After
their shows and the snow in DC they vacationed in Miami for a
few days.John
is wearing his WPGC Good Guys sweatshirt in these shots. Ringo
& George are wearing their WMCA / New York Murray the K
Submarine Race Watchers sweatshirts.
The
triple crown belongs to John, Paul, George & Ringo as
'I Want To Hold Your Hand', 'She Loves You' and 'Please
Please Me' occupy #1, #2 & #3. Each song remains there
the next week.
The
Beatles hold all five of the Top Five positions with 'I
Want To Hold Your Hand', 'She Loves You', 'Please Please Me',
'All My Lovin'' and 'Till There Was You' in spots
#1 - #5. All five songs remain in the same slots the following
week and are joined by 'Twist And Shout' at #9.
Fab
Four dominance of the Top Ten continues with an even half
dozen songs in positions #1- #6 with 'I
Want To Hold Your Hand', 'She Loves You', 'Please Please Me',
'All My Lovin'', 'Can't Buy Me Love' and 'Twist And
Shout'.
For
the first time in 24 consecutive weeks, the Beatles
do not have a song in the WPGC Top Ten. Three weeks later
however they hit #1 again with 'A Hard Day's Night'.
The following week it remains at #1 while the Boston Pops
hits #10 with their cover of 'IWant To Hold Your
Hand'.
As
new music is released, another Trifecta is reached by The
Beatles with 'I'll Be Back', 'I'm A Loser' and
'Kansas City' hitting #1 - #3, in order. The following
week these songs remain in their exact positions.
By
year's end, The Beatles have placed an unprecedented 21 different
songs in the WPGC Top Ten with 'I Want To Hold Your
Hand', 'She Loves You', ,'Please Please Me', 'All My Lovin',
'Till There Was You', 'Twist And Shout', 'Can't Buy Me Love',
'Do You Want To Know A Secret', 'Love Me Do', 'Roll Over Beethoven',
'P.S. I Love You', 'A Hard Day's Night', 'Ask Me Why', 'And
I Love Her', 'Matchbox', 'Things We Said Today', 'Anytime
At All', 'I'll Be Back', 'I'm A Loser', 'Kansas City', and
'I Feel Fine'. All told, The Beatles have at least one
song in the WPGC Top Ten for 41 weeks of the year!
Sales
Kit One Sheet
101
Questions About the Beatles
(The
station handed these out at remote broadcasts & appearances).
Dean
Griffith (Dean Anthony) was very highly regarded by record
company representatives. He was first to play new releases, and
he broke a lot of records out of D.C. He had an amazing ear. Consequently
he received a lot of "special attention" from the record
companies, and was able to procure a lot of "unavailable"
material. I'm sure the Program Directors and Music Directors from
the other D.C. stations were scratching their heads when they
saw the Evening
StarTop Ten, wondering "how in the heck did he
get those (Beatles
songs ahead of everyone else)?"
Re:
the Beatles, I
have read in several books the account of their first U.S. concert
at the Washington Coliseum as to who was on the bill with
them. They listed The Chiffons and Tommy Roe. A
fellow DJ friend (and Beatlemaniac) had given me an "original"
poster from the show, with The Chiffons and Tommy Roe
listed as the opening acts. I knew this was wrong because the
opening acts were Jay & The Americans and The Righteous
Brothers and The Caravelles. I know, because I talked
to them in the stands on the afternoon of the show.
What
happened was: as we all know, there was a blizzard on the east
coast, and the Beatles
had to take the train from NYC to DC, instead of flying. The
Chiffons and Tommy Roe couldn't make it in, so they
had to get some last-minute opening acts. Several years ago on
the anniversary of the Beatles
show, I had Kenny Vance of Jay & The Americans on the
air with me by phone, and he verified this.
On
his novelty 45, 'Interview of the Fab Four':
'Interview
of The Fab Four' was Bobby Poe's idea. He recalled the
Buchanan & Goodman hits of the late 50's where they
took excerpts of hit songs to tell a story. I met Bobby in the
Spring of '64. He had a hit with The Chartbusters', 'She's
The One'.
