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1960s Top 40 Rate

Number 3s

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 most famous "injustice" being The Beatles' Please, Please Me being knocked down as a No.2, when it was a number one in all the other charts at the time). 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.3 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).

Emile Ford & The Checkmates - Slow Boat To China
Perry Como - Delaware
Jimmy Jones - Handy Man
Elvis Presley - Stuck On You
Tommy Bruce - Ain't Misbehavin'
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Nine Times Out Of Ten
Johnny & The Hurricanes - Rocking Goose
Connie Francis - My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own
Nina & Frederik - Little Donkey
Anthony Newley - Strawberry Fair
Matt Monro - Portrait Of My Love
Johnny Burnette - You're Sixteen
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Theme For A Dream
Helen Shapiro - Don't Treat Me Like A Child
Shadows - The Frightened City
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - But I Do
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - A Girl Like You
Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise
Petula Clark - Romeo
Cliff Richard - When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart
Bobby Vee - Take Good Care Of My Baby
Sandy Nelson - Let There Be Drums
Neil Sedaka - Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen
Eden Kane - Forget Me Not
Brenda Lee - Speak To Me Pretty
Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss
Ronnie Carroll - Roses Are Red (My Love)
Tommy Roe - Sheila
Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September
Susan Maughan - Bobby's Girl
Rolf Harris - Sun Arise
Maureen Evans - Like I Do
Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
Joe Brown - That's What Love Will Do
Billy Fury - Like I've Never Been Gone
Buddy Holly - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
Billy Fury - When Will You Say I Love You
Freddie & The Dreamers - If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody
Steve & Eydie - I Want To Stay Here
Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou/Mean Woman Blues
Freddie & The Dreamers - You Were Made For Me
Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away
Chuck Berry - No Particular Place To Go
Swinging Blue Jeans - You're No Good
P J Proby - Hold Me
Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
Barron Knights - Call Up The Groups (Medley)
Jim Reeves - I Won't Forget You
Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
Searchers - When You Walk In The Room
Julie Rogers - The Wedding (La Novia)
Manfred Mann - Sha La La
Rockin' Berries - He's In Town
Val Doonican - Walk Tall
Sandie Shaw - Girl Don't Come
Del Shannon - Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun)
Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Herman's Hermits - Silhouettes
Yardbirds - For Your Love
Seekers - A World Of Our Own
Gene Pitney - Looking Thru The Eyes Of Love
Ivy League - Tossing And Turning
Horst Jankowski - Walk In The Black Forest
Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction
Yardbirds - Evil Hearted You/Still I'm Sad
Chris Andrews - Yesterday Man
Len Barry - 1-2-3
Ken Dodd - The River
Walker Brothers - My Ship Is Coming In
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Spanish Flea
Beach Boys - Barbara Ann
Small Faces - Sha La La La Lee
Yardbirds - Shapes Of Things
Bachelors - The Sound Of Silence
Cher - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Mamas & Papas - Monday Monday
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High
Chris Montez - The More I See You
Roy Orbison - Too Soon To Know
Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Save Me
The Who - Happy Jack
Roling Stones - Let's Spend The Night Together/Ruby Tuesday
Seekers - Georgy Girl
Monkees - A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze
Hollies - Carrie-Anne
Dave Davies - Death Of A Clown
Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Zabadak!
Kinks - Autumn Almanac
Val Doonican - If The Whole World Stopped Loving
Four Tops - Walk Away Renee
Engelbert Humperdinck - Am I That Easy To Forget
John Fred & The Playboy Band - Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)
Amen Corner - Bend Me Shape Me
Solomon King - She Wears My Ring
Move - Fire Brigade
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
John Rowles - If I Only Had Time
Don Partridge - Blue Eyes
Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You
Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine
Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
Donald Peers - Please Don't Go
Engelbert Humperdinck - The Way It Used To Be
Cilla Black - Surround Yourself With Sorrow
Hollies - Sorry Suzanne
Clodagh Rodgers - Come Back And Shake Me
Jethro Tull - Living In The Past
Joe Dolan - Make Me An Island
Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

As this one will be tough to whittle down, you have a choice to do a +50 vote:

+50
+49
+48
+47
+46
+45
+44
+43
+42
+41
+40
+39
+38
+37
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+4
+3
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+1

or a +40:

+40
+39
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+30
+29
+28
+27
+26
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or you can use the standard +30 rate:

+30
+29
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+25
+24
+23
+22
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or if you can narrow these down further, you can do a +20 rate:

+20
+19
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No more than +50 please.

Best of luck!

This post has been edited by AH Gold: Sep 5 2016, 02:31 PM