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1960s Top 40 Rate - The 'Impossible' Part 5

Numbers 21 and 22s

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 21s

Teresa Brewer - How Do You Know It's Love
King Brothers - Doll House
Joe Loss & His Orchestra - Wheels - Cha Cha
Viscounts - Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)
Ken Dodd - Pianissimo
Shirley Bassey - Tonight
Russ Conway - Lesson One
Johnny Tillotson - Send Me The Pillow You Dream On
David Thorne - The Alley Cat Song
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen - Casablanca
Bobby Vee - Bobby Tomorrow
Frankie Vaughan - Hey Mama
Tymes - So Much In Love
Rolling Stones - Come On
Del Shannon - Sue's Gonna Be Mine
Ray Charles - Busted
Animals - Baby Let Me Take You Home
Ronnie Hilton - Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)
Crickets - (They Call Her) La Bamba
Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger
Twinkle - Golden Lights
Sorrows - Take A Heart
Sandie Shaw - How Can You Tell
Tony Bennett - The Very Thought Of You
Elvis Presley - Frankie And Johnny
Paul & Barry Ryan - I Love How You Love Me
Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Four Tops - Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
Righteous Brothers - The White Cliffs Of Dover
Bachelors - Walk With Faith In Your Heart
Rita Pavone - You Only You
Elvis Presley - Indescribably Blue
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
Sandie Shaw - Tonight In Tokyo
Shirley Bassey - Big Spender
Frankie Vaughan - So Tired
Anita Harris - Anniversary Waltz
Grapefruit - Dear Delilah
Solomon King - When We Were Young
Nice - America
Band - The Weight
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Don't Forget To Catch Me
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin'
Long John Baldrey - It's Too Late Now
Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir
Elvis Presley - Clean Up Your Own Back Yard
Pioneers - Long Shot Kick De Bucket

Number 22s

Bobby Rydell - Volare
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Restless
Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren - Bangers And Mash
Gene Vincent - She She Little Sheila
Brenda Lee - Dum Dum
Shane Fenton & The Fentones - I'm A Moody Guy
Mr Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band - Stars And Stripes/Creole Jazz
Troy Shondell - This Time
Temperance Seven - The Charleston
Frankie Vaughan - Don't Stop Twist
Clinton Ford - Fanlight Fanny
Frank Sinatra - Ev'rybody's Twisting
Jet Harris - Besame Mucho
Danny Williams - Tears
Adam Faith - Baby Take A Bow
Tijuana Bass - The Lonely Bull (El Solo Torro)
Mike Sarne - Just For Kicks
Chucks - Loo-Be-Loo
Rick Nelson - It's Up To You
John Leyton - Cupboard Love
Big Three - By The Way
Houston Wells & The Marksmen - Only The Heartaches
Frank Ifield - Mule Train
Ken Dodd - Eight By Ten
Dixie Cups - Chapel Of Love
Everly Brothers - The Ferris Wheel
Shadows - Rhythm And Greens
Lorne Greene - Ringo
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames - In The Meantime
Ivy League - That's Why I'm Crying
Moody Blues - From The Bottom Of My Heart (I Love You)
Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm
Jim Reeves - This World Is Not My Home
Brenda Lee - Too Many Rivers
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - The Time In Between
Joan Baez - It's All Over Now Baby Blue
Merseybeats - I Love You, Yes I Do
Second City Sound - Tchaikovsky One
Roy Orbison - Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart
Lee Dorsey - Get Out Of My Life, Woman
Elvis Presley - Blue River
Shadows - I Met My Girl
Norma Tanega - Walkin' My Cat Named Dog
Jr Walker & The All Stars - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Wilson Pickett - Land Of 1000 Dances
David Garrick - Dear Mrs Applebee
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - I'm Ready For Love
Stevie Wonder - I'm Wondering
Scott Walker - Jackie
Elvis Presley - Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby
Cliff Richard - Marianne
Consortium - All The Love In The World
Jefferson - Colour Of My Love
Ken Dodd - Tears Won't Wash Away My Heartache
Box Tops - Soul Deep
Clodagh Rodgers - Biljo

This post has been edited by AH Gold: Jul 13 2016, 11:59 PM