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dino.dinoThis is a loaded question…depends What year you raced in Dover’s 15 years of operation. Top 40 “AM”….early 60’s…( think sound track -American Graffitti )…Motown ,Teen Idols ..followed by the “change” in Everything ….Surf, Pop, Funk, Bubble-gum, English Invasion, Hippie and Acid (think Sound Track -Apocalipse Now)…right up to Disco. What records ,eight tracks did You buy…what were you listening to on the way to the track?…The Club the night before?…When you remember your “Dover Days” ..what Music comes to mind? —————Reasearching input for “Big Video” Sound Track …as I always said at Cruise Night…”we Take you back…to the cars ..the music …and the attitude”.
dinoI’ll track down a few of these …as you respond… to “jog ” your memory
BILLBOARD TOP 50-1969
what a mixed bunch of stuff !
1. Aquarius, Fifth Dimension
2. Sugar and Spice, Archies
3. I Can’t Get Next to You, Temptations
4. Honky Tonk Women, Rolling Stones
5. Build Me Up Buttercup, Foundations
6. Dizzy, Tommy Roe
7. Hot Fun In the Summertime, Sly and The Family Stone
8. (It Looks Like) I’ll Never Fall In Love Again, Tom Jones
9. Everyday People, Sly and The Family Stone
10. Get Together, Youngbloods
11. One, Three Dog Night
12. Crystal Blue Persuasion, Tommy James and The Shondells
13. Hair, Cowsills
14. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby, Marvin Gaye
15. Love Theme from “Romeo and Juliet”, Henry Mancini and His Orch.
16. Crimson and Clover, Tommy James and The Shondells
17. Grazing In the Grass, Friends Of Distinction
18. Suspicious Minds, Elvis Presley
19. Proud Mary, Creedence Clearwater Revival
20. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love), Jr. Walker and The All Stars
21. (At Your Best) You Are Love, Isley Brothers
22. Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond
23. Jean, Oliver
24. Bad Moon Rising, Creedence Clearwater Revival
25. Get Back, The Beatles
26. In the Year 2525, Zager and Evans
27. Spinning Wheel, Blood, Sweat and Tears
28. I Hear You Say (I Love You Baby), Andy Kim
29. Going In Circles, Friends Of Distinction
30. Hurt so Bad, Lettermen
31. Green River, Creedence Clearwater Revival
32. My Cherie Amour, Stevie Wonder
33. Easy to Be Hard, Three Dog Night
34. Baby It’s You, Smith
35. In the Ghetto, Elvis Presley
36. A Boy Named Sue, Johnny Cash
37. Baby, Baby Don’t Cry, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
38. Only the Strong Survive, Jerry Butler
39. Time of the Season, Zombies
40. Wedding Bell Blues, Fifth Dimension
41. Little Woman, Bobby Sherman
42. Love (Can Make You Happy), Mercy
43. Good Morning Starshine, Oliver
44. These Eyes, The Guess Who
45. You’ve Made Me So Very Happy, Blood, Sweat and Tears
46. Put a Little Love In Your Heart, Jackie DeShannon
47. Do Your Thing, Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
48. I’d Wait a Million Years, The Grass Roots
49. Touch Me, The Doors
50. More Today Than Yesterday, Spiral Starecase
dinoHERE ‘s an amazing group
BILLBOARD TOP 50 –1964
1. I Want To Hold Your Hand, The Beatles
2. She Loves You, The Beatles
3. Where Did Our Love Go, Supremes
4. Oh, Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison
5. I Get Around, Beach Boys 😉
6. Everybody Loves Somebody, Dean Martin
7. My Guy, Mary Wells
8. People, Barbara Streissand
9. Last Kiss, J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers
10. Hello Dolly, Louis Armstrong
11. We’ll Sing In The Sunshine, Gale Garnett
12. Java, Al Hirt
13. A Hard Day’s Night, The Beatles
14. Love Me Do, The Beatles
15. Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Manfred Mann
16. The Drifters’ Under the Boardwalk, Drifters
17. Dancing in the Street , Martha and The Vandellas
18. Little Children, Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas
19. Love Me With All Your Heart, Ray Charles Singers
20. Please Please Me, The Beatles
21. Chapel Of Love, Dixie Cups
22. Suspicion, Terry Stafford
23. Glad All Over, Dave Clark Five
24. Rag Doll, Four Seasons
25. Dawn (Go Away), Four Seasons
26. Bread And Butter, Newbeats
27. It Hurts to Be In Love, Gene Pitney
28. Dead Man’s Curve, Jan and Dean 😉
29. Come A Little Bit Closer, Jay and The Americans
30. A World Without Love, Peter and Gordon
31. Have I The Right?, Honeycombs
32. Don’t Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man), Serendipity Singers
33. Baby Love, Supremes
34. Let It Be Me, Betty Everett and Jerry Butler
35. Wishin’ and Hopin’, Dusty Springfield
36. You Don’t Own Me, Lesley Gore
37. Walk On By, Dionne Warwick
38. House of the Rising Sun, Animals
39. G.T.O., Ronny and The Daytona 😉
40. Twist And Shout, The Beatles
41. Memphis, Johnny Rivers
42. White On White, Danny Williams
43. Hey Little Cobra, Rip Chords 😉
44. The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss), Betty Everett
45. Bits and Pieces, Dave Clark Five
46. My Boy Lollipop, Millie Small
47. Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Major Lance
48. The Little Old Lady from Pasadena, Jan and Dean 😉
49. Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying, Gerry and The Pacemakers
50. A Summer Song, Chad and Jeremy
paul-ceasrine
DINO,
Are you sure you didn’t moonlight as a Dee-Jay at the “ZIG ZAG” on Route 52, in Lake Carmel.
