(VANITY) TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('60S) ROUND 5

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[Psalm 73]

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

[kosciusko51]

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

[FrdmLvr]

1960 Theme from a Summer Place

1963 Surfin USA

1967 Light My Fire

1968 Dock of the Bay

[trebb]

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

4 1968 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding

[mistfree]

1 1960 “Theme from A Summer Place” Percy Faith

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

[KosmicKitty]

4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison

4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison

6 1967 “Light My Fire” The Doors

2 1969 “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” The 5th Dimension

[Blogatron]

1 1960 “Theme from A Summer Place” Percy Faith
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

[MD Expat in PA]

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

[G Larry]

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

4 1968 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding

[CommerceComet]

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

[rocksblues]

4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison

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

[DoubleNickle]

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

[Grammy]

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

[NobleFree]

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

[Tanniker Smith]

4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison

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

Stinking brackets! I would’ve preferred to leave both Surfing USA and Oh, Pretty Woman and remove Crying and Theme from A Summer Place. So I have Orbison as 2 of 4, not that there’s anything wrong with that.

[major_gaff]

Picks in Bold

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

[DennisR]

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

[the OlLine Rebel]

My picks:

Summer Place
Surfin USA
Light my Fire
Aquarius

[the OlLine Rebel]

My husband picks:

Summer Place
Surfin USA
Lovin’ Feelin’ (”I will never vote for that overrated Doors”)
Aquarius

[the OlLine Rebel]

TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS 1960S PING LIST
(This is a temporary ping list…so don’t worry!)

ROUND 5 WINNERS (rank/year/title/act):

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

Interesting tidbits:
-An astounding 67 voters!
-MOST VOTES - “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding
-FEWEST VOTES - “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine in” The 5th Dimension
-ALL songs got votes; no zeroes
-No pairs were even that close, which is incomprehensible to me. ;-D Only the duel of Righteous Bros and “Light My Fire” was relatively close, in single-digit difference.

I can’t believe the Beach Boys are out (and Roy Orbison rules), or that Aquarius is out! I can’t believe Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay keeps whaling over all these songs! Geesh, it’s not THAT good! ;-D

On to Round 6!