"While we await clarification on that last entry…"
“What’s Your name?”, by Don and Juan. Entered the top ten in January, 1962. What could be more clear? 
See your dentist after this one - cavities guaranteed…
“I hear the cottonwoods
Whispering above
Tammy! Tammy!
Tammy’s in love!..”
See your dentist after this one - cavities guaranteed…
“I hear the cottonwoods
Whispering above
Tammy! Tammy!
Tammy’s in love!..”
It ain’t me who double-posts.
Skin the hampster!
happyheathen, sometimes I think you’ve been sneaking a look at my old 45s. You are one scary mamma-jamma.
Then again, I could say that about the rest of you guys. As Cecil once said, the Teeming Millions have no shame.
Okay, enough of that…
“Hey ramblin’ boy, what dontcha settle down?
[insert name of big city here] ain’t your kinda town,
There ain’t no gold and there ain’t nobody like meeeee!
I’m the number-one fan, of The Man from Tenessee.”
“Sha-la-la-la-la-la, my lady
In the sun with your hair undone
I remember the days, laughing and a-hidin’
Chasin’ love, out on Thunder Island!”
“Do-do-dip, do-do-dip, do-do-do-dip-do…”
from the Osmonds:
“Doooowwwwn by the Lazy River!”
“So c’mon along!
It won’t take long
So bring your git-TAR
and sing your song!”
from the pen of Tommy James, performed by Alive & Kickin’:
“Hold on, a-just a little bit Tighter now babaaayy
I love you so much and I can’t let go, no no no!”
Herman’s Hermits have been mentioned. “Henry VIII” was kinda an obvious choice, IMHO. Try this:
“No Milk Today,
My love has gone away.”
“Now all that’s left is a place dark ‘n’ lonely,
A terraced house in a mean street, back of town.”
Kinks: Hey, Lola is a great song. Try this one, from the same album:
“I’m an Apeman
I’m an Ape-Apeman
Oh, I’m an Apeman
I’m a King-Kong Man, I’m a voodoo man,
Oh, I’m an Apeman
I don’t feel safe in this world no more,
I don’t wanna die in a nuclear war”
[I forgot the next line]
and of course, the king(s) of 70s cheese…Three Dog Night!
“I can tell my brother, from the flowers in his eyes
I’m on the road to Shambala”
“Well, I’ve Never Been to Heaven.
But I’ve been to Oklahoma.
Though they tell me I was born there,
But I really don’t remembahh
In Oklahoma
Not Arizona
What does it matter?”
Actually, wayyyy too many to mention…
OK, I can’t yell about dupes at this point - a new list would choke the hampster…
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**
“Hey ramblin’ boy, what dontcha settle down?
[insert name of big city here] ain’t your kinda town,
There ain’t no gold and there ain’t nobody like meeeee!
I’m the number-one fan, of The Man from Tenessee.”
**
[quote]
“Please Come To Boston” - done
[quote]
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from the pen of Tommy James, performed by Alive & Kickin’:
“Hold on, a-just a little bit Tighter now babaaayy
I love you so much and I can’t let go, no no no!”
**
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I was going to do this one… Who’s peeking at WHO’s records?
“Shambala” - done
“Never Been to Spain” - done
p.s. so has “Joy To The World”
but, all in all, an excellent entry!
Now, back to 70’s…
“Am I wrong to fall so deeply in love with you
Knowing I got a wife and two little children depending on me too
And am I wrong to hunger for the gentleness of your touch
Knowing I got three people at home who need me just as much
And are you wrong to give your love to a married man
And am I wrong trying to hold on to the best thing I ever had
If loving you is wrong I don’t wanna be right
If loving you is wrong I don’t wanna be right…”
606 posts, 13 pages, and we still haven’t run out of dreck! I could be wrong, but I think I’ve got a couple we missed:
*So I’ll live my life in a dream world
For the rest of my days
Just you and me walkin’ hand in hand in a wistful memory.
Oh, I guess that’s all that it will ever be.
