Billboard's Year End Pop Singles Charts Revised Versions

[vince]

The third version for 1963 is an attempt to match a revision BB did several years later. The revision was likely done for research packet that BB sold beginning in 1970 up to about 1982. I suspect BB did the revision around 1969 – 1970. 1966 was also revised and I will get to that one later. The survey period is 1/5/1963 to 12/28/1963, the calendar year of 1963. The ranking was done by reverse rank with no bonus points. “Washington Square”, “It’s All Right”, and “She’s A Fool” all ranked very high on BB’s revision. They ranked lower in my attempted match. Only “She’s A Fool”’s chart run ran into 1964, and its full chart run does not support BB’s position. Likely during the re-rank process BB gave these songs extra points by mistake.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1318 *1 SUGAR SHACK Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs (#1, Oct)
1305 2 SURFIN' U.S.A. The Beach Boys (#3, May)
1284 3 THE END OF THE WORLD Skeeter Davis (#2, Mar)
1269 4 RHYTHM OF THE RAIN The Cascades (#3, Mar)
1246 *5 HE'S SO FINE The Chiffons (#1, Mar)
1233 *6 BLUE VELVET Bobby Vinton (#1, Sept)
1207 *7 HEY PAULA Paul and Paula (#1, Feb)
1198 *8 FINGERTIPS (Part 2) Little Stevie Wonder (#1, Aug)
1175 9 CAN'T GET USED TO LOSING YOU Andy Williams (#2, April)
1171 *10 MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK The Angels (#1, Aug)
1170 *11 SUKIYAKI Kyu Sakamoto (#1, June)
1156 *12 SO MUCH IN LOVE The Tymes (#1, Aug)
1149 13 PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON Peter, Paul and Mary (#2, May)
1143 14 BLOWIN' IN THE WIND Peter, Paul and Mary (#2, Aug)
1137 *15 DEEP PURPLE Nino Tempo and April Stevens (#1, Nov)
1132 16 WIPE OUT The Surfaris (#2, Aug)
1130 17 I LOVE YOU BECAUSE Al Martino (#3, June)
1120 18 WILD WEEKEND The Rebels (#8, Mar)
1113 19 YOU'RE THE REASON I'M LIVING Bobby Darin (#3, March)
1110 *20 WALK LIKE A MAN The Four Seasons (#1, Mar)
1109 21 MOCKINGBIRD Inez Foxx (#7, Sept)
1105 *22 I WILL FOLLOW HIM Little Peggy March (#1, April)
1100 23 PIPELINE The Chantay's (#4, May)
1099 *24 SURF CITY Jan and Dean (#1, July)
1097 *25 IT'S MY PARTY Lesley Gore (#1, June)
1093 26 BLAME IT ON THE BOSA NOVA Eydie Gorme (#7, Mar)
1090 27 YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN The Dovells (#3, June)
1087 28 HEAT WAVE Martha and the Vandellas (#4, Sept)
1087 29 WASHINGTON SQUARE The Village Stompers (#2, Nov)
1082 *30 WALK RIGHT IN The Rooftop Singers (#1, Jan)
1082 31 DENISE Randy and the Rainbows (#10, Aug)
1077 *32 IF YOU WANNA BE HAPPY Jimmy Soul (#1, May)
1071 33 SHE'S A FOOL Leslie Gore (#5, Dec)
1069 34 SURFER GIRL The Beach Boys (#7, Sept)
1067 35 IF I HAD A HAMMER Trini Lopez (#3, Sept)
1058 *36 EASIER SAID THAN DONE The Essex (#1, July)
1058 37 IT'S ALL RIGHT The Impressions (#4, Nov)
1057 38 RUBY BABY Dion (#2, Feb)
1047 *39 OUR DAY WILL COME Ruby and the Romantics (#1, Mar)
1040 *40 I'M LEAVINGING IT UP TO YOU Dale and Grace (#1, Nov)
1028 41 HELLO STRANGER Barbara Lewis (#3, June)
1025 42 BE MY BABY The Ronnettes (#2, Oct)
1015 43 SOUTH STREET The Orlons (#3, April)
1013 44 DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES Henry Mancini (#33, Mar)
1012 45 CANDY GIRL The Four Seasons (#3, Aug)
1011 46 MONKEY TIME Major Lance (#8, Sept)
1004 47 STILL Bill Anderson (#8, June)
996 48 BLUE ON BLUE Bobby Vinton (#3, July)
995 49 CRY BABY Garnet Mimms and The Enchanters (#4, Oct)
995 50 TWO FACES HAVE I Lou Christie (#6, June)
991 51 BUSTED Ray Charles (#4, Oct)
987 52 DA DOO RON RON (When He Walked Me Home) The Crystals (#3, June)
