Every Entry Into The Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart 1969- Part 143. The three singles today entered the Hot 100 on August 30, 1969- “By The Time I Get To Phoenix”- Isaac Hayes, “Sad Girl”- The Intruders and “No One For Me To Turn To”-Spiral Starecase.

457. “By The Time I Get To Phoenix”- Isaac Hayes. Enterprise. Soul. Written by Jimmy Webb. B-side:  this is the b-side to “Walk On By” which was also a Top 40 hit. Peaked at #37 and spent 8 weeks on the chart. Frank Sinatra has called “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” the greatest torch song ever written. There have been hundreds of covers- the first was by Johnny Rivers in 1965 but the two most famous are Glen Campbell’s which won two Grammy Awards and this version by Isaac Hayes. I will include both the shortened version for the single and the album cut of it- where Hayes turns into an 18 minute 40 second epic story. If you have time listen to the long cut. Grade: A+.

458. “Sad Girl”- The Intruders. Gamble. Soul. Written by Jay Wiggins and Lloyd Smith. B-side:”Let’s Go Downtown” Peaked at #47 and spent 9 weeks on the chart. The Intruders were an R&B group from Philadelphia. They had 14 Hot 100 singles from 1966-73 their biggest hit 1968’s “Cowboys To Girls” #6. Grade: C+

459. “No One For Me To Turn To”- Spiral Starecase. Columbia. Pop. Written by Patrick Upton. B-side:” Sweet Little Thing.” Peaked at #52- spent 7 weeks in the Hot 100. A rock-pop group from Sacramento- their big hit came earlier in 1969 ‘More Today Than Yesterday” #12. Grade: C+