Wednesday, January 17, 2007

January top tens

More personal top tens from the early sixties:
Jan 18, 1961: 1. Calendar girl - Neil Sedaka; 2. Rubber ball - Bobby Vee; 3. Are you lonesome tonight - Elvis Presley; 4. Many tears ago - Connie Francis; 5. You're sixteen - Johnny Burnette; 6. Pepe - Duane Eddy; 7= A thousand stars - Billy Fury, and Doncha know - The Crickets; 9. Let's jump the broomstick - Brenda Lee; 10= North to Alaska - Johnny Horton, and Sad mood - Sam Cooke. Jan 17, 1962: 1. Lonesome number one - Don Gibson; 2. The wanderer - Dion; 3. Can't help falling in love - Elvis Presley; 4. Farewell farewell - Johnny & the Hurricanes; 5. Crying in the rain - Everly Brothers; 6. He's old enough to know better - The Crickets; 7. It will stand - The Showmen; 8. Unchain my heart - Ray Charles; 9. Revenge - Brook Benton; 10. I cried my last tear - Ernie K-Doe.
Jan 18, 1963: 1. Little town flirt - Del Shannon; 2. My little girl - The Crickets; 3. Zip a dee doo dah - Bob B Soxx & the Blue Jeans; 4. Beautiful dreamer - Tony Orlando; 5. Walk right in - Rooftop Singers; 6. Ruby baby - Dion; 7= Tell him - The Exciters, Trouble is my middle name - Bobby Vinton, and Big girls don't cry - Four Seasons; 10= Some kinda fun - Chris Montez, and Chains - The Cookies.
Jan 18, 1964: 1. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen; 2. Baby I love you - The Ronettes; 3. Drag city - Jan & Dean; 4. When the lovelight starts shining through his eyes - The Supremes; 5. Tonight you're gonna fall in love with me - The Shirelles; 6. When the boy's happy - Four Pennies; 7. Can I get a witness - Marvin Gaye; 8. Need to belong - Jerry Butler; 9. Girls grow up faster than boys - The Cookies; 10= Do the dog - Rufus Thomas, and Whisperin ' - Nino Tempo & April Stevens.
Jan 19, 1965: 1. You've lost that lovin' feeling - Righteous Brothers; 2. Shake - Sam Cooke; 3. Leader of the pack - The Shangri-Las; 4. Night train - James Brown; 5. Dance dance dance - The Beach Boys; 6. Baby don't you do it - Marvin Gaye; 7= Oh no not my baby - Maxine Brown, and Come see about me - The Supremes; 9. Ain't it the truth - Mary Wells; 10= Going out of my head - Little Anthony & the Imperials, and The jerk - The Larks.

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