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.
1 1963 Surfin U.S.A. The Beach Boys
5 1965 Youve Lost That Lovin Feelin The Righteous Brothers
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
1960 Theme from a Summer Place
1963 Surfin USA
1967 Light My Fire
1968 Dock of the Bay
1 1960 Theme from A Summer Place Percy Faith
4 1964 Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison
5 1965 Youve 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
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
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
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
4 1964 Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison
5 1965 Youve Lost That Lovin Feelin The Righteous Brothers
4 1968 (Sittin On) The Dock of the Bay Otis Redding
1 1963 Surfin U.S.A. The Beach Boys 4 1964 Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison
5 1965 Youve 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
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
4 1961 Crying Roy Orbison
4 1964 Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison
5 1965 Youve 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 Youve 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 Youve 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.
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
My picks:
Summer Place
Surfin USA
Light my Fire
Aquarius
My husband picks:
Summer Place
Surfin USA
Lovin’ Feelin’ (”I will never vote for that overrated Doors”)
Aquarius
TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS 1960S PING LIST
(This is a temporary ping list
so dont worry!)
ROUND 5 WINNERS (rank/year/title/act):
4 1961 Crying Roy Orbison
4 1964 Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison
5 1965 Youve 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!
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