'Beto Rockefeller' was a TV Tupi series which started on 4 November 1968 running for 1 year up to 30 November 1969. It told the story of a working-class young-man (Luiz Gustavo) who works at a posh shoe-shop and ingratiates himself with the well-to-do.
Soap-operas had been popular since TV started in the early 1950s but 'Beto Rockfeller' expanded its appeal and claimed the 8:00 PM time-slot for itself. It also introduced Anglo-American pop-hits identifying each major characters with a particular song.
British band Bee Gees was the first to have a # 1 with 'I started a joke' which was exposed heavily at the nightly drama. 'F... comme femme' written and performed by Belgian Salvatore Adamo shot to the top too.
Before 1969 was over more songs featured in 'Beto Rockfeller' would climb up to #1 either as a single or extended-play: 'Sentado à beira do caminho' with Erasmo Carlos singing in Portuguese (actually the only exception) and the up-tempo 'Nobody but me' with Ohio band Human Beinz went viral.
'I'm gonna get married', a cover done by Sunday, a Brazilian band of a Lou Christie's B-side single (having 'I'm gonna make you mine' on the flip-side) went to #1 as an E.P. crossing over well into 1970.
The Fortunes' 1965 hit 'You've got your troubles' ( I've got mine) was revived and covered by Jack Jones and even teary 'Dio come ti amo' from 1965 was revived yet again with Gigliola Cinquetti.
from 31 March to 5 April 1969 - Ibope- S.Paulo - Intervalo n. 328 [20 ABR]
1. I started a joke - Bee Gees (Polydor) (1)
2. Zingara - Bobby Solo (Ricordi-Chantecler)
3. Tudo passará - Nelson Ned (Copacabana)
4. Será? - Marcos Roberto (RGE)
5. F... comme femme - Gilbert (Beverly)
7. Stormy - Classics IV (Liberty-RCA)
8. Trains and boats and planes / Neon rainbow - The Box Tops (Odeon)
9. Crimson and clover - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette-RGE)
10. To sir with love - Lulu (Odeon)
extended-plays (compactos-duplos)
1. F... comme femme - Adamo (Odeon) (4)
2. O inimitável - Roberto Carlos (CBS)
3. A better life - Johnny Rivers (Liberty-RCA)
4. The end - Earl Grant (Decca-Chantecler)
5. O inimitável vol. 2 - Roberto Carlos (CBS)
long-plays (albums)
1. O inimitável - Roberto Carlos (CBS) (16)
2. The White Album - The Beatles (Apple-Odeon)
3. Agnaldo Timoteo comanda o sucesso (Odeon)
4. Realization - Johnny Rivers (Liberty-RCA)
5. Altemar Dutra (Odeon)
31st March to 5 April 1969 - 'Intervalo' Ibope Rio de Janeiro-Guanabara
1. Bahia de todos os deuses - Elza Soares (Odeon) (2)
2. Zingara - Bobby Solo (Ricordi-Chantecler)
3. Tudo passará - Nelson Ned (Copacabana)
4. Casa de bamba - Jair Rodrigues (Philips)
5. Ob-la-di ob-la-da - The Marmalade (CBS)
6. To sir with love - Lulu (Odeon)
7. Crimson and clover - Tommy James & the Shondells (Roulette-RGE)
8. Atrás do trio elétrico - Caetano Veloso (Philips)
9. P'ra você (Over you) - Os Caçulas (RCA)
10. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (CBS)
extended-plays (compactos-duplos)
1. O inimitavel - Roberto Carlos (CBS) (13)
2. Correnteza / Meia volta - Wilson Simonal (Odeon)
3. Especial - Renato & seus Blue Caps (CBS)
4. P'ra ganhar meu coração - Wanderlea (CBS)
5. F... comme femme - Adamo (Odeon)
long-plays (albums)
1. O inimitavel - Roberto Carlos (CBS) (16)
2. O som da pilantragem - Turma da Pilantragem (Polydor)
3. Ed Lincoln (Musidisc)
4. The fool on the hill - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (A&M-Odeon)
5. The white album - The Beatles (Apple-Odeon)
1. Bahia de todos os deuses – Manoel Rosa (Bala)
2. Ob-la-di-ob-la-sa – The Marmelade (Decca-Odeon)
3. Casa de bamba – Jair Rodrigues (Philips)
4. Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel (CBS)
5. Sei lá, Mangueira – Elza Soares (Odeon)
6. Só nós dois – Francisco José (Philips)
7. Hey Jude – The Beatles (Odeon)
8. Eloise – Barry Ryan (MGM-Philips)
9. To sir with love - Lulu (Odeon)
10. For once in my lie – Stevie Wonder (Tamla)
Best selling albums in Sao Paulo according to Revista do Radio
1. O inimitável - Roberto Carlos (CBS)
2. Mutantes (Polydor)
3. Realization – Johnny Rivers (RCA)
4. Altemar Dutra (Odeon)
5. A Turma da Pilantragem (Polydor)
Os Mutantes were initially a strictly São Paulo-affair until they became well-known after their presentation at TV Record's 1967 pop-music festival with '2001'. In late 1968, they took Maracanãzinho's arena by storm and Rio de Janeiro fell in love with their irreverance - Rita Lee showed up dressed up in a bride's gown with a protruding belly and the boys wore medieval clothes - at the IV FIC festival in Rio with 'Caminhante noturno'.