987 53 FOOLISH LITTLE GIRL The Shirrelles (#4, May)
985 54 MEMPHIS Lonnie Mack (#5, July)
979 55 IN DREAMS Roy Orbison (#7, Mar)
977 56 MORE Kai Winding (#8, Aug)
970 57 EVERYBODY Tommy Roe (#3, Dec)
965 58 MARIA ELENA Los Indios Tabajaras (#6, Nov)
963 59 I CAN'T STAY MAD AT YOU Skeeter Davis (#7, Nov)
962 60 LOSING YOU Brenda Lee (#6, May)
959 61 MEAN WOMAN BLUES Roy Orbison (#5, Nov)
949 62 OUR WINTER LOVE Bill Purcell (#9, Mar)
945 63 I WANNA BE AROUND Tony Bennett (#14, Mar)
938 64 YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME The Miracles (#8, Feb)
924 65 SALLY GO 'ROUND THE ROSES The Jaynetts (#2, Sept)
921 66 THEN HE KISSED ME The Crystals (#6, Sept)
911 67 BABY WORKOUT Jackie Wilson (#5, April)
911 68 PRIDE AND JOY Marvin Gaye (#10, July)
909 69 THOSE LAZY-HAZY-CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER Nat King Cole (#6, June)
908 70 WALKING THE DOG Rufus Thomas (#10, Dec)
904 71 FOOLS RUSH IN Rick Nelson (#12, Nov)
891 72 FROM A JACK TO A KING Ned Miller (#6, Feb)
891 73 UP ON THE ROOF The Drifters (#5, Feb)
889 74 WHAT WILL MARY SAY Johnny Mathis (#9, Mar)
885 75 MAMA DON'T LIE Jan Bradley (#14, Mar)
882 76 THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES Bobby Vee (#3, Feb)
879 77 DON'T SAY NOTHIN' BAD (About My Baby) The Cookies (#7, April)
873 78 RING OF FIRE Johnny Cash (#17, July)
872 79 JUST ONE LOOK Doris Troy (#10, July)
868 80 (You're the) DEVIL IN DISGUISE Elvis Presley (#3, Aug)
860 81 HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH (A Letter From Camp) Allan Sherman (#2, Aug)
859 82 JUDY'S TURN TO CRY Lesley Gore (#5, Aug)
857 83 HEY GIRL Freddie Scott (#10, Sept)
849 84 TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN, SPORT Rolf Harris (#3, July)
849 85 MICKEY'S MONKEY The Miracles (#8, Sept)
829 86 THAT SUNDAY THAT SUMMER Nat King Cole (#12, Nov)
826 87 DONNA THE PRIMA DONNA Dion (#6, Oct)
820 88 ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT Sam Cooke (#10, May)
818 89 PAINTED, TAINTED ROSE Al Martino (#15, Sept)
815 90 (Down At) PAPA JOE'S The Dixiebelles (#9, Nov)
812 *91 GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL Steve Lawrence (#1, Jan)
809 92 TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART Ray Charles (#8, May)
808 93 TALK TO ME Sunny and The Sunglows (#11, Oct)
802 94 COME AND GET THESE MEMORIES Martha and the Vandellas (#29, June)
801 95 DO THE BIRD Dee Dee Sharp (#10, April)
794 96 SHUT DOWN The Beach Boys (#23, June)
792 97 DANKE SCHOEN Wayne Newton (#13, Aug)
790 98 ONE FINE DAY The Chiffons (#5, July)
788 99 WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL! The Tymes (#7, Sept)
783 100 LITTLE TOWN FLIRT Del Shannon (#12, Feb)

[vince]

Now the Beatle years, starting with 1964. This was my attempt to match BB’s 1964 YE Pop Singles chart. The methodology was reverse rank with no bonus points. The survey period was 1/4/1964 to 12/12/1964. I had some discrepancies. “Hello Dolly” came in at #1. BB left off “Fun, Fun, Fun” by the Beach Boys which I got at #60, and “California Sun” by the Rivieras that I got at #74.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1840 *1 HELLO, DOLLY! Louis Armstrong (#1, May)
1402 *2 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND The Beatles (#1, Feb)
1335 *3 SHE LOVES YOU The Beatles (#1, March)
1314 *4 OH, PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison (#1, Sept)
1294 *5 MY GUY Mary Wells (#1, May)
1282 *6 I GET AROUND The Beach Boys (#1, July)
1273 *7 EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY Dean Martin (#1, Aug)
1244 8 WE'LL SING IN THE SUNSHINE Gale Garnett (#4, Oct)
