Posted on 02/09/2020 4:26:52 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel
ROUND 5 OF THE '60S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES!
Votes due: Sunday, Feb 16 @ 6:00 pm Eastern.
The Great 8!
It's getting easier! Just 4 pairs of songs! Vote for your favorite of each pair shown.
No reply, no vote. (You may abstain from any pairs, but please be clear about that.)
Any ties will be broken with a run-off which will end (hopefully) the following Monday.
For the rest:
“Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison
“Light My Fire” The Doors. (I never got the appeal of The Righteous Brothers.)
Finally, it is incredibly tough, but I choose “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In.”
I’m a big Roy Orbison fan but 2 of the Top 4? And no Beatles?
4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison
4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison
5 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers
4 1968 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding
4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison
4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison
5 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers
4 1968 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding
1 1960 “Theme from A Summer Place” Percy Faith
4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison
6 1967 “Light My Fire” The Doors
4 1968 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding
“Crying” Roy Orbison
“Surfin’ U.S.A.” The Beach Boys
“Light My Fire” The Doors
“Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” The 5th Dimension
Crying
Oh Pretty Woman
You’ve Lost that Lovin Feeling
Sittin on the Dock of the Bay
If I were to list what I think are the quintessential ‘60s singles, my Top 10 would be:
1. “Stop! In The Name Of Love” (The Supremes)
2. “Good Vibrations” (Beach Boys)
3. “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” (Aretha Franklin)
4. “In The Year 2525” (Zager and Evans)
5. “I Want To Hold Your Hand” (The Beatles)
6. “Crimson and Clover” (Tommy James and The Shondells)
7. “The Twist” (Chubby Checker)
8. “California Dreaming” (Mamas and Papas)
9. “Up, Up And Away” (5th Dimension)
10. “Classical Gas” (Mason Williams)
Just the first few notes of any of those puts me back in that decade, don’t care how they ranked with Billboard.
Theme From A Summer Place
Surfin USA
Light My Fire
Dock Of The Bay
We’re gettin’ down to the tough calls! Thanks for this fun, Rebel! :-)
1 1960 “Theme from A Summer Place” Percy Faith
4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison
5 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers
2 1969 “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” The 5th Dimension
Crying, Surfin’ , Fire, Aquarius
As a side note, it’s baffling that
Runaway (which Gene Vincent considered the
best pop song ever, the 2nd tune I
remember ever hearing) and ...Hold your hand would
ever lose out to a hoary relic like
Summer Place, the squarest instro of the 6T’s
Crying
Oh Pretty Woman
You’ve lost that Lovin’ Feelin’
Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay.
“Crying” Roy Orbison
“Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison
“You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers
“(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding
Here are my votes:
1 1960 “Theme from A Summer Place” Percy Faith
1 1963 “Surfin’ U.S.A.” The Beach Boys
5 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers
2 1969 “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” The 5th Dimension
Thank you!
4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison
1 1963 “Surfin’ U.S.A.” The Beach Boys
6 1967 “Light My Fire” The Doors
4 1968 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding
No Temptations, no Isley Brothers, no Shirelles, no Stones, no Smoky Robinson, no Supremes, no Four Tops...
4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison
4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison
5 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers
4 1968 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding
1 1960 “Theme from A Summer Place” Percy Faith
4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison
5 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers
2 1969 “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” The 5th Dimension
*** indicates choice
*** 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
4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison
1 1963 “Surfin’ U.S.A.” The Beach Boys
6 1967 “Light My Fire” The Doors
4 1968 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding
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