One last bash....

OK, here's 1 last pile of intresting chart info, great forgotten singles & other cool stuff from Joel Whitburn & BILLBOARD's TOP POP SINGLES 1955-2002, after which we will B moving on 2 something new....

* Cheech & Chong's "Santa Claus and His Old Lady" peaked at #3 on the Christmas chart, Dec. 1971.
* Roy Orbison's "Ooby Dooby" peaked at #59, Summer 1956.
* Neil Young: "Rust Never Sleeps (Hey Hey My My/Into the Black)," #79, Fall '79; "Cinnamon Girl," #55, Summer '70.
* Jeff Lynne: "Lift Me Up" & "Every Little Thing" both failed to reach BILLBOARD's Hot 100 Singles chart, 1990.
* Beach Boys: "409," #76, Fall '62; "Add Some Music to Your Day," #64, Spring '70; "Long Promised Road," #89, Fall '71; "California Saga," #84, Summer '73.
* Sevral classic Beach Boys songs were released as the B-sides of singles: "She Knows Me Too Well" reached #101 as the B-side of "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)." The gorgeous "Kiss Me Baby" was the B-side to "Help Me, Rhonda." "Let Him Run Wild" was the B-side to "California Girls." Their great remake of Phil Spector & The Ronettes' "There's No Other (Like My Baby)" was the B-side to "The Little Girl I Once Knew." "Girl Don't Tell Me" was the B-side to "Barbara Ann." "Here Today" was the B-side to "Darlin'." "Please Let Me Wonder" hit #52 as the B-side to "Do You Wanna Dance?"....
* Bare Naked Ladies: "Brian Wilson," #68, Winter '97.
* Abba: "Money Money Money," #56, Winter '77; "Voulez-Vous," #80, Fall '79; "Super Trouper," #45, Spring '81; "On and On and On," #90, Summer '81.
* AC/DC: "Highway to Hell," #47, Fall '79.
* Joe Cocker: "With a Little Help From My Friends," #68, Winter '68.
* Floyd Cramer's classic piano instrumental "Sweetie Baby" was the B-side to his 1960 #2 hit "Last Date"....
* Beatles: "I Should Have Known Better," #53, Summer '64; "If I Fell," #53, Summer '64; "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You," #95, Summer '64; "I Am the Walrus," #56, Winter '67.
* Big Country: "Fields of Fire," #52, Spring '84.
* Meredith Brooks: "What Would Happen?," #46, Spring '98.
* Jackson Browne: "Rock Me on the Water," #48, Summer '72; "The Pretender," #58, Summer '77.
* The Captain and Tennille: "Come in From the Rain," #61, Summer '77; "Lady Bug," the most amazing thing they ever did, failed to reach the Hot 100.
* Deep Purple: "Woman from Tokyo," #60, Fall '73; "Highway Star" failed to reach the Hot 100.
* Fleetwood Mac: "Fireflies," #60, Spring '81; "Sisters of the Moon," #86, Summer '80; "The Farmer's Daughter" failed to reach the Hot 100.
* Def Leppard: "Bringin' on the Heartbreak," #61, Summer '84.
* Carpenters: "Bless the Beasts and Children," #67, Winter '71.
* Mary-Chapin Carpenter, "Shut Up and Kiss Me," #90, Fall '94.
* Wynonna Judd: "Tell Me Why," #77, Summer '93; "No One Else On Earth," #83, Fall '92.
* Neil Diamond: "Solitary Man," #55, Summer '66; "Brooklyn Roads," #58, Summer '68; "Done Too Soon," #65, Summer '71.
* Dire Straits: "Lady Writer," #45, Summer '79; "Skateaway," #58, Winter '80; "Solid Rock," #56 on the Rock Tracks chart, Winter '80; "Industrial Disease," #75, Winter '83; "Romeo and Juliet" failed to reach the Hot 100....
* Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show: "Life Ain't Easy" b/w "The Wonderful Soup Stone," #68, Fall '73.
* Doobie Brothers: "Eyes of Silver," #52, Summer '74; "I Cheat the Hangman," #60, Winter '75.
* Doors: "Roadhouse Blues," #50, Spring '70.
* ELO: "Roll Over Beethoven," #42, Spring '73; "Showdown," #53, Winter '73/#59, Summer '76; "It's Over," #75, Fall '78;
* ELP: "Lucky Man," #48, Spring '71; "Nutrocker," #70, Spring '72.
* Greg Lake: "I Believe in Father Christmas," #95, Winter '75; "C'est La Vie," #91, Fall '77.
* Led Zep: "Rock and Roll," #47, Spring '72.
* Rod Stewart: "Twisting the Night Away," #59, Summer '73; "Oh! No, Not My Baby," #59, Fall '73.
* Roxy Music: "More Than This," #102, 1983.
* Travis Tritt: "T-R-O-U-B-L-E," #72, Summer '93.
* Joe Walsh: "Meadows," #89, Spring '74.
* Tammy Wynette: "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," #63, Summer '68; "Singing My Song," #75, Spring '69; "My Elusive Dreams" (with David Houston), #89, Summer '67.
* Dwight Yoakam: "Ain't That Lonely Yet," #58, Summer '93 -- b/w "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere," #2 on the Country & Western chart, Summer '93; "Fast as You," #70, Winter '93.
* Frank Zappa: "Dancin' Fool," #45, Spring '79.
* Zebra: "Who's Behind the Door?" #61, Summer '83.
* Saga: "The Flyer," #79, Winter '83; "Wind Him Up," #64, Spring '83.
* Sad Cafe: "Run Home Girl," #71, Winter '79.
* Guess Who: "Follow Your Daughter Home," #61, Spring '73.
* Arlo Guthrie: "Coming into Los Angeles," B-side to "Alice's Restaurant," Winter '69.
* Hagood Hardy: "The Homecoming," #41, Winter '75.
* Sophie B. Hawkins: "Right Beside You," #56, Fall '94.
* Outfield: "Everytime You Cry," #66, Fall '86.
* INXS: "Bitter Tears," #46, Spring '91; "Don't Change," #80, Summer '83; "This Time," #81, Winter '85.
* Roger Hodgson: "Had a Dream (Sleeping With the Enemy)," #48, Fall '84.
* Scandal: "Goodbye to You," #65, Winter '82; "Love's Got a Line on You," #59, Spring '83.
* Toad the Wet Sprocket: "Come Down," #51 on Album Tracks chart, Summer '97.
* Dave Edmunds: "Information" failed to reach the Hot 100, Summer '83.
* The Graces: "Lay Down Your Arms," #56, Summer '89.
* Glass Moon: "On a Carousel," #50, Spring '82.
* Sky: "Toccata," #83, Winter '81.
* Cheap Trick: "Surrender," #62, Summer '78.