from the April 25, 1966 MIAMI NEWS
from the April 6, 1966 NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
from April 25, 1966 MIAMI NEWS
from the July 7, 1966 ANNISTON STAR
Tommy Mann of the K-Otics on what it was like to have a hit record, DOUBLE SHOT OF MY BABY'S LOVE during the spring of '66:
Will it change anything? No, of course not, but each time I`ve mentioned that we were the hit group in Miami, people think it`s wishful thinking
or I`m lying. Bob Brennan even mentioned he could not find anything about us in Miami. Anyway
here we go:
PAGE 16, DATE APRIL 23, 1966- THE K-OTICS ENTER THE CHART AT
#39. THE POSITION IT`S IN IS 29, DON`T KNOW WHY.
THE MEDALLIONS ARE NOT MENTIONED.
page 16 of the April 23, 1966 BILLBOARD
page 16 of the April 23, 1966 BILLBOARD
PAGE 16, DATE MAY 7 , 1966 -THE K-OTICS GO TO #21 THE MEDALLIONS COME IN AT # 36.
MAY 14, 1966 – THE K-OTICS ARE AT # 7, THE MEDALLIONS ARE AT # 21
THAT`S THE CHARTS. NEXT, OTHER PAGES FROM BILLBOARD
APRIL 23 ,1966 PAGE 50 – THE K-OTICS BREAKOUT IN THE MIAMI MARKET.
page 50 of the April 23, 1966 BILLBOARD
APRIL 23 , PAGE 18 – THE K-OTICS ARE PREDICTED TO REACH THE UNITED STATES HOT 100 CHART. THIS MEANS
MORE THAN JUST THE MIAMI MARKET !
BILLBOARD FULL PAGE PROBABLY MAY 21 , 1966 – THE K-OTICS ARE ON THE FULL PAGE WITH THE EXCITERS, WHO ARE
BREAKING OUT ONLY IN A COUPLE OF MARKETS. THE REFERENCE TO US IS “THE K-OTICS ARE BUSTING WIDE OPEN
NATIONALLY” I TALKED TO BERT BERNS THAT WEEK AND HE SAID THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AS A GROUP.
HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOSING NEAL DIAMOND AS BANG`S LEADING ACT AND WANTED VERY MUCH TO HAVE US
UP THERE WITH THE MCCOYS. HE HEARD US PLAY IN THE LOWER FLORIDA AREA AND SAID FOR ONLY FIVE MEMBERS WE
MIGHT BE THE BEST HE EVER HEARD. HE SAID WHEN HE MENTIONED THE EXCITERS BREAKING OUT IN JUST AREAS AND WE
WERE NATIONALLY, HE WAS SENDING A MESSAGE TO THE MUSIC WORLD WE WOULD BE A BIG NAME GROUP IN A FEW WEEKS!
THERE WAS ANOTHER RECORD RESEARCH THAT I HAD NOT SEEN UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO? THAT SHOWS THE K-OTICS IN THE
TOP 20 IN HARTFORD CONN., FLINT MICHIGAN ( DETROIT MARKET ? ), ANOTHER PLACE IN MICHIGAN AS WELL AS A PLACE IN
IDAHO OR WASHINGTON. WHEN THE OLDIES STATIONS STARTED POPPING UP AROUND THE COUNTRY I WOULD HEAR THE
K-OTICS RECORD ON THOSE STATIONS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. I TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY FOR TWENTY YEARS
AS PART OF MY JOB. FLEW INTO LOS ANGELES IN THE 80`S , RENTED A CAR AND DROVE ACROSS THE STATE AND HEARD US ON
THE RADIO. SAME IN TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, CHICAGO ETC. WHY, I DON`T KNOW!
page 16 of the May 7, 1966 BILLBOARD
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