June 4, 20232 yr Author Many thanks those who joined (sorry you couldn't make it Jade)! Best and worst poll now live in the retro forum.
June 4, 20232 yr Ooh, I remember being blown away by 'Little Red Monkey' in your thread reviewing every top 40 hit, Julian (clavioline usage so far in advance of 'Telstar'?!), nice one giving it some airtime :wub: 'Mr Sandman' also a great choice of bonus. Shame I missed Percy Faith, will have to put that on now as a pre-bedtime wind down song. I expect Father's Day plans will be around lunch time so hopefully see you guys in 2 weeks then ^_^
June 4, 20232 yr Author Shame I missed Percy Faith, will have to put that on now as a pre-bedtime wind down song. I expect Father's Day plans will be around lunch time so hopefully see you guys in 2 weeks then ^_^ Oh we’ll repeat that at 16:00 sharp next time! :D
June 4, 20232 yr Oh we’ll repeat that at 16:00 sharp next time! :D Oh nice one *.* starting off strong!
June 14, 20232 yr Author Remember to vote in the Week 1 poll in the Retro forum if you haven’t already! We’ve decided to slightly shake up the way we choose the track to play from the #1 album. We’ll play either the track given by Bray’s formula (highest Spotify streams subject to not being a Top 2 hit), or the highest charting track within the UK Top 100 where applicable. In many cases the two methods will give the same answer - that will certainly be the case for the likely #1 album this coming week. However in the Foo Fighters’ case there is a difference. “Under You” entered the chart at #98 but “Rescued” is the most streamed on Spotify thanks to having been a pre album single. So which would you prefer to hear? j3S8wdJhgac seok6lO1n-8
June 14, 20232 yr I'm continuing to keep my #1 albums Spotify playlist updated with the same criteria (so 'Rescued' added for last week) but no worries if you want to switch it up a bit. Of course it's pretty much always going to be lead singles appearing on my playlist as I update it on the go since there generally won't be enough time for other songs to overtake. And I guess it'll be 'Heaven' for Niall either way. Here's the link to the playlist if anyone wants to save it btw! (I did post it in the thread for the sessions at one point but it's a bit buried). There ended up being 11 #1 albums which don't have any tracks available on Spotify, and I also made the executive decision to not include Lostprophets (although I did include the Minstrels songs for now, I may or may not remove them at some point, I've been shuffling this playlist a couple of times recently and as of yet none of those have come on x) No strong feelings re: which FF song to play 'The Girl From Ipanema' to get an RIP slot for Astrud Gilberto this week?
June 14, 20232 yr Yes we'll give The Girl From Ipanema a play as an RIP. In Sunday's second session, we'll cover another 61 #2s - as many as the week before - however with the turnover a little faster, this will take us about two years fewer, ending in late 1965. We also have a new record 172 songs for you to choose from for the bonus section. Plenty of these are fairly well known, so we haven't done recommendations this time. As before, you are welcome to nominate up to five of these, from any combination of #3s, #4s and #5s, and we'll play the ones which get the most votes: #3s 1960 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man Elvis Presley - Stuck On You Tommy Bruce And The Bruisers - Ain't Misbehavin' Cliff Richard - Nine Times Out Of Ten Johnny And The Hurricanes - Rocking Goose Connie Francis - My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own Nina And Frederick - Little Donkey Anthony Newley - Strawberry Fair Matt Monro - Portrait Of My Love 1961 Johnny Burnette - You're Sixteen Cliff Richard - Theme For A Dream Helen Shapiro - Don't Treat Me Like A Child Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - But I Do Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise Shadows - Frightened City Cliff Richard - A Girl Like You Petula Clark - Romeo Cliff Richard - When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart Bobby Vee - Take Good Care Of My Baby Sandy