Oh, It’s Sad To Belong To Someone Else
When the right one comes along.
Yes, it’s Sad To Belong To Someone Else
When the right one comes along. *
And, keeping up my bi-lingual tradition on this thread:
Di me.
Solamente di me
Como olvidar mis
Presentimentos de amor
AKA
Feelings,
Nothing more than feelings
Trying to forget my feelings of love.
I also came across what I still think is classical drek, at least based on the lyrics, although it’s too old to qualify for this thread. First, a bit of party music:
(Translated from Italian)
Let’s have a party, happy and hearty
I’m in the mood for laughter and wine.
And a “I really need to get some therapy” song:
Beat me, beat me, dear Masetto
Beat your poor despised Zerlina
This is cheating big-time – the source for both of them is Mozart’s Don Giovanni, but when I saw both sets of lyrics, I knew they had to go in this thread.
CJ
Who expects to be excoriated by Happy Heathen for this!
we can MAYBE give you “It’s Sad To Belong To Someone Else”,
BUT - you know the rules - pop/rock/R&B, post-1955, no dupes, no novelty songs, 1,000,000 sold at retail (or, generally, Billboard TOP 100).
Album cuts considered on a case-by-case basis.
A translation IS a dupe
We won’t discuss Mozart.
Don’t let this happen again…
Love Always,
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More teen angst…
"White on white, lace on satin
Blue velvet ribbons on her bouquet
White on white, lace on satin
My little angel is getting married today
I’ll be waiting to kiss the bride when her name is new
Standing oh, so close to her silently saying “I do”
I’ll be holding back my tears till she’s gone away
'Cause she’ll belong to someone else when the organ starts to play…"
“The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the empty skies, my love,
To the dark and the empty skies.”
Too bad we can’t list full lyrics - it’s hard to capture the putridness of this one in a snippet…
[sub]Walk a mile in my shoes…[/sub]
When there’s no getting over that rainbow.
When my smallest of dreams won’t come true.
I can take all the madness the world has to give,
But I won’t last a day without you.
Sadly, this was my first dance song at my wedding - in 1995. I was just kidding about choosing it but my husband thought I meant it. Talk about talking yourself into a corner.
“Pick up your feet,
Just take your place in the Driver’s Seat.”
Ah, Sniff and the Tears…
I can’t believe three-quarter of the songs I posted where already done (and I did look, honest!) I mean, I did see “Joy To The World,” but not the other two TDN songs…
And then there’s “Bertha Lou” by Clint Miller, '58…
Bertha Lou, Bertha Lou.
She wears her hair in a poodle cut.
She’s walkin’ down the street like a you-know-what.
Your know you’re lookin’ oh so neat,
You tickle me from my head to my atha-leet-a-feet,
Hey, hey Bertha Lou.
I want to conjugate with you.
You know my blood is runnin’ wild,
And you know you ain’t no child.
When you do what you doooo, oooo, oooo…Bertha Lou!
[Just be thankful I can’t remember the whole thing.]
happyheathen! How can you call “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” drek? It’s Booootiful!
Here’s my revenge: Unauthorized country(But YOU did post “Oakie From Muskogee”, 'member?) Also, it’s too cool a few lines not to be put in a 600+post thread:
"I grew up a’ dreamin’ of bein’ a cowboy
Lovin’ the cowboy ways
Persuin’ the lives of my high ridin’ heroes
I burned up my childhood days
Pickin’ up hookers instead of my pen
I let the words of my youth fade away
Old worn out saddles and old worn out memories
With no-one and no place to stay"
“MY Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys”, by Waylon, Willie & Co.
Dear Martian:
You sneak in Waylon AND Willie, and can’t come up with anything dreckier than THAT?
Now, lets us never speak of this again 
[sub]Did he ever return?, No, he never returned; And his fate may be unlearned…[/sub]
and the occasional GOOD SONG (you KNOW who you are!) in this thread.
