Posted September 29, 200717 yr 1960-1961 RETRO RECORDS OF THE YEAR :cheer: :yahoo: :w00t: :dance: YES THE RETRO RECORD OF THE YEARS (UP UNTIL 1997) GAME HERE!!! Vote for your favourite Top20 (or minimum Top10) from the list of 50 Records from 1960-1. Your First choice (Favourite) song will score 20 pts, 2nd = 19 Pts....down to 20th = 1 point. Please state in your list if you are scoring by position or Points. I am playing this game across both BuzzJack & UKMix. Therefore if you vote please can you only vote in one of the sites threads especially if you have a different name on each site (like me). For each year 1964 to 1997 inclusive & games (*) for the years 1960-1; 1962-3 & two alphabetically track name split lists for the 1950s. There are 50 tracks that I feel best represent the year* in popular music. This certainly does not always mean the biggest hits of the year, but tracks that over time have come to best represent the year. Please note for the purpose of this game there are no Xmas songs in any of these lists, as I feel that they are at a disadvantage for 11 months of the year & at a great advantage in December. Also songs will only feature once for the most well-known or definitive version of a song (example “Without You” will only appear in 1972 for Nilsson, but will be absent in 1994 for Mariah Carey. However you can nominate the Mariah Carey version (if you wanted to) as a "Missing" track to then be put to the vote to qualify for the play-offs). Also please don’t mention that I have put the song in the wrong year as the year the track was recorded, released (on an album), a hit (peaked) in the UK, a hit (peaked) in the USA can result in three of four different answers, and there will be literally hundreds of songs that fall into that category. For each game you will have four weeks to get your votes in (two weeks for the vote from the shortlist of 50 songs, then two weeks to vote from the "Missing" songs that you have nominated). I will be posting two of these Games a Week at the weekend. (VOTING RULES FOR SPECIFIC GAME 1950s: Top25 make the Record of The Decade Final; 1960s & 1990s: Top 4 From Each Game make the Final, 5th to 10th make the Play-offs; 1970s & 1980s: Top 3 each year make the Final, 4th to 8th make the Play-Offs. PLUS: Your choices of missing songs being included in the relevant Play-offs) Phase 2: The Record Of The Decades Finals will result in the following numbers making the Final 200 (1950s: Top20; 1960s: Top50, 1970s Top45; 1980s Top45; 1990s Top40), where they will be split into 4 Quarter Finals, leading to the Final 50 Songs of the Retro Record Game A: Vote for your favourite 20 (minimum 10 out of the following:) Adam Faith - Poor Me Barrett Strong - Money Ben E. King - Stand By Me Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea Bobby Vee - Rubber Ball Bobby Vee - Take Good Care Of My Baby Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's Buddy Holly - True Love Ways Chubby Checker - The Twist Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - (I Don't Know Why I Love You) But I Do Cliff Richard - Please Don't Tease Del Shannon - Runaway Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You Got What It Takes) Dion - Runaround Sue Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me Eddie Cochran - Three Steps To Heaven Elvis Presley - (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never Elvis Presley - Stuck On You Etta James - At Last Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back Helen Shapiro - Walkin' Back To Happiness Henri Mancini - Moon River John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me Johnny Burnette - You're Sixteen Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over Johnny Preston - Running Bear Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion Marcels - Blue Moon Marvelettes - Please Mr Postman Maurice Williams & Zodiacs - Stay Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me Patsy Cline - Crazy Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou Roy Orbison - Crying Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely Sam Cooke - Cupid Sam Cooke - Wonderful World Shadows - Apache Shep & The Limelites - Daddy's Home Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Ventures - Walk Don't Run B: Nominate Two songs from 1960-1961 MISSING from this 50 track shortlist. The Top 4 Songs from each Game (1960 - 1969) will go through to the Record Of The Decade Final. The songs finishing 5th - 10th position will go into a Play-off, where the Top20 Songs will join the other 30 in the Final. While your selection of missing songs will be put to a vote with the winning track (or tracks in event of a tie) joining the Record of The Decade Play-Off. You have until Saturday 13th October to vote for your favourite Top 20 (minimum Top 10) songs of the Year. I will then reveal the results of the vote along with your selections of the "missing songs" from the original list for you to vote for an extra song for a place in the Record of The Decade (1960s) play-offs
September 29, 200717 yr 1. Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (20 pts) 2. Patsy Cline - Crazy 3. Sam Cooke - Wonderful World 4. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me 5. Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over 6. Ben E. King - Stand By Me 7. Del Shannon - Runaway 8. Barrett Strong - Money 9. Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion 10. Marcels - Blue Moon 11. Dion - Runaround Sue 12. Chubby Checker - The Twist 13. Bobby Vee - Rubber Ball 14. Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack 15. Helen Shapiro - Walkin' Back To Happiness 16. Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou 17. Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown 18. Buddy Holly - True Love Ways 19. Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me 20. Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely
