As Please Please Me zooms up the British charts, we look at the other contenders for "the next big thing."   Blue Grass?  Bossa Nova?   Tune in and figure it out!  

A New Year.     The Beatles start traveling the country with headliners such as Helen Shapiro, Chris Montez an Tommy Roe.      The "Please Please Me" single is released and starts its rise while Ross MacManus lead the Joe Loss Orchestra.   

December 1962.     Love Me Do continues its run through the British charts as Motown, the Beach Boys and others prepare for the new phenomenom with their own volleys.

Love Me Do continues its climb up the charts in the UK, and the Beach Boys peek in on the US charts.

It all starts here.       Love Me Do Enters the Charts, October 1962.

This is the trailer "episode 0"  of "Toppermost of the Poppermost", hosted by Ed Chen, Kit O'Toole and Martin Quibell.   Ever wondered what was on the charts at the same time as the Beatles.     This show will explore the friends, collaboratores, influencers and infliuenced as we more through the 1960's.