Posted on 01/12/2020 8:29:13 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel
OK, FREEPERS, LET'S START THIS CONTEST FOR THE GREATEST SONG OF THE '60S.
The baseline for the contest is the top 7 hits of each year of the '60s, as compiled by BILLBOARD. This is NOT based on personal preferences, biases, prejudices, or counter-culture fringe-element reactivity.
Round 1 is listing candidate songs in order of preference.
(The remaining rounds are handled as play-off brackets, starting with 32 pairs of songs to compare.)
ROUND 1
We begin by using the #7 songs of each year and paring them from 10 songs to 4 (to set up play-off brackets for the rest of the contest). NO equivocating, ties, or omissions.
1960 "It's Now or Never" Elvis Presley
1961 "Pony Time" Chubby Checker
1962 "The Loco-Motion" Little Eva
1963 "Fingertips" Little Stevie Wonder
1964 "My Guy" Mary Wells
1965 "Help!" The Beatles
1966 "Monday, Monday" The Mamas & the Papas
1967 "Somethin' Stupid" Frank & Nancy Sinatra
1968 "This Guy's in Love With You" Herb Alpert
1969 "Hot Fun in the Summertime" Sly and the Family Stone
1965 “Help!” The Beatles
1960 “It’s Now or Never” Elvis Presley
1962 “The Loco-Motion” Little Eva
1966 “Monday, Monday” The Mamas & the Papas
1964 “My Guy” Mary Wells
1967 “Somethin’ Stupid” Frank & Nancy Sinatra
1968 “This Guy’s in Love With You” Herb Alpert
1961 “Pony Time” Chubby Checker
1963 “Fingertips” Little Stevie Wonder
1969 “Hot Fun in the Summertime” Sly and the Family Stone
Thank you. Obviously our voting has become a trickle. But I have to wait until Sunday!
My and my husband’s picks here.
Me:
1 “My Guy”
2 “The Loco-Motion”
3 “It’s Now or Never”
4 “Monday, Monday”
5 “Hot Fun in the Summertime”
6 “Help!”
7 “Pony Time”
8 “Somethin’ Stupid”
9 “This Guy’s in Love With You”
10 “Fingertips”
Husband:
1 “Help!”
2 “The Loco-Motion”
3 “My Guy”
4 “Monday, Monday”
5 “Pony Time”
6 “It’s Now or Never”
7 “Hot Fun in the Summertime”
8 “Fingertips”
9 “Somethin’ Stupid”
10 “This Guy’s in Love With You”
RESULTS of Round 1: Battle of the #7s!
Top 4* here fill out the brackets to make 64. A GREAT turn-out of 60 voters!
*1966 “Monday, Monday” The Mamas & the Papas
*1965 “Help!” The Beatles
*1969 “Hot Fun in the Summertime” Sly and the Family Stone
*1960 “It’s Now or Never” Elvis Presley
1964 “My Guy” Mary Wells
1962 “The Loco-Motion” Little Eva
1968 “This Guy’s in Love With You” Herb Alpert
1967 “Somethin’ Stupid” Frank & Nancy Sinatra
1963 “Fingertips” Little Stevie Wonder
1961 “Pony Time” Chubby Checker
ROUND 2 - best 64 songs of the ‘60s - coming up!
OOps, please see above post 105!
TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS 1960S PING LIST
(This is a temporary ping list, so don’t worry!)
I hope I understand this correctly—only the top 4. Best to worst:
1. 1969 “Hot Fun in the Summertime” Sly and the Family Stone
2. 1966 “Monday, Monday” The Mamas & the Papas
3. 1965 “Help!” The Beatles
4. 1960 “It’s Now or Never” Elvis Presley
It’s too late for me to name my songs. Well, shitfire, I didn’t even know you started. I said I was interested but no one told when it would or had started. I demand a recount. There are a lot of songs better, much better, than the ones you listed. Makes me wonder if the nominators are musically retarded
be-baw - yes, you are the first on the ping list, so you should have seen it unless you get alot of pings! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3807574/posts?page=5#5
2nd, as stated, this is purely from Billboard. There are no “nominators”, just pure stats from Billboard. And many people like them!
Sorry you missed it!
Hillary, the election has been over for three years - and even if we count them again, you're still a loser....
Get bent
I see I got it but not sure I even read it. Yeah, I get a lot of pings. I get engrossed in certain threads and either not respond or just forget to respond to some pings.
I probably saw it, probably thought I would hear more before I had to respond.
You did alert me, I didn’t respond. My bad.
Still, there are two dozen Beatles songs there are better than most of the songs on your latest list.
No Stones, No Atlantic R&B, not at all representative of the best of the 60’s.
Well the next is up now.
Again, it’s not “my” list although I happen to like alot of it. And this list is only the #7 songs. Still I think it’s a great variety as is, and My Guy is a legend from the legendary Motown (shocked neither it nor Loco-Motion made it to the next level, though they are close).
I think I’ll pass. I don’t understand the rules. I’ve not participated in your previous tournaments. Thanks for including me, though.
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