Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Top 20s - 1960/61

To complete the series, here are the top scoring singles in my personal top tens for the years 1960 and 1961. Not all classics I admit, but there are some great 45s nonetheless:
1960
1. Wonderful world - Sam Cooke
2. I just go for you - Jimmy Jones
3. Only the lonely - Roy Orbison
4. You gotta move two mountains - Marv Johnson
5. Alley oop - Hollywood Argylls
6. Learning the game - Buddy Holly
7. Perfidia - The Ventures
8= Please help me I'm falling - Hank Lochlin
8= MacDonald's cave - Piltdown Men
10. Devil or angel - Bobby Vee
11= Three steps to heaven - Eddie Cochran
11= It ain't gonna be that way - Marv Johnson
11= Last date - Floyd Cramer
14. Hushabye little guitar - Paul Evans
15. Poetry in motion - Johnny Tillotson
16. Good Timin' - Jimmy Jones
17. Got a girl - Four Preps
18. Robot man - Connie Francis
19. You're sixteen - Johnny Burnette
20. Let the little girl dance - Billy Bland
1961
1. Once in a while - The Chimes
2= Running scared - Roy Orbison
2= Cryin' - Roy Orbison
4. Girls - Johnny Burnette
5. Sad mood - Sam Cooke
6. So long baby - Del Shannon
7. Happy birthday sweet sixteen - Neil Sedaka
8. Calendar girl - Neil Sedaka
9. That old black magic - Bobby Rydell
10. On the rebound - Floyd Cramer
11. Hey little devil - Neil Sedaka
12. I like it like that - Chris Kenner (pictured)
13= I told you so - Jimmy Jones
13= Take good care of my baby - Bobby Vee
15= Cupid - Sam Cooke
15= Without you - Johnny Tillotson
15= Lonesome number one - Don Gibson
18. Sea of heartbreak - Don Gibson
19= Little boy sad - Johnny Burnette
19- Shop around - The Miracles

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