Posted December 22, 200717 yr 1968 RETRO RECORDS OF THE YEAR :cheer: :yahoo: :w00t: :dance: Vote for your favourite Top20 (or minimum Top10) from the list of 50 Records from 1968. 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:) Amen Corner (or American Breed) - Bend Me, Shape Me Aretha Franklin - Think Aretha Franklin (or Dionne Warwick) - I Say A Little Prayer Band - The Weight Barry Ryan - Eloise Beach Boys - Do It Again Beatles - Hey Jude Beatles - Lady Madonna Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps Bee Gees - Got To Get A Message To You Bobby Goldsboro - Honey Cliff Richard - Congratulations Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mich & Tich - The Legend Of Xanadu Deep Purple - Hush Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose Doors - Hello I Love You Equals - Baby Come Back Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You Hugo Montenegro & Orchestra - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Janis Joplin & Big Brother Holding Co. - Piece Of My Heart Jeannie C Riley - Harper Valley PTA Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends John Fred & His Playboy Band - Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire Kinks - Days Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World Love Affair - Everlasting Love Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn Marvin Gaye (or Gladys Knight & Pips) - I Heard It Through The Grapevine Mary Hopkins - Those Were The Days Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music Small Faces - Lazy Sunday Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life Supremes ft Diana Ross - Love Child Tom Jones - Delilah Tommy James & Shondells - Mony Mony B: Nominate Two songs from 1968 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 5th January 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
December 22, 200717 yr Author 1st Beatles - Hey Jude 20 Pts 2nd Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil 3rd Kinks - Days 4. Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash 5. Small Faces - Lazy Sunday 6. Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay 7. Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World 8. Marvin Gaye (or Gladys Knight & Pips) - I Heard It Through The Grapevine 9. Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson 10. Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman 11. Beatles - Lady Madonna 12. Aretha Franklin (or Dionne Warwick) - I Say A Little Prayer 13. Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music 14. Band - The Weight 15. Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man 16. Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You 17. Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps 18. Mary Hopkins - Those Were The Days 19. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower 20. Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me MISSING: Beatles - Back In The USSR Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
December 22, 200717 yr 1 Kinks - Days 2 Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music 3 Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower 4 Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire 5 Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love 6 Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mich & Tich - The Legend Of Xanadu 7 Small Faces - Lazy Sunday 8 Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men 9 Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman 10 Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You 11 Barry Ryan - Eloise 12 Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose 13 Deep Purple - Hush Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends 14 John Fred & His Playboy Band - Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) 15 Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire 16 Beatles - Lady Madonna 17 Beach Boys - Do It Agai 18 Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life 19 Bee Gees - Got To Get A Message To You 20 Tommy James & Shondells - Mony Mony nominate... love affair 'rainbow valley', and maison williams 'classical gas'
December 23, 200717 yr 1 Beatles - Hey Jude (20pts) 2 Beatles - Lady Madonna 3 Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer 4 Bee Gees - Got To Get A Message To You 5 Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life 6 Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love 7 Kinks - Days 8 Tom Jones - Delilah 9 Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me 10 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine 11 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World 12 Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild 13 Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay 14 Supremes - Love Child 15 Cliff Richard - Congratulations 16 Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps 17 Aretha Franklin - Think 18 Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson 19 Small Faces - Lazy Sunday 20 Love Affair - Everlasting Love Add: Cilla Black - Step Inside Love Paperdolls - Something Here In My Heart
December 24, 200717 yr 20 points goes to Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (one of the best songs ever!!!!) 19 points = Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire Doors - Hello I Love You Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You Love Affair - Everlasting Love Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl Equals - Baby Come Back Kinks - Days Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire Bobby Goldsboro - Honey Aretha Franklin - Think Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mich & Tich - The Legend Of Xanadu Barry Ryan - Eloise Beach Boys - Do It Again Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music Aretha Franklin (or Dionne Warwick) - I Say A Little Prayer Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose Marvin Gaye (or Gladys Knight & Pips) - I Heard It Through The Grapevine Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Small Faces - Lazy Sunday Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World Hugo Montenegro & Orchestra - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Supremes ft Diana Ross - Love Child Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life Tommy James & Shondells - Mony Mony missing: scott walker - "Jackie" "Next"
December 24, 200717 yr Love Affair - Everlasting Love Beatles - Hey Jude Small Faces - Lazy Sunday Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Beatles - Lady Madonna Barry Ryan - Eloise Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mich & Tich - The Legend Of Xanadu Amen Corner (or American Breed) - Bend Me, Shape Me Hugo Montenegro & Orchestra - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl Aretha Franklin (or Dionne Warwick) - I Say A Little Prayer John Fred & His Playboy Band - Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild Bee Gees - Got To Get A Message To You Bobby Goldsboro - Honey Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman nominate Manfred Mann - My name is Jack Move - Fire Brigade
December 24, 200717 yr Love Affair - Everlasting Love Beatles - Hey Jude Small Faces - Lazy Sunday Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Beatles - Lady Madonna Barry Ryan - Eloise Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mich & Tich - The Legend Of Xanadu Amen Corner (or American Breed) - Bend Me, Shape Me Hugo Montenegro & Orchestra - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl Aretha Franklin (or Dionne Warwick) - I Say A Little Prayer John Fred & His Playboy Band - Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild Bee Gees - Got To Get A Message To You Bobby Goldsboro - Honey Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman nominate Manfred Mann - My name is Jack Move - Fire Brigade glad you put 'fire brigade' in there bri... i nearly had that. so many to pick from in this year..
