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1960s Top 40 Rate - The 'Impossible' Part 9

Numbers 33 and 37s

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 33s

Freddy Cannon - California Here I Come
England Sisters - Heart Beat
Paul Anka - Puppy Love
Jacqueline Boyer - Tom Pillibi
Crickets - Baby My Heart
Kenny Lynch - Mountain Of Love
Jackie Wilson - (You Were Made For) All My Love
Joe Brown & His Bruvvers - Shine
Emile Ford & The Checkmates - What Am I Gonna Do
Jimmy Jones - I Told You So
Krew Kats - Trambone
Frank Sinatra - My Blue Heaven
Terry Lightfoot & His New Orleans Jazzmen - True Love
Marty Wilde - Tomorrow's Clown
Bob Wallis & His Storyville Jazz Band - Come Along Please
Joey Dee & The Starliters - The Peppermint Twist
Norrie Paramor - Theme From 'Z-Cars'
Brook Brothers - Welcome Home, Baby
Kenny Lynch - Puff
Karl Denver - Blue Weekend
Jimmy Dean - Little Black Book
Ronnie Carroll - If Only Tomorrow (Could Be Like Today)
Russ Conway - Always You And Me
Julie Grant - Up On The Roof
Helen Shapiro - Queen For Tonight
Cougars - Saturday Nite At The Duck Pond
Dowlands - All My Loving
Peter, Paul & Mary - Tell It On The Mountain
Adam Faith & The Roulettes - I Love Being In Love With You
Frank Ifield - I Should Care
Fourmost - How Can I Tell Her
Cherokees - Seven Daffodils
Tommy Quickly & The Remo 4 - The Wild Side Of Life
Moody Blues - I Don't Want To Go On Without You
Roger Miller - Engine Engine No. 9
Georgie Fame - Like We Used To Be
Fourmost - Girls! Girls! Girls!
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - Jenny Take A Ride!
Otis Redding - Satisfaction
Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law
Bob Dylan - One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
Andy Williams - In The Arms Of Love
Herman's Hermits - East West
Andy Williams - Music To Watch Girls By
Judith Durham - The Olive Tree
Jim Reeves - Trying To Forget
Bar-Kays - Soul Finger
Frank Sinatra - The World We Knew
Harpers Bizarre - Anything Goes
Chris Farlowe - Handbags And Gladrags
Jim Reeves - Pretty Brown Eyes
Sandpipers - Quando M'innamoro (A Man Without Love)
Anita Harris - Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Cupid's Inspiration - My World
Billie Davis - I Want You To Be My Baby
Showstoppers - Eeny Meeny
Danny La Rue - On Mother Kelly's Doorstep
Beach Boys - Bluebirds Over The Mountain
Inez & Charlie Foxx - Mockingbird
Phil Harmonia Orchestra, Conductor Lorin Maazel - Thus Spake Zarathustra
Neville Dickie - Robins' Return
Herman's Hermits - Here Comes The Star

Number 37s

Bert Weedon - Big Beat Boogie
Mark Dinning - Teen Angel
Frankie Avalon - Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops
Nelson Keene - Image Of A Girl
Andy Stewart - Donald, Where's Your Troosers?
Sarah Vaughan - Let's/Serenata
Nero & The Gladiators - Entry Of The Gladiators
Alma Cogan - Cowboy Jimmy Joe
Johnny Burnette - Girls
Eddie Hodges - I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door
Dick & DeeDee - The Mountain's High
Joe Brown - What A Crazy World We Live In
Brook Brothers - He's Old Enough To Know Better
Perry Como - Caterina
Patti Lynn - Johnny Angel
Eddie Hodges - (Girls, Girls, Girls) Made To Love
Vernons Girls - You Know What I Mean
Tommy Roe - Susie Darlin'
Nat 'King' Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts
Ray Charles - Don't Set Me Free
Big Three - Some Other Guy
Crickets - Don't Try To Change Me
Bobby Darin - Eighteen Yellow Roses
Miss X - Christine
Drifters - I'll Take You Home
Chubby Checker - What Do Ya Say!
Richard Anthony - Walking Alone
Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde - Yesterday's Gone
Dave Berry & The Cruisers - My Baby Left Me
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Stop, Look And Listen
Karl Denver - Love Me With All Your Heart
Kenny Lynch - What Am I To You
Simon Scott With The Leroys - Move It Baby
Doris Troy - What'cha Gonna Do About It
Dusty Springfield - Your Hurtin' Kinda Of Love
Matt Monro - Without You
Dionne Warwick - You Can Have Him
Charles Dickens - That's The Way Love Goes
Dave Berry - This Strange Effect
Lance Percival - Shame And Scandal In The Family
Chris Farlowe - Think
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Bass - Tijuana Taxi
Lou Christie - Rhapsody In The Rain
Otis Redding - My Lover's Prayer
Chris Montez - There Will Never Be Another You
P J Proby - I Can't Make It Alone
? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears
Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need
Four Seasons - Tell It To The Rain
Royal Guardsmen - The Return Of The Red Baron
New Vaudeville Band - Green Street Green
Young Rascals - A Girl Like You
Georgie Fame - Try My World
Aretha Franklin - Satisfaction
Val Doonican - You're The Only One
Troggs - Litle Girl
Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic
Diana Ross & The Supremes - No Matter What Sign You Are

This post has been edited by AH Gold: 31st August 2016, 11:03 PM