Posted on 02/02/2020 5:14:04 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel
ROUND 4 OF THE '60S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES!
Votes due: Sunday, Feb 9 @ 6:00 pm Eastern.
SWEET 16!
16 songs, 8 pairs, 8 winners! Vote for your favorite in each pair shown.
No reply, no vote. (You may abstain from any pairs but please be clear - and please don't overdo it! No onesies.)
Any ties will be broken with a run-off which will end the following Monday.
Format: Billboard rank/seed - year - title - act
My husband picks:
1 1960 “Theme from A Summer Place” Percy Faith
5 1961 “Runaway” Del Shannon
1 1963 “Surfin’ U.S.A.” The Beach Boys
1 1964 “I Want to Hold Your Hand” The Beatles
5 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers
2 1966 “Cherish” The Association
5 1967 “I’m a Believer” The Monkees
2 1969 “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” The 5th Dimension
I pick:
1 1960 “Theme from A Summer Place” Percy Faith
4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison
1 1963 “Surfin’ U.S.A.” The Beach Boys
4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison
7 1966 “Monday, Monday” The Mamas & the Papas
2 1966 “Cherish” The Association
5 1967 “I’m a Believer” The Monkees
2 1969 “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” The 5th Dimension
TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS 1960S PING LIST
(This is a temporary ping list…so don’t worry!)
ROUND 4 WINNERS (rank/year/title/act):
1 1960 “Theme from A Summer Place” Percy Faith
4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison
1 1963 “Surfin’ U.S.A.” The Beach Boys
4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison
5 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers
6 1967 “Light My Fire” The Doors
4 1968 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding
2 1969 “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” The 5th Dimension
Interesting tidbits:
-An astounding 68 voters!
-MOST VOTES - “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding
-FEWEST VOTES - “I’m a Believer” The Monkees
-ALL songs got some votes; no zeroes
-Most pairs were neck & neck. The only real run-away was “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” over “I’m a Believer”, which is incomprehensible to me. ;-D
On to Round 5!
Are you starting a new thread, or do we work off of this one?
P.S. Get ready for “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” to coast into the Final Four due to weak competition.
1*1960 "Theme from A Summer Place" Percy Faith
4 1961 "Crying" Roy Orbison
4*1968 "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding
2 1969 "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" The 5th Dimension
1960 Theme from a Summer Place
1961 Runaway
1963 Surfin USA
1964 I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1965 You’ve Lost That Lovin Feeling
1967 Light My Fire
1968 Dock of the Bay
1969 Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Each thread is its own round. Starts with the contenders, ends with results.
I’ll be putting up a new one. Anyone voting after the “results” should paste it to the new thread (and yes, I’ll allow changes in that time!).
I certainly hope you are wrong. I didn’t think Believer was weak. But yes, the early rounds were weak for it.
Aw, I was too late!
Come over to Round 5!
1 1960 “Theme from A Summer Place” Percy Faith
5 1961 “Runaway” Del Shannon
1 1963 “Surfin’ U.S.A.” The Beach Boys
4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison
5 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers
6 1967 “Light My Fire” The Doors
4 1968 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding
5 1969 “Everyday People” Sly and the Family Stone
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