01 Mar 2002
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Some UK Hits: Feb 1965
| 1 |
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' |
| Righteous Brothers |
| 2 |
Tired of Waiting For You |
| Kinks |
| 3 |
Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow
The Sun) |
| Del Shannon |
| 4 |
I'll Never Find Another You |
| Seekers |
| 5 |
Come Tomorrow |
| Manfred Mann |
| 6 |
The Special Years |
| Val Doonican |
| 7 |
Go Now! |
| Moody Blues |
| 8 |
Game of Love |
| Wayne Fontana and The
Mindbenders |
| 9 |
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood |
| Animals |
| 10 |
Cast Your Fate To The Wind |
| Sounds Orchestral |
| 11 |
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' |
| Cilla Black |
| 12 |
Funny How Love Can Be |
| Ivy League |
| 13 |
Baby Please Don't Go |
| Them |
| 14 |
It Hurts So Much |
| Jim Reeves |
| 15 |
Ferry Across The Mersey |
| Gerry and The Pacemakers |
| 16 |
Leader Of The Pack |
| Shangri-Las |
| 17 |
Yeh Yeh |
| Georgie Fame |
| 18 |
Girl Don't Come |
| Sandie Shaw |
| 19 |
Terry |
| Twinkle |
| 20 |
Yes I Will |
| Hollies |
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 We
have been refused permission to reproduce charts from this
era, so please note that the list of singles on this page does
not represent any one UK chart; compiled from many different
sources, the list is a general guide to the most popular singles of
the month, ordered loosely by sales and peak chart position.
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Ignore
cheap imitations at No. 11: the definitive version of You've
Lost that Lovin' Feelin' is sitting right where it should be -
at No. 1. This was the first UK hit for Bill Medley and Bobby
Hatfield, aka The Righteous Brothers, and was re-issued in
1969, reaching No. 10. Another re-issue in 1977 only made No.
42, but it was riding high yet again in 1990, when it reached No.
3. This is the most-heard song of the 20th century on American
radio, having been played more than 8 million times in the years
1965-1999. The Brothers themselves split up in the 60's
and again in the 70's, but always had less success as
soloists. Renewed interest in their work came with the
success of Unchained Melody in 1990 (the tenth time
this song has charted in various forms), and it looks as if they're
tied together for life. If you're stopping by at the Vegas
Hilton this month, you'll catch them in concert.
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The
first hit group to be produced by Mickie Most, The Animals
had nine successive Top 20 hits between 1964 and 1966, of which Don't
Let Me Be Misunderstood was the third. Keyboard Alan Price left
in 1966 to go solo, and was replaced by Dave Rowberry. In the
same year the band split up over what other members saw as vocalist
Eric Burdon's excessive use of LSD, with Eric retaining the Animals'
name. The group was recreated with various different
members over the years, and in 1983 the original five reunited for
world tour and an album, but then split up again. Eric -
a long-time U.S. resident - now tours with the New Animals, which
have been in existence since 1999.
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Baby
Please Don't Go was the first hit of short-lived group Them
(they split in 1966). A curiosity of this recording was that
it was not made by Them at all, but by group vocalist Van
Morrison backed by some session boys, including a Mr Jimmy Page on
lead. So now you know.
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Leader
of the Pack was one of those songs that tended to reappear every
so often. A No. 1 in the U.S. (it only reached No. 11 here),
it was re-issued in 1972 and 1977, breaking into the Top 10 on both
these occasions. The Shangri-Las have never been heard of
since, so what happened to them is anyone's guess.
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