This has been one of my favorite themes: men complaining about women. (She left me. She found another. She doesn't love me anymore. She won't be true. She's a mean, fickle woman. How could she do this to me?) We had so many suggestions last time that we did a Part Two, and to play the songs we had Betty, Frank, Bill, Arlene, PJ, Anne, Tim, WendySue, Ken, Jen, Ting, Dawn, Eric, Karen and Bounce.

1. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Neil Sedaka, 1962 (Arlene)

This is Sedaka's signature song.

2. Laugh Laugh, Beau Brummels, 1965 (Dan)

Great melody. Sad harmonica. It didn't turn out that well. Only Bill, Betty and WednySue knew it.

3. Red Rubber Ball, the Cyrkle, 1966 (Betty)

We've done this twice before. I love it. Good pick. It suffered because the chorus wasn't written out each time, and Ken had to scroll around to find it.

4. You Give Love A Bad Name, Bon Jovi, 1986 (Jen)

Those guys had a lot of hair. Louise thinks this has potential and should be tried again.

5. Love Stinks, J. Geils Band, 1980 (Jen)

We lacked a little energy on this great rocker. This gets my vote for one of the Top Ten best song titles ever.

6. Runaway, Del Shannon, 1961 (Dan)

We've played this several times in the past, and it's always a winner. It was our best effort up to that point.

7. Young Girl, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, 1968 (Dan)

Here was their biggest hit in a three-year career which included five Top Ten songs. It was tough to sing (and there was an [Ab] in it.)

8. Baby's In Black, Beatles, 1965 (Dan)

Great song. The bridge is really hard to sing.

9. Bye Bye Love, Everly Brothers, 1957 (Bill)

It was the first hit for the brothers. This rivals Runaway as the best number of the evening.

10. Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter, Herman's Hermits, 1965 (Betty) [paper handout]

We did well on the verses, but the bridge chords were wrong. The correct ones are: [Eb] [Gm] [Ab] [Bb] [F#] [Bb] [G]. These are hard chords, but if you take it slowly and get 'em right, it sounds good.

11. (I Don't Know Why) But I Do, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, 1961 (Arlene)

I know this catchy song but I never heard the name Clarence Henry. But it was a Top Ten. Does anyone know The Frogman?

12. Goodbye Cruel World, James Darren, 1962 (Dan)

We had this 45. Not many people knew this hit.

13. Heartaches, Marcels, 1961 (Arlene)

The Marcels did great doo-op versions of two old ones, this and Blue Moon that year.

14. Alone Again (Naturally), Gilbert O'Sullivan, 1972 (Ken)

We did this two summers ago on One-Hit Wonder night (though he had three Top Tens in '72 and '73, the others being Clair and Get Down.) This Irishman (real name Ray O'Sullivan) wins the medal for the saddest song ever played on the radio.

15. Build Me Up Buttercup, The Foundations, 1969 (Ken)

The chords didn't look bad, but it was a little hard. This is one of my all-time favorites.

16. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Platters, 1958 (Ken)

Dr. Uke doesn't make it easy. Very dramatic. Very pretty. When you've fallen in love, you may not always be thinking clearly or objectively. The Main Ingredient, in their 1972 hit "Everybody Plays the Fool", asks, "How can you help it when the music starts to play and your ability to reason is swept away?" That's when the smoke gets in your eyes.

17. You Can't Do That, Beatles, 1964 (Dan)

I thought this fun, early rock and roll number would go over better, but it was just all right.

18. For No One, Beatles, 1966 (Ken)

I have a friend with whom I've played music from time to time in the last 25 years. Her husband left her last summer. She didn't want to talk much about it. Then a few months ago the floodgates opened and out it came. If I could characterize her mood in a word, it would be STUNNED. She couldn't believe it really happened. Aside from a death, it's one of the most heartbreaking things I've ever witnessed. This is the emotion McCartney gets across in this song.

19. No Milk Today, Herman's Hermits, 1967 (Dan)

This was one of the last songs in their hit-making career, and the last one of the night for us.

For our next session, we're going with PJ's suggestion: NUMBERS.

-- Dan.