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    This will close at some point I promise - I’ve not wanted to rush people and have been pretty busy myself so haven’t wanted to rush into the results. Bray and I will make 16 voters which isn’t bad for a 60s band but I’d love to get a bit closer to 20!

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    Edited by JulianT

    It’s time for my 20th and last perfect 10 of the decade, again going to another sublime and beautifully complementary Beatles double A. How this era defining single only peaked at #4 I have no idea. But there’s also one of my favourite new discoveries of the year here in “No Mule’s Fool” which is beautiful and unique.

     

    10 The Beatles Something/Come Together Another stunning complementary double A: "Something" with its emotional power and "Come Together" with its great story

    9 Family No Mule's Fool Debut hit for this UK rock band; I adore the enchanting folky violin riff, the acceleration and the building sense of desperation

    8 Jethro Tull Sweet Dream A worthy follow up to "Living In The Past" but that is hypnotic and this is more powerful; this is also rhythmically interesting

    7 The Tremeloes (Call Me) Number One Deservedly a big hit: poppy but with a psychedelic edge with interesting use of instruments and a tightly harmonised chorus

    7 Herman's Hermits Here Comes The Star After their last #2 that I wasn't keen on, this lovely track mystifyingly did poorly for them: it's very sweet and atmospheric

    6 Neville Dickie Robin's Return A similar style to Winifred and Russ: a very smile inducing, sunny and melodious piano instrumental with light drum backing

    6 Trash Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight A Beatles cover by "Trash" isn't promising but it's a very nicely done section of the medley within the "Abbey Road" album

    5 Clodagh Rodgers Biljo Her 3rd hit of the year, all in the same catchy slickly produced style, and it's slightly a case of diminishing returns but still nice

    5 Marv Johnson I Miss You Baby Last hit for Marv: I guess I've just about forgiven him for "You Got What It Takes" now and this is a nice melodious soul song

    4 Jimmy Cliff Wonderful World Beautiful People Debut hit for this Jamaican ska musician: it's well done but I can't get excited by this song; in fact the melody slightly grates

    3 The Plastic Ono Band Cold Turkey 2nd hit for The Plastic Ono Band and this isn't bloated like the last but I'm still not a fan: I feel like the track is snarling at me

    3 The Dave Clark Five Put A Little Love In Your Heart A nice song that will be covered a few times, but this cover is very much in the usual Dave Clark style and not that interesting

    2 Joe Dolan Teresa "Make Me An Island" is at least catchy: he gives it some welly but this is a rather drippy ballad that whines away in self pity

    1 The Scaffold Gin Gan Goolie A century old gibberish song that reminds me of going camping with scouts; I can't say I enjoy anything about this record

     

     

     

     

    1969 Group 14:

    #3428 08/11/1969 Roger Whittaker Durham Town (The Leavin') 12 49-41-28-26-16-19-14-13-13-{12}-12-19-18-26-31-36-47-43->18

    #3429 15/11/1969 Stevie Wonder Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday 2 31-10-3-{2}-4-4-6-6-9-14-24-31-39->13

    #3430 15/11/1969 Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell The Onion Song 9 36-33-19-17-{9}-13-11-11-11-19-28-43->12

    #3431 15/11/1969 Pat Campbell The Deal 31 43-39-{31}-44-50->5

    #3432 15/11/1969 The Checkmates Ltd. Featuring Sonny Charles Proud Mary 30 45-40-{30}-38-32-42-46-46->8

    #3433 15/11/1969 Engelbert Humperdinck Winter World Of Love 7 46-19-15-12-{7}-8-8-8-14-16-22-32-38->13

    #3434 15/11/1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival Green River 19 47-23-21-24-20-21-{19}-19-23-22-38->11

    #3435 15/11/1969 Blue Mink Melting Pot 3 50-27-14-7-5-5-5-5-{3}-7-10-16-22-28-41->15

    #3436 22/11/1969 Malcolm Roberts Love Is All 12 30-20-21-{12}-15-15-15-26-24-36-41-50->12

    #3437 22/11/1969 Rolf Harris Two Little Boys 1 32-17-5-3-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-7-10-15-20-21-20-24-25-30-37-37-40-50R(7)->25

    #3438 29/11/1969 Des O'Connor Loneliness 18 37-26-24-19-{18}-18-30-31-40-46-44->11

    #3439 29/11/1969 Elvis Presley Suspicious Minds 2 39-10-8-6-4-4-7-{2}-6-6-12-17-30-43->14

    #3440 29/11/1969 The Cuff Links Tracy 4 40-23-15-10-9-9-{4}-5-5-11-14-21-23-24-36-42->16

    #3441 29/11/1969 Nancy Sinatra Highway Song 21 41-32-27-23-26-26-{21}-28-32-40->10

    Just caught up… woopI’ve been pretty terrible at these contests so far so delighted with 4th! Pleased to have been the 60s psychedelic representation in this. Thanks for all the votes and especially John for the maximum. That’s my first Top 10 despite there having been fewer than 20 participants in most of them. :heehee:

     

    Thanks to Chez for the brilliant hosting, and sorry I didn’t point Gavin. I thought it would be incredibly moving as part of an art installation but not so much one to listen to at home.