from 7 to 12 April 1969 - Ibope-Sao Paulo - Intervalo n. 329 [25 ABR]
1. I started a joke - Bee Gees (Polydor) (2)
2. Zingara - Bobby Solo (Ricordi-Chantecler)
3. Tudo passará - Nelson Ned (Copacabana)
4. Ob-la-di ob-la-da - The Beatles (Apple-Odeon)
5. F... comme femme - Gilbert (Beverly)
6. Crimson and clover - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette-RGE)
7. Será? - Marcos Roberto (RGE)
8. Férias na India - Nilton Cesar (RCA)
9. Stormy - Classics IV (Liberty-RCA)
10. Trains and boats and planes - The Box Tops (Odeon)
extended-plays (compactos-duplos)
2. O inimitável - Roberto Carlos (CBS)
3. It's too late - Johnny Rivers (Liberty-RCA)
4. O inimitável vol. 2 - Roberto Carlos (CBS)
5. The end - Earl Grant (Decca-Chantecler)
long-plays (albums)
1. O inimitável - Roberto Carlos (CBS) (17)
2. The White Album - The Beatles (Apple-Odeon)
3. Agnaldo Timoteo comanda o sucesso (Odeon)
4. Altemar Dutra (Odeon)
5. Realization - Johnny Rivers (Liberty-RCA)
from 7 to 12 April 1969 - 'Intervalo' n. 329 Ibope Rio de Janeiro-Guanabara
1. Tudo passará - Nelson Ned (Copacabana) (1)
2. Bahia de todos os deuses - Elza Soares (Odeon)
3. Casa de bamba - Jair Rodrigues (Philips)
4. To sir with love - Lulu (Odeon)
5. Zingara - Bobby Solo (Ricordi-Chantecler)
6. Ob-la-di ob-la-da - The Beatles (Odeon)
7. P'ra você (Over you) - Os Caçulas (RCA)
8. Adeus, ingrata - Claudio Fontana (Copacabana)
9. Crimson and clover - Tommy James & the Shondells (Roulette-RGE)
10. Distante dos olhos (Lontano dagli occhi) - Moacyr Franco (Copacabana)
extended-plays (compactos-duplos)
1. O inimitavel - Roberto Carlos (CBS) (14)
2. Correnteza / Meia volta - Wilson Simonal (Odeon)
3. F... comme femme - Adamo (Odeon)
4. Esperando você - Jerry Adriani (CBS)
5. As borboletas - Andre Popp (Fermata)
long-plays (albums)
1. O inimitavel - Roberto Carlos (CBS) (17)
2. O som da pilantragem - Turma da Pilantragem (Polydor)
3. Ed Lincoln (Musidisc)
4. O sucesso é o astro - Agnaldo Timoteo (Odeon)
5. The fool on the hill - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (A&M-Odeon)
1. Zingara - Bobby Solo (Ricordi-Chantecler)
2. F... comme femme - Gilbert (Beverly)
3. To sir with love - Lulu (Odeon)
4. Tudo passará - Nelson Ned (Copacabana)
5. Ob-la-di, ob-la-da - The Marmelade (CBS)
6. I started a joke - Bee Gees (Polydor)
7. Tomorrow's love - Hugo Montenegro (RCA)
8. Será? - Marcos Roberto (RGE)
9. Stormy - Classics IV (RCA)
10. Crimson and clover - Tommy James & the Shondels (Roulette-RGE)
1. I heard it through the grapevine - Marvin Gaye (Rozenblit)
2. I'm gonna make you love me - The Supremes & The Temptations (Rozenblit)
3. For once in my life - Stevie Wonder (Rozenblit)
4. Yesterday has gone - Cupid Inspiration (Epic)
5. Scarborough Fair - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (A&M-Fermata)
6. Correnteza - Wilson Simonal (Odeon)
7. Ob-la-di ob-la-da - The Marmelade (CBS)
8. I started a joke - Bee Gees (Polydor)
9. Eloise - Barry Ryan (MGM)
10. Zingara - Bobby Solo (Ricordi-Chantecler)
Warning: this list published by 'Manchete' magazine is a bust. They must've been paid by Rozenblit to forge a chart in which its singles would be in the 1st, 2nd & 3rd positions. All the 7 songs in bold have never entered any Brazilian hit-parade.
