Posted January 12, 200817 yr 1969 RETRO RECORDS OF THE YEAR :cheer: :yahoo: :w00t: :dance: Vote for your favourite Top20 (or minimum Top10) from the list of 50 Records from 1969. 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 - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice Archies - Sugar Sugar Beatles - Come Together Beatles - Get Back Beatles - Here Comes The Sun Beatles - Something Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again Cream - Badge Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary David Bowie - Space Oddity Desmond Dekker - The Israelites Doors - Touch Me Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where The Time Goes Fleetwood Mac - Albatross Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well Frank Sinatra - My Way Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross Joe South - Games People Play Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue Kenny Rogers - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby Move - Blackberry Way Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People Stevie Wonder My Cherie Amour Stevie Wonder Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yester-Day Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air Tommy James & The Shondells - Crimson & Clover Tommy Roe - Dizzy Who - Pinball Wizard B: Nominate Two songs from 1969 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 26th 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
January 12, 200817 yr Author 1st Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream 20 Pts 2nd Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man 3rd Cream - Badge 4. Beatles - Here Comes The Sun 5. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary 6. Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where The Time Goes 7. Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want 8. Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother 9. David Bowie - Space Oddity 10. Doors - Touch Me 11. Beatles - Something 12. Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World 13. Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter 14. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love 15. Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People 16. Move - Blackberry Way 17. Who - Pinball Wizard 18. Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again 19. Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air 20. Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour Missing: Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime
January 12, 200817 yr 1 Cream - Badge 2 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising 3 Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World 4 Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where The Time Goes 5 Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well 6 Joe South - Games People Play 7 Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' 8 Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer 9 Stevie Wonder Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yester-Day 10 Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle 11 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary 12 Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man 13 Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby 14 Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds 15 Beatles - Get Back 16 Stevie Wonder My Cherie Amour 17 Tommy James & The Shondells - Crimson & Clover 18 Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto 19 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross 20 Kenny Rogers - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town nominate... glen campbell 'wichita lineman, jackie wilson '(your love keeps lifting me) higher and higher'
January 13, 200817 yr David Bowie - Space Oddity...20pts Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World Move - Blackberry Way Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air Beatles - Get Back Beatles - Here Comes The Sun Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women Who - Pinball Wizard Beatles - Come Together Beatles - Something Fleetwood Mac - Albatross Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice nominate Marmalade - Reflections of my life(if included in 1970 then can i have Manfred Mann - Ragamuffin Man ) Zager & Evans - In the year 2525
January 13, 200817 yr Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream (20 Pts) David Bowie - Space Oddity Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds Beatles - Get Back Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again Beatles – Something Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice Move - Blackberry Way Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising Who - Pinball Wizard Beatles - Here Comes The Sun Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air Beatles - Come Together Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer Kenny Rogers - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town Fleetwood Mac – Albatross Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary Nominate Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine Blue Mink – Melting Pot
January 14, 200817 yr 1ST Dusty Springfield - Son of A Preacher Man 2 Beatles - Here Comes The Sun 3 Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter 4 Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer 5 Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour 6 Serge Gainsbourg - J'Taime 7 Frank Sinatra - My Way 8 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross 9 Amen Corner - If paradise Is Half As Nice 10 Beatles - Something 11 Beatles - Get Back 12 Cream - Badge 13 Desmond Dekker - Israelites 14 David Bowie - Space Oddity 15 Led Zepellin- Whole Lotta Love 16 Led Zepellin - Dazed and Confused 17 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline 18 Nilsson - Everybody's Talking 19 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want 20 The Who - Pinball Wizard 2 Nominations; Fifth Dimension - Aquarius Marvin Gaye - That's The Way Love Is
January 14, 200817 yr 1. Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man 2. Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds 3. Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus 4. Frank Sinatra - My Way 5. Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day 6. Archies - Sugar Sugar 7. Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother 8. Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby 9. Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto 10. Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline 11. Stevie Wonder Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yester-Day 12. Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream That's all I recognise really :P Nominate Diana Ross And The Supremes And The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont
January 14, 200817 yr Author surely 'son of a preacherman was '68.... Like an awful lot of songs it was released late one year but did not peak to the following year (2008's best example being Nickleback - Rockstar). SOAPM charted 07/12/1968, but peaked five weeks later in the 2nd week of Jan 1969 at UK#9.
January 15, 200817 yr 1 Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (20pts) 2 David Bowie - Space Oddity 3 Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds 4 Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto 5 Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream 6 The Beatles - Get Back 7 Creedance Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary 8 The Beatles - Come Together 9 The Who - Pinball Wizard 10 Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love 11 Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused 12 The Move - Blackberry Way 13 The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun 14 Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour 15 Stevie Wonder - Yester-you Yester-me Yester-day 16 Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice 17 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline 18 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross 19 The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother 20 Kenny Rogers - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town Missing: Cilla Black - Conversations Mama Cass - It's Getting Better
January 15, 200817 yr 1 Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man - 20 Points 2 Frank Sinatra - My Way 3 Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer 4 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross 5 The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun 6 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline 7 Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter 8 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want 9 The Beatles - Something 10 Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour 11 Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women 12 Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' 13 Serge Gainsbourg / Jane Birkin - Je T'Aime 14 Led Zep - Whole Lotta Love 15 Sly and the Family Stone - Everyday people 16 The Who - Pinball Wizard 17 Marvin gaye - Thinking About My Baby 18 Doors - Touch Me 19 David Bowie - Space Oddity 20 Amen Corner - If Paradise is Half As Nice missing 2 - Marmalade - Ob La Di Ob La Da John Lennon - Give Peace A Chance
January 19, 200817 yr Like an awful lot of songs it was released late one year but did not peak to the following year (2008's best example being Nickleback - Rockstar). because you mentined Nickleback i read this sentance as... Like a lot of awful songs it was released late one year but did not peak to the following year (2008's best example being Nickleback - Rockstar).
