EVERY ENTRY INTO THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLES CHART- 1969- PART 92

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Every Entry Into The Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart- 1969- Part 92. Four singles today all from May 31, 1969- none of them threatened to make the Top 40. “Hushabye”- Jay and The Americans, “Without Her”- Herb Alpert, ” I Can’t Quit Her”- The Arbors, and “Sincerely” Paul Anka.

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287. “Hushabye”- Jay & The Americans. United Artists, Rock. Written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. B-side: “Gypsy Woman.” The song was written by the great songwriting team of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. The b-side- by Curtis Mayfield.  “Hushabye” was the 2nd of 3 Hot 100 singles in 1969 by Jay & The Americans- they would have only one more Top 40 hit “Walkin’ In The Rain”- later in 1969. “Hushabye” was originally a hit in 1959 for The Mystics #20. For Jay & The American’s “Hushabye” peaked at #62 and spent 7 weeks on the chart. Kind of Beach Boys sounding.   Grade: B-

 

288. “Without Her”- Herb Alpert. A&M, Pop. Written by Harry Nilsson. B-side:Sand Box. The 2nd of 2 Hot 100 singles for Herb Alpert in 1969-he would not have another Top 40 hit until 1979 when “Rise” went to #1- making Alpert the only artist to ever have a #1 hit with both a vocal and instrumental. “Without Her” written by the great Harry Nilsson -peaked at #63 and spent 6 weeks on the chart.  The original by Nilsson far superior. Grade: C+

 

 

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289. ” I Can’t Quit Her”- The Arbors. Date. Rock. Written by Al Kooper and Irvin Levine. B-side: “Lovin’ Tonight {Maybe Tonight} The Arbors had 4 Hot 100 hits from 1966-69 and one made the Top 40- their hit was their version of “The Letter” earlier in 1969. “I Can’t Quit Her”- co-written by the great session man Al Kooper- peaked at #67 and spent 5 weeks in the Hot 100. Grade: C

 

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290. “Sincerely” -Paul Anka. RCA Victor. Pop. Written by Alan Freed and Harvey Fuqua. B-Side” Next Year.” This is a remake of the 1954 #1 hit by The Moonglows. Legendary DJ Alan Freed has part songwriting credit on this but you know how things went back in the 1950’s. Paul Anka’s version peaked at #80 and spent 4 weeks on the chart. This was the 3rd of 4 Paul Anka Hot 100 hits in 1969- only one made the Top 40- he would for the most part be lying low as far as hits went until the mid 70’s when he started having hits again. Not a fan. Grade: D

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2 responses to “EVERY ENTRY INTO THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLES CHART- 1969- PART 92”

  1. Alpert’s version is terrible. Whoever keeps knocking on that wood (is it supposed to sound like a clock ticking away time?) needs to be shot. Nilsson does it way better and so does Glen Campbell!

    • I know “This Guys In Love With You” went to #1 with him singing but he’s not a good singer. Just my opinion. I could be wrong.

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