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1960s Top 40 Rate

Number 19s and Number 20s

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.19 and No.20 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 19s

Fats Domino - Country Boy
Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife
Billy Fury - That's Love
Fats Domino - Walking To New Orleans
Andy Stewart - A Scottish Soldier (Green Hills Of Tyrol)
Russ Conway - Pepe
King Brothers - 76 Trombones
Paul Anka - Love Me Warm And Tender
Rick Nelson - Young World
Marty Wilde - Jezebel
Duane Eddy - Deep In The Heart Of Texas
Karl Denver - A Little Love A Little Kiss
Shane Fenton & The Fentones - Cindy's Birthday
Chubby Checker - Dancin' Party
Crystals - He's A Rebel
Dave Berry & The Cruisers - Memphis Tennessee
Herman's Hermits - Show Me Girl
Elvis Presley - Do The Clam
Shadows - Stingray
PJ Proby - Let The Water Run Down
Peter And Gordon - Baby I'm Yours
Four Pennies - Until It's Time For You To Go
Roy Orbison - Crawlin' Back
Andy Williams - May Each Day
Graham Bonney - Supergirl
Nancy Sinatra - How Does That Grab You Darlin'
Temptations - (I Know) I'm Losing You
Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood
Frankie McBride - Five Little Fingers
Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
Elvis Presley - Guitar Man
Gene Pitney - Somewhere In The Country
Roger Miller - Little Green Apples
Pigmeat Markham - Here Comes The Judge
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By
Kaswnetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus - Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run)
Canned Heat - Going Up The Country
Andy Williams Happy Heart
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River

Number 20s

Bryan Johnson - Looking High, High, High
Everly Brothers - Muskrat/Don't Blame Me
Joe Loss & His Orchestra - The 'Maigret' Theme
Freddy Cannon - Palisades Park
Jimmy Justice - Spanish Harlem
Joe Loss & His Orchestra - Must Be Madison
Frank Sinatra & Sammy Davis Jr - Me And My Shadow
Richard Chamberlain - Hi-Lili Hi-Lo
Benny Hill - Harvest Of Love
Matt Monro - From Russia With Love
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Hungry For Love
Dora Bryan - All I Want For Christmas Is A Beatle
Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Whispering
Little Richard - Bama Lama Bama Loo
Applejacks - Like Dreamers Do
Dionne Warwick - You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
Lesley Gore - Maybe I Know
Four Pennies - Black Girl
Julie Rogers - Like A Child
Walker Brothers - Love Her
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - It's Just A Little Bit Too Late
Hollies - If I Needed Someone
Searchers - Take Me For What I'm Worth
Herman's Hermits - You Won't Be Leavin'
Four Seasons - Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me)
Stevie Wonder - A Place In The Sun
Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne
Bachelors - Marta
Cat Stevens - A Bad Night
Eric Burdon & The Animals - Good Times
Dave Davies - Susannah's Still Alive
Petula Clark - The Other Man's Grass (Is Always Greener)
Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock
Easybeats - Hello, How Are You
Vanity Fare - I Live For The Sun
Bedrocks - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine - Passing Strangers
Joe Dolan - Teresa
Cliff Richard - With The Eyes Of A Child

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: 11th June 2016, 03:25 PM