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

 

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

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Number 35s

 

+10 Tom Jones - Thunderball

+7 Massiel - La, La, La

+4 Drifters - At The Club

+1 Cilla Black - Love Of The Loved

 

Number 36s

 

+10 Edwin Starr - 25 Miles

+7 Marianne Faithfull - Yesterday

+4 Creation - Painter Man

+1 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People

 

Number 35s

+10 Booker T & The MG's - Soul Clap '69

+09 John Barry Seven - Cutty Sark

+08 Ronettes - Do I Love You

+07 Francoise Hardy - Et Meme

+06 Equals - Laurel And Hardy

+05 Frank Sinatra & Count Basie - My Kind Of Girl

+04 Harry Simeone Chorale - Onward Christian Soldiers

+03 Sam & Dave - Soothe Me

+02 Barron Knights - An Olympic Record

+01 Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Knock On Wood

 

Number 36s

+10 Francoise Hardy - Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles

+09 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People

+08 The Creation - Painter Man

+07 Edwin Starr - 25 Miles

+06 The Kinks - Wonder Boy

+05 Norrie Paramor Orchestra - Theme From 'A Summer Place'

+04 Skatalites - Guns Of Navarone

+03 The Crystals - I Wonder

+02 Herb Alpert - Without Her

+01 Stevie Wonder - Blowin' In The Wind

 

Number 35s

 

+10 Ronettes - Do I Love You

+9 Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Knock On Wood

+8 Tom Jones - Thunderball

+7 Sam & Dave - Soothe Me

+6 Drifters - At The Club

+5 Dinah Washington - September In The Rain

+4 Francoise Hardy - Et Meme

+3 Marv Johnson - I Love The Way You Love

+2 Pyramids - Train Tour To Rainbow City

+1 Booker T & The MG's - Soul Clap '69

 

Number 36s

 

+10 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People

+9 Shirley Bassey - Gone

+8 Toys - Attack

+7 Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Let's Hang On

+6 Wilson Pickett - 634-5789

+5 Dorian Gray - I've Got You On My Mind

+4 Jimmy James & The Vagabonds - Red Red Wine

+3 Ray Charles - Eleanor Rigby

+2 Crystals - I Wonder

+1 Francoise Hardy - Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles

35s

 

+10 Drifters - At The Club

+9 Ronettes - Do I Love You

+8 Tom Jones - Thunderball

+7 Cilla Black - Love Of The Loved

+6 Massiel - La, La, La

+5 Dinah Washington - September In The Rain

+4 Blood Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy

+3 Joan Baez - Farewell Angelina

+2 Francoise Hardy - Et Meme

+1 Booker T & The MG's - Soul Clap '69

 

36's

 

 

Just note that if gene pitneys brilliant original version of mecca had been the hit single instead of a rubbish cover it would have topped this list!

Knock off rubbish british covers were a total disease in the 60s :P The Jack Jones version of Nilssons brilliant Without Her is also better than Herb's decent version. Fab song.

 

 

 

+10 Herb Alpert - Without Her

+9 Crystals - I Wonder

+8 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People

+7 Makadopoulos & His Greek Serenaders - Never On Sunday

+6 Creation - Painter Man

+5 Edwin Starr - 25 Miles

+4 Chris Andrews - Stop That Girl

+3 Ray Charles - Eleanor Rigby

+2 Skatalites - Guns Of Navarone

+1 Gene Pitney - It Hurts To Be In Love

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Number 35s - The Results!

 

Again, thanks for the votes. These got zilch:

 

Jimmy Jones - I Just Go For You

Tony Bennett - Till

Burt Weedon - Ginchy

Kokomo - Asia Minor

Johnny Burnette - Clown Shoes

Helen Shapiro - Woe Is Me

Duane Eddy & The Rebelettes - Lonely Boy Lonely Guitar

Ray Charles - No One

Ken Dodd - Still

Trini Lopez - Kansas City

Paramounts - Poison Ivy

Del Shannon - Mary Jane

Sounds Incorporated - Spanish Harlem

Long & The Short - The Letter

Everly Brothers - I'll Never Get Over You

Searchers - When I Get Home

Billy Fury - I'll Never Quite Get Over You

Spencer Davis Group - Mr Second Class

Eric Burdon & The Animals - Ring Of Fire

Roy Orbison - My Friend

Trash - Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight

 

