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1964 RETRO RECORDS OF THE YEAR

 

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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 1964.

 

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 (including album tracks) that over time have come to best represent the year.

 

Please note 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).

 

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:)

 

Animals - House Of The Rising Sun

Beach Boys - I Get Around

Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love

Beatles - I Feel Fine

Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Little Children

Bob Dylan - Times They Are A Changin'

Brenda Holloway - Every Little Bit Hurt

Chuck Berry - No Particular Place To Go

Cilla Black - You're My World

Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over

Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

Dionne Warwick (or Cilla Black) - Anyone Who Had A Heart

Dixie Cups - Chapel Of Love

Doris Day - Move Over Darling

Doris Troy (or Hollies) - Just One Look

Drifters - Under The Boardwalk

Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas

Four Seasons - Rag Doll

Gerry & The Pacemakers - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying

Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good

Honeycombs - Have I The Right

Jackie DeShannon (or Searchers) - When You Walked In The Room

Jim Reeves - I Love You Because

Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night

Kinks - You Really Got Me

Lorraine Ellison - Stay With Me Baby

Lulu & The Luvvers - Shout

Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy

Martha Reeves & Vandellas - Dancing In The Street

Mary Wells - My Guy

Millie - My Boy Lollipop

Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road

Peter And Gordon - A World Without Love

Petula Clark - Downtown

Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now

Ronettes - Baby I Love You

Roy Orbison - It's Over

Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman

Sandie Shaw - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me

Searchers - Don't Throw Your Love Away

Searchers - Needles and Pins

Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack

Shangri-Las - Remember (Walkin' In The Sands)

Supremes - Baby Love

Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go?

Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake

Velvelettes - He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'

Zombies - She's Not There

 

B: Nominate Two songs from 1964 MISSING from this 50 track shortlist.

 

The Top 4 Songs from each 1960s Game (1960-1, 1962-3, annually thereafter) will go through to the Record Of The Decade Final. The songs finishing 5th - 10th position will go into a Play-off, where the Top18 Songs will join the other 32 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 11th November 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 :thumbup:

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1st Mary Wells - My Guy (20 Pts)

2nd Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman

3rd Kinks - You Really Got Me

4th Martha Reeves & Vandellas - Dancing In The Street

5th Petula Clark - Downtown

6th Animals - House Of The Rising Sun

7th Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

8th Brenda Holloway - Every Little Bit Hurts

9th Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night

10th Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

11th Zombies - She's Not There

12th Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go?

13th Honeycombs - Have I The Right

14th Millie - My Boy Lollipop

15th Velvelettes - He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'

16th Beatles - I Feel Fine

17th Jackie DeShannon (or Searchers) - When You Walked In The Room

18th Sandie Shaw - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me

19th Lorraine Ellison - Stay With Me Baby

20th Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now (1 Pt)

 

Missing Songs:

 

Beatles - If I Fell

Beatles - And I Love Her

what a difficult choice, there 20 class tracks here all of which deserve big points.

 

Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night

Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Little Children

Gerry & The Pacemakers - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying

Jackie DeShannon (or Searchers) - When You Walked In The Room

Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go?

Lorraine Ellison - Stay With Me Baby

Beatles - I Feel Fine

Honeycombs - Have I The Right

Martha Reeves & Vandellas - Dancing In The Street

Animals - House Of The Rising Sun

Dionne Warwick (or Cilla Black) - Anyone Who Had A Heart

Doris Day - Move Over Darling

Kinks - You Really Got Me

Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now

Shangri-Las - Remember (Walkin' In The Sands)

Sandie Shaw - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me

Cilla Black - You're My World

Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

Ronettes - Baby I Love You

 

nominate

 

hollies - 'were through'

animals - 'im crying'

Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman

Petula Clark – Downtown

Animals - House Of The Rising Sun

Roy Orbison - It's Over

Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

Mary Wells - My Guy

Martha Reeves & Vandellas - Dancing In The Street

Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night

Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

Gerry & The Pacemakers - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying

Peter And Gordon - A World Without Love

Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas

Honeycombs - Have I The Right

Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love

Kinks - You Really Got Me

Sandie Shaw - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me

Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Little Children

Supremes - Baby Love

Searchers - Don't Throw Your Love Away

 

Kinks - You Really Got Me 20 points

Animals - House Of The Rising Sun

Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman

Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas

Zombies - She's Not There

Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good

Beach Boys - I Get Around

Jackie DeShannon (or Searchers) - When You Walked In The Room

Searchers - Needles and Pins

Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake

Chuck Berry - No Particular Place To Go

Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy

Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love

Bob Dylan - Times They Are A Changin'

Roy Orbison - It's Over

Drifters - Under The Boardwalk

Petula Clark - Downtown

Peter And Gordon - A World Without Love

 

Animals - House Of The Rising Sun...1st place

Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

Kinks - You Really Got Me

Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now

Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over

Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love

Beatles - I Feel Fine

Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night

Zombies - She's Not There

Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman

Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy

Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

Roy Orbison - It's Over

Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Little Children

Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good

Searchers - Needles and Pins

Four Seasons - Rag Doll

Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

Beach Boys - I Get Around

Chuck Berry - No Particular Place To Go

 

 

nominate

Moody Blues - Go now

Manfred Mann - 5-4-3-2-1

 

1 Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman (20pts)

2 Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

3 Cilla Black - Anyone Had A Heart

4 Cilla Black - You're My World

5 Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas

6 Gerry & The Pacemakers - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying

7 Animals - House Of The Rising Sun

8 Roy Orbison - It's Over

9 Lulu - Shout

10 Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack

11 Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love

12 Petula Clark - Downtown

13 Mary Wells - My Guy

14 Ronettes - Baby I Love You

15 Manfred Mann - Doo Wah Diddy Diddy

16 Sandie Shaw - Always Something There To Remind Me

17 Supremes - Baby Love

18 Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go

19 Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

20 Kinks - You Really Got Me

 

