[Posted 4/26 due to travel.]
Boston Red Sox Quiz: 1) Who was the last Boston player to lead
the A.L. in home runs? 2) Who led the A.L. in batting in 1950
with a .354 average? [Hint: It wasn’t Ted Williams.] 3) What
Red Sox player was Rookie of the Year in 1961? 4) What two
Sox pitchers are tied for 1st with 192 wins in a Boston uniform?
5) Who is 2nd to Carl Yastrzemski in games played? 6) Who
were the 3 managers from 1981-91? 7) Where did the Sox play
their games in the years before Fenway? Answers below.
One-Hit Wonders, 1961-75
The following, first published in this space over the summer of
2000, represents the only Top Ten, as well as Billboard Top 40,
hit for artists during the period 1961-75. I have included the
title, debut date, and peak chart #.
Ace: “How Long” 4/75 #3
The Ad Libs: “The Boy From New York City” 2/65 #8
Jewel Akens: “The Birds And The Bees” 2/65 #3
Morris Albert: “Feelings” 8/75 #6
Lynn Anderson: “Rose Garden” 12/70 #3…of course, Anderson
also had a slew of country hits.
Argent: “Hold Your Head Up” 7/72 #5
Kenny Bell and His Jazzmen: “Midnight In Moscow” 2/62 #2
Shirley Bassey: “Goldfinger” 2/65 #8
The Bells: “Stay Awhile” 3/71 #7
Elvin Bishop: “Fooled Around And Fell In Love” 4/76 #3…an
exception to this list, being 1976, since it’s my all-time #1.
Marcie Blane: “Bobby’s Girl” 11/62 #3
Bobby Bloom: “Montego Bay” 10/70 #8
Blues Image: “Ride Captain Ride” 5/70 #4
Blues Magoos: “(We Ain’t Got) Nothin’ Yet” 1/67 #5
Johnny Bristol: “Hang On In There Baby” 7/74 #8
Brooklyn Bridge: “Worst That Could Happen” 1/69 #3
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown: “Fire” 9/68 #2
Eric Burdon / War: “Spill The Wine” 7/70 #3…this is technically
Burdon’s only hit from his solo career…War backed him up.
The Capitols: “Cool Jerk” 5/66 #7
The Capris: “There’s A Moon Out Tonight” 1/61 #3
The Cascades: “Rhythm Of The Rain” 1/63 #3
The Casinos: “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye” 1/67 #6
The Chakachas: “Jungle Fever” 2/72 #8…Belgian group.
Bruce Channel: “Hey! Baby!” 2/62 #1…Delbert McClinton on
harmonica.
Chantay’s: “Pipeline” 4/63 #4
Claudine Clark: “Party Lights” 7/62 #5
Climax: “Precious And Few” 1/72 #3
Jessi Colter: “I’m Not Lisa” 4/75 #4
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen: “Hot Rod
Lincoln” 4/72 #9
Ray Coniff: “Somewhere, My Love” (Theme from Dr. Zhivago)
7/66 #9
Bill Cosby: “Little Ole Man (Uptight – Everything’s Alright)”
9/67 #4
Count Five: “Psychotic Reaction” 9/66 #5
Les Crane: “Desiderata” 10/71 #8…TV talkshow host in S.F.
The Cuff Links: “Tracy” 10/69 #9
Daddy Dewdrop: “Chick-A-Boom (Don’t Ya Jes’ Love It)” 4/71
#9
Desmond Dekker / The Aces: “Israelites” 6/69 #9
William DeVaughn: Be Thankful For What You Got” 5/74 #4
Dr. John: “Right Place Wrong Time” 5/73 #9…Not to be
confused with Dr. Hook.
Don & Juan: “What’s Your Name” 2/62 #7
Carl Douglas: “Kung Fu Fighting” 11/74 #1
Mike Douglas: “The Men In My Little Girl’s Life” 1/66 #6…yes,
the talkshow host.
Edison Lighthouse: “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)”
2/70 #5
Jonathan Edwards: “Sunshine” 12/71 #4
David Essex: “Rock On” 1/74 #5
Every Mothers’ Son: “Come On Down To My Boat” 5/67 #6
The Exciters: “Tell Him” 12/62 #4
First Class: “Beach Baby” 8/74 #4
The Five Stairsteps: “O-o-h Child” 6/70 #8…great tune.
The Floaters: “Float On” 7/77 #2…broke my rule, again, for the
era. Great tune.
