Sunday, January 04, 2009

K/mentertainer January 4, 1969

...and now presenting the K/mentertainer for 1969...

Harry Scarborough is the newest of the Kmen. Who did he replace? Buck Hering is gone. Johnny Helm has written "1968 The Tear Of The Instrumental"
The #1 song for 1968 is Love Is Blue-Paul Mauriat...with Hey Jude-Beatles at #2
Interesting songs in the top 100
#8 Hold Me Tight-Johnny Nash
#28 Sky Pilot-Eric Budon/Animals
#37 All along The Watchtower-Jimi Hendrix
#49 October country-October Country
#68 Hickory Holler's Tramp-O.C. Smith
#78 Baby Come Back-Equals
#86 Jesse Brady-McCoys
#89 Everlasting Love-Love Affair
#100 Feelings-Grass Roots
Now K/men presents the top hits of 1960 through 1967
1960, 1961, 1962 and 1963 are not K/men surveys (just showed #1 on K/men for 1963 was Surfin' USA)
1964, 1965, 1966 and 1967 came from K/men.
But there were a few changes at least on 1964. On the original survey these songs were:
#7 Long Cool One-The Wailers
#14 Scratchy-Travis Wammack
#27 La La La La La-Blendells
#37 You Never Can Tell-Chuck Berry
#43 Dead's Man Curve-Jan & Dean
Rewriting history from 1964 in 1968
Also a recap of the K/MEN 1968 Top Ten

A letter from Harry Scarborough
#1 Crimson & Clover-Tommy James & The Shondells
Highest debut #27 Too Weak To Fight-Clarence Carter
New
This Magic Moment-Jay & The Americans

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