Nelson - Let There Be Drums Neil Sedaka - Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen 1962 Eden Kane - Forget Me Not Brenda Lee - Speak To Me Pretty Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss Ronnie Carroll - Roses Are Red (My Love) Tommy Roe - Sheila Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September Susan Maughan - Bobby's Girl Rolf Harris - Sun Arise Maureen Evans - Like I Do 1963 Joe Brown - That's What Love Will Do Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes Billy Fury - Like I've Never Been Gone Buddy Holly - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man Freddie And The Dreamers - If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody Billy Fury - When Will You Say I Love You Steve Lawrence And Eydie Gorme - I Want To Stay Here Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou / Mean Woman Blues Freddie And The Dreamers - You Were Made For Me 1964 Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away Chuck Berry - No Particular Place To Go PJ Proby - Hold Me Swinging Blue Jeans - You're No Good Jim Reeves - I Won't Forget You Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself Barron Knights - Call Up The Groups Julie Rogers - The Wedding Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go Searchers - When You Walk In The Room Rockin' Berries - He's In Town Manfred Mann - Sha La La Val Doonican - Walk Tall Sandie Shaw - Girl Don't Come 1965 Del Shannon - Keep Searchin' Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Herman's Hermits - Silhouettes Yardbirds - For Your Love Seekers - A World Of Our Own Gene Pitney - Looking Through The Eyes Of Love Ivy League - Tossing And Turning Horst Jankowski - Walk In The Black Forest #4s 1960 The King Brothers - Standing On The Corner Steve Lawrence - Footsteps Brenda Lee - Sweet Nuthin's Duane Eddy - Shazam! Anthony Newley - If She Should Come To You The Everly Brothers - When Will I Be Loved Adam Faith - How About That The Everly Brothers - Lucille / So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren - Goodness Gracious Me Adam Faith - Lonely Pup (In A Christmas Shop) 1961 The Ventures - Perfidia Emile Ford and the Checkmates - Counting Teardrops Bobby Vee - Rubber Ball The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow? Cliff Richard and the Shadows - Gee Whiz It's You Bobby Vee - More Than I Can Say / Stayin' In Temperance Seven - Pasadena Elvis Presley - Wild In The Country / I Feel So Bad Adam Faith - The Time Has Come Pat Boone - Johnny Will 1962 Karl Denver - Wimoweh Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen - March Of The Siamese Children Ketty Lester - Love Letters Billy Fury - Last Night Was Made For Love The Shadows - Guitar Tango Mark Wynter - Venus In Blue Jeans Duane Eddy - Dance With The Guitar Man 1963 Del Shannon - Little Town Flirt Tommy Roe - The Folk Singer Frank Ifield - Nobody's Darlin' But Mine Cliff Richard and the Shadows - Lucky Lips Buddy Holly - Bo Diddley Brian Poole and the Tremeloes - Twist And Shout Ken Thorne - Theme from 'The Legion's Last Patrol' Johnny Kidd and the Pirates - I'll Never Get Over You Jet Harris and Tony Meehan - Applejack Trini Lopez - If I Had A Hammer The Ronettes - Be My Baby Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas - I'll Keep You Satisfied Kathy Kirby - Secret Love 1964 Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You Cliff Richard - Constantly The Hollies - Here I Go Again Louis Armstrong - Hello, Dolly The Bachelors - Ramona The Bachelors - I Wouldn't Trade You For The World Matt Monro - Walk Away 1965 Twinkle - Terry Manfred Mann - Come Tomorrow Sandie Shaw - I'll Stop At Nothing Marianne Faithfull - Come And Stay With Me The Searchers - Goodbye My Love Donovan - Catch The Wind Burt Bacharach - Trains And Boats And Planes Donovan - Colours Jonathan King - Everyone's Gone To The Moon The Byrds - All I Really Want To Do #5s 1960 Max Bygraves - Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be Lonnie Donegan and Wally Stott's Orchestra - I Wanna Go Home (The Wreck Of The 'John B') Tommy Steele - What A Mouth (What A North And South) Adam Faith with