'60s Gold playlist

We need to add The Night Has A Thousand Eyes, a #3 hit for Bobby Vee in February 1963 – and I'm starting to think The List Is Missing A Thousand Songs, :(

 
Andy Williams' version of Dear Heart, the title song of a 1964 movie starring Glenn Ford and Geraldine Page,, was al;ready on the list. Now we can add Jack Jones' version, which reached #30 on the Hot 100 in January 1965.

 
Nine more additions – nine! – heard during a countdown show:

Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw – Dion (31/1963)
Desert Pete - Kingston Trio (33/1963)
Drownin’ My Sorrows – Connie Francis (36/1963)
Make The World Go Away – Timi Yuro (24/1963)
New Mexican Rose – Four Seasons (36/1963)
The Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget - Raindrops (17/1963)
The Lonely Surfer - Jack Nitzsche (39/1963)
True Love Never Runs Smooth – Gene Pitney (21/1963)
Why Don't You Believe Me - Duprees (37/1963)

Why Don't You Believe Me was a remake of a 1952 number-one hit by Joni James. Desert Pete was written by
Billy Edd Wheeler, best known for Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back.

 
Three more additions, heard during a countdown show:

A Million & One – Dean Martin (41/1966)
Happy Summer Days - Ronnie Dove (27/1966)
Trains & Boats & Planes - Dionne Warwick (22/1966)

Ronnie Dove had 11 top-40 hits, 1964-66. Happy Summer Days was co-written by former Fireflies lead singer Ritchie Adams (real name: Richard Adam Ziegler), who also co-wrote Bobby Lewis' 1961 number-one hit Tossin' & Turnin'.

 
"Knock knock" "Who's there?" Another missing song. The Isley Brothers were the first to record I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door. They relaesed it on an EP in 1959. Eddie Hodges' remake got to #12 on the Hot 100 in August 1961.

 
Did Eddie have a lot of hits? Better hedge your bets on Mr Hodges. Only two! I'm off to the 'two hit wonder' thread.
 
These were played during a countdown show and are not on the list. *Sigh* I wonder how many other big hits are still missing.

Amor – Ben E. King (18/1961)
Bless You - Tony Orlando (15/1961)
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor – Lonnie Donegan (5/1961)
Heart & Soul - Jan & Dean (25/1961)
I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven – Tex Ritter/Carmichael Chorus (20/1961)
Let Me Belong To You – Brian Hyland (20/1961)
When We Get Married – Dreamlovers (10/1961)
Without You – Johnny Tillotson (7/1961)

Heart & Soul was written by Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser. The first recorded version, by Bea Wain and the Larry Clinton Orchestra, went to number one in October 1938. The song has been recorded by more than 90 arttists including Sue Raney, Dave Brubeck, Connie Boswell, Joni James, Joanie Sommers, Paul Petersen, Dean Martin, Crystal Gayle, Livingston Taylor, Ella Mae Morse, the Spaniels, the Four Preps, the Del Vikings and the Ames Brothers. Here is Jan & Dean's version:

 
In the United Kingdom, Lonnie Donegan – his real name was Anthony James Donegan – had 29 top-40 hits, 17 top tens and three number ones. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor was a remake of Does Your Spearmint Lose Its Flavor, a #9 hit in July 1924 by Billy Jones & Ernest Hare,



Lulu Belle & Scotty (Myrtle Eleanor Cooper and Scott Greene Wiseman) recorded the song in 1948 as Spearmint On The Bedpost.

 
I is really embarrassed now. I surely is. When A Man Loves A Woman, a 1966 number-one hit by Percy Sledge, is missing from the list. Here is a live version – but why does he keep his eyes closed?

 
I just discovered the list is missing these:

The Fool On The Hill – Beatles (LP/1967)
The Fool On The Hill – Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ‘66 (6/1968)

Guess who feels like a fool now!
 
On June 24 – Go look! – I wrote about the Animals' 1964 number-one hit The House Of The Rising Sun and shared the first recording of the song from 1933.

DRC Madness #23 - DRC All-Time Songs

You got to know when to call them ....:uke: #217: 8 POINTS (1 song) Lost tiebreaker #1 Have You Ever Seen The Rain by Credence Clearwater Revival Nominated by: @Aaron #47: @WolFyre #47: @Channel98 #216: 8 POINTS (1 song) Won tiebreaker #1 Lost tiebreaker #3 Bust a Move by Young MC...
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Today I found that the Animals song is missing from the list! Geez!
 
Channel98 said:
On June 24 – Go look! – I wrote about the Animals' 1964 number-one hit The House Of The Rising Sun and shared the first recording of the song from 1933.

DRC Madness #23 - DRC All-Time Songs

You got to know when to call them ....:uke: #217: 8 POINTS (1 song) Lost tiebreaker #1 Have You Ever Seen The Rain by Credence Clearwater Revival Nominated by: @Aaron #47: @WolFyre #47: @Channel98 #216: 8 POINTS (1 song) Won tiebreaker #1 Lost tiebreaker #3 Bust a Move by Young MC...
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Today I found that the Animals song is missing from the list! Geez!
Click to expand...
Madness.
 
I will eventually repost the entire list – but what if I keep finding songs that are missing? The '60s Gold list may wind up being like the iPhone, with: an updated version every year.

 
Still by Bill Anderson & The Anita Kerr Singers was a number-one country hit for seven weeks in 1963 and reached #8 on the Hot 100 – and, yes, it is missing from the list. In the song, Bill says he's "lost count of the hours" and "lost track of the days." Well, I've lost count of how many big hits are missing from the list I posted five months ago!

 
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