Latest Site News

[AH Gold]

1960s Top 40 Rate - The 'Impossible' Part 8

Numbers 34 and 38s

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 34s

Joe Brown - The Dark Town Strutter's Ball
Four Lads - Standing On The Corner
Bobby Darin - Bill Bailey
John Barry Orchestra - Blueberry Hill
Frankie Vaughan - Milord
Johnny Preston - Charming Billy
Allisons - Words
Al Caiola - Theme From 'The Magnificent Seven'
Ricky Stevens - I Cried For You
Phil McLean - Small Sad Sam
Nat 'King' Cole - Brazilian Love Song
Leroy Van Dyke - Big Man In A Big House
Norman Vaughan - Swinging In The Rain (Singin' In The Rain)
Elvis Presley - Follow That Dream (EP)
Anthony Newley - That Noise
Mike Berry & The Outlaws - My Little Baby
Johnny Tillotson - Out Of My Mind
Beach Boys - Surfin' USA
Bo Diddley - Pretty Thing
Fats Domino - Red Sails In The Sunset
Bobby Vinton - There! I've Said It Again
Maureen Evans - I Love How You Love Me
Ella Fitzgerald - Can't Buy Me Love
Joy Strings - A Starry Night
Nashville Teens - Find My Way Back Home
Bachelors - True Love For Evermore
Adam Faith - Someone's Taken Maria Away
Peter Cook - The Ballad Of Spotty Muldoon
Roy Orbison - Ride Away
Four Tops - It's The Same Old Song
PJ Proby - To Make A Big Man Cry
Joy Marshall - The More I See You
Percy Sledge - Warm And Tender Love
Cream - Wrapping Paper
Harpers Bizarre - 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
Happenings - My Mammy
Sam & Dave - I Thank You
Scaffold - Do You Remember?
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
Tyrannosaurus Rex - Deborah
Nirvana - Rainbow Chaser
Diana Ross & The Supremes - Some Things You Never Get Used To
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
Betty Everett - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)
Gene Pitney - Yours Until Tomorrow
Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - You
Neil MacArthur - She's Not There
Max Bygraves - You're My Everything
Barry Ryan - Hunt

Number 38s

Shirley Bassey - With These Hands
Johnny Mathis - You Are Beautiful
Eddie Cochran - Sweetie Pie
Adam Wade - Take Good Care Of Her
Ben E King - Amor, Amor
Brenda Lee - Fool Number One
Shane Fenton & The Fentones - Walk Away
Walter Brennan - Old Rivers
Spotnicks - The Rocket Man
Jerry Lee Lewis - Sweet Little Sixteen
Little Richard - He Got What He Wanted (But He Lost What He Had)
Ella Fitzgerald - Desafinado (Slightly Out Of Tune)
Brook Brothers - Trouble Is My Middle Name
Ruby & The Romantics - Our Day Will Come
Shirelles - Foolish Little Girl
Four Seasons - Ain't That A Shame
Chuck Berry - Go Go Go
Helen Shapiro - Fever
Mark Wynter - Only You
Ray Charles - No One To Cry To
Tony Jackson & The Vibrations - Bye Bye Baby
Honeycombs - Is It Because?
Doris Troy - What'cha Gonna Do About It?
Nashville Teens - This Little Bird
Billy Joe Royal - Down In The Boondocks
P.F Sloan - Sins Of A Family
Bachelors - Hello Dolly
Merseybeats - I Stand Accused
Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall
Lee Dorsey - Confusion
Critters - Younger Girl
Tommy James & The Shondells - Hanky Panky
Gene Pitney - (In The) Cold Light Of Day
Elvis Presley - You Gotta Stop/Love Machine
Ray Charles - Here We Go Again
Keith West - Sam
Jim Reeves - I Heard A Heart Break Last Night
New Generation - Smokey Blues Away
Timebox - Beggin'
Wilson Pickett - I'm A Midnight Mover
Sandpipers - Kumbaya
Jackie Trent - I'll Be There
Scaffold - Gin Gan Goolie

This post has been edited by AH Gold: Aug 6 2016, 12:24 AM