Highest debut-Everything's Alright-Newbeats #32
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Mountain Of Love-Johnny Rivers
Little Marie-Chuck Berry
Scratchy-Travis Wommack # 1Highest debut Leader Of The Pack-Shangri-las #2
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NewRingo-Lorne Greene
Mr Lonely-Bobby Vinton
She Knows Me Too Well-Beach Boys Flip this one over for When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
The Rolling Stones return Halloween-Swing Auditorium
would have been nice taking home one of those X-K-E Jaguar sporties back when... i wonder how much one such car would be worth today?!
ReplyDeleteLooks like the start of
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stations.
1965 was quite a year for
car give-aways.
At one point, the managers
of the 2 stations together
decided it was killing both
on these car prizes.
I think this is where the
car freebies came to an end.
ah, yes, the old cost-effective analysis axiom: were sales billing figures profitably commensurate with the expenses -- including the trade-away commercial time given to the car dealers;
ReplyDeleteand were the audience ratings significantly increased to justify the overall promotional costs outlay???
(here's where the stations' bookkeeper/accountant would
make a difference with the owners)
Scratchy by Travis Wommack is really a cool instrumental. Jonny Bruce
ReplyDeleteMy 45 rpm copy is scratchy.
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