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Golden Oldies Top 40 #39


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Welcome back to GO Top 40. Now that you’ve had time to peruse the bottom 20, let’s get to the Top 20.

Until this week, 2 songs had been tied for the biggest jump in the countdown, each moving up 22 spots: I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash, and Spanish Harlem by Ben E. King. Ironically, in the same week Spanish Harlem drops out of the top 10, they are joined by a 3rd song making a 22-notch move, up from #39 to #17: A Town Without Pity by Gene Pitney.

Here are the rest of the songs from 20 to 11:

TW20 LW18 TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY BOBBY VEE

TW19 LW5 GREEN ONIONS (I) BOOKER T. & MG'S

TW18 LW13 HITCH HIKE MARVIN GAYE

TW17 LW39 TOWN WITHOUT PITY GENE PITNEY

TW16 LW17 MY SPECIAL ANGEL BOBBY HELMS

TW15 LW9 SPANISH HARLEM BEN E.KING

TW14 LW23 JUDY'S TURN TO CRY LESLEY GORE

TW13 LW14 BO DIDDLEY BO DIDDLEY

TW12 LW15 STAGGER LEE LLOYD PRICE

TW11 LW12 WITCH DOCTOR DAVID SEVILLE

2 new songs enter the Top 10 this week:

As mentioned last week, Nino Tempo & April Stevens become the 1st duo to reach the Top 10 since the Everly Brothers, as Deep Purple climbs from #16 to #9.

And Ol’ Blue Eyes makes his 1st appearance in the top 10, as All the Way goes all the way into the top 10, up 3 from #11 to #8. These are the songs from #10 to #6:

TW10 LW6 CHAIN GANG SAM COOKE

TW9 LW16 DEEP PURPLE NINO TEMPO & APRIL STEVENS

TW 8 LW 11 ALL THE WAY FRANK SINATRA

TW 7 LW 8 CRY BABY GARNET MIMMS & ENCHANTERS

TW 6 LW10 PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON PETER, PAUL & MARY

Now for the top 5, At #5 is the 1st top 5 hit for the trio, Peter Paul & Mary:

TW 5 LW 7 BLOWIN' IN THE WIND PETER, PAUL & MARY

Holding positions at #4 and #3 respectively are:

TW 4 LW 4 POOR LITTLE FOOL RICKY NELSON

TW 3 LW 3 SILHOUETTES RAYS

Wandering out of the penthouse this week is the former #1 for Dion:

TW 2 LW 1 THE WANDERER DION

Meaning there is a new #1 this week, by the 3rd artist to have 2 #1’s, joining :elvis: and Dion. The 2nd #1 for the Polish Prince is:

:drummer:

TW 1 LW 2 BLUE ON BLUE BOBBY VINTON

Well, there you have it. The 40 biggest oldies hits as voted by our panel this week. Log in again next week when we count them down all over again. Until then, keep your head in the stars :stars: and keep reaching for the ground. :doh:

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