Some of those Top 50 hits are lame. But the girl lead singers voice in “Baby It’s You”, by Smith was awesome.
For me, anything by Led Zeppelin, especially when John Macey was running 😀
The song “Mississippi Queen” opening riff by Mountain reminds me of all those hole-shots
at the line. Lane I, of course, near the tower 😮
A Dover Historical Flashback. A black 68′ El Camino goes down the track, instead of continuing down the shut-down area to the return road, he pulls a U-turn after the traps and heads back down the track towards the starting line 😮 I wonder what Joe T. said to him 👿
Paul
dinoNo Zig-Zag…RAN the light Show at the Fore N’ Aft -Brewster.Terry O’Shea took the slides we showed at Band Breaks…Gil Shott was a bartender.. Bands stopped at 1 am.Then the the Bum Steer ..til they closed..Getting up early for Dover was a DRAG .get it Drag?…..Lets Hear your favorites…Video Bob is Good at this. Oh – LOT of Cars Named After Songs..Remember ‘Stu Silverman’s “Respect” GTO ?
dinoWhat the Heck …YEAR DOVER OPENED
BILLBOARD TOP 50 1961
1. I Fall To Pieces, Patsy Cline
2. Tossin’ And Turnin’, Bobby Lewis
3. Michael, Highwaymen
4. Cryin’, Roy Orbison
5. Runaway, Del Shannon
6. My True Story, Jive Five
7. Running Scared, Roy Orbison
8. Wheels, String-a-longs
9. Raindrops, Dee Clark
10. Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn), Joe Dowell
11. Exodus, Ferrante and Teicher
12. Take Good Care of My Baby, Bobby Vee
13. Pony Time, Chubby Checker
14. Dedicated to the One I Love, The Shirelles
15. Last Night, Mar-keys
16. Sad Movies (Make Me Cry), Sue Thompson
17. Calcutta, Lawrence Welk
18. Where the Boys Are, Connie Francis
19. Hit the Road Jack , Ray Charles
20. Will You Love Me Tomorrow?, Shirelles
21. Mother In Law, Ernie K-Doe
22. Bristol Stomp, Dovells
23. Travelin’ Man, Ricky Nelson
24. Shop Around, Miracles
25. The Boll Weevil Song, Brook Benton
26. A Hundred Pounds of Clay, Gene Mcdaniels
27. The Mountain’s High, Dick and Deedee
28. Don’t Worry, Marty Robbins
29. On the Rebound, Floyd Cramer
30. Portrait Of My Love, Steve Lawrence
31. Quarter to Three, Gary U.S. Bonds
32. Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp), Barry Mann
33. Calendar Girl, Neil Sedaka
34. I Like It Like That, Chris Kenner
35. Apache, Jorgen Lngmann
36. Don’t Bet Money Honey, Linda Scott
37. Without You, Johnny Tillotson
38. Wings of a Dove, Ferlin Husky
39. Little Sister, Elvis Presley
40. Blue Moon, Marcels
41. Stick By Me , Shep and The Limelites
42. This Time, Troy Shondell
43. I Don’t Know Why But I Do, Clarence “Frog Man” Henry
44. Asia Minor, Kokomo
45. Hello Walls, Faron Young
46. Runaround Sue, Dion
47. Yellow Bird, Arthur Lyman
48. Hurt, Timi Yuro
49. Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart), Ricky Nelson
50. There’s A Moon Out Tonight, Capris
dinoTO FIND THESE LISTS…go to Google ..And type in ‘TOP 100 196 ? (or Any Year )’….It’s the FIRST listing.
dinoJust got the sound track from “Good Morning Vietnam”…top pop and Acid …Strange…Martha and the Vandella’s, “No where to Run”…sounds like the last year at Dover. Funny stuff by Robin Williams between the songs ,but historically correct.
