Toppermost Of The Poppermost – Details, episodes & analysis

Side three of our four-sided look at August 1964.    Beatlemania returns with a vengeance as the band returns to American shores and their first film hits theatres in the states.     However, Ray Charles, the Little GTO and Tony Bennett and Motown have their own chart hits!    Create your podcast today!  #madeonzencastr

We move through the second two weeks of August 1964 on the UK side.      Two big hits you might not remember, and two more you certainly do!       Create your podcast today!  #madeonzencastr

June 1964.     The Beatles are off to the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand. when Ringo collapses.     What happens next?     Jim Berkenstadt joins your toppermost crew to discuss Jimmie Nicol, The Bossa Nova and a little bit of ska.     In addition to the feature, we start to cover the British charts.    Why "start?"    Because we simply cannot stop talking about PJ Proby, so June will pass over to four separate sides!    #MadeonZencastr.

More from Cashbox, and more than four by the Beatles!   BB King, Lesley Gore, The Temptations, Terry Stafford, Steve Lawrence and the next smash from the Beach Boys.    #madeonZencastr 

Cashbox Month!     The Beatles still dominate, although they will soon move back to "just" being the hottest band in the States.    Other acts include Brenda Holloway, Skeeter Davis, Tracey Day (why would anyone change their name from Nora Ferrari?), B.B. King, the Rivieras (...and an explanation of why they did a goose step in the warm California sun) and more.     #madeonZencastr

Around the Beatles aired in the UK sixty years ago, so we look at "the other acts" on that show.   (See "When They Was Fab" 2024.17, April 28 for Kit and I talking about the Beatles side of things).       Additionally, the British charts for May 1964.    Amongst other things, we celebrate the 95th anniversary of Burt Bacharach's birth and talk "Baby It's You". #madeonZencastr

The Billboard charts for the final two weeks of April 1964.      Rampant Beatlemania (not starring Terri Hemmert), and a couple of tunes that must be heard to be believed! #MadeonZencastr

The Billboard Charts for the first two weeks of April, 1964.     The Beatles rule the roost, but Motown continues churning out commercial and critical darlings (My Guy), and Burt Bacharach gives Dionne Warwick a song which will become one of the all-time greats of rock and roll.  #MadeonZencastr  #FabFaux #MagicalMysteryCamp

The Beatles have conquered the Billboard charts, so we examine some of the news stories from the month.    Additionally, the British charts for April 1964.    Eden Kane, Shirley Bassey, the Four Pennies, the Undertakers, the Merseybeats and a horn player to be named later! #madeonZencastr

More from March of 1964.     Even more  Beatles on the charts, but figures including Lenny Welch, The Shirelles, Tony Bennett, Bobby Goldsboro and others you may or may not remember continue to make appearances.  #madeonZencastr