Especially, we need more post-1979 material! Celine Dion comes to mind, as does Duran-Duran…
in the meantime (in-between time, ain’ we…)
cough sorry, I get carried away sometimes 
“Jam up and jelly tight
My, my, my baby
Now you’re outta sight
Jam up and jelly tight
You look a little naughty
But you’re so polite
Jam up and jelly tight
You won’t say you will but
There’s a chance that you might”
Happy Heathen, just a couple of points of order before I dip into the dreck. I haven’t counted any of the translations I’ve tossed in – I just couldn’t resist 'em. I also know full well Mozart doesn’t count, but I had to toss those in as well.
Back to the subject at hand. You asked for Duran Duran? It’s Been Awhile (excuse me – some current Top 40 dreck slipped in), but
Travelin a line
Of discord and wine
Highlander wine I’m after you
I smell like I sound
I’m lost and I’m found
and I’m Hungry Like the Wolf
(I could be wrong about the lyrics – articulation wasn’t exactly their strong suit)
Oh yes – I think this may have been sung by Dionne Warwick:
Reach Out And Touch
Somebody’s hand
Make this world a better place
If you can
One sung by Whitney Houston:
I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess insi-i-ide.
Give them a sense of pride
To make it easier
. . .
Because The Greatest Love of All
Is happening to me
I found The Greatest Love of All
Inside of me*
*Insert double (or triple) entendre of your choice
Finally, a couple by Lover Boy
Everybody’s Workin’ For the Weekend.
Everybody needs a new romance.
Everybody’s Workin’ For the Weekend.
Everybody needs a second chance.
You want a piece of my heart
You better start from the sta-art
You wanna be in the show
Come on baby let’s go!
And finally,
I was born to please
Even on my knees
Makin’ love to whoever I please
I Gotta Do It My Way
Or no way at all
Man that song brings back good memories!!
Oh yes, since the rest of you are thinking of it,
And now, the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I’ll say it clear
I’ll state my case of which I’m certain
I’ve lived a life that’s full
I’ve travelled each and every byway
And more, much more than this
I Did It My Way
CJ
I was born to type
Lyrics way too ripe
Writing drek to whoever I please
I gotta post it my way
Or no way at all!
Happy Heathen, just a couple of points of order before I dip into the dreck. I haven’t counted any of the translations I’ve tossed in – I just couldn’t resist 'em. I also know full well Mozart doesn’t count, but I had to toss those in as well.
Back to the subject at hand. You asked for Duran Duran? It’s Been Awhile (excuse me – some current Top 40 dreck slipped in), but
Travelin a line
Of discord and wine
Highlander wine I’m after you
I smell like I sound
I’m lost and I’m found
and I’m Hungry Like the Wolf
(I could be wrong about the lyrics – articulation wasn’t exactly their strong suit)
Oh yes – I think this may have been sung by Dionne Warwick:
Reach Out And Touch
Somebody’s hand
Make this world a better place
If you can
One sung by Whitney Houston:
I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess insi-i-ide.
Give them a sense of pride
To make it easier
. . .
Because The Greatest Love of All
Is happening to me
I found The Greatest Love of All
Inside of me*
*Insert double (or triple) entendre of your choice
Finally, a couple by Lover Boy
Everybody’s Workin’ For the Weekend.
Everybody needs a new romance.
Everybody’s Workin’ For the Weekend.
Everybody needs a second chance.
You want a piece of my heart
You better start from the sta-art
You wanna be in the show
Come on baby let’s go!
And finally,
I was born to please
Even on my knees
Makin’ love to whoever I please
I Gotta Do It My Way
Or no way at all
Man that song brings back good memories!!
Oh yes, since the rest of you are thinking of it,
And now, the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I’ll say it clear
I’ll state my case of which I’m certain
I’ve lived a life that’s full
I’ve travelled each and every byway
And more, much more than this
I Did It My Way
CJ
I was born to type
Lyrics way too ripe
Writing drek to whoever I please
I gotta post it my way
Or no way at all!
(but Diana Ross did “Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand)”)
now, for minimalism:
“Heheheheheheee Wipe oooout!”