John Barry And His Orchestra - Johnny Comes Marching Home / Made You Connie Francis - Everybody's Somebody's Fool Johnny Burnette - Dreamin' The Shadows - Man Of Mystery / The Stranger 1961 Adam Faith - Who Am I? / This Is It Matt Monro - My Kind Of Girl Connie Francis - Where The Boys Are / Baby Roo The Brook Brothers - War Paint Cleo Laine - You'll Answer To Me Tony Orlando - Bless You 1962 Billy Fury - I'd Never Find Another You Bobby Darin - Multiplication Leroy Van Dyke - Walk On By Adam Faith - As You Like It Brian Hyland - Ginny Come Lately Jimmy Rodgers - English Country Garden Brenda Lee - Here Comes That Feeling The Crickets - Don't Ever Change Shirley Bassey - What Now My Love? Nat King Cole - Ramblin' Rose Marty Robbins - Devil Woman 1963 The Tornados - Globetrotter Frankie Vaughan - Loop De Loop The Springfields - Island Of Dreams The Cascades - Rhythm Of The Rain The Springfields - Say I Won't Be There Del Shannon - Two Kinds Of Teardrops Ray Charles - Take These Chains From My Heart Wink Martindale - Deck Of Cards The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron Billy Fury - In Summer The Surfaris - Wipe Out Heinz - Just Like Eddie Adam Faith - The First Time Los Indios Tabajaras - Maria Elena 1964 Gene Pitney - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa Brenda Lee - As Usual Manfred Mann - 5-4-3-2-1 The Merseybeats - I Think Of You Jim Reeves - I Love You Because The Shadows - The Rise And Fall Of Flingel Bunt Mary Wells - My Guy Dave Berry - The Crying Game Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um Freddie and the Dreamers - I Understand 1965 Sounds Orchestral - Cast Your Fate To The Wind Dave Berry - Little Things The Barron Knights - Pop Go The Workers The Rockin' Berries - Poor Man's Son Peter and Gordon - To Know You Is To Love You The Dave Clarke Five - Catch Us If You Can --- My choices: Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go The Ronettes - Be My Baby The Cascades - Rhythm Of The Rain The Surfaris - Wipe Out
June 14, 20232 yr The Cascades - Rhythm Of The Rain The Ronettes - Be My Baby :wub: The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
June 14, 20232 yr Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow? The Ronettes - Be My Baby The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron The Surfaris - Wipe Out
June 14, 20232 yr The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow? The Ronettes - Be My Baby Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You
June 14, 20232 yr Buddy Holly - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Ketty Lester - Love Letters The Ronettes - Be My Baby
June 14, 20232 yr Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow? The Ronettes - Be My Baby The Surfaris - Wipe Out
June 15, 20232 yr I know we already played it recently as a Burt Bacharach tribute (and no one else has mentioned it so fair if it doesn't get played again x) but 'Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa' is my favourite of the (still very few) songs I recognise from this list. I'll give another vote to 'Be My Baby' and 'I Only Want To Be With You' too (and 'I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself' as well if we don't mind playing 2 Dusty songs).
June 18, 20232 yr Author Think I’ll avoid politics related Jamelia slots, though Once I Caught A Fish Alive for Sturgeon is also tempting.
June 18, 20232 yr Coldplay - ‘Daddy’ for Father’s Day? :P (speaking of which, I’m still out so may miss the start of this after all but definitely not the whole thing again)
June 18, 20232 yr I endorse this since 'Daddy' didn't get a play at the #1 albums sessions x (I did consider playing it as an opener since the album was the last one in its week but went with 'Everyday Life' instead)
June 18, 20232 yr Author Starting at 4 sharp: https://sync-tube.de/room/nfksRy1I Hopefully this will now be a permanent room when I'm hosting. We've decided to change the repeat rule so that the winner of last time's poll is repeated instead of the last #2 of the last session. Of course this time they're the same track. :magic:
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