This week’s tune takes us to the last week in May, 1966, to radio station KBLA 1500 A.M., in Burbank, California.

The Dave Clark Five were formed in Tottenham, England. Between the years of 1964 and 1967, they had 17 Top 40 hits. 8 of their songs made it to the top 10. They made 18 appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, and supposedly sang this song during one of their appearances. The song was co-written by Dave Clark and Mike Smith. It stayed on the Billboard charts for seven weeks and eventually peaked at #28, even though I don’t remember hearing this song in my area of Los Angeles.

“Please Tell Me Why”

(Epic 1966)

The Dave Clark Five

Truly Judy is a lover of 50’s, 6o’s and early 70’s music and is currently a DJ at www.topshelfoldies.org where they play the best in uncommon oldies and songs that weren’t over-played on the radio. Join us for live shows every night of the week, and our Auto DJ, Otto, plays music the rest of the day. Hope to see you there.