The British Are Charting Edition Part 1
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
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House of the Rising Sun
The first non-beatle single of the British Invasion to crack the US Top 10. That same week, Liverpool group The Searchers were holding at number 13 with their cover of Needles and Pins. Dave Clark Five strung together a nearly unbroken streak of more than a dozen top 20 US hits. By the time the Dave Clark Five peaked with because, America had a new number one song. House of the Rising Sun: A folk blues tale of a life gone wrong in New Orleans.
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