December 27, 200717 yr Marvin Gaye (or Gladys Knight & Pips) - I Heard It Through The Grapevine Beatles - Hey Jude Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Love Affair - Everlasting Love Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life Aretha Franklin (or Dionne Warwick) - I Say A Little Prayer Beatles - Lady Madonna Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire Bee Gees - Got To Get A Message To You Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mich & Tich - The Legend Of Xanadu Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps Tommy James & Shondells - Mony Mony Small Faces - Lazy Sunday Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup Nominate Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten Dusty Springfield – Son Of A Preacher Man
January 1, 200817 yr Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You 20 pts Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson Hugo Montenegro & Orchestra - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn Barry Ryan - Eloise Beach Boys - Do It Again Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower John Fred & His Playboy Band - Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl Doors - Hello I Love You Bee Gees - Got To Get A Message To You Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose Aretha Franklin - Think Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
January 12, 200817 yr Author Many Thanks top the 21 of you who voted The 1968 Record Of The Year Results are: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points 50th Tommy James & Shondells - Mony Mony 8 48th Jeannie C Riley - Harper Valley PTA 11 48th Bobby Goldsboro - Honey 15 46th Amen Corner (or American Breed) - Bend Me, Shape Me 17 46th Cliff Richard - Congratulations 17 45th Equals - Baby Come Back 26 43rd Band - The Weight 28 43rd Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music 35 42nd Beach Boys - Do It Again 36 41st Tom Jones - Delilah 38 40th John Fred & His Playboy Band - Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) 39 38th Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man 40 38th Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends 43 37th Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire 48 36th Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn 55 35th Hugo Montenegro & Orchestra - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly 59 34th Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mich & Tich - The Legend Of Xanadu 62 33rd Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You 63 32nd Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men 67 29th Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman 68 29th Supremes ft Diana Ross - Love Child 69 29th Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life 70 27th Mary Hopkins - Those Were The Days 72 27th Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl 74 25th Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose 76 25th Deep Purple - Hush 76 24th Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire 78 23rd Aretha Franklin - Think 80 22nd Janis Joplin & Big Brother Holding Co. - Piece Of My Heart 83 21st Bee Gees - Got To Get A Message To You 84 20th Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup 95 19th Barry Ryan - Eloise 101 18th Small Faces - Lazy Sunday 104 17th Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me 109 15th Doors - Hello I Love You 116 15th Love Affair - Everlasting Love 116 14th Beatles - Lady Madonna 118 13th Kinks - Days 124 12th Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil 127 11th Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love 129 The following songs qualify for the Record Of The Decade (1960s) play-offs 10th Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash 143 9th Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower 145 8th Aretha Franklin (or Dionne Warwick) - I Say A Little Prayer 145 7th Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild 146 6th Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps 157 5th Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World 158 While the Top 4 Songs of 1968 all qualify for Record Of The Decade (1960s) Final 4th Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson 168 3rd Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay 176 2nd Marvin Gaye (or Gladys Knight & Pips) - I Heard It Through The Grapevine 199 1st Beatles - Hey Jude 246 BD3ovfZXO5Q I will reveal the Missing 1968 Nominations for you to vote on next.....
January 12, 200817 yr Author 1968 Missing Nominations are: Beatles - Back In The USSR Beatles - Dear Prudence Beatles - Revolution Bee Gees - Words Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman Cilla Black - Step Inside Love Cream - Crossroads Cream - White Room Deep Purple - Kentucky Woman Donovan - Atlantis Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten Free (or Albert King) - The Hunter Guess Who - These eyes Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida Jesamine - The Casuals Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower Love Affair - Rainbow Valley Lulu - I'm A Tiger Mason Williams Classical Gas Manfred Mann - My name is Jack Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing Move - Fire Brigade Paperdolls - Something Here In My Heart Scott Walker - Jackie Scott Walker - Next (The following songs were ineligible for nomination as they are all included in the 1969 ROTY Game: Dusty Springfield – Son Of A Preacher Man, Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin', Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover) 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)
January 12, 200817 yr 1. Scott Walker - Next 2. Scott Walker - Jackie (much much better than Marc Almond's reading dont you agree!!!!) 3. Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman 4. Move - Fire Brigade 5. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing 6. Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten 7. Lulu - I'm A Tiger
January 12, 200817 yr Author 1st Beatles - Back In The USSR 5 Pts 2nd Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic 3rd Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing 4th Move - Fire Brigade 5th Bee Gees - Words 1 Pt
January 12, 200817 yr Mason Williams Classical Gas...................5pts Love Affair - Rainbow Valley Move - Fire Brigade Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten Paperdolls - Something Here In My Heart
January 12, 200817 yr Beatles - Back In The USSR (5 Pts) Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten Move - Fire Brigade Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing Bee Gees - Words
January 12, 200817 yr 1Move - Fire Brigade 2Love Affair - Rainbow Valley 3Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten 4Manfred Mann - My name is Jack 5Beatles - Back In The USSR
January 14, 200817 yr 1ST Scott Walker - Next 2 Scott Walker - Jackie 3 Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten 4 Beatles - Dear Prudence 5 Marvin Gaye/ Tammy Terelle - Aint Nothing Like The Real Thing
January 15, 200817 yr 1st Beatles - Revolution 2nd Cilla Black - Step Inside Love 3rd Paper Dolls - Something Here In My Heart 4th Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten 5th Bee Gees - Words
January 15, 200817 yr 1st Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten 2nd Marvin Gaye / Tammy Terrell - Aint Nothing Like The Real Thing 3rd Scott Walker - Jackie 4th Cream - Crossroads 5th The Beatles - Revolution
January 16, 200817 yr 1 Cream - White Room 2 Mason Williams - Classical Gas 3 beatles - Revolution 4 Beatles - Back in the USSR 5 Beatles - Dear Prudence
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