60s Countdown

[JHDK]

16 07 PAUL ANKA - PUPPY LOVE

I don't recognize a single song on that list

IDK much non hippie 60's music but this one stuck out like a sore thumb. Have you really never heard this one?

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

IDK much non hippie 60's music but this one stuck out like a sore thumb. Have you really never heard this one?

I have heard the Donny Osmond version. Didn't realize til right now that it was the same song. Thought it was another case of "Stairway to Heaven". In any case my count remains at 0.

 

[Madison]

? 40

I don't recognize a single song on that list

I think I should listen to this one on my App. I don't recognize most of the songs from this countdown either. At least not by title.

 

[sadchild]

IDK much non hippie 60's music but this one stuck out like a sore thumb. Have you really never heard this one?

Ah ok I have heard it. I just didn't recognize it by artist/title.

I do know this by standup James P Connelly though:

"My mother called it puppy love. My doctor called it an unhealthy attachment to a pet."

 

[Channel98]

On April 10, 2026, Paul Anka performed at Casino Rama in Orilla, Ontario. Among the 24 songs he sang were his hits Puppy Love, Diana, Put Your Head On My Shoulder, My Heart Sings, Eso Beso, Lonely Boy and You Are My Destiny – and Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. Anka is 84 – and amazing!

 

[Madison]

I decided to listen to this countdown biking with a few breaks and found I had not heard a lot of these songs. And I thought I knew my 60's hits

40 24 CONNIE FRANCIS - TEDDY- Nope
39 31 DON GIBSON - JUST ONE TIME- Nope
38 RE BUSTER BROWN - FANNIE MAE- Nope
37 DE JEANNE BLACK - HE’LL HAVE TO STAY- Nope
36 40 HAROLD DORMAN - MOUNTAIN OF LOVE- Yes
35 26 JACKIE WILSON - DOGGIN’ AROUND- Nope
34 DE ANITA BRYANT - PAPER ROSES- Yes
33 39 RON HOLDEN with The Thunderbirds - LOVE YOU SO -Nope
32 30 MARTY ROBBINS - BIG IRON -Nope
31 29 JUNE VALLI - APPLE GREEN- Nope
30 DE AL BROWN’S TUNETOPPERS featuring COOKIE BROWN - THE MADISON-Nope
29 23 FRANKIE AVALON - DON’T THROW AWAY ALL THOSE TEARDROPS -Nope
28 25 BARRETT STRONG - MONEY (That’s What I Want) -Yes
27 28 JOHNNY FERGUSON - ANGELA JONES -Nope
26 36 CONWAY TWITTY - WHAT AM I LIVING FOR-Nope
25 DE CHARLIE RICH - LONELY WEEKENDS-Nope
24 21 BOBBY DARIN - CLEMENTINE-Yes
23 16 BOBBY RYDELL - WILD ONE-Yes
22 15 CONNIE FRANCIS - MAMA-Nope
21 22 ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY HENRY MANCINI - MR. LUCKY-Yes
20 20 ELVIS PRESLEY with The Jordanaires - FAME AND FORTUNE-Nope
19 35 SKIP & FLIP - CHERRY PIE- Nope
18 14 STEVE LAWRENCE - FOOTSTEPS-Nope
17 17 THE CRESTS - STEP BY STEP-Yes
16 07 PAUL ANKA - PUPPY LOVE-Yes
15 DE THE EVERLY BROTHERS - CATHY’S CLOWN-Yes
14 09 BILL BLACK’S COMBO - WHITE SILVER SANDS-Nope
13 11 MARV JOHNSON - I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE-Nope
12 05 JIM REEVES - HE’LL HAVE TO GO-Nope
11 19 NEIL SEDAKA - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN-Nope
10 10 BRENDA LEE - SWEET NOTHIN’S-Yes
09 04 PERCY FAITH and his Orchestra - THE THEME FROM “A SUMMER PLACE” -Yes
08 18 BILLY BLAND - LET THE LITTLE GIRL DANCE-Yes
07 12 JOHNNY PRESTON - CRADLE OF LOVE-Nope
06 13 JACKIE WILSON - NIGHT-Nope
05 08 THE BROWNS featuring Jim Edward Brown - THE OLD LAMPLIGHTER-Yes
04 03 JOHNNY HORTON - SINK THE BISMARCK-Yes
03 06 CONNIE STEVENS - SIXTEEN REASONS-Nope
02 02 THE BROTHERS FOUR - GREENFIELDS-Nope
01 01 ELVIS PRESLEY with The Jordanaires - STUCK ON YOU-Yes

Not a very good countdown anyway. Surprising the charts survived this period of hit music.
Best song was "The Theme From A Summer Place" Cousin Brucie use to use for his SXM Love Hour Half Hour Hour on Saturday night.
I did like Dave Hoeffel reference to the WLS Boogie Check. Though a little too early in time for that segment.

 

[Channel98]

Mountain Of Love, written and recorded by Harold Dorman, reached #21 on the Hot 100 in May 1960. It was his first and only hit. He released six more singles, 1960-63, but none ever charted. A remake of Mountain Of Love by Johnny Rivers got to #9 in December 1964, a version by Ronnie Dove got to #67 in July 1968 and a version by Charley Pride, backed by the Nashville Edition, went to number one on the country chart in March 1982.

 

[HecticArt]

I know a lot of the artists, but there aren’t any songs that I know or like.
Rough countdown indeed.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Not a very good countdown anyway. Surprising the charts survived this period of hit music.
Best song was "The Theme From A Summer Place" Cousin Brucie use to use for his SXM Love Hour Half Hour Hour on Saturday night.
I did like Dave Hoeffel reference to the WLS Boogie Check. Though a little too early in time for that segment.

This is why everyone went nuts for the Beatles. All they knew was this stuff.

 

[sadchild]

And it was barely the 60s. Kinda like listening to a May 1990 countdown. No grunge, no gangsta rap, not really "90s music" yet.