Number eights
I've started so I'll finish: it's on to the records that made it as high as number eight in my personal top ten as recorded at the time between 1960 and 1965. Another mixed bag with quite a few classics included this time.
1960: California Here I Come - Freddie Cannon; Feel So Fine - Johnny Preston; A Woman A Lover A Friend - Jackie Wilson; Charming Billy - Johnny Preston; Sway - Bobby Rydell.

1962: Unchain My Heart - Ray Charles; A Little Too Much - Clarence Frogman Henry; Dreamy Eyes - Johnny Tillotson; She's Got You - Patsy Cline; What's So Good About Goodbye - Miracles; Hide Nor Hair - Ray Charles; Run Romance Run - Bruce Channel; Mashed Potato Time - Dee Dee Sharpe; Dr Feelgood - Dr Feelgood; You Know Me Much Too Well - Ray Peterson; When I Get Through With You - Patsy Cline; Speedy Gonzales - Pat Boone; Gravy - Dee Dee Sharpe; The Wrong Girl - Showmen; Mary's Little Lamb - James Darren; Ballad Of Paladin - Duane Eddy; Every Night - Paul Anka; It Started All Over Again - Brenda Lee; You Don't Know Me - Ray Charles; Send Me The Pillow - Johnny Tillotson; Green Onions - Booker T & The MGs; Sherry - 4 Seasons; Popeye - Chubby Checker; Did You Ever See A Dream Walking - Fats Domino; The Guitar Man - Duane Eddy; Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee; Ride - Dee Dee Sharpe; Only Love Can Break A Heart - Gene Pitney; Your Cheating Heart - Ray Charles.


1965: Share Your Love With Me - Bobby Bland; Ain't It The Truth - Mary Wells; Keep Searching - Del Shannon; Give Him A Great Big Kiss - Shangri-Las; Jerk And Twine - Jackie Ross; Do You Wanna Dance - Beach Boys; It's Gonna Be All Right - Maxine Brown; Let's Stick Together - Wilbert Harrison; The Entertainer - Tony Clarke; From All Over The World - Jan & Dean; Pride And Joy - Marvin Gaye; It's An Easy Question - Elvis Presley; Since I Lost My Baby - Temptations; We Didn't Ask To Be Brought Here - Bobby Darin; My Baby - Temptations; Ain't That Peculiar - Marvin Gaye.
2 Comments:
really enjoyed your series so far; I think you've been a little unfair with comments on some of your earlier choices - most of the ones you've looked back in anger on are perfectly acceptable to me!
Noticed how you've gone very much into RnB through the years; I guess that many of your contemporaries like John Brovan and Dave Williams would have had similar lists, had they documented them at the time. Very enjoyable mate!
John S
Thanks John. Yes, most of them stand up well, despite a few crap records in the earlier years. I've got most of the records in some form or another, but there are some I have to double check to see if I've got the right title or artist, and quite a few that I would pay good money for if I every saw them for sale. Next time it will be number nines, and then number tens, featuring the only Beatles record ever to make it into my top ten.
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