     

    Many congratulations dandy*. The Yellow Magic Orchestra track was a stonkerand my favourite of the top 3, though Godley & Crème was my favourite of all! :D

     

    This week’s bonus list - sorry I’m late with it.

     

    Definitely not feeling as inspired by the choices as last week but I guess I’m more of a 60s boy. :)

     

    #6s

     

    Mary Hopkin- Temma Harbour

    The Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding

    Stevie Wonder - Never Had A Dream Come True

    The Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof

    Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful

    Cliff Richard - Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha

    Fair Weather - Natural Sinner

    Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life

    The Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You

    Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

    Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful (To Be Loved By You)

     

    Elvis Presley - There Goes My Everything

    Greyhound - Black And White

    New World - Tom-Tom Turnaround

    Carole King - It's Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move

    Marmalade - Cousin Norman

    Shirley Bassey - For All We Know

    The Fortunes - Freedom Come, Freedom Go

    Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

    Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio

     

    Elvis Presley - I Just Can't Help Believing

    The Faces - Stay With Me

    Tom Jones - The Young New Mexican Puppeteer

    Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run

    Marmalade - Radancer

     

    Wizzard - Ball Park Incident

    Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven

    Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar

    Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray

    Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song

    Geordie - All Because Of You

    Rod Stewart - Oh No Not My Baby

    David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome

    Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

    Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why, Oh Why, Oh Why

     

    #7s

     

    The Dave Clark Five – Good Old Rock 'n' Roll

    Herman's Hermits – Years May Come, Years May Go

    The Hollies – I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top

    The Move – Brontosaurus

    Jimmy Ruffin – I'll Say Forever My Love

    The Jackson 5 – The Love You Save

    Chicago – 25 or 6 to 4

    The Poppy Family featuring Susan Jacks – Which Way You Goin' Billy?

    The Temptations – Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)

    Christie – San Bernadino

    Andy Williams – Home Lovin' Man

     

    Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon – (Blame It) On The Pony Express

    Elton John – Your Song

    John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band – Power to the People

    C.C.S. – Walking

    Olivia Newton-John – If Not for You

    Diana Ross – Remember Me

    East of Eden – Jig-a-Jig

    Dave and Ansell Collins – Monkey Spanner

    Buffy Sainte-Marie – Soldier Blue

     

    Al Green – Let's Stay Together

    The Fortunes – Storm in a Teacup

    Les Crane – Desiderata

    Tyrannosaurus Rex – Debora/One Inch Rock

    The Move – California Man

    Derek and the Dominos – Layla

    Elvis Presley – Burning Love

    Michael Jackson – Ben

     

    Free – Wishing Well

    Hot Chocolate – Brother Louie

    Deodato – Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)

    Stevie Wonder – You Are the Sunshine of My Life

    Paul Simon – Take Me to the Mardi Gras

    Elton John – Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting

    The Drifters – Like Sister and Brother

    Perry Como – For the Good Times

    The Detroit Spinners – Ghetto Child

    Barry Blue – Do You Wanna Dance?

    David Essex – Lamplight

     

    #8s

     

    Arrival – Friends

    Chicago – I'm a Man

    Shocking Blue – Venus

    Elvis Presley – Don't Cry Daddy

    The Dave Clark Five – Everybody Get Together

    Kenny Rogers and The First Edition – Something's Burning

    Jimmy Ruffin – Farewell Is a Lonely Sound

    Creedence Clearwater Revival – Travelin' Band

    Roger Whittaker – I Don't Believe in If Anymore

    The Jackson 5 – ABC

    Cat Stevens – Lady D'Arbanville

    Jimmy Cliff – Wild World

    The Rattles – The Witch

    White Plains – Julie, Do Ya Love Me

    Gilbert O'Sullivan – Nothing Rhymed

     

    Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline

    Deep Purple – Strange Kind of Woman

    The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)

    Hot Chocolate – I Believe (In Love)

     

