(VANITY) TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('60S) ROUND 6

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[SamAdams76]

4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison
5 1964 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers

[reed13k]

4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison

AND

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

[Fast Moving Angel]

4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison

AND

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

[DoodleBob]

4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison

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

[DennisR]

4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison

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

[Gil4]

Actually look at the charts and most of them ARE enduring. It HAS to be popular to truly be remembered.

I was born in '64, so I lived through part of the 60s and would have remembered songs that remained somewhat popular at least into the 70s. There were probably half the songs I had to listen to on YouTube to try to remember. I'd say about half of those triggered no memory whatsoever.

Is Stranger on the Shore (#1, 1963) really more enduring than Help by the Beatles (#7, 1965)? Most enduring music achieves a degree of popularity initially, but there are plenty of big hits that fade into obscurity after a couple of years.

[Impy]

4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison

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

[bagster]

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

[FrdmLvr]

1961 Cryin

1965 You’ve Lost That Lovin Feelin

[Grammy]

4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison

5 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers

[Don W]

4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison

5 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers

This was the hardest yet.

[MD Expat in PA]

4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison

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

[NobleFree]

4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison

5 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers

[KosmicKitty]

4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison

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

[Albion Wilde]

Crying

(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay

[kosciusko51]

4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison

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

[a fool in paradise]

The Beatles were a rock n roll band when they started. black leather jackets, playing dingy bars all night long...

Brian Epstein cleaned them up as he shopped around to different labels here they recorded songs like sweet georgia brown and besame mucho.

their first albums have some original hits but also a lot of covers, sold a lot of albums but they had to pay a lot of publishers. And they were hit with a high income tax bracket.

they started writing a lot material. along the way lennon meets dylan and also starts using harder an harder drugs (including ls an heroin).

The entertainment world consumed them.

Paul and Ringo haven’t written “important” or “heavy” songs in decades.

Maybe some of the shift in the 60s was an attempt to stay relevant and prove they weren’t just some gray suited pop quartet.

[Blogatron]

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

[G Larry]

4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison

5 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers

[GoreFreeTN]

4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison

AND

5 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers

It’s very difficult to scratch any of these classics.