I
had written a song called, 'Breaking Hearts To Him Is Just
A Game',
co-written with Don "Pee Wee"
Reese (Riis). Don was working with me at 'PGC at the time.
I had found a couple of girls who called themselves, The Delights.
They were from Hyattsville, MD. We recorded a demo at the station,
and I took it to Bobby. He loved it. He placed it with Arlen Records
out of Philadelphia.
Bobby
and I wrote the script to 'Interview', and we recorded
it at Edgewood Studios in DC. Ed Greene was the engineer. He went
on to become the chief recording engineer for The Cowsills. The
Chartbusters were in the studio at the same time, working on a
followup to 'She's The One'. Bobby knew that I had written
several songs, and he asked if I could write something really
quick so that The Chartbusters could back me up.
I
wrote 'I Feel So Fine' (flip side
of 'Interview') in about 20 minutes, and it sounds like
it! Bobby placed the record with World Artists Records out of
NYC. They were hot with Chad & Jeremy, and Reparata &
The Delrons. They released it on American Arts Records. 'Interview'
was out about 2 weeks, and we got a "Cease & Desist"
order from Brian Epstein.
Released
to members of the Beatles Fan Club and radio only.
11/28/67
: 'Christmas Time (Is Here Again)'
Released
to members of the Beatles Fan Club and radio only.
Fall
1968 : 'Christmas 1968'
Released
to members of the Beatles Fan Club and radio only.
Fall
1969 : 'Happy Christmas 1969'
Released
to members of the Beatles Fan Club and radio only.
Novelty
Records About The Beatles
'All I Want For
Christmas Is A Beatle' - Dora Lynn
Issued
by Parlophone in the U.K. for Christmas, 1963.
'My Boyfriend Got
A Beatle Haircut' - Donna Lynn
Issued
by Capitol Records, the song peaked nationally at #83
on 02/22/64.
'I Had A Dream I Was A
Beatle' - Donna Lynn
Issued
by Capitol Records in 1964, the song did not chart
nationally.
'The Boy With The Beatle
Hair' - The Swans
Issued
by Cameo Records, the song peaked nationally at #85
on 02/29/64.
'We Love You Beatles' - The
Carefrees
Issued
by London Int., the song peaked nationally at #39 on
03/21/64.
'Ringo, I Love You' - Bonnie Jo
Mason (Cher)
Recorded
by Phil Spector, this was 16 year old Cher's first record.
'Pop Hates The Beatles' -
Allan Sherman
Comedian,
Allan Sherman's parody of Beatlemania in 1964.
'Letter From Elaina' - Casey
Kasem
Issued
on 10/03/64 while Casey was working on the air at
KEWB in Oakland, CA, the song did not chart nationally.
The background music is by George Martin & His Orchestra.
Unusual
Cover Versions Of Beatles Songs
'She Loves You (German
Version)' - Peter Sellers
Peter
Sellers was a Fab Four favorite. Fittingly, Beatles producer,
George Martin who had produced Mr. S's albums in his pre-Fab
Four days did the honors here in what must be the oddest cover
version of any of their songs.
'She Loves You (Irish
Version)- Peter
Sellers
Peter
Sellers' comedic genius was undoubtedly an influencing factor
in the Beatles' own witty one liners. Here is the second of
two of his cover versions of the same song, again produced
by Sir George Martin.
'A Hard Day's Night' - Peter
Sellers
Delivered
in his best 'Richard III' persona, this soliloquy brings
a unique interpretation to a Beatles classic and was featured
in the 1965 Grenada TV special in the U.K., 'The Music
Of Lennon & McCartney' which also featured other well
known artists, all of whom had recorded songs by L&M as
well as cameo appearances & performances by the Beatles
themselves.
'Help' - Peter
Sellers
Recorded
in 1965 and released by Parlophone in the U.K., this Sellers'
sermonette put Beatles lyrics in a church-like setting to
great effect.
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