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Posted by: AH Gold Jun 13 2016, 12:40 AM

1960s Top 40 Rate - The 'Impossible' Part 3

Numbers 25 and 26s

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.


Due to the relatively obscure nature of the tracks below you can vote as follows:

+10
+9
+8
+7
+6
+5
+4
+3
+2
+1

If you can't pick ten songs, you can try four:

+10
+7
+4
+1

And alternatively, if you can only pick three:

+10
+5
+1

Number 25s

Buddy Holly - True Love Ways
Tommy Sands - The Old Oaken Bucket
Billy Fury - Wondrous Place
Semprini - Theme From 'Exodus'
Roy Orbison - Cryin'
Ral Donner - You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)
Anthony Newley - D-Darling
Clyde Valley Stompers - Peter And The Wolf
Carol Deene - Some People
Bernard Cribbins - Gossip Calypso
Hollies - (Ain't That) Just Like Me
Everly Brothers - The Girl Sang The Blues
Wilfred Brambell & Harry H Corbett - Steptoe And Son At Buckingham Palace (Parts 1 And 2)
Adam Faith & The Roulettes - If He Tells You
Frank Ifield - Angry At The Big Oak Tree
Mojos - Why Not Tonight
Frank Ifield - Summer Is Over
Dave Clark Five - Anyway You Want It
Brenda Lee - Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day
Goldie & The Gingerbreads - Can't You Hear My Heartbeat
Dobie Gray - The 'In' Crowd
Val Doonican - I'm Gonna Get There Somehow
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - I Want Candy
Lulu - Try To Understand
Billy Fury - Run To My Lovin' Arms
James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
PJ Proby - You've Come Back
Master Singers - The Highway Code
Frank Ifield - No One Will Ever Know
Twice As Much - Sittin' On A Fence
Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band - Big Time Operator
Clinton Ford - Run To The Door
Symbols - (The Best Part Of) Breaking Up
Bee Gees - Jumbo/The Singer Sang His Song
Beach Boys - Friends
The Who - Dogs
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
Locomotive - Rudi's In Love
Barry Ryan - Love Is Love
Gene Pitney - Maria Elena
Jose Feliciano - And The Sun Will Shine
Marv Johnson - I Miss You Baby

Number 26s

Lance Fortune - This Love I Have For You
Buddy Greco - The Lady Is A Tramp
Rhet Stollier - Chariot
Gene Pitney - (I Wanna) Love My Life Away
Danny Peppermint & The Jumping Jacks - The Peppermint Twist
Sammy Davis Jr - What Kind Of Fool Am I/Gonna Build A Mountain
Everly Brothers - It's Been Nice
Joe Brown - Nature's Time For Love
Jan And Dean - Surf City
Heinz - Country Boy
Kingsmen - Louie Louie
Heinz - You Were There
Brenda Lee - Think
Dave Clark Five - Thinking Of You Baby
Chuck Berry - Promised Land
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run
Freddie & The Dreamers - A Little You
Joan Baez - We Shall Overcome
Connie Francis - My Child
Frank Ifield - Paradise
Beach Boys - California Girls
Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - You Make It Move
Gary Walker - You Don't Love Me
Cryin' Shames - Please Stay
Gary Walker - Twinkle-Lee
Bachelors - Can I Trust You
Lovin' Spoonful - Nashville Cats
Walker Brothers - Stay With Me Baby
Small Faces - I Can't Make It
Jimmy Ruffin - Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got
Walker Brothers - Walking In The Rain
Cliff Richard - I'll Come Running
Temptations - You're My Everything
Four Tops - You Keep Running Away
Cilla Black - I Only Live To Love You
Mireille Mathieu - La Derniere Valse
Aretha Franklin - Think
The Who - Magic Bus
Don Partridge - Breakfast On Pluto
Flamingos - Boogaloo Party
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By

Posted by: AH Gold Jun 13 2016, 12:41 AM

Number 25s

+10 Billy Fury - Wondrous Place
+9 Buddy Holly - True Love Ways
+8 Roy Orbison - Cryin'
+7 James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
+6 Billy Fury - Run To My Lovin' Arms
+5 Dobie Gray - The 'In' Crowd
+4 Dave Clark Five - Anyway You Want It
+3 Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
+2 Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - I Want Candy
+1 Beach Boys - Friends

Number 26s

+10 Sammy Davis Jr - What Kind Of Fool Am I/Gonna Build A Mountain
+9 Kingsmen - Louie Louie
+8 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run
+7 Heinz - Country Boy
+6 Aretha Franklin - Think
+5 Jan And Dean - Surf City
+4 Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
+3 Flamingos - Boogaloo Party
+2 Chuck Berry - Promised Land
+1 Beach Boys - California Girls