January 20, 200817 yr 1st -Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World 2Who - Pinball Wizard 3Beatles - Here Comes The Sun 4Beatles - Something 5Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air 6Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising 7Fleetwood Mac - Albatross 8Beatles - Come Together 9Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well 10Move - Blackberry Way 11Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer 12Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day 13Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man 14Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds 15Beatles - Get Back 16Cream - Badge 17Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' 18Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue 19Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again 20Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother I have a softspot for "Call Me Number One" by The Tremeloes :-)
January 20, 200817 yr 1st. Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely 2nd. Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People 3rd. Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle 4. Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus 5. Move - Blackberry Way 6. Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross 7. David Bowie - Space Oddity 8. Desmond Dekker - The Israelites 9. Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice 10. Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby 11. Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue 12. Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again 13. Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay 14. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising 15. Archies - Sugar Sugar 16. Doors - Touch Me 17. Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man 18. Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day 19. Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter 20. Frank Sinatra - My Way 21. Joe South - Games People Play 22. Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer 23. Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want 24. Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline 25. Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' 26. Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women 27. Stevie Wonder My Cherie Amour 28. Who - Pinball Wizard 29. Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air 30. Tommy Roe - Dizzy 31. Stevie Wonder Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yester-Day missing: John Barry - Midnight Cowboy theme Nick Drake - River Man
January 26, 200817 yr Author Many Thanks top the 23 of you who voted The 1969 Record Of The Year Results are: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points 50th Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross 15 48th Joe South - Games People Play 16 48th Tommy James & The Shondells - Crimson & Clover 16 47th Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue 19 46th Desmond Dekker - The Israelites 24 44th Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine 26 44th Tommy Roe - Dizzy 26 43rd Kenny Rogers - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town 27 42nd Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle 29 41st Stevie Wonder Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yester-Day 30 40th Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely 37 39th Stevie Wonder My Cherie Amour 42 37th Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby 45 37th Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again 45 36th Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day 46 35th Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where The Time Goes 49 34th Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline 50 33rd Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People 52 32nd Doors - Touch Me 63 30th Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice 65 30th Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay 65 29th Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' 66 28th Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air 70 27th Archies - Sugar Sugar 80 26th Move - Blackberry Way 83 25th Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well 85 24th Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream 86 23rd Cream - Badge 89 22nd Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want 92 21st Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus 94 19th Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother 95 19th Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women 95 18th Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused 109 17th Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter 115 16th Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary 123 15th Frank Sinatra - My Way 129 14th Fleetwood Mac - Albatross 133 13th Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising 138 12th Who - Pinball Wizard 143 11th Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto 149 The following songs qualify for the Record Of The Decade (1960s) play-offs 10th Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World 152 8th Beatles - Come Together 174 8th Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer 174 6th Beatles - Here Comes The Sun 182 6th Beatles - Something 182 5th Beatles - Get Back 204 While the Top 4 Songs of 1969 all qualify for Record Of The Decade (1960s) Final 4th Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds 211 3rd Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love 214 2nd Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man 228 1st David Bowie - Space Oddity 257 wf-BkeDJqUU Please click on the video for an incredibly rare performance of the song from early 1970 I will reveal the Missing 1969 Nominations for you to vote on next.....
January 26, 200817 yr Author 1969 Missing Nominations are: B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone Beatles - Ballad Of John And Yoko Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home Blind Faith - Presence Of The Lord Blue Mink – Melting Pot Cilla Black - Conversations Cilla Black - If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind Cilla Black - Surround Yourself With Sorrow Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner Diana Ross & the Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together Diana Ross And The Supremes And The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me Fifth Dimension - Aquarius / Let The Sun Shine Frank Zappa - Willie the Pimp Grand Funk Railroad - Mr. Limousine Driver Jackie Wilson - (Your love keeps lifting me) Higher and Higher Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers John Barry - Midnight Cowboy theme John Lennon - Give Peace A Chance Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker Lulu - Boom Bang A Bang Mama Cass - It's Getting Better Marmalade - Ob La Di Ob La Da Marmalade - Reflections of my life Marvin Gaye - That's The Way Love Is Nick Drake - River Man Roger Whittaker - Durham Town (The Leavin') Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime Tremeloes - Call Me Number One Zager & Evans - In the year 2525 (The following songs were ineligible for nomination as they were all included in the 1968 ROTY Game: Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman and Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine) 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 26, 200817 yr 1st Diana Ross And The Supremes And The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me 2nd Lulu - Boom Bang A Bang 3rd Jackie Wilson - (Your love keeps lifting me) Higher and Higher 4th Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont 5th Diana Ross & the Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together
January 26, 200817 yr Author 1st Nick Drake - River Man 5 Pts 2nd Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime 3rd Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home 4th Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown 5th Fifth Dimension - Aquarius / Let The Sun Shine
January 26, 200817 yr 1 Marmalade - Reflections of my life 2 Mama Cass - It's Getting Better 3 Zager & Evans - In the year 2525 4 Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown 5 John Lennon - Give Peace A Chance
January 26, 200817 yr 1st Cilla Black - Conversations 2nd Cilla Black - If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind 3rd Beatles - The Ballad Of John & Yoko 4th Creedance Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner 5th Cilla Black - Surround Yourself With Sorrow
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