Every Entry Into The Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart- 1969- Part 121. The three singles today all entered the Billboard Hot 100 on July 26, 2019. ‘Everybody Knows Matilda”- Duke Baxter, “, “Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind”-Little Anthony and The Imperials and “Ease Back”- The Meters.

385. “Everybody Knows Matilda”- Duke Baxter. VMC. Rock. Written by Duke Baxter. B-side:” I Ain’t No School Boy.” The only Hot 100 entry from Duke Baxter- “Everybody Knows Matilda” peaked at #52 and spent 6 weeks in the Hot 100. Grade: D

386. “Out Of Site, Out Of Mind”- Little Anthony and The Imperials. United Artists. Soul. Funk. Written by Clyde Otis and Ivy Joe Hunter. B-side:’Summer’s Comin’ In.” An R&B group out of Brooklyn- Little Anthony and The Imperials had 19 Hot 100 singles from 1958-74 with 7 making the Top 40. Their biggest hit was back in 1958 with “Tears On My Pillow”- #4. Grade: C-
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387. “Ease Back”- The Meters. Josie. Soul. Written by Art Neville, George Porter Jr, Joseph Modeliste and Leo Nocentelli. B-side: “Ann.” The 2nd of 3 1969 Hot 100 singles from The Meters- “Ease Back” an instrumental peaked at #61 and spent 6 weeks in the Hot 100. Grade: C+
I like the last one, nice and mellow but funkified.
Wow, the one from Duke Baxter is execrable. The other two are just forgettable.