[the OlLine Rebel]

TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS 1960’S PING LIST
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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! :-)

[stylin19a]

nice job. i had fun. nice job. thanks

[Roccus]

TNX for the tourney

[G Larry]

My top 11 from the 60s:

“Theme from A Summer Place” Percy Faith Round 5, Great 8

“Cherish” The Association Round 4, Sweet 16

“You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers Round 7, Finals

“Surfin’ U.S.A.” The Beach Boys Round 5, Great 8

“Rhythm of the Rain” The Cascades Round 2, top 64

“Blue Velvet” Bobby Vinton Round 3, top 32

“Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison WINNER

“Downtown” Petula Clark Round 3, top 32

“Ballad of the Green Berets” SSgt. Barry Sadler Round 2, top 64

“To Sir With Love” Lulu Round 2, top 64

“Hey Jude” The Beatles Round 2, top 64

[Fiji Hill]

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

You obviously put in a lot of time and a lot of hard work compiling the data and crunching the nummbers. And you got dozens of Freepers to participate.

Thanks for doing this project.

[Grammy]

Thanks for your efforts! I had fun.

[Albion Wilde]

I was a little cranked out because this was the greatest era of Motown hits, but I do see that black performers are represented approximately equal to their group's percentage of population from 1961 onward, so at least there's that. Without a doubt, there was strong African American influence in many, many of the other selections. (I am mostly Scots-Irish American, btw, and I loved to dance to the pop tunes back in the day!)

Overall, great memories! I could hum almost all of them just from seeing the titles. Thanks, the OlLine Rebel!

PS
There's one instrumental from the early days of space exploration that I totally loved: Telstar.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Just for interesting perspective, here is a simplistic run-down of the acts with the most appearances on year-end 100 in the ‘60s. Please note that some have even more if “associated acts” are counted.

Act Top 100 places
The Beatles 23
Elvis Presley 12
Brenda Lee 10
The Supremes 10
Ray Charles 9
The Beach Boys 9
Connie Francis 8
Roy Orbison 8
The Temptations 8
Dionne Warwick 7
Herman’s Hermits 7
Ricky Nelson 7
The Dave Clark Five 7
The Rolling Stones 7
Aretha Franklin 6
Bobby Rydell 6
Chubby Checker 6
Dion 6
Gary Lewis & the Playboys 6
Marvin Gaye 6
Sam Cooke 6
The Everly Brothers 6
The Four Seasons 6
The Shirelles 6
The Turtles 6
Tom Jones 6
Tommy James and the Shondells 6