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Many Thanks top the 20 of you who voted :thumbup:

 

The 1964 Record Of The Year Results are:

 

Position / Artist - Song Title / Points

 

50th Jim Reeves - I Love You Because 0

48th Shangri-Las - Remember (Walkin' In The Sands) 6

48th Velvelettes - He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' 6

47th Four Seasons - Rag Doll 10

46th Searchers - Don't Throw Your Love Away 11

45th Brenda Holloway - Every Little Bit Hurts 13

44th Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road 14

43rd Lorraine Ellison - Stay With Me Baby 16

42nd Peter And Gordon - A World Without Love 23

41st Lulu & The Luvvers - Shout 27

 

40th Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Little Children 28

39th Millie - My Boy Lollipop 30

38th Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake 31

37th Doris Troy (or Hollies) - Just One Look 34

36th Dixie Cups - Chapel Of Love 35

35th Chuck Berry - No Particular Place To Go 37

34th Jackie DeShannon (or Searchers) - When You Walked In The Room 38

33rd Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 40

32nd Doris Day - Move Over Darling 41

31st Cilla Black - You're My World 43

 

30th Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now 46

29th Dionne Warwick (or Cilla Black) - Anyone Who Had A Heart 48

28th Honeycombs - Have I The Right 53

27th Searchers - Needles and Pins 58

26th Ronettes - Baby I Love You 59

25th Drifters - Under The Boardwalk 61

24th Gerry & The Pacemakers - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying 65

23rd Bob Dylan - Times They Are A Changin' 66

22nd Roy Orbison - It's Over 68

21st Sandie Shaw - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me 80

 

20th Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go? 83

19th Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack 84

18th Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good 86

17th Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas 109

16th Martha Reeves & Vandellas - Dancing In The Street 115

14th Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy 116

14th Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself 116

13th Supremes - Baby Love 118

12th Dionne Warwick - Walk On By 120

11th Beatles - I Feel Fine 130

 

 

The following songs qualify for the Record Of The Decade (1960s) play-offs

 

10th Mary Wells - My Guy 132

9th Beach Boys - I Get Around 149

8th Zombies - She's Not There 170

7th Petula Clark - Downtown 178

6th Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night 180

5th Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love 202

 

While the Top 4 Songs of 1964 all qualify for Record Of The Decade (1960s) Final

 

4th Beatles - A Hard Day's Night 221

3rd Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman 252

2nd Animals - House Of The Rising Sun 257

1st Kinks - You Really Got Me 264

 

I will reveal the Missing 1964 Nominations for you to vote on next.....

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1964 Missing Nominations are:

 

Animals - I'm Crying

Beatles - And I Love Her

Beatles - Eight Days A Week

Beatles - If I Fell

Dusty Springfield - Wishin' and Hopin'

Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving

Hollies - Were Through

Louis Armstrong - Hello, Dolly!

Manfred Mann - 5-4-3-2-1

Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side

Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger

Them - Baby please don't go

Trashmen - Surfin' bird

 

(Please note the nominated Moody Blues - Go Now and Gerry & The Pacemakers - Ferry Cross The Mersey will be in the 1965 ROTY Game.)

 

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)

1st Trashmen - Surfin' bird

 

2nd Them - Baby please don't go

 

 

3rd Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving

 

4th

 

Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger

 

and finally 5th-4-3-2-1 place is Manfred Mann - 5-4-3-2-1

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1st Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side (5 Pts)

2. Beatles - If I Fell

3. Beatles - And I Love Her

4. Beatles - Eight Days A Week

5. Them - Baby please don't go

 

Animals - I'm Crying......................................5pts

Hollies - Were Through

Dusty Springfield - Wishin' and Hopin'

Beatles - If I Fell

Beatles - And I Love Her

 

Beatles - Eight Days A Week 5pts

Beatles - And I Love Her

Animals - I'm Crying

Manfred Mann - 5-4-3-2-1

Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side

 

Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger 5 pts

Beatles - And I Love Her

Beatles - Eight Days A Week

Beatles - If I Fell

Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving

1st Dusty Springfield - Wishin' and Hopin'

2nd Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving

3rd Beatles - And I Love Her

4th Beatles - Eight Days A Week

5th Beatles - If I Fell

 

 

Beatles - And I Love Her (5Pts)

Dusty Springfield - Wishin' and Hopin'

Beatles - Eight Days A Week

Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side

Manfred Mann - 5-4-3-2-1

 

1st Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger

2 Dusty - Wishin' and Hopin'

3 Trashmen - Surfin' bird

4 The Beatles - Eight days a week

5 Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly

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1964 Missing Songs Vote: Results

 

Thanks to the 19 of you who voted on the missing Songs from 1964:

 

Position / Artist - Song Title / Points Scored

 

12th Hollies - Were Through 4

12th Louis Armstrong - Hello, Dolly! 4

11th Animals - I'm Crying 8

10th Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving 12

9th Manfred Mann - 5-4-3-2-1 16

8th Trashmen - Surfin' bird 18

7th Them - Baby please don't go 19

6th Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side 20

 

5th Beatles - If I Fell 22

4th Beatles - And I Love Her 35

3rd Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger 39

2nd Dusty Springfield - Wishin' and Hopin' 41

 

 

So going through to the 1960s Record of The Decade Play-offs is:

 

1st Beatles - Eight Days A Week 46

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