6 of the 60s: 7/3/13 (1962)...

Hey folks, it's the "hump" of "hump day", and time to dole out a half-dozen more nuggets from the 60s. This week I'm back to 1962, the year two Air France flights on 707s crashed (one on takeoff, one in bad weather in the Caribbean) in one month...

Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen - "Midnight In Moscow"
from the album Midnight In Moscow (1962)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #2
Songwriters: Kenny Ball, Jan Burgens

A little light music to listen to in a cold, stark Russian airport. The Soviet standard covered by this British bandleader started out as "Leningrad Nights"...

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Barbara George - "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)"
from the album I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) (1990)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3
Songwriter: Barbara George

This "one-hit-wonder" by this Lousiana soul singer was one of those rare self-written and good R&B records of the day...

Claude King - "Wolverton Mountain"
from the album Meet Claude King (1962)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: 6
Songwriters: Claude King, Merle Kilgore

This country "story song" was named for a peak in Arkansas by Kilgore, whose uncle was named Clifton Clowers....

The Angels - "Till"
from the album ...And The Angels Sing (1962)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #14
Songwriters: Charles Danvers, Carl Sigman

The girl-group from New Jersey auditioned for their record company with what would be their first big hit...

Chuck Jackson - "Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)"
from the album Any Day Now (1962)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #23
Songwriters: Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard

A great great great soul classic one of two of Jackson's songs to be covered for a top-20 hit in 1982, this one by Ronnie Milsap...

Jo Ann Campbell - "I'm The Girl From Wolverton Mountain"
from the album All The Hits (1962)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #38
Songwriters: Merle Kilgore, Claude King

I'll end with the flip side of Claude King's Wolverton drama, from the protected girl's view...

That's it for this 60s flashback...I'll return tomorrow with 7 from 1972 and 8 more from 1982....Cheers!