Atlanta Braves (Boston/Milwaukee) Quiz (1901-2001): 1) Name
the two Rookies of the Year in the 70s? 2) Who is the single
season RBI leader? 3) Who has the longest hitting streak at 37?
4) Who is the career leader in strikeouts? 5) Career leader in
saves? 6) Top 3 in home runs? Answers below.
Super Hit 4…4…4…4…
*The editor continues on vacation and has thus reached into his
vast archives. Today, the complete list of tunes you will never
see as part of my “Top 3 songs for the week…” because they all
peaked at #4 on the Billboard Chart.
[Artist / title, debut date]
America / Tin Man, 9/74
Badfinger / Day After Day, 12/71
Fontella Bass / Rescue Me, 10/65
Beatles / Lady Madonna, 3/68
Beatles / She’s A Woman, 12/64
Brook Benton / Rainy Night In Georgia, 1/70
Blues Image / Ride Captain Ride, 5/70
Jerry Butler / Only The Strong Survive, 3/69
Glen Campbell / Galveston, 3/69
Captain & Tennille / The Way I Want To Touch You, 10/75
Chicago / 25 Or 6 To 4, 8/70
Chicago / Just You ‘N Me, 10/73
Dave Clark Five / Bits And Pieces, 4/64
Dave Clark Five / Can’t You See That She’s Mine, 6/64
Dave Clark Five / Catch Us If You Can, 6/64
CCR / Up Around The Bend, 5/70
Deep Purple / Hush, 8/68
Deep Purple / Smoke On The Water, 6/73
The Delfonics / La-La-Means I Love You, 2/68
Dion / Abraham, Martin And John, 11/68
Drifters / Under The Boardwalk, 7/64
First Class / Beach Baby, 8/74…Tony Burrows was the vocalist
on not just this hit but also hits for Brotherhood of Man, Edison
Lighthouse and White Plains. Wow your friends.
Four Tops / Bernadette, 3/67
Four Tops / Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I’ve Got), 2/73
Connie Francis / Where The Boys Are, 1/61
Marvin Gaye / Too Busy Thinking About My Baby, 5/69
Marvin Gaye / Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology), 7/71
Gerry and the Pacemakers / Don’t Let The Sun Catch You
Crying, 6/64
Grand Funk / Bad Time, 4/75
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds / Don’t Pull Your Love, 6/71
Herman’s Hermits / There’s A Kind Of Hush, 3/67
The Isley Brothers / Fight The Power, 7/75
Michael Jackson / Got To Be There, 11/71
Tommy James and The Shondells / I Think We’re Alone Now,
3/67
Tommy James (solo) / Draggin’ The Line, 6/71
Elton John / The Bitch Is Back, 9/74
Elton John / Someone Saved My Life Tonight, 7/75
Ben E. King / Stand By Me, 5/61
The Kingsmen – The Jolly Green Giant, 1/65
Kool & The Gang / Jungle Boogie, 1/74…get down…
Led Zeppelin / Whole Lotta Love, 12/69
Gary Lewis & The Playboys / Everybody Loves A Clown,
10/65…not me.
Los Bravos / Black Is Black, 9/66
Mamas & The Papas / California Dreamin’, 2/66
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas / Heat Wave, 8/67
Curtis Mayfield / Freddy’s Dead (Theme from ‘Superfly’), 9/72
Scott McKenzie / San Francisco, 6/67
Sergio Medes & Brasil ’66 / The Look Of Love (From ‘Casino
Royale’), 6/68
Roger Miller / King Of The Road, 2/65
Wayne Newton / Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast, 6/72
1910 Fruitgum Co. / Simon Says, 2/68
Ohio Express / Yummy Yummy Yummy, 5/68…same producers
as ‘Simon Says’…should have been thrown in jail.
The Osmonds / Down By The Lazy River, 1/72
Gene Pitney / Liberty Valance, 5/62
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap / Woman, Woman, 12/67
Rare Earth / Get Ready, 4/70
The Rascals / How Can I Be Sure, 9/67
Paul Revere & The Raiders / Kicks, 3/66
Paul Revere & The Raiders / Good Thing, 12/66
Righteous Brothers / Unchained Melody, 7/65
The Rip Chords / Hey Little Cobra, 1/64
Ronny & The Daytonas / G.T.O. 8/64
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels / Devil With A Blue Dress
On, 10/66
Sanatana / Black Magic Woman, 11/70
The Seekers / I’ll Never Find Another You, 4/65
Shirelles / Mama Said, 5/61
Shirelles / Foolish Little Girl, 4/63…their best.
