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1960s Top 40 Rate

Number 7s

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.7 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).

Marv Johnson - You Got What It Takes
Bobby Rydell - Wild One
Michael Cox - Angela Jones
Garry Mills - Look For A Star
Kaye Sisters - Paper Roses
Mr Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band - Buona Sera
Duane Eddy - Theme From Dixie
Linda Scott - I've Told Every Little Star
U.S Bonds - Quarter To Three
Mr Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band - That's My Home
Sam Cooke - Cupid
Petula Clark - My Friend The Sea
Russ Conway - Toy Balloons
Eden Kane - I Don't Know Why
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen - The Green Leaves Of Summer
Billy Fury - Once Upon A Dream
Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Brenda Lee - All Alone Am I
Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire) - Dominique (Souer Sourire)
Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star
Gene Pitney - That Girl Belongs To Yesterday
Applejacks - Tell Me When
Lulu & The Luvvers - Shout
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - On The Beach
Beach Boys - I Get Around
Cilla Black - It's For You
Hollies - We're Through
Bachelors - No Arms Could Ever Hold You
Val Doonican - The Special Years
Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love
Animals - Bring It On Home To Me
Herman's Hermits - Wonderful World
Animals - It's My Life
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 & 35
Cliff Richard - Visions
David & Jonathan - Lovers Of The World Unite
Sandpipers - Guantanamera
Herman's Hermits - No Milk Today
New Vaudeville Band - Peek-A-Boo
Herman's Hermits - There's A Kind Of Hush
Tom Jones - Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings
Dubliners - Seven Drunken Nights
Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music
Frankie Vaughan - There Must Be A Way
Eric Burdon & The Animals - San Franciscan Nights
Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men
Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine
Four Tops - If I Were A Carpenter
Holies - Jennifer Eccles
Scott Walker - Joanna
Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music
Dave Clark Five - The Red Balloon
Turtles - Elenore
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle
Desmond Dekker & The Aces - It Miek
Cilla Black - Conversations
Cliff & Hank - Throw Down A Line
Jethro Tull - Sweet Dream
Engelbert Humperdinck - Winter World Of Love

Your choice of rates:

+30
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or you can do a +20 rate:

+20
+19
+18
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or:

+20
+18
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or:

+20
+15
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+5
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Good Luck!

This post has been edited by AH Gold: Sep 4 2016, 06:58 AM