Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Number Tens

And finally.....here are the records that just about scraped into my personal top ten, reaching the giddy heights of number ten. Again, some good ones here - and some rather poor ones.
1960: Cradle Of Love - Johnny Preston; Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers; You're Singing Our Love Love Song - Jerry Wallace; Kookie, Kookie - Ed Byrnes & Connie Stevens (pictured right); The Urge - Freddie Cannon; River Stay Away From My Door - Frank Sinatra; Top Teen Baby - Garry Mills; Alone At Last - Jackie Wilson; Doll House - Donnie Brooks.
1961: North To Alaska - Johnny Horton; Push Push - Billy Fury; Leave My Kitten Alone - Johnny Preston; I Count The Tears - Drifters; What Am I Gonna Do - Emile Ford; You Can Depend On Me - Brenda Lee; Five Pennies Saints - Danny Kaye & Louis Armstrong; She She Little Sheila - Gene Vincent; Breaking In A Brand New Broken Heart - Connie Francis; Michael Row The Boat - Lonnie Donegan; Drivin' Home - Duane Eddy; Together - Connie Francis; Don't Blame Me - Everly Brothers; A Sweet Love - Crickets; Fool No 1 - Brenda Lee.
1962: Town Without Pity - Gene Pitney; If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody - James Ray; Hit Record - Brook Benton; Oh You Beautiful Doll - Donnie Brooks; King Of Fools - Gene Vincent; Rinky Dink - Dave (Baby) Cortez; Minnesota Fats - Johnny & The Hurricanes; Love Me Do  -Beatles (whatever happened to them?); Do You Love Me - Contours (pictured above); Let's Go - Routers; A Bird Flies Out Of Sight - Tokens; I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter - Connie Francis.
1963: 2000lb Bee - Ventures; Java - Floyd Cramer; Every Day I Have To Cry - Steve Alaimo; South Street - Orlons; Forget Him - Bobby Rydell; Ain't That A Shame - 4 Seasons; String Along - Rick Nelson; This Empty Place - Dionne Warwick; Memphis - Lonnie Mack; True Love Never Runs Smooth - Gene Pitney; Detroit City - Bobby Bare; When I'm Walkin' - Fats Domino; Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton; Red Sails In The Sunset - Fats Domino; Sue's Gonna Be Mine - Del Shannon; It's All Right - Impressions.
1964: Do The Dog - Georgie Fame; Can You Do It - Contours; Tennessee Waltz - Sam Cooke; Ain't Love Good, Ain't Love Proud - Tony Clarke; Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut - Bo Diddley; Just Be True - Gene Chandler; Let It Be Me - Betty Everett & Jerry Butler; Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley.
1965: Too Many Fish In The Sea - Marvelettes; Jolly Green Giant - Kingsmen; Wild One - Martha & The Vandellas; Blind Man - Little Milton; Maggie's Farm - Solomon Burke; One Step At A Time - Maxine Brown; Concrete Jungle - Tams; My Girl Has Gone - Miracles.

When I wrote down my top ten I would always choose a 'Pick Of The Week'. Occasionally these would fail to make it into my top ten proper. So here, for completeness, are the 'picks' that didn't make it:
1960: Cindy - Teddy Vann; Made You - Adam Faith; Think - James Brown; Lucille - Everly Brothers.
1961: Where The Boys Are - Connie Francis; Easy Going Me - Adam Faith; Summertime - Marcels; Standing In The Need Of Love - Clarence Frogman Henry.
1962: Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler (pictured right); Don't Break The Heart That Loves You - Connie Francis; I've Been Twisting - Jerry Lee Lewis; I Don't Know Why - Eden Kane; This Here - Cannonball Adderley; Hey Baby I'm Dancing - Barry Mann.
1963: Boss Guitar - Duane Eddy; Shake Sherry - Contours; Losing You - Brenda Lee; Hot Pastrami & Mashed Potatoes - Joey Dee; You Always Hurt The One You Love - Fats Domino; My Baby Loves to Dance - Chris Montez.

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