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[W: #135] The 1960's --- Hope, Prosperity, and then COUNTER CULTURE

Next come HELP ME, RHONDA by the Beach boys. Two versions were actually cut. The first featuring a ukulele and appeared on an album. Brian Wilson saw commercial potential in HELP ME, RHONDA and would decide on a more punchier lead guitar.
Released as a single in March 1965, the "Help Me, Rhonda" rerecording was a commercial smash hit, reaching number one in the US and knocking the Beatles' TICKET TO RIDE out from the top spot.
Originally Brian Wilson was to sing lead, but he liked the quality of Al Jardine's voice. Cash Box described it as "a power-packed hard-driving romantic surfin’-rocker with an extremely infectious danceable back-beat.
 
Number 12 for 1965 was Rodger Miller's KING OF THE ROAD. The SMASH Record reached number one on the Billboard US Country chart, number four on the Billboard Hot 100, and number one on the Easy Listening surveys. It was also number one in the UK Singles Chart and in Norway. Miller said that the song was inspired while he was driving and saw a sign on the side of a barn that read, "Trailers for sale or rent".This would become the opening line of the song.
 
Jewel Akens had a hit in 1965 with a single recorded in 1964 on ERA Records. It was said to have been written by the twelve-year-old son of Herb Newman the owner of ERA Records. THE BIRDS AND THE BEES is reminiscent of a 1950s honky tonk-style.
 
Mel Carter released HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME in 1965 on Imperial. His version spent 15 weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100, and peaked at number eight, while reaching number one on the EASY LISTENING chart:
 
SHOTGUN is a song written and performed by American soul musician Junior Walker on GORDY'S SOUL Records. It reached number 1 on the US R&B singles chart for four non-consecutive weeks and peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

 
At Number 16 for the year 1965 is I GOT YOU BABE performed by American pop duo Sonny & Cher. It was the first single and written by Sonny Bono. It first charted on July 10, 1965 and spending three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, in August 1965 on ATLANTIC Records. It sold over one million copies, and became the duos theme song for as long as they remained together.

 
THIS DIAMOND RING is a 1965 song first released as a single by Sammy Ambrose on MUSICOR. Then by Gary Lewis and the Playboys on LIBERTY Records. Lewis' version Hit the charts on January 2, 1965 at 101. On January 9, Lewis still at number 101 and Ambrose at number 117. Ambrose dropped off the chart, but Lewis made number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the following week (January 16) and continued to climb until it reached number 1 on February 20, 1965. THE ORIGINAL and THE HIT
 
At number 18 for the year 1965, we have the Ramsey Lewis Trio instrumental version of THE "IN" CROWD.
The In Crowd was recorded live in 1965 at the Bohemian Caverns nightclub in Washington, D.C., and released on ARGO Records.
 
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MRS. BROWN, YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER was recorded in two takes and featured a muted lead and rhythm guitar by Derek Leckenby and Keith Hopwood and lead vocal by Peter Noone with a thick accent. Herman's Hermits never dreamed it would become a single let alone hit number one in the US. According to Noone the song was well known to British bands; it would often be performed at birthday parties, substituting the surname of the girl whose party was being celebrated. Mrs. Goldstein, You've got a lovely daughter ------ and so on and so forth.
Not to be outdone Alvin and the Chipmunks also recorded this song: And then there were a few knockoffs that gave everyone a good laugh!

 
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At number 20 for 1965 we have the great Supremes hit STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE. It held the number 1 position on the Billboard pop singles chart in the United States from March 27, 1965, through April 3, 1965. It gained the number 2 position on the soul chart. Great dance song
 
Here is the song and the voice to sing it! UNCHAINED MELODY by the Righteous Brothers on PHILLES Records ----- Bobby Hatfield would be the voice that really makes this song so very special. UNCHAINED MELODY was originally released as the B-side of the single HUNG ON YOU. Unfortunately, HUNG ON YOU wasn't the one that impressed the radio DJs... It was UNCHANGED MELODY that made the women swoon and the guys wish they could sell a song like he did.


And here is the original Al Hibbler hit of 1955. The song is lovely but I'd have to say that Bobby's version goes over the top!
 
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Herman's Hermits recorded SILHOUETTES in 1965 after hearing the Ray's version on American Armed Forces Radio. The Hermit's version reached number 1 on Canada's charts, it would became their third hit in the "British Invasion" of the US, reaching number 5 on the Billboard Hot.
Herman's Hermit 1965 version:

Original Ray's version:
 
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