September 8, 2024Sep 8 Author Thinking I'm gonna give a miss to this next week and commence with the third session on the 22nd as we now have 3 regulars who won't be able to join (already knew Jim and Jade wouldn't be there but Dan saying he won't be able to join either now). Will put up the 2nd best & worst poll thread when I get home a bit later! Week 2 tracklist: Recap Percy Faith - Theme From "A Summer Place" 70 The Shirelles - Soldier Boy 71 Mr. Acker Bilk and The Leon Young String Chorale - Stranger On The Shore 72 Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You 73 David Rose - The Stripper 74 Bobby Vinton - Roses Are Red (My Love) 75 Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do 76 Little Eva - The Loco-Motion 77 Tommy Roe - Sheila 78 The Four Seasons - Sherry 79 Bobby (Boris) Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash 80 The Crystals - He's A Rebel 81 The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry 82 The Tornados - Telstar 83 Steve Lawrence - Go Away Little Girl 84 The Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In 85 Paul & Paula - Hey Paula 86 The Four Seasons - Walk Like A Man 87 Ruby & The Romantics - Our Day Will Come 88 The Chiffons - He's So Fine 89 Little Peggy March - I Will Follow Him 90 Jimmy Soul - If You Wanna Be Happy 91 Lesley Gore - It's My Party 92 Kyu Sakamoto - Ue O Muite Arukō 93 The Essex - Easier Said Than Done 94 Jan & Dean - Surf City 95 The Tymes - So Much In Love 96 Stevie Wonder - Fingertips 97 The Angels - My Boyfriend's Back 98 Bobby Vinton - Blue Velvet 99 Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs - Sugar Shack 100 Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Deep Purple 101 Dale & Grace - I'm Leaving It Up To You 102 Sœur Sourire - Dominique 103 Bobby Vinton - There! I've Said It Again 104 The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 105 The Beatles - She Loves You 106 The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love 107 Louis Armstrong - Hello, Dolly! 108 Mary Wells - My Guy 109 The Beatles - Love Me Do 110 The Dixie Cups - Chapel Of Love 111 Peter And Gordon - A World Without Love 112 The Beach Boys - I Get Around 113 The Four Seasons - Rag Doll 114 The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night 115 Dean Martin - Everybody Loves Somebody #2 Skeeter Davis - The End Of The World #2 The Surfaris - Wipe Out #2 The Ronettes - Be My Baby #2 The Kingsmen - Louie Louie #2 The Beatles - Twist And Shout UK#1A Oasis - Supersonic [from Definitely Maybe; bonus song for returning to #1 in new chart run] RIP Rich Homie Quan - Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh) RIP Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Mas Que Nada RIP Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side [for Herbie Flowers]
September 22, 2024Sep 22 Will have to miss quite a lot of today’s but might be able to tune in for a while in the second half.
September 22, 2024Sep 22 Author Sorry I'm back to my old ways of last minute preparation oop but this will be back today, hopefully at 4pm as usual - I'll get the #2s list posted here as soon as possible x
September 22, 2024Sep 22 Author Right got prepared in time just about and even with a bit of time for people to nominate #2s before we actually start :kink: (I'll count up nominations during the session so any votes before 7pm will be counted x) We're still getting through a lot of songs at the moment, 62 #1s covered today bringing us up to February 1967. And here are the 27 #2s over that period (surprisingly few x), as usual nominate up to 3 favourites: Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann The Beatles - Yellow Submarine Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Bobby Hebb - Sunny Cher - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) The Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball Donovan - Mellow Yellow Gary Lewis & The Playboys - Count Me In Gary Lewis & The Playboys - Save Your Heart For Me Herman's Hermits - Can't You Hear My Heartbeat J. Frank Wilson And The Cavaliers - Last Kiss Len Barry - 1-2-3 The Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream The Lovin' Spoonful - Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind? Martha And The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street The Mindbenders - A Groovy Kind Of Love The Newbeats - Bread And Butter The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown Roy Head And The Traits - Treat Her Right The Royal Guardsmen - Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs - Li'l Red Riding Hood Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs - Wooly Bully The Seekers - Georgy Girl The Toys - A Lover's Concerto The Zombies - She's Not There I'll go with these ones ~ The Beatles - Yellow Submarine Bobby Hebb - Sunny Donovan - Mellow Yellow And join us at the usual link from 4pm :jump: https://sync-tube.de/room/G3URuYMG
September 22, 2024Sep 22 The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann Donovan - Mellow Yellow The Seekers - Georgy Girl
September 22, 2024Sep 22 The Beatles - Yellow Submarine Donovan - Mellow Yellow The Zombies - She's Not There I was tempted by ‘Wooly Bully’ after watching Full Metal Jacket this weekend :lol:
September 22, 2024Sep 22 I'll go for three that weren't UK top 10s Bobby Hebb - Sunny Martha And The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street The Zombies - She's Not There
September 22, 2024Sep 22 we could also have Bread and Butter as a Jamelia slot for being amazingly rubbish :lol:
September 22, 2024Sep 22 The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone Donovan - Mellow Yellow
September 22, 2024Sep 22 Martha And The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street The Zombies - She's Not There Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone RIP: For Tito Jackson, can we have Can You Feel It by The Jacksons
September 22, 2024Sep 22 Ooh and can we have Imperial March/Darth Vader's Theme from Star Wars as an additional RIP for James Earl Jones (or something from the Lion King if people would prefer)
September 22, 2024Sep 22 Author Will take those RIP suggestions (I was planning to play something for Tito but wasn't sure what song to go for). Can't immediately see any other names that jump out as needing RIP slots but open to any other suggestions if I overlooked anyone. (we have a birthday slot this week as well, no spoilers ofc x)
September 22, 2024Sep 22 Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone * Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Martha And The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street * a must after it didn't get a bonus play in the UK #2 sessions