The Flying Machine: “Smile A Little Smile For Me” 10/69 #5
Focus: “Hocus Pocus” 4/73 #9
Inez Foxx: “Mockingbird” 8/63 #7
John Fred / His Playboy Band: “Judy In Disguise” 12/67 #1
Free: “All Right Now” 9/70 #4
The Free Movement: “I’ve Found Someone Of My Own” 9/71
#5
Friend and Lover: “Reach Out Of The Darkness” 6/68 #10…
“I’m feelin’ so groovy now….”
Gale Gartnett: “We’ll Sing In The Sunshine” 9/64 #4
The Gentrys: “Keep On Dancing” 9/65 #4
Norman Greenbaum: “Spirit In The Sky” 3/70 #3…see below.
Lorne Greene: “Ringo” 11/64 #1…yes, that Lorne Greene.
Greene was born in Ottawa, Canada (this is before SARS),
where he became a radio broadcaster for CBC before getting his
gig on ‘Bonanza.’ Do you realize it’s been about 16 years since
he died?
Marvin Hamlisch: “The Entertainer” 4/74 #3…from the film
“The Sting.”
Major Harris: “Love Won’t Let Me Wait” 5/68 #2….doesn’t get
any better than this one.
Richard Harris: “MacArthur Park” 5/68 #2……….ughh.
Rolf Harris: “Tie Me Kangaroo Down” 6/63 #3
Joe Henderson: “Snap Your Fingers” 6/62 #8
Eddie Holman: “Hey There Lonely Girl” 1/70 #2
Clint Holmes: “Playground In My Mind” 5/73 #2
The Hondells: “Little Honda” 10/64 #9
The Honeycombs: “Have I The Right?” 10/64 #5
Hot Butter: “Popcorn” 8/72 #9…totally embarrassing tune.
The Human Beinz (sic): “Nobody But Me” 1/68 #8… Cleveland
bar band.
The Ides of March: “Vehicle” 4/70 #2
Frank Ifield: “I Remember You” 9/62 #5… I hope you do
remember this one…great song.
Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar: “Apache” 2/61 #2… from
Denmark.
Terry Jacks: “Seasons In The Sun” 2/74 #1… Canadian.
The Jaggerz: “The Rapper” 2/70 #2
The Jaynetts: “Sally, Go ‘Round The Roses” 9/63 #2
Part II…next chat.
Stuff
–Harvey Araton wrote a piece in the Times the other day
concerning the New Jersey Nets and the search for a new arena.
Araton has a simple solution…share the Garden with the Knicks,
a la the Lakers / Clippers arrangement in L.A. with the Staples
Center. But it makes too much sense, so it will never happen.
Great way to keep Jason Kidd around, though.
–Well, the Philadelphia Inquirer published a story confirming
what many of us suspected; Allen Iverson may have been a target
of the nightclub shooting the other day that wounded his friend.
As of this writing, a suspect is still at large. Iverson will never
learn.
–I realize many of you have already heard this, but it bears
repeating. We’re talking about the story of the dog, Dosha.
Hit by a car on April 15 near her owner’s home in Clearwater,
California, a policeman fired a shot into Dosha’s head to put the
mut out of her misery. Dosha was then packed in a plastic bag
and put in a veterinarian’s freezer. Two hours later the vet
opened the door and………….holy cow, err, dog! Dosha was
standing upright inside the bag, and is now doing just fine.
–Charles Douglass, the inventor of the laugh track, died at age
93. Actually, I don’t know if we should be honoring him or not.
Top 3 songs for the week of April 25, 1970: #1 “ABC” (The
Jackson 5) #2 “Let It Be” (The Beatles) #3 “Spirit In The Sky”
(Norman Greenbaum…simply dreadful)
Boston Red Sox Quiz Answers: 1) Tony Armas was the last Red
Sox player to lead the A.L. in homers with 43, 1984. 2) Billy
Goodwin led the league in hitting, 1950. 3) Don Schwall was
Rookie of the Year in 1961. 4) Roger Clemens and Cy Young
are tied at 192 wins in a Boston uniform. 5) Dwight Evans is 2nd
to Yaz in games played. 6) Managers, 1981-91: Ralph Houk,
1981-84; John McNamara, 1985-88; Joe Morgan, 1988-91. 7)
Boston played its games, pre-Fenway, at Huntington Avenue
Grounds, 1901-11….capacity 9,000.
Next Bar Chat, Thursday. The editor continues on a mini-
vacation. Actually, he’s quaffing pints across the pond….
research, you understand.