    Johnny Pearson Orchestra – Sleepy Shores

    Donnie Elbert – Where Did Our Love Go

    Sonny and Cher – All I Ever Need is You

    Elvis Presley – An American Trilogy

    Gilbert O'Sullivan – Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day

    Michael Jackson – Ain't No Sunshine

    Roy "C" – Shotgun Wedding

     

    Judge Dread – Big Seven

    Status Quo – Paper Plane

    Dave Edmunds – Baby, I Love You

    Jimmy Helms – Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse

    Shirley Bassey – Never Never Never

    Stealers Wheel – Stuck in the Middle with You

    George Harrison – Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)

    Clifford T. Ward – Gaye

    Hudson Ford – Pick Up the Pieces

    Ringo Starr – Photograph

    Mott the Hoople – Roll Away the Stone

     

    #9s

     

    White Plains – My Baby Loves Lovin'

    Steam – Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

    Marvin Gaye – Abraham, Martin and John

    Nicky Thomas – Love of the Common People

    Melanie – Ruby Tuesday

    Elvis Presley – I've Lost You

    Gerry Monroe – My Prayer

     

    Elvis Presley – You Don't Have to Say You Love Me

    The Equals – Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys

    Tony Orlando and Dawn – Candida

    The Fantastics – Something Old, Something New

    Séverine – Un banc, un arbre, une rue

    Elvis Presley – Rags to Riches

    The Who – Won't Get Fooled Again

    Bay City Rollers – Keep On Dancing

     

    Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken

    The Supremes – Floy Joy

    New World – Sister Jane

    Wings – Mary Had a Little Lamb

    The Who – Join Together

    Bruce Ruffin – Mad About You

    Bee Gees – Run to Me

    Electric Light Orchestra – 10538 Overture

    Jackie Wilson – I Get the Sweetest Feeling

    The Drifters – Come On Over to My Place

    Johnny Nash – There Are More Questions Than Answers

    The Carpenters – Goodbye to Love

    Chris Montez – Let's Dance

    The Stylistics – I'm Stone in Love with You

    The Jackson 5 – Lookin' Through the Windows

    The Moody Blues – Nights in White Satin

     

    Elvis Presley – Always on My Mind

    Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes – If You Don't Know Me by Now

    The Partridge Family – Looking Through the Eyes of Love

    The Jackson 5 – Doctor, My Eyes

    The O'Jays – Love Train

    Paul McCartney and Wings – My Love

    Nazareth – Broken Down Angel

    Paul McCartney and Wings – Live and Let Die

    Blue Mink – Randy

    Diana Ross – Touch Me in the Morning

    The Goons – Ying Tong Song

    First Choice – Smarty Pants

    Bobby Goldsboro – Summer (The First Time)

    Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Joybringer

    Roxy Music – Street Life

     

    #10s

     

    Brotherhood of Man – United We Stand

    Sacha Distel – Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head

    Four Tops – I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)

    Blue Mink – Good Morning Freedom

    The Cuff Links – When Julie Comes Around

    Fleetwood Mac – The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)

    Ten Years After – Love Like a Man

    Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon – Sweet Inspiration

    Four Tops – Still Water (Love)

     

    Elvis Presley – Heartbreak Hotel/Hound Dog [note: both songs peaked at #2 as separate releases originally]

    George Harrison – Bangla Desh

    Diana Ross – Surrender

    The Newbeats – Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)

     

    Badfinger – Day After Day

    Leeds United Football Team – Leeds United

    David Bowie – Starman

    The Supremes – Automatically Sunshine

    Junior Campbell – Hallelujah Freedom

     

    Roxy Music – Pyjamarama

    Alice Cooper – No More Mr. Nice Guy

    Lou Reed – Walk on the Wild Side

    The Partridge Family – Walking in the Rain

    Nazareth – Bad Bad Boy

    10cc – The Dean and I

    Mott the Hoople – All the Way from Memphis

    Bryan Ferry – A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall

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    Edited by JulianT

    It will be the 615th #1 in a few decades, and I must confess that I’m a sucker for “He Ain’t Heavy…”, and I like the fact that it’s a different kind of love song. “Oh Well” is a very different kind of special record too.

