"Hold What You Got" #5 1/30/1965

Way before "Skinny Legs" or "I Gotcha" or "I Ain't Gonna Bump No More..." we had this one from Joe Tex. Decidedly not politically correct lyrics, but in 1965 that's the way it was. You can't rewrite history.

Joe Tex - Hold What You Got

"The Name Game" #3 1/30/1965

This one falls into the novelty song category. Shirley Ellis had several hits in the mid 60's in this genre. It's a fun rhyming tune; however, not quite on a par with the Three Stooges and "Swingin' The Alphabet." WARNING: DO NOT use the names Mitch or Chuck in singing along. You'll see why, and then TANK us later. You have been cautioned.

Shirley Ellis - The Name Game

"I'll Follow The Sun" Album cut

Another go-to track for the Fabs in order to meet a deadline for their "Beatles For Sale" LP (where the content was split between "Beatles '65" and "Beatles VI" in America). Paul wrote the song in 1959 and kept it on the back burner until needed. It's a dream record for a radio station's program director, uptempo and under two minutes @ 1:45. It filled a lot of holes in the programming clock!

Beatles - I'll Follow The Sun

"Rock And Roll Music" Beatles album cut

Written and originally done by Chuck Berry as his single just before "Sweet Little Sixteen" in 1957. The Fab Four needed songs to meet a deadline for their "Beatles For Sale" album, so they went into the archives from their Hamburg and Cavern Club days for this one. It was released in some countries as a 45, reaching #1 in Norway and Australia, but was never a single for them in the US or UK. The Beach Boys' version was a Top 5 record in 1976.

Beatles - Rock And Roll Music

"Baby's In Black" Album Cut

This was never part of a Beatles single until 1996, when a live version recorded at the Hollywood Bowl in '65 was the B-side to "Real Love" - the John Lennon demo fleshed out by the rest of the band. Ringo said afterwards, "That's it - there's nothing more we can do as the Beatles."

Beatles - Baby's In Black

Happy Birthday, Eddie Van Halen! "(Oh) Pretty Woman"

Look...I've seen Van Halen in concert and I STILL don't know how Eddie does it! It just looked so effortless when he'd hit those ridiculous guitar licks on stage, like "Hey! Look what I found!" They stayed pretty true here to the original by Roy Orbison. Enjoy!

Van Halen - (Oh) Pretty Woman

"Dear Heart" Andy Williams #24 1/23/1965

The third and highest charting of three versions of this song simultaneously appearing on the Hot 100, it eventually made the Top Five on the easy listening charts. Andy Williams introduced the Osmond Brothers to America via his TV show, and he operated the first non-country music theater located in Branson, Missouri - and very successfully, too.

Andy Williams - Dear Heart