Posted by: richie Jun 13 2016, 07:05 AM

Obscure? I had to whittle down both quite a bit to get to 10

Number 25s
+10 Wilfred Brambell & Harry H Corbett - Steptoe And Son At Buckingham Palace (Parts 1 And 2)
+09 James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
+08 Bernard Cribbins - Gossip Calypso
+07 Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
+06 Beach Boys - Friends
+05 Clyde Valley Stompers - Peter And The Wolf
+04 Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - I Want Candy
+03 The Hollies - (Ain't That) Just Like Me
+02 Buddy Holly - True Love Ways
+01 Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band - Big Time Operator

Number 26s
+10 Kingsmen - Louie Louie
+09 Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
+08 Beach Boys - California Girls
+07 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run
+06 Aretha Franklin - Think
+05 Chuck Berry - Promised Land
+04 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - You Make It Move
+03 Walker Brothers - Stay With Me Baby
+02 The Who - Magic Bus
+01 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By

Posted by: popchartfreak Jun 15 2016, 08:21 PM

yeah skimming through the list I could do a top 20 just from the ones I know, so I expect this will be tough for me. Will have a go on me hols later in the week, as I sit in a holiday apartment overlooking a mosque, which sits right in front of dozens of gay bars, and my hotel is opposite a restaurant showing the football on telly.

It reminds me that not everyone hates everyone else...

Posted by: popchartfreak Jun 17 2016, 10:52 AM

+10 Roy Orbison - Cryin'
+9 Buddy Holly - True Love Ways
+8 Billy Fury - Wondrous Place
+7 Dobie Gray - The 'In' Crowd
+6 Barry Ryan - Love Is Love
+5 James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
+4 Val Doonican - I'm Gonna Get There Somehow
+3 Lulu - Try To Understand
+2 Gene Pitney - Maria Elena
+1 Symbols - (The Best Part Of) Breaking up


Number 25s

Posted by: darkstar79 Jun 17 2016, 08:29 PM

Number 25s

+10 Dobie Gray - The 'In' Crowd
+9 James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
+8 Anthony Newley - D-Darling
+7 Marv Johnson - I Miss You Baby
+6 Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band - Big Time Operator
+5 Buddy Holly - True Love Ways
+4 Beach Boys - Friends
+3 Gene Pitney - Maria Elena
+2 Roy Orbison - Cryin'
+1 Bee Gees - Jumbo/The Singer Sang His Song

Number 26s

+10 Jimmy Ruffin - Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got
+9 Walker Brothers - Stay With Me Baby
+8 Beach Boys - California Girls
+7 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By
+6 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run
+5 Aretha Franklin - Think
+4 Four Tops - You Keep Running Away
+3 Walker Brothers - Walking In The Rain
+2 Temptations - You're My Everything
+1 Gary Walker - You Don't Love Me

Posted by: popchartfreak Jun 18 2016, 10:43 AM

Number 26s

+10 Beach Boys - California Girls
+9 Walker Brothers - Walking In The Rain
+8 Walker Brothers - Stay With Me Baby
+7 Jan And Dean - Surf City
+6 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run
+5 Temptations - You're My Everything
+4 Kingsmen - Louie Louie
+3 Mireille Mathieu - La Derniere Valse
+2 Cilla Black - I Only Live To Love You
+1 Aretha Franklin - Think

Oops just looked at votes so far and ive caused a tie, so unless someone else votes it'll be 2 all even on a tie break...

Posted by: AH Gold Jun 22 2016, 11:37 PM

Number 25s - The Results!

Thanks again for the votes. These got nothing:

Tommy Sands - The Old Oaken Bucket
Semprini - Theme From 'Exodus'
Ral Donner - You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)
Carol Deene - Some People
Everly Brothers - The Girl Sang The Blues
Adam Faith & The Roulettes - If He Tells You
Frank Ifield - Angry At The Big Oak Tree
Mojos - Why Not Tonight
Frank Ifield - Summer Is Over
Brenda Lee - Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day
Goldie & The Gingerbreads - Can't You Hear My Heartbeat
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
PJ Proby - You've Come Back
Master Singers - The Highway Code
Frank Ifield - No One Will Ever Know
Twice As Much - Sittin' On A Fence
Clinton Ford - Run To The Door
The Who - Dogs
Locomotive - Rudi's In Love
Jose Feliciano - And The Sun Will Shine

As for the others:

