FM radio anymore...but I can't recall having been exposed to that one when '60s music was played.

The most notable thing about this sad song is the narrator's surrender. But, fifty-five years later, the fastest-growing demographic in the country is the so-called "multi-racial," despite efforts to promote self segregation.

Kind of surprising that it did so well at the time given the subject matter.

The Bee Gees pretty much right hit one out of the park their first time at bat.

So many things to love about this, from the historical subject matter to the lyricism to the haunting music and vocals-- this is prime time for the Bee Gees.

An idiosyncratic but successful debut.

Stone-Cold Hippie Classic. Peace, man!

Definitely heralding in the Summer of Love.

We won't hold the fact that he co-wrote 'Kokomo' by The Beach Boys, against him.

I did not know that! But it looks like it was co-written with--alongside Mike Love and Terry Melcher--John Phillips, whom I just found out wrote "San Francisco"...which I can hear now that I know to listen for it.

Probably right up there with The Beach Boys in terms of some of the best vocal harmonies of the sixties.

A fun 60s song. This is the one I remember being covered on Sesame Street.

An enjoyable, classic piece of upbeat period pop.

Cassettes?! Wow, you really are dating yourself. I have mine on CD.

That's gotten to be kinda po-tay-to, po-tah-to at this point.