January 20, 2008

40 years ago
1968

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)--Johnny Farnham

#1 single in France: La Dernière Valse--Mireille Mathieu (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): L'ora dell'amore--I Camaleonti (6th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Der letzte Walzer--Peter Alexander

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Hello Goodbye--The Beatles (7th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 World--The Bee Gees (2nd week at #1)
2 Hello Goodbye--The Beatles
3 2000 Light Years from Home/She's a Rainbow--The Rolling Stones
4 Daydream Believer--The Monkees
5 Magical Mystery Tour (EP)--The Beatles
6 A Walk in the Sky--Flower Pot Men
7 Little Bird--Tielman Brothers
8 Dear Eloise--The Hollies
9 Nights in White Satin--The Moody Blues
10 Susannah's Still Alive--Dave Davies

Singles entering the chart were Mien Waar Is M'n Feestneus? by Toon (#26); Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) by John Fred and his Playboy Band (#30); 'k Hoop Dat Jij Eens Wacht Op Mij! by De Heikrekels (#35); and Am I that Easy to Forget by Engelbert Humperdinck (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Chain of Fools--Aretha Franklin
2 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
3 Woman, Woman--The Union Gap
4 I Heard it Through the Grapevine--Gladys Knight & the Pips
5 Bend Me, Shape Me--The American Breed
6 Green Tambourine--The Lemon Pipers
7 Hello Goodbye--The Beatles
8 Daydream Believer--The Monkees
9 Susan--The Buckinghams
10 Summer Rain--Johnny Rivers

Singles entering the chart were Words by the Bee Gees (#67); Strawberry Shortcake by Jay and the Techniques (#68); Do Unto Me by James & Bobby Purify (#72); Malayisha by Miriam Makeba (#73); (Theme From) Valley of the Dolls by Dionne Warwick (#81); There was a Time by James Brown and the Famous Flames (#85); I was Made to Love Her by King Curtis and the Kingpins (#87); There Is by the Dells (#88); Hey Little One by Glen Campbell (#89); It's Not Easy by the Will-O-Bees (#94); Do What You Gotta Do by Al Wilson (#95); Never Ever by Peter and Gordon (#96); Without Love (There is Nothing) by Oscar Toney, Jr. (#97); It's a Gas by the Hombres (#98); Cold Feet by Albert King (#99); and Let the Heartaches Begin by Long John Baldry (#100). (Theme From) Valley of the Dolls was from the movie.

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Next Plane to London--The Rose Garden
2 Woman, Woman--The Union Gap
3 Itchycoo Park--Small Faces
4 Chain of Fools--Aretha Franklin
5 Baby, Now that I've Found You--The Foundations
6 Hello Goodbye--The Beatles
7 It's Wonderful--The Young Rascals
8 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
9 Who Will Answer?--Ed Ames
10 Bend Me, Shape Me--The American Breed

Singles entering the chart were I Can Take or Leave Your Loving by Herman's Hermits (#59); Sunshine of Your Love by Cream (#61); Words by the Bee Gees (#74); Strawberry Shortcake by Jay and the Techniques (#79); The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Hugo Montenegro, his Orchestra and Chorus (#83); Do Unto Me by James & Bobby Purify (#86); Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition was In) by the First Edition (#87); If the Whole World Stopped Lovin' by Val Doonican (#89); Born Free by the Hesitations (#91); To Each his Own by Frankie Laine (#95); Quicksand by the Youngbloods (#97); Cross My Heart by Billy Stewart (#98); Without Love (There is Nothing) by Oscar Toney, Jr. (#99); and A Working Man's Prayer by Arthur Prysock (#100). The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was a version of the title theme of the movie.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Green Tambourine--The Lemon Pipers
2 Home from the Forest--Ronnie Hawkins
3 I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite--Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
4 Love Me Two Times--The Doors
5 She's a Rainbow--The Rolling Stones
6 Woman, Woman--The Union Gap
7 Tomorrow--Strawberry Alarm Clock
8 Money--The Lovin' Spoonful
9 Who Will Answer?--Ed Ames
10 Spooky--The Classics IV

Singles entering the chart were I Wish it Would Rain by the Temptations (#23); Nobody But Me by the Human Beinz (#24); We Can Fly by the Cowsills (#25); 1941 by Tom Northcott (#27); And Get Away by the Esquires (#28); Darlin' by the Beach Boys (#29); and Skinny Legs and All by Joe Tex (#30).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Love of the Common People--Wayne Newton
2 Woman, Woman--The Union Gap
3 Bend Me, Shape Me--The American Breed
4 (Alone) In My Room--Willie & the Walkers
5 Hello Goodbye--The Beatles
6 She Says--The 49th Parallel
7 Daydream Believer--The Monkees
8 Monterey--Eric Burdon & the Animals
9 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
10 Next Plane to London--The Rose Garden
Pick hit of the week: Different Drum--Stone Poneys

Died on this date
Robert Shankland, 80. U.K.-born Canadian military officer. Lieutenant Shankland, a native of Scotland who moved to Canada in 1910, won the Victoria Cross at the World War I Battle of Passchendaele in 1917, and was one of three VC winners who lived on Pine Street in Winnipeg--which was renamed Valour Road in their honour. Mr. Shankland was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel during World War II; after the war, he became the secretary of a securities firm in Vancouver.

Basketball
NCAA
California at Los Angeles 69 @ Houston 71

Elvin Hayes--to shouts of "E! E! E!"--scored 39 points to lead the second-ranked Cougars over Lew Alcindor and the #1-ranked Bruins in the nationally-televised "Game of the Century" before 52,693 fans at the Astrodome.





30 years ago
1978

On the radio
CBS Radio Mystery Theater
Tonight's episode: The Enchanted Child, starring Teri Keane and Ralph Bell

A boy influences events around him in an increasingly terrifying way. I remember this as a very scary show; the plot has similarities to the Twilight Zone episode It's a Good Life.

25 years ago
1983

Disappeared on this date
6-year-old Tania Murrell disappeared on her way home from school in Edmonton. Tania's disappearance has never been solved, and led to the creation of Child Find Alberta.