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I'll go with a Motown title theme...

"Higher Ground"

+5 "At last" - Etta James

+4 "Green Onions" - Booker T and the MG's

+3 "The Wanderer" - Dion

+2 "Chain Gang" - Sam Cooke

+1 "All the Way" Frank Sinatra

"Leaving Here"

-5 "Stay" - Maurice Williams & Zodiacs

-4 "There Goes My Baby" - Drifters

-3 "Surfin Safari" - Beach Boys

-2 "Raindrops" - Dee Clark

-1 "Then He Kissed Me" - Crystals

"I'll Try Something New"

5 "Silhouettes" - The Rays

4 "Hey There" - Rosemary Clooney

3 "Blowin in the Wind" - Peter, Paul & Mary

2 "The Tennessee Waltz" - Patti Page

1 "Too Much" - Elvis Presley

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How about a Doors theme.

Love Her Madly

+5 - El Paso - Marty

+4 - Wanderer - Dion

+3 - Bony Maronie - Larry Williams

+2 - Twist And Shout - Isley's

+1 - Living in The USA - Chuck

Been Down So Long

-5 - Surf City - Jan & Den

-4 - La Bamba - Richie Valenzuela

-3 - Crying In The Rain - Everly Bros.,

-2 - Our Day Will Come - Ruby & The Romantics

-1 - Runaround Sue - Dion

Break On Through ( To The Other Side)

+5 - Silhouettes - The Rays

+4 - Cry Baby - Garnett Mims

+3 - Since I Don't Have You - Skyliners

+2 - My Special Angel - Bobby Helms

+1 - Blowin' In The Wind - Peter, Paul & Mary

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I'm all game here but not sure about a few things (so much for the thousands I've paid for college).

We pick our top/favourite '5' ONLY from that list? And then we select our least favourite '5' ONLY from that list?

For part C, where does that come in? Are we to just randomly name tracks or is there another list?

And last, are we to make headings for each segment? Ooops, and one other thing - are we to do some type of thesis about that current top 40 list?

Other than that, I guess I'm in. lol

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We tend to make things tougher than we need to ... :D

Pick 5 you'd like to see move up on the list and 5 you'd like to see move down. Pick another 5 out of your personal favorites (pre '64) that you'd like to hit the chart.

The headings are optional. Some people around here are just terribly clever. Just tell Old fif' which ones you're moving up, which ones down, and which new songs you'd like to see on there. Make sense? Good. Now play. We won't make you do a thesis..... yet. :D

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Okay, I follow. The only exception would be part 'C' since I'm late in the game (#33 already) and my probable selections could of already been played.

However, I'm not exactly sure how 'C' plays out. ie, are all the tracks added from #1 to #9 made out for the list in #10, etc?

Yes, I'm quite anal about precision. Go friggin' figure. :D

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Hello again. DJ Ceejay back with you again for Golden Oldies Top 40. My thanks to Darryl for ghosting in this spot last week. Coming up, a new GO-40 record set by an artist, 1 of whose members died just over a week ago. And a new #1 by an artist who was shot to death nearly 45 years ago. OK, here we go:

7 songs bid farewell to the chart this week:

The Johnny Otis Show has played its last hand with Willie and the Hand Jive,

which made its best stand at #5.

The Beach Boys’ Surfin’ Safari washes ashore this week after cresting at #22 two weeks ago.

You can shed a tear for Julie London, as Cry Me a River reaches its delta this week, after bubbling up to #22.

And there go the Drifters, who are out of the GO-40 for the first time in 30 weeks! They first appeared in week #3 with Up on the Roof, followed by Save the Last Dance for Me in week #17, and this week, There Goes My Baby ends a 9-week run, landing as high as #22.

The chart also loses Barbara Lynn this week, as You’ll Lose a Good Thing drops out, also ending a 9-week run, after a #17 peak.

The countdown also closes its eyes on Curtis Lee’s Pretty Little Angel Eyes, which caught a wink at #28.

And come what may, Roy Orbison’s Blue Bayou can only dream of coming back someday, as it sinks out after rising to #21.

Now onto the 7 new songs:

The Tennessee Waltz by Patti Page waltzes its way in as the week’s first debut, at #40.

Now, in our GO-40 spotlight, until this week (not counting week #1, when songs were based on Billboard chart positions) only 1 artist had 2 songs enter the chart in the same week. That was :elvis: in week #21, who had a re-entry with Jailhouse Rock at #34 and a new entry with Little Sister at #31, a song that later hit #1.

This week, we have an artist which appears on the chart for the 1st time, and has not 1, not 2, but 3 debuts. On September 16, Mary Travers, a member of the trio Peter, Paul & Mary, passed away. And this week, 3 songs from that trio enter our chart, starting at #39 with a song written by Pete Seeger, If I Had a Hammer.

Bobby Helms makes his first chart appearance a special one, as he enters at #36 with My Special Angel.

Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters enchant our chart at #35 with their debut, Cry Baby.

Blowing in at #33 is the 2nd debut by Peter, Paul & Mary: their version of a song written by Bob Dylan, Blowin’ in the Wind.

And coming up the Cherry Lane at #28 is yet the 3rd song by PP & M to enter the countdown this week, a song co-written by group member Peter Yarrow, Puff the Magic Dragon.

And the highest debut this week casts its shadow at #23, Silhouettes by the Rays.

Only 1 song makes a double digit climb up the charts this week:

Staggering up from #29 to #19 is Stagger Lee by Lloyd Price.

