So Jeannie C. Riley did come to the Western Kentucky State Fair, and I thought she was great, but, apparently, not everyone is like rich Hoptown 1969 me.
I'm going to take a good, long look at baseball this weekend, ...
... because I'm about to become distracted.
More TV ...
Otherwise up, per the Aug. 7-9, 1969, pages of the Hopkinsville Kentucky New Era ...
The best story about the 1969 baseball season--even better than the Mets--probably isn't true.
ReplyDeleteIan Fleming wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
ReplyDeleteIt's still all about the baby on My Three Sons.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot of love out there for the 1969 Montreal Expos ... beaucoup d'amour.
ReplyDeleteThe Hugh X. Lewis program at 5 on Saturday afternoons is the Hugh X. Lewis Country Club.
ReplyDeletePer Wikipedia: "Hubert Brad Lewis (born December 25, 1930 in Yeaddiss, Kentucky), known professionally as Hugh X. Lewis, is an American country music singer. He recorded between 1964 and currently for various labels, and charted fifteen singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. ... Lewis opened a club in Printer's Alley in 1972, where he hosted a television show also titled Hugh X. Lewis Country Club It was sponsored by Heil Quaker Corporation and appeared in 91 major markets."
"Evolution & the Bible" is one of Hugh X. Lewis's hits.
Here's my personal 1969 Top 10 for this week:
ReplyDelete1. "Love Can Make You Happy," Mercy
2. "Back Side of Dallas," Jeannie C. Riley
3. "Lay, Lady, Lay," Bob Dylan
4. "Seattle," Perry Como
5. "Was I Just a Fool?" Tyrone Davis
6. "Could Be," New Zealand Trading Company
7. "Without Her," Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
8. "Over the Edge," Jody Miller
9. "Loser Again," Jackie Moore
10. "Threw It All Away," Bob Dylan
Hoptown 1969 me is going to sit down with a drink late tonight and listen to this one by Frank Sinatra again.
ReplyDeleteHell in the Pacific looks like a very compelling movie.
ReplyDeleteHere's what all the cool 1969 Japan kids are listening to:
ReplyDelete1. "Loneliness of the World," P.F. Sloan
2. "Angel of Graffiti," Daniele Vidal
3. "In the Year 2525," Seeger & Evans
4. "Love of the Bible," Chris Montez
5. "Love Me Tonight," Tom Jones
6. "Goodbye," Mary Hopkin
7. "Rain Whisper," Jose Feliciano
People loved the Beatles so much that this Underground Sunshine cover of "Birthday" reached No. 33 in last week's Cash Box Magazine Top 100.
ReplyDeleteNo. 1, incidentally, was "Honky Tonk Women" by the Rolling Stones. All this time, I thought it was "Honky Tonk Woman."
DeleteAnd here's my top 10 of last week 1969:
Delete1. FRANK SINATRA - LOVE'S BEEN GOOD TO ME 1969
2. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Without Her
3. The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles
4. MERCY - "LOVE CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY" 1969 Highest Quality Stereo
5. Up With People - I Want To Be Strong
6. Jackie Moore Loser again (1969)
7. Tyrone Davis- Was I Just A Fool
8. Jody Miller "Over The Edge"
9. Jeannie C. Riley - Thin Ribbon Of Smoke.wmv
10. Aretha Franklin - I Can't See Myself Leaving You
That Mercy song and its video with the people smoking cigarettes and drinking beer while the band plays ... that's the most hypnotic darned thing I think I've ever seen.
DeleteI love this May 15, 1969, BBC interview with Paul McCartney.
DeleteHere's listening to radio in Houston in March 1969. The Bill Deahl and the Rondells song, "May I," at about 4 minutes was apparently a Bruce Springsteen favorite.
ReplyDeleteAbout 7:30 in, interesting point from this Houston DJ: "These days it's not in to be in with the in crowd--it's out."
DeleteMy top 10 of last week 1969:
ReplyDelete1. “4+20,” Stephen Stills on Dick Cavett
2. “Somebody To Love,” Jefferson Airplane on Dick Cavett
3. “Volunteers,” Jefferson Airplane on Dick Cavett
4. “We Should Be Together,” Jefferson Airplane on Dick Cavett
5. “Will You Be Staying After Sunday?” Peppermint Rainbow
6. “Love Can Make You Happy,” Mercy
7. “Chelsea Morning,” Judy Collins
8. “I Want To Be Strong,” Up With People
9. “Was I Just a Fool?” Tyrone Davis
10. “Over the Edge,” Jody Miller