from 14 to 20 April 1969 - 'Intervalo' n. 330 Rio de Janeiro-Guanabara
from 14 to 20 April 1969 - 'Intervalo' n. 330 Rio de Janeiro-Guanabara
1. Tudo passará - Nelson Ned (Copacabana) (2)
2. Zingara - Bobby Solo (Ricordi-Chantecler)
3. Ob-la-di ob-la-da - The Beatles (Apple-Odeon)
4. Bahia de todos os deuses - Elza Soares (Odeon)
5. Casa de bamba - Jair Rodrigues (Philips)
6. Uma e outras - Chico Buarque de Hollanda (RGE)
7. Crimson and clover - Tommy James & the Shondells (Roulette-RGE)
8. Só nós dois - Francisco Jose (Philips)
9. Ai de mim, Copacabana / Yes, nós temos banana - Caetano Veloso (Philips)
10. Tudo passará - Carlos Jose (CBS)
extended-plays (compactos-duplos)
1. O inimitavel - Roberto Carlos (CBS) (15)
2. Correnteza / Meia volta - Wilson Simonal (Odeon)
3. As borboletas - Andre Popp (Fermata)
4. F... comme femme - Adamo (Odeon)
5. Especial - Renato & seus Blue Caps (CBS)
long-plays (albums)
1. O inimitavel - Roberto Carlos (CBS) (18)
2. O som da pilantragem - Turma da Pilantragem (Polydor)
3. O sucesso é o astro - Agnaldo Timoteo (Odeon)
4. The fool on the hill - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (A&M-Odeon)
5. The white album - The Beatles (Apple-Odeon)
from 21 to 26 April 1969 - 'Intervalo' n.331 Ibope Rio de Janeiro-Guanabara
1. Tudo passará - Nelson Ned (Copacabana) (3)
2. Zingara - Bobby Solo (Ricordi-Chantecler)
3. Ob-la-di ob-la-da - The Beatles (Apple-Odeon)
4. Bahia de todos os santos - Elza Soares (Odeon)
5. Stella - Fabio (RCA)
6. Crimson and clover - Tommy James & the Shondells (Roulette-RGE)
7. To sir with love - Lulu (Odeon)
8. Umas e outras - Chico Buarque de Hollanda (RGE)
9. Só nos dois - Francisco José (Philips)
10. Adeus, ingrata - Claudio Fontana (Copacabana)
extended-plays (compactos-duplos)
1. O inimitavel - Roberto Carlos (CBS) (16
2. Correnteza / Meia volta - Wilson Simonal (Odeon)
3. F... comme femme - Adamo (Odeon)
4. Do you want to dance? - Johnny Rivers (Liberty-RCA)
5. As borboletas - Andre Popp (Fermata)
long-plays (albums)
1. O inimitavel - Roberto Carlos (CBS) (19)
2. O som da pilantragem - Turma da Pilantragem (Polydor)
3. The fool on the hill - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (A&M-Odeon)
4. Ed Lincoln (Musidisc)
5. Gal Costa (Philips)
Intervalo n. 331, was the last time an Ibope chart was published by Editora Abril. We don't know why it was discontinued but we suppose it must've been related to money matters.
So now we're in a situation we don't know what should be done. There's only one-third of 1969's charts. Should we compile only that or wait for more information to pop up some time somehow?
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