September 22, 2024Sep 22 Author New best & worst poll thread will be up later this evening. Week 3 tracklist: Recap The Tornados - Telstar 116 The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go 117 The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun 118 Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman 119 Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy 120 The Supremes - Baby Love 121 The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack 122 Lorne Greene - Ringo 123 Bobby Vinton - Mr. Lonely 124 The Supremes - Come See About Me 125 The Beatles - I Feel Fine 126 Petula Clark - Downtown 127 The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 128 Gary Lewis & The Playboys - This Diamond Ring 129 The Temptations - My Girl 130 The Beatles - Eight Days A Week 131 The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love 132 Freddie And The Dreamers - I'm Telling You Now 133 Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - The Game Of Love 134 Herman's Hermits - Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter 135 The Beatles - Ticket To Ride 136 The Beach Boys - Help Me, Rhonda 137 The Supremes - Back In My Arms Again 138 Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) 139 The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man 140 The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 141 Herman's Hermits - I'm Henry VIII, I Am 142 Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe 143 The Beatles - Help! 144 Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction 145 The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy 146 The Beatles - Yesterday 147 The Rolling Stones - Get Off Of My Cloud 148 The Supremes - I Hear A Symphony 149 The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) 150 The Dave Clark Five - Over And Over 151 Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds Of Silence 152 The Beatles - We Can Work It Out 153 Petula Clark - My Love 154 Lou Christie - Lightnin' Strikes 155 Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 156 SSgt Barry Sadler - The Ballad Of The Green Berets 157 The Righteous Brothers - (You're My) Soul And Inspiration 158 The Young Rascals - Good Lovin' 159 The Mamas & The Papas - Monday, Monday 160 Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman 161 The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black 162 The Beatles - Paperback Writer 163 Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night 164 Tommy James And The Shondells - Hanky Panky 165 The Troggs - Wild Thing 166 The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City 167 Donovan - Sunshine Superman 168 The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love 169 The Association - Cherish 170 Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There 171 ? And The Mysterians - 96 Tears 172 The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville 173 Johnny Rivers - Poor Side Of Town 174 The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On 175 The New Vaudeville Band - Winchester Cathedral 176 The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 177 The Monkees - I'm A Believer #2 Martha And The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street #2 The Zombies - She's Not There #2 Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone #2 Bobby Hebb - Sunny #2 Donovan - Mellow Yellow Jamelia Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs - Wooly Bully [end of year #1 for 1965] UK#1A David Gilmour - The Piper's Call [from Luck And Strange] UK#1A Snow Patrol - The Beginning [from The Forest Is The Path] RIP The Jacksons - Can You Feel It [for Tito Jackson] RIP John Williams - The Imperial March [for James Earl Jones] HB The Beatles - When I'm Sixty-Four [suedehead birthday request]
September 28, 2024Sep 28 Author Going again tomorrow from 4pm and I've prepared in more time this week yay. A slightly shorter list of 52 #1s (although 53 songs) to get through this week, taking us just about into the 70s (early February 1970 to be exact). Not seeing any names that particularly jump out for RIP slots this week but open to suggestions. Here's this week's list of potential #2 bonuses, 41 of them this week which is more like it (though I am familiar with fewer songs than last week's list overall and the ones I do know are generally weaker oop), nominate up to 3 favourites as usual: Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music The Association - Never My Love The Cowsills - The Rain, The Park & Other Things Blood, Sweat & Tears - And When I Die Blood, Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel Blood, Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy The Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby Classics IV - Traces Cliff Nobles & Co. - The Horse The Cowsills - Hair The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary Diana Ross & The Supremes - Reflections Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me Dionne Warwick - (Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off You Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Young Girl Gladys Knight & The Pips - I Heard It Through The Grapevine Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue The Mamas & The Papas - Dedicated To The One I Love Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days Mason Williams - Classical Gas Mercy - Love (Can Make You Happy) The Monkees - A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You The Music Explosion - Little Bit O' Soul O.C. Smith - Little Green Apples Oliver - Jean R.B. Greaves - Take A Letter Maria Richard Harris - MacArthur Park Sam & Dave - Soul Man Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life Stevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her Tommy James And The Shondells - Crystal Blue Persuasion My picks: The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
September 28, 2024Sep 28 Author (also btw I'll be going out at ~6:30 on Sunday next week (going with my family to a Tubular Bells anniversary concert x) - I suppose I could just do a shorter session to make sure we finish before then but I'm more inclined to just take the week off again, hopefully no more interruptions for a while after this!)
September 28, 2024Sep 28 The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
September 28, 2024Sep 28 Not seeing any names that particularly jump out for RIP slots this week but open to suggestions.maybe Hedwig’s Theme for Dame Maggie Smith?
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