Posted November 24, 200717 yr 1966 RETRO RECORDS OF THE YEAR :cheer: :yahoo: :w00t: :dance: Vote for your favourite Top20 (or minimum Top10) from the list of 50 Records from 1966. 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:) ? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears Beach Boys - God Only Knows Beach Boys - Good Vibrations Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice Beatles - Eleanor Rigby Beatles - Paperback Writer Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows Beatles (or Cliff Bennett & Rebel Rousers) - Got To Get You Into My Life Bob Dylan (or Manfred Mann) - Just Like A Woman Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law Byrds - Eight Miles High Chiffons - Sweet Talkin' Guy Chris Farlowe (or Rolling Stones) - Out Of Time Donovan - Sunshine Superman Dusty Springfield - Goin' Back Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Easybeats - Friday On My Mind Four Tops - Reach Out, I'll Be There Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night Frank Sinatra - That's Life Hollies - I Can't Let Go Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted Kinks - Sunny Afternoon Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin' Mamas & The Papas - Monday, Monday Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo Mindbenders - A Groovy Kind Of Love Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walking Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Women Rolling Stones - Paint It Black Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence Small Faces - All Or Nothing Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin' Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running Stevie Wonder - Uptight Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On The Left Banke (or Four Tops) - Walk Away Renee Tom Jones Green - Green Grass Of Home Troggs - Wild Thing Troggs - With A Girl Like You Walker Brothers - Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore Who - Substitute Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally B: Nominate Two songs from 1966 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 8th December 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
November 24, 200717 yr 1 Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (20pts) 2 Dusty Springfield - Goin' Back 3 Rolling Stones - Paint It Black 4 Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence 5 Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night 6 Beach Boys - God Only Knows 7 Kinks - Sunny Afternoon 8 Mamas & Papas - California Dreamin' 9 Mamas & Papas - Monday Monday 10 Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There 11 Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 12 Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman 13 Beatles - Eleanor Rigby 14 Tom Jones - Green Green Grass Of Home 15 Isley Brothers - This Ole Heart Of Mine 16 Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted 17 Troggs - Wild Thing 18 Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running 19 Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin' 20 Small Faces - All Or Nothing
November 24, 200717 yr Author 1st Beach Boys - God Only Knows (20 Pts) 2nd Small Faces - All Or Nothing 3rd Rolling Stones - Paint It Black 4. Kinks - Sunny Afternoon 5. Dusty Springfield - Goin' Back 6. Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows 7. Frank Sinatra - That's Life 8. Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin' 9. Four Tops - Reach Out, I'll Be There 10. Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin' 11. Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 12. Beatles - Paperback Writer 13. Chiffons - Sweet Talkin' Guy 14. Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted 15. Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City 16. Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walking 17. Beatles - Eleanor Rigby 18. Chris Farlowe (or Rolling Stones) - Out Of Time 19. Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 20. Walker Brothers - Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore Missing: Beatles - Rain Who - I'm A Boy
November 25, 200717 yr what no 'shapes of things'?.. hell this will be the most difficult yet.... theres several that deserve 20 pts...
November 25, 200717 yr Beach Boys - God Only Knows (20 Pts) Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Beatles - Eleanor Rigby Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Women Beatles (or Cliff Bennett & Rebel Rousers) - Got To Get You Into My Life Mamas & The Papas - Monday, Monday Rolling Stones - Paint It Black Walker Brothers - Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore Beach Boys - Good Vibrations Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin' Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin' Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine Frank Sinatra - That's Life Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City Chiffons - Sweet Talkin' Guy Beatles - Paperback Writer Nominate Simon and Garfunkel - I Am A Rock Rolling Stones - Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown
November 25, 200717 yr Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running 20 pts Beatles - Eleanor Rigby Kinks - Sunny Afternoon Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Troggs - With A Girl Like You Walker Brothers - Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore Small Faces - All Or Nothing Rolling Stones - Paint It Black Four Tops - Reach Out, I'll Be There Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo Mindbenders - A Groovy Kind Of Love Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville Troggs - Wild Thing Who - Substitute Beatles - Paperback Writer Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin' Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence Chris Farlowe (or Rolling Stones) - Out Of Time Beach Boys - God Only Knows nominate Lou Christie - Lightnin' Strikes Spencer Davis Group - Somebody help me
