Billboard Top 10 Rock 'n' Roll Hits of 1968 and 1969!

I'm starting to collect 1968-69 info like this - music, news stories, phenomena, whatever. Feel free to add related findings in a comment to the related post.

From Amazon - where you can listen to audio clips - here's the list for 1968:

http://www.amazon.com/Billboard-Top-Rock-Roll-Hits/dp/B0000032JA/ref=pd_sim_m_1

1. Tighten Up - Archie Bell & the Drells
2. Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band
3. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
4. People Got to Be Free - The Rascals
5. Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
6. Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers
7. Cry Like a Baby - The Box Tops
8. Mony Mony - Tommy James & the Shondells
9. Yummy, Yummy, Yummy - Ohio Express
10. Horse - Cliff Nobles & Company

Again from Amazon, here is the list from 1969 (somehow I think the Bay Area's list was a little different - with, say, the Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Santana, etc.?):

http://www.amazon.com/Billboard-Top-Rock-Roll-Hits/dp/B0000032JC/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi

1. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In - The 5th Dimension

2. Dizzy - Tommy Roe

3. Sugar, Sugar - The Archies

4. Crimson and Clover - Tommy James & the Shondells

5. Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James & the Shondells

6. Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) - Steam

7. Take a Letter, Maria - R.B. Greaves

8. Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations

9. Time of the Season - The Zombies

10. Good Morning Starshine - Oliver

Guess Who's Coming to the Reunion?

OK, that was just to get your attention.

Seriously, folks, I do have the RSVP list - but I'm not allowed to post it!

I can, however, answer your questions about who's coming by email. Send classmate names to me at lowell40reunion[at]gmail.com.

I will answer within a day or two.

Thanks!

Six-Word Memoirs

Here's a fun challenge: Tell your life story in six words - no more, no less! Anyone can do it - you do not need to be a writer, I promise!

There are actually several books of collected six-word memoirs out now, the first one of which is called Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure.

So what does a six-word memoir look like? See lots of samples collected at the site that started it all: Smith Magazine.

Now, use the Comments feature to writer your own! (And please sign your real name!)

To see all Comments, you don't need to register or sign in. To post a Comment, however, you'll need to register (just once) and/or sign in, and then come back to this post. When you click on the title, the new page will have a text box below this post, where you can write and post your Comment.

Have fun!

Connect with Classmates Here!

Looking for a classmate? Been out of touch for a while? Use the Comments feature to post their names - someone else might be able to connect you!

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To post a Comment, you'll need to register (just once) and/or sign in, and then come back to this post. When you click on the title, the new page will have a text box below this post, where you can write and post your Comment.

So, who are you looking for? Who have you found? Tell us!

Latest Update from the Reunion Planners

Reunion planners Nancy de Ita and Mike Adelson have some exciting news items:

• The biggest news is that the Class of Fall 1969 has been added to the invitees list! So if you know anyone from that class, encourage them to join in!
• About 100 people so far have bought tickets. If we reach our goal of 270 tickets, we can have the entire restaurant to ourselves!
• Until then, we don't have a separate banquet room, but we do have a big section of the restaurant till midnight - hopefully well after the regular diners move on, so we can have the place to ourselves after that.
• Someone is bringing a senior movie - possibly from Spring 1969 - and will be playing it on a laptop in repeat mode, so you can watch it anytime, all through dinner and beyond.
• As mentioned earlier, Mike will be bringing a small boombox, so bring your CDs of Sixties-era music - rock, soul, folk, any and all of that great music! (Remember to write your name and phone number on each CD.)
• A few people are bringing poster-sized photos from their high-school days. If you have photos from our Lowell days, and know how to make poster prints (FedExKinko's?), by all means bring it with you!
• With all these exciting new amenities, the planners are now thinking of spending the entire evening, till midnight, at the restaurant, instead of heading for a nightclub (don't think I could manage that anyway).

Pass the word, mockingbird!

Which Classmates Are Coming?

You don't even need to register to see who's coming - just click the headline to see the comments!

Once you're there, use the Comments feature to let us know who's coming - or not coming - to the reunion. (Make sure it's OK with the classmates you're mentioning. And no need to say why they're not coming, just that they're not able to come.)

To use the Comments feature, just Register once (search for "how to" to find out how), sign in, come back to this post (search for "classmates" if necessary), and post a comment in the text field below the post.

That's it!

Bring Pictures!

Don't forget to bring a few photos to the reunion - of your family, of our classmates, of our high school days, whatever. And if you can make poster-size printouts of a high-school photo or two, all the better. We'll be decorating the walls with them at the restaurant!