(VANITY) TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('60S) ROUND 7 - FINAL!

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[the OlLine Rebel]

ROUND 7 - THE FINAL - OF THE '60S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES!

Votes due: Sunday, March 1 @ 6:00 pm Eastern.

The FINAL!

Just 2 songs! Pick your favorite!

No reply, no vote. Please be clear what your intentions are! Cuteness is fun, but often misunderstood.

Any ties will be broken with a run-off which will end (hopefully) the following Monday.

[Bethaneidh]

Yes, Pretty Woman. I still like Dock, because I’ve been there. “can’t do what ten people tell me...” I was accountable to six, so I was saying, y’all figure it out, then wake me up. :-}

[CAluvdubya]

Did we get a winner and I missed it?

[the OlLine Rebel]

Nope it doesn’t end till Sunday.

[CAluvdubya]

Thanks!

[the OlLine Rebel]

My husband and I both pick: “Pretty Woman”

[the OlLine Rebel]

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

!!!!SONG OF THE DECADE!!!!

"OH, PRETTY WOMAN" - ROY ORBISON - RANKED #4 ON BILLBOARD FOR 1964.

...beats "YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'" by the RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS, Ranked #5 for 1965 by Billboard. THANKS FOR VOTING! POLL SUMMARY COMING SOON.

[NobleFree]

Great record - no complaints here.

[Enterprise]

Pretty Woman

[Bullish]

“Oh pretty woman”.... really?

Jeeze, to my musical taste that song would have been one of the last songs I would ever have voted for. I guess that’s why I didn’t even play.

[the OlLine Rebel]

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

A summary of the performance in our survey of each of the top 7 songs for the years in the ‘60s!

Results

Year
rank -song -act -best disposition
1960
1 “Theme from A Summer Place” Percy Faith Round 5, Great 8
2 “He’ll Have to Go” Jim Reeves Round 2, top 64
3 “Cathy’s Clown” The Everly Brothers Round 3, top 32
4 “Running Bear” Johnny Preston Round 2, top 64
5 “Teen Angel” Mark Dinning Round 2, top 64
6 “I’m Sorry” Brenda Lee Round 3, top 32
7 “It’s Now or Never” Elvis Presley Round 2, top 64

1961
1 “Tossin’ and Turnin’” Bobby Lewis Round 3, top 32
2 “I Fall to Pieces” Patsy Cline Round 2, top 64
3 “Michael” The Highwaymen Round 2, top 64
4 “Crying” Roy Orbison Round 6, Final 4
5 “Runaway” Del Shannon Round 4, Sweet 16
6 “My True Story” The Jive Five Round 2, top 64
7 “Pony Time” Chubby Checker Round 1, ranking #7s

1962
1 “Stranger on the Shore” Acker Bilk Round 2, top 64
2 “I Can’t Stop Loving You” Ray Charles Round 4, Sweet 16
3 “Mashed Potato Time” Dee Dee Sharp Round 2, top 64
4 “Roses Are Red (My Love)” Bobby Vinton Round 3, top 32
5 “The Stripper” David Rose Round 2, top 64
6 “Johnny Angel” Shelley Fabares Round 3, top 32
7 “The Loco-Motion” Little Eva Round 1, ranking #7s

1963
1 “Surfin’ U.S.A.” The Beach Boys Round 5, Great 8
2 “The End of the World” Skeeter Davis Round 2, top 64
3 “Rhythm of the Rain” The Cascades Round 2, top 64
4 “He’s So Fine” The Chiffons Round 3, top 32
5 “Blue Velvet” Bobby Vinton Round 3, top 32
6 “Hey Paula” Paul & Paula Round 2, top 64
7 “Fingertips” Little Stevie Wonder Round 1, ranking #7s

1964
1 “I Want to Hold Your Hand” The Beatles Round 4, Sweet 16
2 “She Loves You” The Beatles Round 2, top 64
3 “Hello, Dolly!” Louis Armstrong Round 2, top 64
4 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison WINNER
5 “I Get Around” The Beach Boys Round 3, top 32
6 “Everybody Loves Somebody” Dean Martin Round 2, top 64
7 “My Guy” Mary Wells Round 1, ranking #7s

1965
1 “Wooly Bully” Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs Round 2, top 64
2 “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)” Four Tops Round 2, top 64
3 “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” The Rolling Stones Round 2, top 64
4 “You Were on My Mind” We Five Round 4, Sweet 16
5 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers Round 7, Finals
6 “Downtown” Petula Clark Round 3, top 32
7 “Help!” The Beatles Round 3, top 32

