Monday, January 2, 2012

Let The Countdown Begin

Running continuously throughout the day today ... with updates every hour on the hour ... we will be counting down The Top 200 #1 Records of The Beatles Era, 1964 - 1970.

Be sure to check back throughout the day to see where YOUR favorites fall on the list.
(Statistics are based on the results of the major music trade publications for this era ... and, because points have been accumulated based on the total performance of a given record in all three publications, you may find some very surprising results along the way.)

Enjoy ... and check back often!

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If you're like me, you always want to know which records 
JUST MISSED making the list!!!

So we kick things off first with Ten Runners-Up:

SIMON SAYS by THE 1910 FRUITGUM COMPANY / 
AND WHEN I DIE by BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS /
LIKE A ROLLING STONE by BOB DYLAN / 
SOULFUL STRUT by YOUNG-HOLT UNLIMITED / 
BEND ME, SHAPE ME by THE AMERICAN BREED / 
A BOY NAMED SUE by JOHNNY CASH / 
INDIANA WANTS ME by R. DEAN TAYLOR / 
CAN'T YOU HEAR MY HEARTBEAT by HERMAN'S HERMITS / 
WE'LL SING IN THE SUNSHINE by GALE GARNETT 
and THAT'S LIFE by FRANK SINATRA



And now on with the countdown ...


#200 - A TASTE OF HONEY by HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS



#199 - LITTLE WOMAN by BOBBY SHERMAN

#198 - TOUCH ME by THE DOORS

#197 - CANDIDA by DAWN

#196 - DAYDREAM by THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL

#195 - CLASSICAL GAS by MASON WILLIAMS

#194 - IN THE SUMMERTIME by MUNGO JERRY

#193 - A LITTLE BIT OF SOUL by MUSIC EXPLOSION

#192 - PROUD MARY by CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL

#191 - I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD) by JAMES BROWN



As much as this song was played ... and is STILL played ... it's almost unthinkable that it never "officially" made it to #1.  
In fact, NONE of these first ten records reached #1 in Billboard Magazine ... but they're ALL #1 Records in our book!

(Join us back here in an hour when the next ten selections are revealed!)