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1960s Top 40 Rate

Number 15s and Number 16s

While there were several different UK singles charts during the 1960s (with the NME weekly chart being the most widely followed), the Guinness Book Of Hit Singles and, subsequently, the Official Charts Company use the Record Retailer chart as their reference during this period, so that's the one we'll be using here. The 'Official' Singles Charts, as we know it, didn't begin until February 1969.

These series of rates will cover March 1960 (when the chart expanded to a Top 40 for the first time) to December 1969.

Below is a chronological list of all the singles which peaked at No.15 and No.16 in the UK during the 1960s. Rate your faves, and the winner will go through to the final Ultimate Top 40 (where it will join the best No.1, No.2 etc).

Number 15s

Russ Conway - Royal Event
Billy Bland - Let The Little Girl Dance
Gene Vincent - Pistol Packin' Mama
Frank Sinatra - Nice 'N' Easy
Eddie Cochran - Weekend
Frank Sinatra - Granada
John Leyton - Son, This Is She
Johnnie Spence - The 'Dr Kildare' Theme
Bobby Vinton - Roses Are Red (My Love)
Brenda Lee - It Started All Over Again
Craig Douglas - Oh, Lonesome Me
Richard Chamberlain - Love Me Tender
Jimmy Young - Miss You
Roy Orbison - Borne On The Wind
Newbeats - Bread And Butter
Elvis Presley - Ain't That Loving You Baby
Gerry & The Pacemakers - I'll Be There
Sir Douglas Quintet - She's About A Mover
Herman's Hermits - Just A Little Bit Better
Elvis Presley - Tell Me Why
Fortunes - This Golden Ring
Cliff Richard - Blue Turns To Grey
Righteous Brothers - (You're My) Soul And Inspiration
Roy Orbison - Lana
Barron Knights - Under New Management
Sandy Posey - Single Girl
Georgie Fame - Because I Love You
Dubliners - Black Velvet Band
Herd - Paradise Lost
Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby
Elvis Presley - U.S Male
Lulu - Boy
Otis Redding - Hard To Handle
The Doors - Hello I Love You
Long John Baldry - Mexico
Diana Ross & The Supremes - Love Child
Sam & Dave - Soul Sister, Brown Sugar
Dells - Sing A Rainbow - Love Is Blue (Medley)
Engelbert Humperdinck - I'm A Better Man
Temptations - Cloud Nine

Number 16s

Gene Vincent - My Heart
King Brothers - Mais Oui
Russ Conway - Passing Breeze
Viscounts - Shortnin' Bread
Marty Wilde - Little Girl
U.S Bonds - New Orleans
Springfields - Bambino
Miki & Griff - A Little Bitty Tear
Vernons Girls - Lover Please
Mr Acker Bilk - A Taste Of Honey
Chiffons - He's So Fine
Chantays - Pipeline
Freddie & The Dreamers - I Love You Baby
Billy Fury - I'm Lost Without You
Francoise Hardy - All Over The World
Dave Clark Five - Come Home
Wayne Fontana - Come On Home
Bob Dylan - I Want You
Los Bravos - I Don't Care
Peter & Gordon - Lady Godiva
Ike & Tina Turner - A Love Like Yours
Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston - It Takes Two
Small Faces - Universal
Tymes - People
Wilson Pickett - Hey Jude
Love Affair - One Road
Four Tops - What Is A Man
Georgie Fame - Peaceful

Here's your choice of rates:

+20
+19
+18
+17
+16
+15
+14
+13
+12
+11
+10
+9
+8
+7
+6
+5
+4
+3
+2
+1

or:

+20
+18
+16
+14
+12
+10
+8
+6
+4
+2

or:

+20
+15
+10
+5
+1

Good Luck!

This post has been edited by AH Gold: 22nd June 2016, 11:20 PM