1966
1 “Ballad of the Green Berets” SSgt. Barry Sadler Round 2, top 64
2 “Cherish” The Association Round 4, Sweet 16
3 “(You’re My) Soul and Inspiration” The Righteous Brothers Round 3, top 32
4 “Reach Out I’ll Be There” Four Tops Round 3, top 32
5 “96 Tears” ? and the Mysterians Round 2, top 64
6 “Last Train to Clarksville” The Monkees Round 2, top 64
7 “Monday, Monday” The Mamas & the Papas Round 4, Sweet 16

1967
1 “To Sir With Love” Lulu Round 2, top 64
2 “The Letter” The Box Tops Round 2, top 64
3 “Ode to Billie Joe” Bobbie Gentry Round 2, top 64
4 “Windy” The Association Round 3, top 32
5 “I’m a Believer” The Monkees Round 4, Sweet 16
6 “Light My Fire” The Doors Round 5, Great 8
7 “Somethin’ Stupid” Frank & Nancy Sinatra Round 1, ranking #7s

1968
1 “Hey Jude” The Beatles Round 2, top 64
2 “Love is Blue” Paul Mauriat Round 2, top 64
3 “Honey” Bobby Goldsboro Round 2, top 64
4 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding Round 6, Final 4
5 “People Got to Be Free” The Rascals Round 3, top 32
6 “Sunshine of Your Love” Cream Round 3, top 32
7 “This Guy’s in Love With You” Herb Alpert Round 1, ranking #7s

1969
1 “Sugar, Sugar” The Archies Round 2, top 64
2 “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” The 5th Dimension Round 5, Great 8
3 “I Can’t Get Next to You” The Temptations Round 2, top 64
4 “Honky Tonk Women” The Rolling Stones Round 2, top 64
5 “Everyday People” Sly and the Family Stone Round 4, Sweet 16
6 “Dizzy” Tommy Roe Round 2, top 64
7 “Hot Fun in the Summertime” Sly and the Family Stone Round 3, top 32

[WXRGina]

Thanks, again, for the fun, Reb! :-)

[fieldmarshaldj]

Me, personally, I think we need a different way to rank these songs. “Oh, Pretty Woman” is a good song, but it is not the best song of the 1960s.

[PROCON]

Me, personally, I think we need a different way to rank these songs. “Oh, Pretty Woman” is a good song, but it is not the best song of the 1960s.

Perhaps not but it was voted so among we FReepers, me included. 😁

Which was your favorite of the '60's?

[fieldmarshaldj]

I voted for the other song, but that’s not the best song, either.

I don’t have a definitive favorite song, so I can’t answer that. What I had in mind was to just do a list of every song that charted in some way and rank them like this:

0 stars - Execrable
1 star - Poor
2 stars - Good
3 stars - Very Good
4 stars - Excellent
5 stars - Iconic

I wouldn’t put them in head to head matchups, especially when you have 2 or 3 star songs and you’re trying to figure which is better. “Oh, Pretty Woman” I’d rank maybe 3 1/2 stars.

[stylin19a]

nice job. i had fun. nice job. thanks

[Dr. Sivana]

A ranking system is just to complicated. Just sorting out typed text from 70 posts is enough work.

The real problem is that the best selling/most air-time songs are going to be lowest common denominator appeals enough to almost everybody.

So, you won’t much Chuck Berry, Yardbirds, Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Supremes, Cream, Tom Jones on these lists. Even though they all did some best of breed popular music, none reached a wide enough segment of the record buying public. You also won’t see any of those 12 minute songs played on FM radio in the 70’s greatest list because they couldn’t be released on 45.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Thanks for the appreciation!

[fieldmarshaldj]

Well, it was just a thought. I could handle doing it. Just a matter of time.

[the OlLine Rebel]

“Chuck Berry, Yardbirds, Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Supremes, Cream, Tom Jones”

No, most of these appear on the 100 for the YEAR, and multiple times.

[Dr. Sivana]

No, most of these appear on the 100 for the YEAR, and multiple times.

But not Top 10 for the year. The Beatles' chances were likely hurt by them charting multiple songs at the same time, at one time owning the entire Top 5 for the week, a record that will be as unmatched as Tris Speaker's seven unassisted double plays by a center fielder.