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1960s Top 40 Rate

Number 9s

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.9 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).

Billy Fury - Colette
Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons
Rolf Harris - Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport
Hank Locklin - Please Help Me, I'm Falling
Sam Cooke - Chain Gang
Johnny Mathis - My Love For You
Marty Wilde - Rubber Ball
Johnny Dankworth - African Waltz
Craig Douglas - A Hundred Pounds Of Clay
Neil Sedaka - Little Devil
Roy Orbison - Runnin' Scared
Craig Douglas - Time
Laurie Johnson Orchestra - Sucu Sucu
Burl Ives - A Little Bitty Tear
Bernard Cribbins - The Hole In The Ground
Karl Denver - Never Goodbye
Craig Douglas - When My Little Girl Is Smiling
Lonnie Donegan - The Party's Over
Jimmy Justice - When My Little Girl Is Smiling
Craig Douglas - Our Favourite Melodies
Ray Charles - You Don't Know Me
Paul & Paula - Young Lovers
Roy Orbison - Falling
Lesley Gore - It's My Party
Tommy Roe - Everybody
Fourmost - Hello Little Girl
Mojos - Everything's Alright
Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
Marianne Faithfull - As Tears Go By
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers - One Way Love
Helmut Zacharias - Tokyo Melody
Dusty Springfield - Losing You
Hollies - Yes I Will
Bob Dylan - Times They Are A-Changin'
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bachelors - Marie
Kinks - Set Me Free
Billy Fury - In Thoughts Of You
Cher - All I Really Want To Do
Sonny - Laugh At Me
Gene Pitney - Princess In Rags
Barron Knights - Merry Gentle Pops
Pinkerton's Assorted Colours - Mirror, Mirror
Sandie Shaw - Tomorrow
Alan Price Set - I Put A Spell On You
Cilla Black - Alfie
Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
Dusty Springfield - All I See Is You
Bobby Darin - If I Were A Carpenter
Elvis Presley - If Every Day Was Like Christmas
Spencer Davis Group - I'm A Man
Cliff Richard - It's All Over
Topol - If I Were A Rich Man
Mamas & The Papas - Creeque Alley
Bee Gees - World
Simon Dupree & The Big Sound - Kites
Small Faces - Tin Soldier
Lulu - Me, The Peaceful Heart
Mason Williams - Classical Gas
Lulu - I'm A Tiger
Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
Tom Jones - Love Me Tonight
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears
Marmalade - Baby Make It Soon
Love Affair - Bring On Back The Good Times
Harry J All Stars - The Liquidator
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - The Onion Song

Not expecting too many voters here, but as ever, you have the choice of:

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or you can do a +20 rate:

+20
+19
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+9
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or:

+20
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or:

+20
+15
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+5
+1

Good Luck!

This post has been edited by AH Gold: 28th May 2016, 09:10 PM