1208 9 LAST KISS J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers (#2, Nov)
1198 *10 WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO The Supremes (#1, Aug)
1194 11 PEOPLE Barbra Streisand (#5, June)
1179 12 JAVA Al Hirt (#4, Feb)
1157 *13 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT The Beatles (#1, Aug)
1145 *14 DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY Manfred Mann (#1, Oct)
1133 15 DANCING IN THE STREET Martha and the Vandellas (#2, Oct)
1133 16 LITTLE CHILDREN Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas (#7, June)
1105 17 LOVE ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART The Ray Charles Singers (#3, June)
1093 *18 CHAPEL OF LOVE The Dixie Cups (#1, Aug)
1093 19 UNDER THE BOARDWALK The Drifters (#4, Aug)
1076 *20 LOVE ME DO The Beatles (#1, May)
1070 21 SUSPICION Terry Stafford (#3, April)
1065 22 DAWN (Go Away) The Four Seasons (#3, Feb)
1059 23 GLAD ALL OVER The Dave Clark Five (#6, April)
1056 *24 RAG DOLL The Four Seasons (#1, July)
1047 25 DEAD MAN'S CURVE Jan and Dean (#8, May)
1040 26 BREAD AND BUTTER The Newbeats (#2, Sept)
1040 27 IT HURTS TO BE IN LOVE Gene Pitney (#7, Oct)
1035 28 PLEASE PLEASE ME The Beatles (#3, March)
1017 29 COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER Jay and the Americans (#3, Nov)
1014 *30 A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE Peter and Gordon (#1, June)
1006 31 DON'T LET THE RAIN COME DOWN (Crooked Little Man) The Serendipity Singers (#6, May)
997 *32 BABY LOVE The Supremes (#1, Oct)
997 33 LET IT BE ME Jerry Butler and Betty Everett (#5, Nov)
996 34 YOU DON'T OWN ME Lesley Gore (#2, Feb)
990 35 WISHIN' AND HOPIN' Dusty Springfield (#6, Aug)
980 36 WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick (#6, June)
963 *37 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN The Animals (#1, Sept)
962 38 G.T.O. Ronnie and the Daytonas (#4, Sept)
959 39 TWIST AND SHOUT The Beatles (#2, April)
951 40 MEMPHIS Johnny Rivers (#2, July)
950 41 WHITE ON WHITE Danny Williams (#9, May)
949 42 HEY LITTLE COBRA The Rip Cords (#4, Feb)
945 43 HAVE I THE RIGHT The Honeycombs (#5, Nov)
935 44 THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (It's In His Kiss) Betty Everett (#6, April)
928 45 BITS AND PIECES The Dave Clark Five (#4, May)
927 46 MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie Small (#2, July)
919 47 UM, UM, UM, UM, UM, UM Major Lance (#5, Feb)
918 48 LITTLE OLD LADY (From Pasadena) Jan and Dean (#3, Aug)
917 49 DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING Gerry and the Pacemakers (#4, July)
908 50 A SUMMER SONG Chad Stewart and Jeremy Clyde (#7, Oct)
902 51 THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA Stan Getz/Asturd Gilberto (#5, July)
897 *52 CAN'T BUY ME LOVE The Beatles (#1, April)
892 53 REMEMBER (Walkin' In the Sand) The Shangri-Las (#5, Sept)
892 54 C'MON AND SWIM Bobby Freeman (#5, Aug)
888 55 DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET The Beatles (#2, May)
883 56 KEEP ON PUSHING The Impressions (#10, July)
874 57 BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING The Four Tops (#11, Oct)
868 58 NAVY BLUE Dianne Renay (#6, March)
868 59 DIANE The Bachelors (#10, June)
860 60 FUN, FUN, FUN The Beach Boys (#5, March)
853 61 OUT OF LIMITS The Marketts (#3, Feb)
850 62 LITTLE HONDA The Hondells (#9, Oct)
844 63 CHUG-A-LUG Roger Miller (#9, Nov)
839 64 SEE THE FUNNY LITTLE CLOWN Bobby Goldsboro (#9, March)
836 65 BECAUSE The Dave Clark Five (#3, Sept)
836 66 (Just Like) ROMEO AND JULIET The Reflections (#6, May)
822 67 TODAY The New Christy Minstrels (#17, June)