     

    9 The Hollies He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother #3 for now for one of the most beautiful slow ballads ever; the vocal harmonies and the harmonica make the emotion so real

    9 Fleetwood Mac Oh Well An epic and brilliant largely instrumental hit; the full 9 minute of both parts together is a really immersive listening experience

    8 Harry J All-Stars The Liquidator A stonking ska instrumental and the only hit for this Jamaican band; it has been used by various football teams as games start

    8 Nilsson Everybody's Talkin' Debut hit for this US singer songwriter and actually a cover, but a beautiful piece of folk rock with very soulful poetic lyrics

    7 The Archies Sugar Sugar 279th #1 with an 8 week run and a 1 hit wonder; manages to avoid being sickly sweet and is a very well constructed record

    7 Kenny Rogers And The First Edition Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town 6 weeks in the runner up position for this: a really lovely understated country song with a charming twinkling accompaniment

    7 Junior Walker And The All Stars What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) There's something very warm and heartfelt about this with the way the saxophone and vocal harmonies gently push it along

    6 The Upsetters Return Of Django/Dollar In The Teeth Another 1 hit wonder: this isn't quite as striking as "Liquidator" or "Oh Well", but both sides of the instrumental are enjoyable

    6 The Pioneers Long Shot Kick De Bucket 1st hit for this Jamaican trio including Desmond Dekker's brother about an unsuccessful racehorse called Longshot: good fun

    5 Jose Feliciano And The Sun Will Shine His last hit for more than 50 years and a cover of a slow dramatic Bee Gees song, but a very well sung and arranged version

    5 Barry Ryan The Hunt Another epic number from Barry with huge production: very interesting but slightly shouty in places and not all that accessible

    4 The Four Tops Do What You Gotta Do Another version of this heavily covered song: nothing essential but as expected from them very nicely sung and produced

    3 Joe Cocker Delta Lady The follow up to his chart topping cover and an original song: it's alright but I find it a bit saccharine and overly sentimental

    3 Frank Sinatra Love's Been Good To Me Quite a big hit for Frank though I suppose it was riding the wave of "My Way": this is quite nice and sincere but also twee

    2 Dorothy Squires For Once In My Life Oh gosh this is a cover we really didn't need, without all the soul and effortless brilliance of Stevie's and far too stern and stiff

     

     

     

    1969 Group 13:

     

    #3414 25/10/1969 Neville Dickie Robin's Return 33 37-41-{33}-40-37-46-49-43R(2)-48-48->10

    #3415 25/10/1969 Trash Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight 35 38-47-{35}->3

    #3416 25/10/1969 Jimmy Cliff Wonderful World Beautiful People 6 44-18-11-7-{6}-7-11-10-17-24-24-35-38->13

    #3417 25/10/1969 The Dave Clark Five Put A Little Love In Your Heart 31 47-39-{31}-37->4

    #3418 25/10/1969 Marv Johnson I Miss You Baby 25 48-50-34-29-26-{25}-28-35->8

    #3419 01/11/1969 The Tremeloes (Call Me) Number One 2 20-13-3-{2}-2-4-6-9-14-14-15-25-34-44->14

    #3420 01/11/1969 Jethro Tull Sweet Dream 7 36-19-12-{7}-10-9-16-27-23-23-38->11

    #3421 01/11/1969 Family No Mule's Fool 29 37-38-32-35-{29}-40-48->7

    #3422 01/11/1969 The Plastic Ono Band Cold Turkey 14 38-18-{14}-15-16-19-28-29->8

    #3423 01/11/1969 The Scaffold Gin Gan Goolie 38 48-50-42-44-45-39-43-39-{38}-38-44-50R(2)->12

    #3424 01/11/1969 Joe Dolan Teresa 20 49-30-28-{20}-28-34-38->7

    #3425 08/11/1969 The Beatles Something/Come Together 4 15-6-{4}-6-8-11-18-21-21-18-40-45->12

    #3426 08/11/1969 Clodagh Rodgers Biljo 22 29-23-{22}-24-22-26-33-33-33->9

    #3427 08/11/1969 Herman's Hermits Here Comes The Star 33 47-39-34-35-{33}-41-50-45-45->9

    No Silver cert last Friday so around 25,000 chart ineligible sales don't count for BPI certification, and presumably all-time sales.

    It might never go Silver.

    See there was no need to worry about Now And Then. :cheer:

     

    It must still be doing a few k per week then which is impressive.

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    Edited by JulianT

    I’m celebrating 2 great #5 hits today (though one of them will go on to be the 380th #1): “Space Oddity” really feels like a jaw hitting the floor moment in chart history while “Lay Lady Lay” is a more understated gem.