2. Buddy Holly - True Love Ways 25
3. Dobie Gray - The 'In' Crowd 22
4. Roy Orbison - Cryin' 20
5. Billy Fury - Wondrous Place 18
6. Beach Boys - Friends 11
7. Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love 10
Wilfred Brambell & Harry H Corbett - Steptoe And Son At Buckingham Palace (Parts 1 And 2) 10
9. Anthony Newley - D-Darling 8
Bernard Cribbins - Gossip Calypso 8
11. Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band - Big Time Operator 7
Marv Johnson - I Miss You Baby 7
13. Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - I Want Candy 6
Billy Fury - Run To My Lovin' Arms 6
Barry Ryan - Love Is Love 6
16. Gene Pitney - Maria Elena 5
Clyde Valley Stompers - Peter And The Wolf 5
18. Dave Clark Five - Anyway You Want It 4
Val Doonican - I'm Gonna Get There Somehow 4
20. Lulu - Try To Understand 3
Hollies - (Ain't That) Just Like Me 3
22. Symbols - (The Best Part Of) Breaking Up 1
Bee Gees - Jumbo/The Singer Sang His Song 1

which leaves:

1. James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag 30



The Ultimate 1960s Top 40:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5. Monkees - Daydream Believer
6. Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
7.
8.
9. Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
10. Temptations - Get Ready
11.
12.
13.
14.
15. Sandy Posey - Single Girl
16. Chiffons - He's So Fine
17.
18.
19. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By
20. Walker Brothers - Love Her
21.
22.
23.
24.
25. James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
26.
27.
28.
29. P.P Arnold - Angel Of The Morning
30. Booker T And The MG's - Soul Limbo
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39. Supremes - I Hear A Symphony
40. Major Lance - Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um

Posted by: AH Gold Jun 22 2016, 11:59 PM

Number 26s - The Results!

Yeah, thanks for that!

Before we get to that tie, let's start, as ever, with the no pointers:

Lance Fortune - This Love I Have For You
Buddy Greco - The Lady Is A Tramp
Rhet Stollier - Chariot
Gene Pitney - (I Wanna) Love My Life Away
Danny Peppermint & The Jumping Jacks - The Peppermint Twist
Everly Brothers - It's Been Nice
Joe Brown - Nature's Time For Love
Heinz - You Were There
Brenda Lee - Think
Dave Clark Five - Thinking Of You Baby
Freddie & The Dreamers - A Little You
Joan Baez - We Shall Overcome
Connie Francis - My Child
Frank Ifield - Paradise
Cryin' Shames - Please Stay
Gary Walker - Twinkle-Lee
Bachelors - Can I Trust You
Lovin' Spoonful - Nashville Cats
Small Faces - I Can't Make It
Cliff Richard - I'll Come Running
Don Partridge - Breakfast On Pluto

As for the rest:

3. Kingsmen - Louie Louie 23
4. Walker Brothers - Stay With Me Baby 20
5. Aretha Franklin - Think 18
6. Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) 13
7. Walker Brothers - Walking In The Rain 12
Jan And Dean - Surf City 12
9. Sammy Davis Jr - What Kind Of Fool Am I/Gonna Build A Mountain 10
Jimmy Ruffin - Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got 10
11. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By 8
12. Heinz - Country Boy 7
Chuck Berry - Promised Land 7
Temptations - You're My Everything 7
15. Four Tops - You Keep Running Away 4
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - You Make It Move 4
17. Mireille Mathieu - La Derniere Valse 3
Flamingos - Boogaloo Party 3
19. Cilla Black - I Only Live To Love You 2
The Who - Magic Bus 2
21. Gary Walker - You Don't Love Me 1

and the top two both getting 27 points are:

Beach Boys - California Girls 27
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run 27

To separate them, it's back to the individual votes to see who got the most +10s, +9s etc... One will go on to the Ultimate 1960s Top 40 Reshuffle, the other will do the same in the Runners Up Reshuffle:

Beach Boys - California Girls - 10 (popchartfreak) 8 (richie) 8 (darkstar79) 1 (AH Gold)
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run - 8 (AH Gold) 7 (richie) 6 (darkstar79) 6 (popchartfreak)

so, with a +10 from John, the winner:

1. Beach Boys - California Girls 27



The Ultimate 1960s Top 40:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5. Monkees - Daydream Believer
6. Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
7.
8.
9. Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
10. Temptations - Get Ready
11.
12.
13.
14.
15. Sandy Posey - Single Girl
16. Chiffons - He's So Fine
17.
18.
19. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By
20. Walker Brothers - Love Her
21.
22.
23.
24.
25. James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
26. Beach Boys - California Girls
27.
28.
29. P.P Arnold - Angel Of The Morning
30. Booker T And The MG's - Soul Limbo
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39. Supremes - I Hear A Symphony
40. Major Lance - Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um