820 68 FOR YOU Rick Nelson (#6, Feb)
809 69 CAN'T YOU SEE THAT SHE'S MINE The Dave Clark Five (#4, July)
808 *70 LEADER OF THE PACK The Shangri-Las (#1, Nov)
807 71 FUNNY Joe Hinton (#13, Oct)
802 72 THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO The Temptations (#11, April)
801 73 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART Dionne Warwick (#8, Feb)
801 74 CALIFORNIA SUN The Rivieras (#5, Feb)
799 75 I LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY Al Martino (#9, March)
796 76 IT'S OVER Roy Orbison (#9, May)
793 77 RONNIE The Four Seasons (#6, May)
793 78 SURFIN' BIRD The Trashmen (#4, Jan)
791 79 WHAT KIND OF FOOL (Do You Think I Am) The Tams (#9, Feb)
790 80 THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN TO MY HEART Dean Martin (#6, Nov)
784 81 DANG ME Roger Miller (#7, Aug)
783 82 YOU REALLY GOT ME The Kinks (#7, Nov)
780 83 THE SHELTER OF YOUR ARMS Sammy Davis Jr. (#17, March)
777 84 I'M SO PROUD The Impressions (#14, May)
776 85 I WANNA LOVE HIM SO BAD The Jellybeans (#9, Aug)
769 86 COTTON CANDY Al Hirt (#15, May)
766 87 (You Dont Know) HOW GLAD I AM Nancy Wilson (#11, Aug)
756 88 MONEY The Kingsmen (#16, May)
755 89 DON'T THROW YOUR LOVE AWAY The Searchers (#16, July)
754 90 HI-HEEL SNEAKERS Tommy Tucker (#11, March)
752 91 HOW DO YOU DO IT Gerry And The Pacemakers (#9, Sept)
752 92 WALK-DON'T RUN '64 The Ventures (#8, Aug)
750 93 DO YOU LOVE ME The Dave Clark Five (#11, June)
750 94 WISH SOMEONE WOULD CARE Irma Thomas (#17, May)
741 95 SHANGRI-LA Robert Maxwell, His Harp and Orchestra (#15, May)
740 96 HAUNTED HOUSE Gene Simmons (#11, Sept)
740 97 STEAL AWAY Jimmy Hughes (#17, Aug)
739 98 I SAW HER STANDING THERE The Beatles (#14, March)
730 99 A FOOL NEVER LEARNS Andy Williams (#13, Feb)
730 100 BAD TO ME Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas (#9, June)

[vince]

This is a second version for 1964 where I added bonus points of 100 points for each week at #1. I kept the same survey period of 1/4/1964 to 12/12/1964. This gets the Beatles back at #1. One of the biggest changes was “Can’t Buy Me Love” moving from #52 up to #9.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
2102 *1 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND The Beatles (#1, Feb)
1940 *2 HELLO, DOLLY! Louis Armstrong (#1, May)
1614 *3 OH, PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison (#1, Sept)
1535 *4 SHE LOVES YOU The Beatles (#1, March)
1494 *5 MY GUY Mary Wells (#1, May)
1482 *6 I GET AROUND The Beach Boys (#1, July)
1398 *7 WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO The Supremes (#1, Aug)
1397 *8 BABY LOVE The Supremes (#1, Oct)
1397 *9 CAN'T BUY ME LOVE The Beatles (#1, April)
1393 *10 CHAPEL OF LOVE The Dixie Cups (#1, Aug)
1373 *11 EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY Dean Martin (#1, Aug)
1357 *12 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT The Beatles (#1, Aug)
1345 *13 DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY Manfred Mann (#1, Oct)
1263 *14 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN The Animals (#1, Sept)
1256 *15 RAG DOLL The Four Seasons (#1, July)
1244 16 WE'LL SING IN THE SUNSHINE Gale Garnett (#4, Oct)
1208 17 LAST KISS J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers (#2, Nov)
1194 18 PEOPLE Barbra Streisand (#5, June)
1179 19 JAVA Al Hirt (#4, Feb)
1176 *20 LOVE ME DO The Beatles (#1, May)
1133 21 DANCING IN THE STREET Martha and the Vandellas (#2, Oct)
1133 22 LITTLE CHILDREN Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas (#7, June)
1129 *23 THERE I'VE SAID IT AGAIN Bobby Vinton (#1, Jan)