As for the rest:

 

2. Tom Jones - Thunderball 26

3. Drifters - At The Club 20

4. Francoise Hardy - Et Meme 13

Massiel - La, La, La 13

6. Booker T & The MG's - Soul Clap '69 12

7. Dinah Washington - September In The Rain 10

Sam & Dave - Soothe Me 10

Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Knock On Wood 10

10. John Barry Seven - Cutty Sark 9

11. Cilla Black - Love Of The Loved 8

12. Equals - Laurel And Hardy 6

13. Frank Sinatra & Count Basie - My Kind Of Girl 5

14. Harry Simeone Chorale - Onward Christian Soldiers 4

Blood Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy 4

16. Marv Johnson - I Love The Way You Love 3

Joan Baez - Farewell Argentina 3

18. Pyramids - Train Tour To Rainbow City 2

Barron Knights - An Olympic Record 2

 

which leaves:

 

1. Ronettes - Do I Love You 27

 

 

The Ultimate 1960s Top 40:

 

1.

2.

3.

4.

5. Monkees - Daydream Believer

6. Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer

7.

8.

9. Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

10. Temptations - Get Ready

11.

12.

13.

14.

15. Sandy Posey - Single Girl

16. Chiffons - He's So Fine

17.

18.

19. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By

20. Walker Brothers - Love Her

21.

22.

23.

24.

25. James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag

26. Beach Boys - California Girls

27.

28.

29. P.P Arnold - Angel Of The Morning

30. Booker T And The MG's - Soul Limbo

31.

32.

33.

34.

35. Ronettes - Do I Love You

36.

37.

38.

39. Supremes - I Hear A Symphony

40. Major Lance - Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um

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Number 36s - The Results

 

Nothing for these:

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

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

Dennisons - Walkin' The Dog

Del Shannon - Handy Man

Cheetahs - Mecca

Lou Johnson - A Message To Martha (Kentucky Bluebird)

Everly Brothers - Gone, Gone, Gone

Kathy Kirby - I Belong

Wayne Fontana - It Was Easier To Hurt Her

Vince Hill - Merci Cherie

Manfred Mann - You Gave Me Somebody To Love

Frank Sinatra - Summer Wind

Ken Dodd - It's Love (In Un Fiore)

Manfred Mann - Sweet Pea

Small Faces - Afterglow Of Your Love

 

As for the rest:

 

2. Creation - Painter Man 27

3. Edwin Starr - 25 Miles 22

4. Herb Alpert - Without Her 12

5. Francoise Hardy - Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles 11

6. Shirley Bassey - Gone 9

7. Toys - Attack 8

8. Marianne Faithfull - Yesterday 7

Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Let's Hang On 7

Makadopoulos & His Greek Serenaders - Never On Sunday 7

11. Wilson Pickett - 634-5789 6

Skatalites - Guns Of Navarone 6

Kinks - Wonder Boy 6

Ray Charles - Eleanor Rigby 6

15. Crystals - I Wonder 5

Dorian Gray - I've Got You On My Mind 5

Norrie Paramor Orchestra - Theme From 'A Summer Place' 5

18. Jimmy James & The Vagabonds - Red Red Wine 4

Chris Andrews - Stop That Girl 4

20. Gene Pitney - It Hurts To Be In Love 1

Stevie Wonder - Blowin' In The Wind 1

 

which leaves this:

 

1. Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People 28

 

 

The Ultimate 1960s Top 40:

 

1.

2.

3.

4.

5. Monkees - Daydream Believer

6. Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer

7.

8.

9. Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

10. Temptations - Get Ready

11.

12.

13.

14.

15. Sandy Posey - Single Girl

16. Chiffons - He's So Fine

17.

18.

19. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By

20. Walker Brothers - Love Her

21.

22.

23.

24.

25. James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag

26. Beach Boys - California Girls

27.

28.

29. P.P Arnold - Angel Of The Morning

30. Booker T And The MG's - Soul Limbo

31.

32.

33.

34.

35. Ronettes - Do I Love You

36. Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People

37.

38.

39. Supremes - I Hear A Symphony

40. Major Lance - Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um

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