Every Entry Into The Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart- 1969- Part 140. All four of today’s singles entered the chart on August 23, 1969- “Lowdown Popcorn”- James Brown, “The Train”- 1910 Fruitgum Company, “Lodi”- Al Wilson” and “Rain” Jose Feliciano.
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446. “Lowdown Popcorn”- James Brown. King. Funk. Written by James Brown. B Side:”Top Of The Stack” Peaked at #41 6 weeks on the chart. 1969 was the year of the James Brown – Popcorn- singles- 5 of the 9 Hot 100 singles JB had in 1969 had the word Popcorn -in its title. Out of his 9 hits this is the only one which failed to crack the Top 40- falling one spot short. An instrumental- Grade: B
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447.”The Train”- 1910 Fruitgum Company. Buddah. Bubblegum Pop. Written by Jeff Katz, Jeffery Kasenetz and Ritchie Cordell. B-side:”Eternal Light” Peaked at #57 and spent 10 weeks on the chart. The final Hot 100 single for this bubblegum studio band. Their biggest hit in 1969 had been “Indian Giver” at #5. Grade: C+
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448.”Lodi’- Al Wilson. Soul City. Soul. Written by John Fogerty. B-side: “By The Time I Get To Phoenix.” Peaked at #67 and spent 7 weeks on the chart. Al Wilson’s first three hits- this was the final of the three- were produced by 1960’s hit maker- Johnny “Secret Agent Man” Rivers. Wilson from Jimmie Rodgers’ hometown of Meridian, Mississippi- biggest hit was yet to come in 1973- “Show And Tell” #1. Grade: B
449. “Rain”- Jose Feliciano. RCA Victor. Pop. Written by Jose Feliciano and H. Feliciano. B-side: “She’s A Woman” -Peaked at #76 and spent 5 weeks in the Hot 100. Feliciano had four Hot 100 singles in 1969- none made it higher than #70. The b-side- “She’s A Woman” a cover of The Beatles mid 60’s track. Grade: B
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I’ll basically stop anywhere I am if I hear Lodi.
Which as a kid thought was a gambling song about low dice.
Al Wilson and John Fogerty’s voices sound very similar.
amen on this record they sure do!
Buddah Records. Haven’t heard about that one in years. “The Train” reminds me of “Black is Black”.
Wilson and Fogerty sound nearly interchangeable.
You know two things- yesterday when I was typing in Buddah Records- the thought crossed my mind- they had a number of Top 40 hits in 1969- that era- and all seem so mediocre….. and in listening to Lodi- you are right in listening to Wilson I was like- isn’t this Fogerty?
Just did a little reading…now I know why that label stuck in my head. I have an ex that was a Captain Beefheart fan & Buddah was their label…Ohio Players & Gladys Knight, too.
Well Gladys Knight wasn’t mediocre that is for sure.. didn’t remember that Beefheart was on the label either- and he was great- but of course wasn’t a hit maker.