Toppermost Of The Poppermost

Billy Fury, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes and another "could it be anything other than a posthumous record" from Jim Reeves. Decent, but not overly strong material from Roy Orbison and Marianne Faithful. Thankfully, there's the Animals and DC5 to hold up the higher end of the spectrum! #madeonzencastr. Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Also, Create your own podcast today! #madeonzencastr

July of 1965. Cook and Greenaway, the Dave Clark Five, the Animals, Joan Baez and PJ Proby. All this and a feature covering the radio of 1965 with Rob Leonard! #madeonzencastr. Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Also, Create your own podcast today! #madeonzencastr

Forget Domani? How would that be possible when we are reminded by both Connie Francis and Francis Albert Sinatra? Lots of film songs. Elvis regurgitates his "Pot Luck", Tom Jones talks about pretty, pussy ... cat lips, Lesley Gore talks about Sunshine Lollipops AND Rainbows, and ever more! #madeonzencastr. Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Also, Create your own podcast today! #madeonzencastr

Shangri-Las-65! It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood for the Capitol Swirl. Jay and the Americans continue doing their thing, and Johnny Rivers delivers a hit. We still don't quite get why the guy with the Long Liverpool Hair had it cut off, but it'll grow back! Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Also, Create your own podcast today! #madeonzencastr

More of the UK charts for 1965. Cliff, Donovn (Colours - don't forget the "U"), the next one from the Moodies, Genet Pitney and our old friend (and Band on the Run cover boy) Kenny Lynch! Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr

Following a feature on the albums of 1965, we enter the UK charts for June of 1965. Ticket to Ride, the Who and Tony Bennett are among the bangers in these charts! Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr

Len Barry and Shirley Ellis spout puzzles and tongue twisters. Thankfully, we are playing with fire and taking a ticket to ride with Mr. Tambourine Man! Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr

Engine Engine Number Nine! Supremes, Roger Miller and Trini eight days a week (no, that's out of the charts), YES IT IS! (yep, that one's here). Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr

We are joined by Billy J. Kramer as we discuss his recent album, his upcoming tour through the UK, and his history with Brian Epstein, The BeeGees, Harry Nilsson and more. We also manage to run through the entire British charts for May 1965! Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr .

Eight Days a Week rolls on. George and Gene, Connie Stevens, Ray Charles, Al "He's The King" Hirt, Soupy Sales and a couple of songs from "Mary Poppins" are all on the charts. Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr .

Dylan and the Impressions roll on while Gary Lewis asks you to "count me in" (or is he asking for a coke?) while Sam the Sham and his buddies just want you to Wooly Bully. I guess it's better than Chubby begging you to "Do the Freddie!" The first few weeks of April 1965 on the Billboard Charts! Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr . If you are looking for Beatles summer fun, join our friends at the Magical Mystery Camp!

RIP Sylvester Stewart, March 15, 1943 - June 9, 2025 RIP Brian Wilson, June 20, 1942 - June 11, 2025 Martin Quibell, Kit O'Toole and I "break period" to celebrate the lives and music of two artists whose influence cannot be measured, and have been omnipresent as performers, songwriters and producers from the "Toppermost Era" to the present day. #DancetotheMusic #AFriendLikeYou #madeonzencastr Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr . If you are looking for Beatles summer fun, join our friends at the Magical Mystery Camp!

The Beatles, Stones, Kinks and Moodies at the 1965 NME Pollwinners show! A Ticket to Ride? Bring It On Home to Me! Also, the full British charts for April of 1965! Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr . If you are looking for Beatles summer fun, join our friends at the Magical Mystery Camp!

Eight Days a Week continues to roll on, while Marvin Gaye, the Miracles, Jay and the Americans, and Lesley Gore show off their new wares. Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr . If you are looking for Beatles summer fun, join our friends at the Magical Mystery Camp!

The Beatles still have "Eight Days a Week" and their EP (including "Mr. Moonlight") in the charts while two versions of "For Mama" appear, Brian Wilson gets stoned and the discussion of brightly colored suits continues! Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr . If you are looking for Beatles summer fun, join our friends at the Magical Mystery Camp!

Petula Clark knows a place (which might include a cellarful of noise), while the Yardbirds ask for your Love (although Eric doesn't want it, so runs away, the Ian Campbell folk group ask us if the times are actually changing, while we meet a new singer in a cloth cap that plays acoustic guitar and harmonica (and nom he's not Bob Dylan). Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr . If you are looking for Beatles summer fun, join our friends at the Magical Mystery Camp!

This month, our feature is the Beatles final in-studio appearance on "Thank Your Lucky Stars". Meanwhile, the Stones insist this (will/will not) be the last time, the Moodies continue with Denny Laine, and the potato man himself (Heinz) is digging some potatoes! Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr . If you are looking for Beatles summer fun, join our friends at the Magical Mystery Camp!

Paul McCartney first hears of the "na na boys", and doesn't want to spoil the party! Elvis shuffles around in the sand, and the Ray Charles singers (but not THE Ray Charles) give us another of their old-timey favorites! Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr . If you are looking for Beatles summer fun, join our friends at the Magical Mystery Camp!

Ride on that Orange Blossom Special while listening to Sam Cooke, Otis Redding and of course the Beatles! Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr . If you are looking for Beatles summer fun, join our friends at the Magical Mystery Camp!

Great New Sound for 1965! New, improved Full Dimensional Stereo. Beatles, Bob Goulet, Johnny Cash and Billy J. Kramer! Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon to get extra content! Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr . If you are looking for Beatles summer fun, join our friends at the Magical Mystery Camp!