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Blog Miscellany

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Year-by-Year Scores and Remarks

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Monday, 13 July 2026

Zager and Evans: "In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)"

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August 2, 1969 (1 week) Bassist Colin Moulding of XTC once described his eccentric recording "What in the World??..." as being ...
Saturday, 11 July 2026

Tommy James and the Shondells: "Crystal Blue Persuasion"

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July 28, 1969 (1 week) There is only about twenty seconds left in the running time of "Crystal Blue Persuasion" when it finally co...
Friday, 10 July 2026

Blood, Sweat and Tears: "Spinning Wheel"

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July 7, 1969 (3 weeks) "What goes up, must come down..." It was good of Blood, Sweat and Tears to look ahead to their eventual dem...
Thursday, 9 July 2026

Oliver: "Good Morning Starshine"

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June 30, 1969 (1 week) The mania for Hair at the midway point of 1969 was such that it wasn't simply established acts like The 5th Dimen...
Tuesday, 7 July 2026

The Beatles: "Get Back"

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May 19, 1969 (6 weeks) We're now at the point in the story of The Beatles where my interest finally begins to wane — which is fitting co...
Monday, 6 July 2026

The Cowsills: "Hair"

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May 12, 1969 (1 week) Even prior to The Beatles' takeover of the United States, much of the talk surrounding the Fab Four was on their h...
Sunday, 28 June 2026

Blood, Sweat and Tears: "You've Made Me So Very Happy"

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April 28, 1969 (2 weeks) The recent passing of Canadian singer David Clayton Thomas has been a reminder that his group Blood, Sweat and Tear...
Saturday, 27 June 2026

The 5th Dimension: "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"

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April 7, 1969 (3 weeks) And so begins the Age of Hair. This is the first of three reviews of singles taken from the hit musical. Yes, a far ...
Friday, 26 June 2026

The Zombies: "Time of the Season"

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March 31, 1969 (1 week) At a time when everyone else was in thrall to psychedelia and flower power, [insert sixties' band or artist'...
Friday, 19 June 2026

Tommy Roe: "Dizzy"

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March 24, 1969 (1 week) Perspective is everything. I first became aware of the song "Dizzy" when it was covered by British comedia...

1910 Fruitgum Company: "Indian Giver"

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March 17, 1969 (1 week) That's right, "Indian Giver". Not "Cowboys and Indians" as recent history would have predict...
Wednesday, 17 June 2026

Jay and the Americans: "This Magic Moment"

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March 10, 1969 (1 week) Up until now, I would have said that Jay and the Americans have been one of the pleasant surprises since starting th...
Sunday, 14 June 2026

The Turtles: "You Showed Me"

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March 3, 1969 (1 week) The Byrds are, at least in the opinion of this humble blogger, the finest American rock group of all time. In terms o...
Friday, 12 June 2026

The Foundations: "Build Me Up Buttercup"

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February 24, 1969 (1 week) You may not know this but "Build Me Up Buttercup" has a connection to The Wonder Years . "Big deal...
Wednesday, 10 June 2026

Brooklyn Bridge: "Worst That Could Happen"

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February 17, 1969 (1 week) ("Worst That Could Happen" brings the total number of Jimmy Webb compositions to reach number one in Ca...