November 26, 200717 yr 1 Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running.............. 20pts 2 ? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears 3 Dusty Springfield - Goin' Back 4 Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High 5 Stevie Wonder - Uptight 6 Cliff Bennett & Rebel Rousers) - Got To Get You Into My Life 7 Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine 8 Walker Brothers - Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore 9 Kinks - Sunny Afternoon 10 Easybeats - Friday On My Mind 11 Beatles - Eleanor Rigby 12 Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City 13 Small Faces - All Or Nothing 14 Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On 15 Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo 16 Rolling Stones - Paint It Black 17 Mamas & The Papas - Monday, Monday 18 Mindbenders - A Groovy Kind Of Love 19 Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville 20 Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence all these acts deserve double figure points imho... nominate yardbirds 'shapes of things' cream 'i feel free' please someone nominate kinks 'dead end street' :)
December 8, 200717 yr Author Many Thanks top the 19 of you who voted The 1966 Record Of The Year Results are: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points 49th The Left Banke (or Four Tops) - Walk Away Renee 6 49th Bob Dylan (or Manfred Mann) - Just Like A Woman 13 48th Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law 14 47th Hollies - I Can't Let Go 14 46th Chiffons - Sweet Talkin' Guy 15 45th Frank Sinatra - That's Life 18 44th ? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears 22 42nd Troggs - With A Girl Like You 22 42nd Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness 23 41st Tom Jones - Green Green Grass Of Home 24 40th Donovan - Sunshine Superman 27 39th Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream 31 37th Mindbenders - A Groovy Kind Of Love 32 37th Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo 33 36th Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine 34 35th Who - Substitute 34 34th Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally 34 33rd Chris Farlowe (or Rolling Stones) - Out Of Time 35 32nd Byrds - Eight Miles High 36 30th Beatles (or Cliff Bennett & Rebel Rousers) - Got To Get You Into My Life 44 30th Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted 48 29th Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville 51 28th Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City 53 27th Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin' 53 26th Small Faces - All Or Nothing 56 25th Stevie Wonder - Uptight 57 23rd Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice 58 23rd Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running 59 21st Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows 65 21st Easybeats - Friday On My Mind 65 20th Dusty Springfield - Goin' Back 66 19th Walker Brothers - Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore 71 17th Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Women 73 17th Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night 81 16th Troggs - Wild Thing 100 15th Mamas & The Papas - Monday, Monday 106 14th Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love 116 13th Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walking 121 12th Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On 129 11th Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High 131 The following songs qualify for the Record Of The Decade (1960s) play-offs 10th Kinks - Sunny Afternoon 132 9th Beatles - Paperback Writer 143 8th Four Tops - Reach Out, I'll Be There 156 7th Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 160 6th Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 186 5th Beatles - Eleanor Rigby 192 While the Top 4 Songs of 1966 all qualify for Record Of The Decade (1960s) Final 4th Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence 195 3rd Beach Boys - God Only Knows 203 2nd Rolling Stones - Paint It Black 212 1st Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin' 216 -wI6uAOHzvo I will reveal the Missing 1966 Nominations for you to vote on next.....
December 8, 200717 yr Author 1966 Missing Nominations are: Association - Cherish Beach Boys - Sloop John B Beatles - Nowhere Man Beatles - Rain Beatles - Yellow Submarine Cher - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) Cliff Richard & The Shadows - In The Country Cream - I Feel Free Hermans Hermits - No Milk Today James Brown - It's A Man's Man's Man's World Kinks - Dead end street Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion Lou Christie - Lightning strikes Rolling Stones - Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown Simon And Garfunkel - I Am A Rock Sonny And Cher - Little Man Spencer Davis Group - Somebody help me Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg Who - I'm A Boy Yardbirds - Shapes of things (Please note the nominated Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe, Monkees - I'm a Believer will be in the 1967 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)
December 8, 200717 yr Author 1st Beatles - Rain (5 Pts) 2. Kinks - Dead end street 3. Who - I'm A Boy 4. Rolling Stones - Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown 5. Beatles - Nowhere Man (1 Pt)
December 8, 200717 yr Yardbirds - Shapes of things..........5pts Cream - I Feel Free Kinks - Dead end street Sonny And Cher - Little Man Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion boy that wasnt easy
December 8, 200717 yr Beatles – Rain (5Pts) Simon And Garfunkel - I Am A Rock Beatles - Nowhere Man James Brown - It's A Man's Man's Man's World Rolling Stones - Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown
December 8, 200717 yr Beatles - Nowhere Man .. 5pts Spencer Davis Group - Somebody help me Rolling Stones - Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion Lou Christie - Lightning strikes
December 22, 200717 yr Author 1966 Missing Songs Vote: Results Thanks to the 16 of you who voted on the missing Songs from 1966: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points Scored 20th Who - I'm A Boy 3 19th Spencer Davis Group - Somebody help me 4 18th Cliff Richard & The Shadows - In The Country 5 15th Cream - I Feel Free 9 15th Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion 9 15th Lou Christie - Lightning strikes 9 12th Association - Cherish 10 12th Rolling Stones - Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown 10 12th Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg 10 8th Beach Boys - Sloop John B 11 8th Hermans Hermits - No Milk Today 11 8th James Brown - It's A Man's Man's Man's World 11 8th Sonny And Cher - Little Man 11 6th Beatles - Rain 13 6th Beatles - Yellow Submarine 13 5th Yardbirds - Shapes of things 14 4th Kinks - Dead end street 16 3rd Cher - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) 18 2nd Simon And Garfunkel - I Am A Rock 21 So going through to the 1960s Record of The Decade Play-offs is: 1st Beatles - Nowhere Man 22 0cj6zHzTumE
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