876. Younger Girl Critters
877. Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' Crazy Elephant
878. Be My Lover La Bouche
879. Dirty Water Standells
880. Der Komissar After the Fire
881. Change of the Guard Steely Dan
882. Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads
883. Lets Go Crazy Prince
884. Inner City Blues Marvin Gaye
885. Are You Ready Pacific Gas and Electric
886. I Keep Forgettin Michael McDonald
887 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2
888 Love the One You're With Steven Stills
889. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head BJ Thomas
890. Vogue Madonna
891. Somebody's Watchin Me Rockwell
892. Lets Hang On Four Seasons
893. System of Survival Earth, Wind & Fire
894. Second Time Around Shalamar
895. Little Child Curtis Mayfield
896. Stand Up Ludacris
897.You Know What I Mean Turtles
898. Cousin Dupree Steely Dan
899. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel Tavares
900. Elected Alice Cooper
The Younger Girl is the first of two hits on my survey by the Plainfield, New Jersey based band The Critters.The band charted four time in 1966-67 with The Younger Girl (peaked at #42 and originally recorded by the Lovin' Spoonful), Mr Dieingly Sad(higher on my list and a #17 hit), Bad Misunderstanding(#55), and Don't Let the Rain Fall Down on Me(#39). Lead singer Bob Guccione(and two other band members) joined the Army. Later Guccione toured with the Four Seasons and Tommy James and the Shondells while guitarist Jim Ryan youred with Carly Simon.
Crazy Elephant was a true one-hit wonder as Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' was their only song to chart--peaking at #12. The band was a studio band creater by Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz. Former Cadillacs lead singer Robert Spencer was on lead vocals while Jerry Levine of Ohio Express fame(Yummy Yummy Yummy and Chewy Chewy) did background vocals.
La Bouche had four hoits in the mid-1990s of which Be My Lover was the biggest)peaking at #6 and the only song they did to make my survey. The group was formed in 1994 by Lance McCray and Melanie Thornton. Thornton left the group in 2000 to pursue a solo career and the group shortly folded. Thornton died in a plane crash in 2001.
The Standells are a punk rock group from Los Angeles and are sometimes referred to as the Godfathers of Punk Rock. They charted four times in 1966-67. Dirth Water waws their biggest hit, charting at #11 and their only song to make my survey. Lead vocalist Dick Dodd was an original Mouseketeer on the Mickey Mouse Club. The sonfg Dirty Water is played after every victory of the Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins and Northeastern hockey win. The band is still active today led by original Standell Larry Tamblyn.
After the Fire is a British new wave-progressive rock band with one big hit(Der Komissar) and one minor hit. The band was founded in 1978 and charted in 1983 nwith both songs but the band dissolved around this time. There are mini-tours going on with original members.
Pacific Gas & Electric had one major hit(Are You Ready? which peaked at #14 in 1970 and two minor hits which peaked in the 90s. The group was founded by drummer/lead singer Charlie Allen. Other members includeed Glenn Schwartz from the James Gang, Frank Cook from Canned Heat and guitarist Tom Marshall. The band has a sad history however--Cook suffered a debilitating injury and had to leave the group, Marsghall became hopeless, Schwartz feft the group and Allen died at age 48.