     

    9 David Bowie Space Oddity His debut hit and a timeless classic in any context but it's incredible how forward looking it sounds among the hits of 1969

    9 Bob Dylan Lay Lady Lay I think this is Bob's tenderest song: so beautiful and it really suits the simplicity of his vocal style; already this is his last Top 10

    8 Cliff Richard And Hank Marvin Throw Down A Line Now and again Cliff surprises us all with a belter of a song like this, which is the only solo hit credit for Shadows guitarist Hank

    8 Lou Christie I'm Gonna Make You Mine By far his biggest hit and an incredibly fun and catchy song vigorously performed with a tastefully applied dose of falsetto

    7 Roy Orbison Penny Arcade His last hit while alive and a cute one: enjoy having Roy's storytelling ability used on a less serious subject matter for a change

    6 Radha Krishna Temple Hare Krishna Mantra This was produced by George Harrison and of course "My Sweet Lord" will be influenced by the mantra; a nice different hit

    6 Bobbie Gentry I'll Never Fall In Love Again 278th #1: a Bacharach song done by many different artists over the years, and this is good but I prefer it with Dionne's vocals

    5 Diana Ross And The Supremes And The Temptations I Second That Emotion A Smokey Robinson cover: I suppose this version does bring something different to the song but I don't think it's essential

    5 Karen Young Nobody's Child Only hit for this UK singer and it's a cover first recorded in 1949, but a sweet lyrical story and she does it nicely with character

    4 Chicken Shack Tears In The Wind 2nd and final hit for them; it's nice and a sincere performance, but plods slightly and doesn't stand out like their other one

    4 Johnny Cash A Boy Named Sue Spoken records about people pointing guns at each other rarely do well here, but this is mildly endearing and well performed

    3 The Isley Brothers Put Yourself In My Place A cover of a Motown song from a few years earlier: I don't find that this does anything to make the song come alive especially

    3 Edwin Starr 25 Miles There's a certain kind of soul record that's very well produced, played and sung but doesn't do much for me, and this is one

    2 Elvis Presley Clean Up Your Own Back Yard Stuck beteeen Elvis' 2 great #2 hits we have this rather dreary country style number, just to remind us how hit and miss he is

    2 Sounds Nice Featuring Tim Mycroft Love At First Sight (Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus) An instrumental version of "Je T'aime…" - I can't see the point of this as all the interest of the record relies on the vocal parts

     

     

     

    1969 Group 12:

     

    #3399 20/09/1969 Dorothy Squires For Once In My Life 24 48-35-47-44-26-26-32-32-{24}-46-48R(4)->11

    #3400 27/09/1969 The Four Tops Do What You Gotta Do 11 41-27-19-17-{11}-14-16-22-29-44-42->11

    #3401 27/09/1969 Joe Cocker Delta Lady 10 48-39-39-30-20-12-{10}-11-14-23-37->11

    #3402 27/09/1969 Nilsson Everybody's Talkin' 23 50-42R(2)-31-{23}-24-26-34-36-42-46-48R(14)-39-45-43-49->15

    04/10/1969 Jane Birkin And Serge Gainsbourg Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus {Official Release} 1 3-{1}-2-4-9-14-20-31-38-43-42-46-49-49->14

    #3403 04/10/1969 The Hollies He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother 3 32-16-5-5-{3}-4-4-11-18-25-31-35-44-44-49->15

    #3404 04/10/1969 Fleetwood Mac Oh Well 2 34-14-9-8-4-{2}-2-3-4-6-18-25-31-31-34-46->16

    #3405 04/10/1969 Barry Ryan The Hunt 34 40-{34}-34-41-43->5

    #3406 04/10/1969 Frank Sinatra Love's Been Good To Me 8 44-26-21-13-13-{8}-8-12-12-18-23-28-25-25-39-29-48-48->18

    #3407 04/10/1969 The Upsetters Return Of Django/Dollar In The Teeth 5 50-37-20-17-8-{5}-5-5-8-14-22-26-28-28-43->15

    #3408 11/10/1969 The Archies Sugar Sugar 1 43-11-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-6-6-9-14-19-26-25-29-37-38-35-41-45->26

    #3409 18/10/1969 Jose Feliciano And The Sun Will Shine 25 28-30-{25}-36-35-48-48->7

    #3410 18/10/1969 The Pioneers Long Shot Kick De Bucket 21 43-32-23-25-{21}-24-27-35-44-45-40R(3)->11

    #3411 18/10/1969 Kenny Rogers And The First Edition Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town 2 48-49-45-21-19-9-5-3-{2}-2-2-2-2-4-2-7-7-13-18-20-24-30-46->23

    #3412 18/10/1969 Junior Walker And The All Stars What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) 13 49-29-22-17-{13}-13-13-20-30-36-50-50->12

    #3413 25/10/1969 Harry J All-Stars The Liquidator 9 36-31-24-17-17-{9}-13-13-11-16-16-10-17-15-17-20-25-35-41-45->20