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1960s Top 40 Rate - The 'Impossible' Part 2

Numbers 39 and 40s

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 39s

Michael Holliday - Skylark
Cliff Adams Orchestra - The Lonely Man Theme
Dick Jordan - Little Christine
Jess Conrad - Cherry Pie
Jane Morgan - Romantica
Pat Boone - Walking The Floor Over You
Rusty Draper - Mule Skinner Blues
Al Saxon - Blue Eyed Boy
Garry Mills - I'll Step Down
Four Preps - More Money For You And Me - Medley
Frank Sinatra - The Coffee Song
Iain Gregory - Can't You Hear The Beat Of A Broken Heart
Don Charles - Walk With Me My Angel
Connie Francis - Don't Break The Heart That Loves You
Sandy Nelson - Drummin' Up A Storm
Vernons Girls - Lover Please/You Know What I Mean
Rick Nelson - Teenage Idol
Orlons - Don't Hang Up
Petula Clark - Casanova/Charlot
Jimmy Soul - If You Wanna Be Happy
John Barry - From Russia With Love
Tony Meehan - Song Of Mexico
Kenny Lynch - Stand By Me
Buddy Holly - Love's Made A Fool Of You
Heinz - Questions I Can't Answer
Gunter Kallman Choir - Elisabeth - Serenade
Dodie West - Goin' Out Of My Head
Cheetahs - Soldier Boy
Bo Diddley - Hey, Good Lookin'
Honeycombs - Something Better Beginning
Shirley Bassey - No Regrets
Jackie Trent - When The Summertime Is Over
Supremes - I Hear A Symphony
Phil Upchurch Combo - You Can't Sit Down (Part One)
Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band - Water
Billy Stewart - Summertime
Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band - Michael (He's A Lover)
Val Doonican - Two Streets
Aretha Franklin - Baby I Love You
Tremeloes - Be Mine
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Everly Brothers - It's My Time
Cilla Black - Where Is Tomorrow
Roy Orbison - Walk On
Dave Clark Five - Live In The Sky
Vikki Carr - With Pen In Hand

Number 40s

Shaye Cogan - Mean To Me
John Barry Orchestra - Beat For Beatniks
Stan Freberg! Feat Jesse White - The Old Payola Roll Blues
Brothers Four - Green Fields
George Formby - Happy Go Lucky/Banjo Boy
Roy Castle - Little White Berry
Tommy Steele - Must Be Santa
Olympics - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
Wanda Jackson - Mean, Mean, Man
Conway Twitty - C'est Si Bon
Billy Fury - Don't Worry
Tommy Cooper - Don't Jump Off The Roof Dad
John Leyton - Lone Rider
Roy Orbison - The Crowd
Helen Shapiro - Keep Away From Other Girls
Bobby Darin - Baby Face
Chubby Checker & Bobby Rydell - Jingle Bell Rock
Billie Davis - He's The One
Major Lance - Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um
Andy Williams - A Fool Never Learns
Buddy Holly & The Crickets - You've Got Love
Inez Foxx - Hurt By Love
Merseybeats - Last Night
Long And The Short - Choc Ice
Larry Cunningham & The Mighty Avons - Tribute To Jim Reeves
Jimmy Radcliffe - Long After Tonight Is All Over
Del Shannon - Stranger In Town
Tony Bennett - If I Ruled The World
Supremes - Back In My Arms Again
Rockin' Berries - You're My Girl
Chris Andrews - Whatcha Gonna Do Now
Ethopians - Train To Skaville
Eric Burdon - Sky Pilot
Traffic - No Face, No Name And No Number
Cream - Anyone For Tennis

This post has been edited by AH Gold: 11th June 2016, 04:05 PM