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1960s Top 40 Rate - The 'Impossible' Part 4

Numbers 35 and 36s

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 35s

Marv Johnson - I Love The Way You Love
Jimmy Jones - I Just Go For You
Harry Simeone Chorale - Onward Christian Soldiers
Tony Bennett - Till
Burt Weedon - Ginchy
Kokomo - Asia Minor
Dinah Washington - September In The Rain
John Barry Seven - Cutty Sark
Johnny Burnette - Clown Shoes
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie - My Kind Of Girl
Helen Shapiro - Woe Is Me
Duane Eddy & The Rebelettes - Lonely Boy Lonely Guitar
Ray Charles - No One
Ken Dodd - Still
Cilla Black - Love Of The Loved
Trini Lopez - Kansas City
Paramounts - Poison Ivy
Del Shannon - Mary Jane
Sounds Incorporated - Spanish Harlem
Long & The Short - The Letter
Ronettes - Do I Love You
Francoise Hardy - Et Meme
Drifters - At The Club
Everly Brothers - I'll Never Get Over You
Searchers - When I Get Home
Joan Baez - Farewell Argentina
Tom Jones - Thunderball
Billy Fury - I'll Never Quite Get Over You
Sam & Dave - Soothe Me
Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Knock On Wood
Pyramids - Train Tour To Rainbow City
Spencer Davis Group - Mr Second Class
Massiel - La, La, La
Equals - Laurel And Hardy
Barron Knights - An Olympic Record
Eric Burdon & The Animals - Ring Of Fire
Roy Orbison - My Friend
Blood Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy
Booker T & The MG's - Soul Clap '69
Trash - Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight

Number 36s

Norrie Paramor Orchestra - Theme From 'A Summer Place'
Ronnie Carroll - Footsteps
Jerry Lordan - Sing Like An Angel
Sammy Masters - Rocking Red Wing
Jan & Kjeld - Banjo Boy
Tommy Bruce - Broken Doll
Buddy Holly - Learning The Game
Makadopoulos & His Greek Serenaders - Never On Sunday
Danny Rivers - Can't You Hear My Heart
Nat 'King' Cole - The World In My Arms
Max Bygraves - Bells Of Avignon
Floyd Cramer - San Antonio Rose
Anthony Newley - What Kind Of Fool Am I?
Gene Vincent - I'm Going Home (To See My Baby)
Ted Heath & His Orchestra - Sucu Sucu
Doug Sheldon - Runaround Sue
Lettermen - The Way You Look Tonight
Dale Sisters - My Sunday Baby
Dave Brubeck - It's A Raggy Waltz
James Darren - Her Royal Majesty
Ray Ellington - The Madison
Doug Sheldon - I Saw Linda Yesterday
Craig Douglas - Town Crier
Spotnicks - Just Listen To My Heart
Mike Cotton's Jazzmen - Swing That Hammer
Bachelors - Faraway Places
John Leyton - I'll Cut Your Tail Off
Chuck Berry - Run Rudolf Run
Crystals - I Wonder
Shirley Bassey - Gone
Dennisons - Walkin' The Dog
Francoise Hardy - Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles
Del Shannon - Handy Man
Cheetahs - Mecca
Gene Pitney - It Hurts To Be In Love
Lou Johnson - A Message To Martha (Kentucky Bluebird)
Everly Brothers - Gone, Gone, Gone
Kathy Kirby - I Belong
Marianne Faithfull - Yesterday
Wayne Fontana - It Was Easier To Hurt Her
Toys - Attack
Wilson Pickett - 634-5789
Vince Hill - Merci Cherie
Manfred Mann - You Gave Me Somebody To Love
Chris Andrews - Stop That Girl
Stevie Wonder - Blowin' In The Wind
Frank Sinatra - Summer Wind
Creation - Painter Man
Ken Dodd - It's Love (In Un Fiore)
Skatalites - Guns Of Navarone
Manfred Mann - Sweet Pea
Kinks - Wonder Boy
Dorian Gray - I've Got You On My Mind
Ray Charles - Eleanor Rigby
Jimmy James & The Vagabonds - Red Red Wine
Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
Small Faces - Afterglow Of Your Love
Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Let's Hang On
Herb Alpert - Without Her
Edwin Starr - 25 Miles

This post has been edited by AH Gold: Jun 23 2016, 12:34 AM