September 29, 200717 yr Author 1st Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (20 Pts) 2. Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me 3. Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over 4. Shadows - Apache 5. Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise 6. Ben E. King - Stand By Me 7. Etta James - At Last 8. Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy 9. Patsy Cline - Crazy 10. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me 11. Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea 12. Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown 13. Del Shannon - Runaway 14. Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never 15. Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou 16. Elvis Presley - Stuck On You 17. Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry 18. Dion - Runaround Sue 19. Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - (I Don't Know Why I Love You) But I Do 20. John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me Nominations: Cliff Richard - I Could Easily Fall In Love With You Sam Cooke - Chain Gang
September 29, 200717 yr Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me (20 points) Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely Patsy Cline - Crazy Elvis Presley - (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never Ben E. King - Stand By Me Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces Elvis Presley - Stuck On You Shadows - Apache Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack Henri Mancini - Moon River Del Shannon - Runaway Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry Chubby Checker - The Twist Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown Marcels - Blue Moon Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me
September 29, 200717 yr 1. Ben E. King - Stand By Me 2. Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never 3. Roy Orbison - Crying 4. Shadows - Apache 5. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me 6. Johnny Preston - Running Bear 7. Johnny Burnette - You're Sixteen 8. Ventures - Walk Don't Run 9. Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? 10. Sam Cooke - Wonderful World
September 29, 200717 yr Del Shannon - Runaway 20pts Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion Sam Cooke - Wonderful World Marcels - Blue Moon John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never Dion - Runaround Sue Ben E. King - Stand By Me Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight Shadows - Apache Roy Orbison - Crying Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back Bobby Vee - Rubber Ball Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over Sam Cooke - Cupid Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely Helen Shapiro - Walkin' Back To Happiness Eddie Cochran - Three Steps To Heaven
September 29, 200717 yr Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely Ben E. King - Stand By Me Del Shannon - Runaway Buddy Holly - True Love Ways Elvis Presley - (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame Patsy Cline – Crazy Roy Orbison - Crying Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me Elvis Presley - Stuck On You Shadows - Apache Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou Helen Shapiro - Walkin' Back To Happiness Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me
October 1, 200717 yr Shadows - Apache...............................................20pts Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Elvis Presley - (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame Bobby Vee - Take Good Care Of My Baby Ventures - Walk Don't Run Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack Marcels - Blue Moon Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou Del Shannon - Runaway Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise Helen Shapiro - Walkin' Back To Happiness Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown Bobby Vee - Rubber Ball Henri Mancini - Moon River Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back ok... thats 19! lol... some pretty good tracks there . unusual for me to nominate and elvis track too! lol. i nominate jimmy jones 'handyman' percy faith 'theme from a summer place'
October 10, 200717 yr Adam Faith - Poor Me Barrett Strong - Money Ben E. King - Stand By Me 6points Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea Bobby Vee - Rubber Ball Bobby Vee - Take Good Care Of My Baby Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's Buddy Holly - True Love Ways Chubby Checker - The Twist Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - (I Don't Know Why I Love You) But I Do Cliff Richard - Please Don't Tease Del Shannon - Runaway Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy 11points Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You Got What It Takes) Dion - Runaround Sue Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me 10points Eddie Cochran - Three Steps To Heaven Elvis Presley - (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never Elvis Presley - Stuck On You Etta James - At Last Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back Helen Shapiro - Walkin' Back To Happiness Henri Mancini - Moon River John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me 12points Johnny Burnette - You're Sixteen Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over Johnny Preston - Running Bear Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion Marcels - Blue Moon Marvelettes - Please Mr Postman Maurice Williams & Zodiacs - Stay Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me 13points Patsy Cline - Crazy Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack 14points Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou Roy Orbison - Crying 18points Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely Sam Cooke - Cupid 17points Sam Cooke - Wonderful World 19points Shadows - Apache 20 points Shep & The Limelites - Daddy's Home Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? 15points Ventures - Walk Don't Run