Paul Simon / Mother And Child Reunion, 2/72
Simon & Garfunkel / Cecelia, 4/70
Frank Sinatra / That’s Life, 12/66
Spinners / Could It Be I’m Falling In Love, 1/73
Dusty Springfield / You Don’t Have To Say You Loved Me,
6/66
Ringo Starr / It Don’t Come Easy, 5/71
Steely Dan / Rikki Don’t Lose That Number, 6/74
The Temptations / I Wish It Would Rain, 1/68
Three Dog Night / Easy To Be Hard, 8/69
Three Dog Night / The Show Must Go On, 4/74
The Ventures / Hawaii Five-O, 4/69
The Vogues / You’re The One, 10/65
The Vogues / Five O’Clock World, 12/65
Jr. Walker & The All Stars / Shotgun, 3/65
Jr. Walker & The All Stars / What Does It Take (To Win Your
Love), 6/69…all time best beginning for a pop song.
Dionne Warwick / I Say A Little Prayer, 11/67
Lenny Welch / Since I Fell For You, 11/63.
Kent State – May 4, 1970
[I first wrote this piece two years ago.]
On April 30, 1970, President Nixon went before the American
people in a televised address to discuss his invasion (“incursion”)
into Cambodia in order to root out the Vietcong’s sanctuaries.
[Sounds a little familiar these days, doesn’t it?]
“We will not be defeated…If, when the chips are down, the
world’s most powerful nation…acts like a pitiful, helpless giant,
the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free
nations and free institutions throughout the world.”
The action proved to be another excuse for college students
across the country to protest the Vietnam War. At Kent State
University, located in the small town of Kent, Ohio (and now on
the map after this year’s NCAA’s), hundreds of students rioted
through the downtown shopping area on Friday evening, May 1.
Mostly, it was simply a drunken, unruly crowd. Mayor Satorum
of Kent would have none of it, however, and, when the unrest
continued on Saturday, he instituted a dusk-to-dawn curfew and
called on Ohio Governor James Rhodes to send in the National
Guard.
That Saturday night, students set fire to the ROTC building.
When the firemen arrived they were attacked and the hoses
slashed. The building burned to the ground, much to the delight
of the protesters.
Rhodes vowed to “use every weapon possible to eradicate the
problem.” The Guardsmen believed a state of martial law had
been declared (it hadn’t).
After a fairly quiet Sunday a protest was called for Monday
afternoon on the Commons area. A crowd of 2,000 assembled
and taunted the Guardsmen who were lined up with their gas
masks on. The Guard first tried to disperse them with the tear
gas but when the Guardsmen realized they were actually fencing
themselves in, they began to backtrack up Bunker Hill. It was
then that the firing started.
It took just 13 seconds, but when it was over 4 students were
killed and 9 wounded (one paralyzed for life). Two of the
victims were women walking to class, as were two non-radical
students, including a ROTC cadet. [Incidentally, the dramatic
photo of the girl screaming over the body of one of the boys was
of Mary Vecchio, a 14-year-old runaway.]
Campuses exploded across the country in what was called by the
president of Columbia University, “The most disastrous month of
May in the history of American higher education.” 400 schools
were shut down.
A Gallup Poll taken immediately after the disaster showed 58%
blamed the students, only 11% the Guardsmen. It was the
emergence of the “Silent Majority” that Nixon was to talk about
so often.
A huge antiwar demonstration took place in Washington between
May 6 and 9. At one point Nixon, in the middle of the night,
visited the Lincoln Memorial to talk with some of the protesters
about college football, campus life and other trivialities. It was
an incredible, surrealistic appearance. Some thought it
humanized him, others thought it was just plain weird.
On May 15, another conflict erupted at Jackson State where
Mississippi highway patrolmen riddled a dormitory with bullets,
killing two. But this episode was largely ignored.
[A special Grand Jury placed the ultimate blame for the Kent
State Massacre on the school’s administration for not being able
to rid the campus of protesters. 25 students were indicted. None
of the Guardsmen were. Neil Young wrote the song “Ohio” for
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young just about two weeks after Kent
State. By August 8 it had peaked at #14.]
—
Top 3 songs for the week of 5/2/64: #1 “Can’t Buy Me Love”
(The Beatles) #2 “Hello, Dolly!” (Louis Armstrong) #3 “Do
You Want To Know A Secret” (The Beatles)
Atlanta Braves Quiz Answers: 1) Rookies of the Year / 70s: Bob
Horner, 1978…23 HR 63 RBI in just 89 games. Earl Williams,
1971…33 HR 87 RBI. [Both, I think you’d agree, ended up
having disappointing careers; in Horner’s case, primarily because
of injury. Horner ended up with 218 HR and Williams 138.] 2)
Single season RBI leader: Eddie Mathews, 135, 1953. [Hugh
Duffy technically had 145 in 1894.] 3) Hitting streak: Tommy
Holmes, 37, 1945…this was a breakout season for him, as he hit
.352 with 28 HR 117 RBI 224 hits and 125 runs scored. For his
career, he hit .302 with 88 HR and 581 RBI. 4) Strikeouts: Phil
Niekro 2,912. 5) Saves: Gene Garber, 141. 6) Homers: Hank
Aaron, 733; Eddie Mathews, 493; Dale Murphy, 371.
Next Bar Chat, Tuesday.