Only 1 song enters the top 10 this week as well:

Thumbing his way into the top 10 is Motown legend Marvin Gaye, with his 1st top 10, Hitch Hike.

Now we’re up to the top 4 … and for the 1st time on our chart all of the top 4 songs have hit #1:

Slipping a notch from #3 to #4 is 16 Candles by the Crests.

Falling out of the #1 spot to #3 is Cry to Me by Solomon Burke.

Holding steady at #2 is Ben E. King with Spanish Harlem.

And the new #1 song is by an artist who was shot and killed by the manager of a Los Angeles motel back in 1964:

:drummer:

Chain Gang by Sam Cooke

And there you have it: this week’s Golden Oldies Top 40. Log in again next week when we’ll count down a brand new chart. Until next time, keep your head in the stars :stars: and keep reaching for the ground. :doh:

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Okay, I follow. The only exception would be part 'C' since I'm late in the game (#33 already) and my probable selections could of already been played.

Hi Pete ! That will be great if you join us. :thumbsup: You've already seen how friendly people are here, and I think you'll enjoy yourself.

You can check which songs have already been in at this link -

Every Song That's Made The Golden Oldies Top 40.

With the songs in the current Top 40 the accumulated points are carried forward each week, and rise or fall by our votes in A and B.

Part C is a whole different ballgame. The points for nominations of 'New' songs start from scratch each week. A song usually needs around 15 points to enter the Chart.

Cheers Mate. :)

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GOLDEN OLDIES TOP 40 #33 (week commencing September 27th 2009)

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1. CHAIN GANG - SAM COOKE

2. SPANISH HARLEM - BEN E.KING

3. CRY TO ME - SOLOMON BURKE

4. 16 CANDLES - CRESTS

5. GREEN ONIONS (I) - BOOKER T. & MG'S

6. AT LAST - ETTA JAMES

7. KANSAS CITY - WILBERT HARRISON

8. SURFER GIRL - BEACH BOYS

9. STAY - MAURICE WILLIAMS & ZODIACS

10. HITCH HIKE - MARVIN GAYE

11. THEN HE KISSED ME - CRYSTALS

12. EL PASO - MARTY ROBBINS

13. BO DIDDLEY - BO DIDDLEY

14. LONG TALL SALLY - LITTLE RICHARD

15. THE WANDERER - DION

16. RUNNING SCARED - ROY ORBISON

17. THE END OF THE WORLD - SKEETER DAVIS

18. BONY MORONIE - LARRY WILLIAMS

19. STAGGER LEE - LLOYD PRICE

20. RAINDROPS - DEE CLARK

21. LA BAMBA - RITCHIE VALENS

22. TWIST AND SHOUT - ISLEY BROTHERS

23 SILHOUETTES RAYS (NEW)

24. LITTLE SISTER - ELVIS PRESLEY

25. IT 'S LATE - RICKY NELSON

26. PEGGY SUE - BUDDY HOLLY

27. OUR DAY WILL COME - RUBY AND THE ROMANTICS

28. PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON - PETER, PAUL & MARY (NEW)

29. ALL THE WAY - FRANK SINATRA

30. CRYING IN THE RAIN - EVERLY BROTHERS

31. BLUEBERRY HILL - FATS DOMINO

32. LONELY TEARDROPS - JACKIE WILSON

33. BLOWIN' IN THE WIND - PETER, PAUL & MARY (NEW)

34. BACK IN THE U.S.A. CHUCK BERRY

35. CRY BABY - GARNET MIMMS & ENCHANTERS (NEW)

36. MY SPECIAL ANGEL - BOBBY HELMS (NEW)

37. RUNAROUND SUE - DION

38. SURF CITY - JAN & DEAN

39. IF I HAD A HAMMER - PETER, PAUL & MARY (NEW)

40. THE TENNESSEE WALTZ - PATTI PAGE (NEW)

Please CLICK HERE to view the full Chart in PDF Format.

(Click on to open, then enlarge on your browser). You can check the previous week's position and number of weeks in for each song.

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Okay, got it now (I hope lol)

A:

5+ Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison

4+ Bony Moronie - Larry Williams

3+ Surfer Girl - The Beach Boys

2+ Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price

1+ Our Day Will Come - Ruby and the Romantics

B:

-5 Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals

-4 Running Scared - Roy Orbison

-3 Surf City - Jan & Dean

-2 Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King

-1 The End of the World - Skeeter Davis

C:

5+ Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) - Ernie Maresca

4+ Killer Joe - The Rocky Fellers

3+ A Thousand Miles Away - The Heartbeats

2+ At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama Song) - The El Dorados

1+ Mother-In-Law - Ernie K-Doe

I hope that's satisfactory!

:)

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Okay, got it now (I hope lol)

A:

5+ Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison

4+ Bony Moronie - Larry Williams

3+ Surfer Girl - The Beach Boys

2+ Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price

1+ Our Day Will Come - Ruby and the Romantics

B:

-5 Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals

-4 Running Scared - Roy Orbison

-3 Surf City - Jan & Dean

-2 Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King

-1 The End of the World - Skeeter Davis

C:

5+ Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) - Ernie Maresca

4+ Killer Joe - The Rocky Fellers

3+ A Thousand Miles Away - The Heartbeats

2+ At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama Song) - The El Dorados

1+ Mother-In-Law - Ernie K-Doe

I hope that's satisfactory!

:)

It's too late to vote for this week, the chart has already been compiled. Also, all the songs you include in your third section have to have charted.

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