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1960s Top 40 Rate

Number 8s

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.8 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).

Johnny & The Hurricanes - Beatnik Fly
Bobby Darin - Clementine
Neil Sedaka - Stairway To Heaven
Johnny & The Hurricanes - Down Yonder
Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
Ken Dodd - Love Is Like A Violin
Ventures - Walk Don't Run
Neil Sedaka - Calender Girl
String-A-Longs - Wheels
Ramrods - Riders In The Sky
Lonnie Donegan - Have A Drink On Me
Karl Denver - Marcheta
Karl Denver - Mexicali Rose
Johnny Keating - Theme From 'Z Cars' (Johnny Todd)
Danny Williams - Wonderful World Of The Young
Jimmy Justice - Ain't That Funny
Helen Shapiro - Little Miss Lonely
Adam Faith - Don't That Beat All
Four Seasons - Sherry
Paul & Paula - Hey Paula
Hollies - Stay
Frank Ifield - Don't Blame Me
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - I'm The Lonely One
Eden Kane - Boys Cry
Doris Day - Move Over Darling
PJ Proby - Together
Animals - I'm Crying
Cliff Richard - The Twelfth Of Never
Gerry & The Pacemakers - Ferry Cross The Mersey
Jim Reeves - It Hurts So Much (To See You Go)
Ivy League - Funny How Love Can Be
The Who - I Can't Explain
Lulu - Leave A Little Love
Dusty Springfield - In The Middle Of Nowhere
Joan Baez - There But For Fortune
Nini Rosso - Il Silenzio
Dusty Springfield - Some Of Your Lovin'
Matt Monro - Yesterday
Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
P J Proby - Maria
Kinks - Till The End Of The Day
Eddy Arnold - Make The World Go Away
Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City
Lee Dorsey - Working In The Coal Mine
Gene Pitney - Just One Smile
Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On
Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted
Troggs - Anyway That You Want Me
Nancy Sinatra - Sugar Town
Royal Guardsmen - Snoopy Vs The Red Baron
Donovan - Mellow Yellow
Tom Jones - Detroit City
Four Tops - Bernadette
Young Rascals - Groovin'
Rolling Stones - We Love You/Dandelion
Beach Boys - Heroes And Villains
Donovan - There Is A Mountain
Traffic - Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush
Brenton Wood - Gimme Little Sign
Bee Gees - Words
Cilla Black - Step Inside Love
Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go
Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho
Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl
Canned Heat - On The Road Again
Status Quo - Ice In The Sun
Malcolm Roberts - May I Have The Next Dream With You
Gun - Race With The Devil
Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number
Foundations - In The Bad, Bad Old Days
Noel Harrison - The Windmills Of Your Mind
Manfred Mann - Ragamuffin Man
Cliff Richard - Big Ship
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning
Mama Cass - It's Getting Better
Frank Sinatra - Love's Been Good To Me

Your choice of rates:

+30
+29
+28
+27
+26
+25
+24
+23
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+20
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+15
+14
+13
+12
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+10
+9
+8
+7
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+5
+4
+3
+2
+1

or you can do a +20 rate:

+20
+19
+18
+17
+16
+15
+14
+13
+12
+11
+10
+9
+8
+7
+6
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or:

+20
+18
+16
+14
+12
+10
+8
+6
+4
+2

or:

+20
+15
+10
+5
+1

Good Luck!

This post has been edited by AH Gold: 6th August 2016, 03:21 PM