"Popsicles and Icicles," The Murmaids (1963)

A hit with a fascinating afterlife

Peak: #3 on the Hot 100
Streams: 1.2 million

Everything that happened after the success of The Murmaids’ “Popsicles and Icicles” is fascinating, but so is the song itself. Released in late 1963, it peaked at almost the exact same moment the Beatles conquered the American charts with “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” and it sounds like the musical era that the B…