Mar 31 | This week in 1965

#1 at KRUX/Phoenix: “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter” by Herman’s Hermits, skyrocketing in from #23 last week. It knocks out the sonically similar “I’m Telling You Now” by Freddie & The Dreamers (both groups are from Manchester). In the video, the Dreamers are doing “the Freddy,” a meager attempt to launch a dance craze.

Other big climbers include:

Gerry & The Pacemakers, at one time the Beatles’ biggest rivals in Liverpool, sink to #8 with “Ferry Across The Mersey.” Meanwhile, the Beatles themselves fall to #16 with “Eight Days A Week.”

Other important songs on their way down this week, include:

  • Goldfinger” (#13), Shirley Bassey’s title theme from the James Bond movie;
  • Apache ’65” (#20), first hit for surf rock guitarist Davie Allan & The Arrows;
  • Shotgun” (#25), Jr. Walker & The All-Stars’ feel-good party anthem;
  • My Girl” (#29), the forever popular ballad by the Temptations.

Debuting on this week’s list are the first radio hits for two artists who would have long careers: “Subterranean Homesick Blues” (#34) by Bob Dylan, which set the stage for his next single, the landmark “Like A Rolling Stone”; and “It’s Not Unusual” (#40), by powerhouse Welsh singer Tom Jones.

On the local front, “Red Roses For A Blue Lady” by former Phoenix child star Wayne Newton  drops a spot to #7. The song was originally a hit in 1949 and resurrected in 1965 by Vic Dana, who had the big national hit while Wayne’s version was an also-ran. But not at KRUX — perhaps out of loyalty to Wayne, who was a regular on channel 5’s Lew King Rangers show just a few years before.

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