Monday is a day when just about anything could be featured and today it is fitting that we utilize the Little River Band’s “Happy Anniversary” from the LP “Diamantina Cocktail.” This was the first LRB LP that I owned and largely I purchased it on the strength of a single released in Australia, but not in the US – “Home on a Monday.” “Happy Anniversary” was not released as a single in their native land, but it was in the US where it charted at 16 in 1977.
“Happy Anniversary” was written by one of the band’s three guitarists: David Briggs. Glenn Shorrock handled the lead vocals on this as well as other songs by the band. “Happy Anniversary” was the second single release in the US from this LP – the first being “Help is on the Way,” which charted at #14.
RBTG’s 700th Post Retrospect
Like I had reported with the 100th, 200th, 300th, 400th, 500th, and 600th posts, I took a look backward on how we are doing visitor wise. I began this blog on September 26, 2009, but did not start monitoring the visits until October 16, 2009. Currently, we have 32 declared followers of the blog – up from 26 in June 2011. There are many others who have visited frequently without declaring themselves as followers. The statistics are listed below:| Variable | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Unique Visitors | 34,382 |
| Times Visited | 39,021 |
| Number of Pages Viewed | 59,657 |
| People Visiting 200+ Times | 887 |
| People Visiting 101-200 Times | 365 |
| People Visiting 51-100 Times | 264 |
| People Visiting 26-50 Times | 185 |
| Number of Visitor Countries Represented | 142 |
| Percentage of Visitors Referred from Search Engines | 57.68% |
| Percentage of Visitors Referred from Other Sites | 32.34% |
| Percentage of Visitors via Direct Access | 9.98% |
The Top Ten Charts
As one would find in music trade magazines, I have prepared some Top Ten Charts for "Reading between the Grooves."The Top Ten Visitor Countries
Since the 600th post on June 17, 2011, the number of visitor countries increased from 133 to 142. The same countries made the Top 10 since the 200th anniversary.Since picking up 9 new countries, we are still 3 away from having all of South America – we are missing the Guianas – French Guiana, Surinam, and Guyana. Central America is now complete. The biggest hole in the Americas remains the Caribbean. Two additional European countries, Jersey and Moldava, were added and we are still missing visitors from Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Montenegro, Sark, and Andorra.
No new areas were gained in Asia and the same states remain missing. These include the following: Brunei, North Korea, Yemen, Myanmar, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Timor-Leste. Some of these countries we may never reach.
Most of the gains this time around were in Africa – which remains an area that is lacking penetration.
| Rank | Country | Visits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 20,269 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 3,131 |
| 3 | Canada | 2,143 |
| 4 | Germany | 1,641 |
| 5 | France | 988 |
| 6 | Australia | 850 |
| 7 | Brazil | 845 |
| 8 | Italy | 818 |
| 9 | The Netherlands | 627 |
| 10 | Japan | 500 |
The Top Ten Pages via Direct Access
While most people (3,095) have visited the home page for “Reading Between the Grooves,” others enter distinct pages through page specific links and via search engine returns. One new page joined the list – Faces’ “Ooh La La.” The Art Reynolds Singers’ original version of “Jesus is Just Alright,” a new song to the list last time, moved from #9 to the fifth slot. This particular chart is slow moving as it is cumulative – newer features on this site will have to be really popular to catch up to the total direct accesses of these ten songs.The Top Days by Total Visits
This chart represents the days that encountered the most visits and the content that was featured on those particular days. Only four were on the list at the 600th post and Mason Proffit’s “Eugene Pratt” also placed in the top 10 on the 500th post. The remaining six numbers were new.The top two cuts are anomalies as they represent two days that had intensive viewing of the entire blog by two new visitors. These two individuals spent a great deal of time on the blog and looked at hundreds of pages during one single weekend.
| Rank | Day | Date | Associated Content | Visits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAT | 16 JUL 2011 | Nektar – Let it Grow | 625 |
| 2 | SUN | 17 JUL 2011 | Liberty ‘N Justice & Robert Fleischman – The Lord’s Prayer | 271 |
| 3 | SAT | 17 SEP 2011 | Emerson, Lake, & Palmer – Still . . . You Turn Me On | 223 |
| 4 | THU | 14 APR 2011 | Placebo Running Up That Hill | 205 |
| 5 | SUN | 27 MAR 2011 | Beach Boys: Our Prayer | 205 |
| 6 | SUN | 21 AUG 2011 | Lovell Sisters: One Day I Walk | 205 |
| 7 | SUN | 31 JUL 2011 | Dan Peek – Lonely People | 204 |
| 8 | SAT | 27 AUG 2011 | Split Enz – I Got You | 201 |
| 9 | SAT | 2 FEB 2011 | Mason Proffit: Eugene Pratt | 188 |
| 10 | SAT | 14 MAY 2011 | Novo Combo: Too Long Gone | 187 |
The Top Days by New Visitors
This chart represents the days that encountered the most visits by first time visitors and the content that was featured on those particular days. All but two of these songs are new to this chart and eight are not older than 100 posts.| Rank | Day | Date | Associated Content | New Visitors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUN | 31 JUL 2011 | Dan Peek: Lonely People | 112 |
| 2 | SUN | 27 MAR 2011 | Beach Boys: Our Prayer | 108 |
| 3 | SAT | 6 AUG 2011 | Donovan: Riki Tiki Tavi | 108 |
| 4 | THU | 9 JUN 2011 | Sonny Boy Williamson: Unseen Eye | 107 |
| 5 | MON | 5 SEP 2011 | Huey Lewis: Working for a Living | 107 |
| 5 | THU | 25 AUG 2011 | Queen: Crazy Little Thing Called Love | 107 |
| 6 | THU | 1 SEP 2011 | A-ha: Take on Me | 106 |
| 7 | SAT | 27 AUG 2011 | Split Enz: I Got You | 106 |
| 8 | MON | 8 AUG 2011 | Justin Hayward & John Lodge: Blue Guitar | 106 |
| 9 | THU | 8 SEP 2011 | Simple Minds: Don’t You (Forget About Me) | 105 |
| 10 | FRI | 23 SEP 2011 | Grand Funk Railroad: Aimless Lady | 105 |
As always, I want to take this time to thank all of you for your support of this site and the encouragement to keep going forward. Thanks again for Reading between the Grooves.
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