October 13, 200717 yr Author Many Thanks top the 18 of you who voted The 1960-1961 Record Of The Year Results are: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points 49th Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You Got What It Takes) 0 49th Shep & The Limelites - Daddy's Home 0 48th Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - (I Don't Know Why I Love You) But I Do 2 47th Adam Faith - Poor Me 12 46th Johnny Burnette - You're Sixteen 14 45th Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's 15 42nd Barrett Strong - Money 17 42nd Eddie Cochran - Three Steps To Heaven 17 42nd Maurice Williams & Zodiacs - Stay 17 41st Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back 20 40th Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry 25 39th Etta James - At Last 26 38th Cliff Richard - Please Don't Tease 28 36th Johnny Preston - Running Bear 32 36th Bobby Vee - Rubber Ball 32 35th Bobby Vee - Take Good Care Of My Baby 35 34th Sam Cooke - Cupid 39 33rd Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou 41 32nd Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind 43 31st Elvis Presley - Stuck On You 44 29th Ventures - Walk Don't Run 45 29th Buddy Holly - True Love Ways 45 27th Henri Mancini - Moon River 46 27th Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise 46 26th Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea 48 25th Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion 50 24th Marvelettes - Please Mr Postman 52 23rd Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces 54 22nd Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy 57 21st Helen Shapiro - Walkin' Back To Happiness 59 20th Dion - Runaround Sue 83 18th Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight 88 18th Chubby Checker - The Twist 88 17th Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me 94 16th John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me 96 14th Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely 100 14th Elvis Presley - (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame 100 13th Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown 104 12th Marcels - Blue Moon 110 11th Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me 120 The following songs qualify for the Record Of The Decade (1960s) play-offs 10th Roy Orbison - Crying 125 9th Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack 133 8th Sam Cooke - Wonderful World 141 7th Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over 142 6th Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? 158 5th Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never 165 While the Top 4 Songs of 1960-1 all qualify for Record Of The Decade (1970s) Final 4th Patsy Cline - Crazy 166 3rd Shadows - Apache 168 2nd Del Shannon - Runaway 203 1st Ben E. King - Stand By Me 248 I will reveal the Missing 1960-1961 Nominations for you to vote on next.....
October 13, 200717 yr Author 1960-1961 Missing Nominations are: Alisons - Are You Sure Brothers Four - The green leaves of summer Cliff Richard - I Could Easily Fall In Love With You Cliff Richard - I Love You Duane Eddy - Because They're Young Edith Piaf - Milord Elvis Presley - Surrender Jimmy Jones - handyman Percy Faith Orchestra - Theme from A Summer Place Ricky Valence - Tell Laura I Love Her Rolf Harris - Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport Sam Cooke - Chain Gang Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Shop Around Please vote for your five favourites in order (1st, 2nd, etc) from that list of nominations within the next two weeks. The winning song will qualify for the Plays offs of the Record Of Decade (1960s)
October 13, 200717 yr Author 1st Elvis Presley - Surrender (5 Pts) 2. Cliff Richard - I Could Easily Fall In Love With You 3. Sam Cooke - Chain Gang 4. Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Shop Around 5. Cliff Richard - I Love You
October 13, 200717 yr Percy Faith Orchestra - Theme from A Summer Place........5pts Jimmy Jones - handyman Cliff Richard - I Could Easily Fall In Love With You alisons - Are You Sure Ricky Valence - Tell Laura I Love Her
October 13, 200717 yr Ricky Valence - Tell Laura I Love Her 5pts Sam Cooke - Chain Gang Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Shop Around Elvis Presley - Surrender Percy Faith Orchestra - Theme from A Summer Place
October 13, 200717 yr Elvis Presley – Surrender – (5 Pts) Sam Cooke - Chain Gang Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Shop Around Ricky Valence - Tell Laura I Love Her Cliff Richard - I Could Easily Fall In Love With You
October 14, 200717 yr Ricky Valence - Tell Laura I Love Her 1st Elvis Presley - Surrender Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Shop Around Sam Cooke - Chain Gang Rolf Harris - Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport
October 27, 200717 yr Author 1960-1 Missing Songs Vote: Results Thanks to the 12 of you who voted on the missing Songs from 1960-1: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points Scored 13th Duane Eddy - Because They're Young 0 10th Allisons - Are You Sure 6 10th Brothers Four - The green leaves of summer 6 10th Rolf Harris - Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport 6 8th Cliff Richard - I Love You 7 8th jimmy jones - handyman 7 7th Edith Piaf - Milord 8 6th Cliff Richard - I Could Easily Fall In Love With You 11 5th Sam Cooke - Chain Gang 17 3rd Percy Faith Orchestra - Theme from A Summer Place 25 3rd Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Shop Around 25 2nd Ricky Valence - Tell Laura I Love Her 28 So going through to the 1960s Record of The Decade Play-offs is: 1st Elvis Presley - Surrender 31 vLCJk-9-0I8 (So Surrender is the 2nd Elvis song from this Game (along with It's Now Or Never) to make the Record of the 1960s Play-Offs)
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