1114 *24 A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE Peter and Gordon (#1, June)
1105 25 LOVE ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART The Ray Charles Singers (#3, June)
1093 26 UNDER THE BOARDWALK The Drifters (#4, Aug)
1070 27 SUSPICION Terry Stafford (#3, April)
1065 28 DAWN (Go Away) The Four Seasons (#3, Feb)
1059 29 GLAD ALL OVER The Dave Clark Five (#6, April)
1047 30 DEAD MAN'S CURVE Jan and Dean (#8, May)
1040 31 BREAD AND BUTTER The Newbeats (#2, Sept)
1040 32 IT HURTS TO BE IN LOVE Gene Pitney (#7, Oct)
1035 33 PLEASE PLEASE ME The Beatles (#3, March)
1017 34 COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER Jay and the Americans (#3, Nov)
1006 35 DON'T LET THE RAIN COME DOWN (Crooked Little Man) The Serendipity Singers (#6, May)
997 36 LET IT BE ME Jerry Butler and Betty Everett (#5, Nov)
996 37 YOU DON'T OWN ME Lesley Gore (#2, Feb)
990 38 WISHIN' AND HOPIN' Dusty Springfield (#6, Aug)
980 39 WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick (#6, June)
962 40 G.T.O. Ronnie and the Daytonas (#4, Sept)
959 41 TWIST AND SHOUT The Beatles (#2, April)
951 42 MEMPHIS Johnny Rivers (#2, July)
950 43 WHITE ON WHITE Danny Williams (#9, May)
949 44 HEY LITTLE COBRA The Rip Cords (#4, Feb)
945 45 HAVE I THE RIGHT The Honeycombs (#5, Nov)
935 46 THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (It's In His Kiss) Betty Everett (#6, April)
928 47 BITS AND PIECES The Dave Clark Five (#4, May)
927 48 MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie Small (#2, July)
919 49 UM, UM, UM, UM, UM, UM Major Lance (#5, Feb)
918 50 LITTLE OLD LADY (From Pasadena) Jan and Dean (#3, Aug)
917 51 DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING Gerry and the Pacemakers (#4, July)
908 53 A SUMMER SONG Chad Stewart and Jeremy Clyde (#7, Oct)
908 *52 LEADER OF THE PACK The Shangri-Las (#1, Nov)
902 54 THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA Stan Getz/Asturd Gilberto (#5, July)
892 55 REMEMBER (Walkin' In the Sand) The Shangri-Las (#5, Sept)
892 56 C'MON AND SWIM Bobby Freeman (#5, Aug)
888 57 DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET The Beatles (#2, May)
883 58 KEEP ON PUSHING The Impressions (#10, July)
874 59 BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING The Four Tops (#11, Oct)
868 60 NAVY BLUE Dianne Renay (#6, March)
868 61 DIANE The Bachelors (#10, June)
860 62 FUN, FUN, FUN The Beach Boys (#5, March)
853 63 OUT OF LIMITS The Marketts (#3, Feb)
850 64 LITTLE HONDA The Hondells (#9, Oct)
844 65 CHUG-A-LUG Roger Miller (#9, Nov)
839 66 SEE THE FUNNY LITTLE CLOWN Bobby Goldsboro (#9, March)
836 67 BECAUSE The Dave Clark Five (#3, Sept)
836 68 (Just Like) ROMEO AND JULIET The Reflections (#6, May)
822 69 TODAY The New Christy Minstrels (#17, June)
820 70 FOR YOU Rick Nelson (#6, Feb)
809 71 CAN'T YOU SEE THAT SHE'S MINE The Dave Clark Five (#4, July)
807 72 FUNNY Joe Hinton (#13, Oct)
802 73 THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO The Temptations (#11, April)
801 74 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART Dionne Warwick (#8, Feb)
801 75 CALIFORNIA SUN The Rivieras (#5, Feb)
799 76 I LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY Al Martino (#9, March)
796 77 IT'S OVER Roy Orbison (#9, May)
793 78 RONNIE The Four Seasons (#6, May)
793 79 SURFIN' BIRD The Trashmen (#4, Jan)
791 80 WHAT KIND OF FOOL (Do You Think I Am) The Tams (#9, Feb)
790 81 THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN TO MY HEART Dean Martin (#6, Nov)
784 82 DANG ME Roger Miller (#7, Aug)
783 83 YOU REALLY GOT ME The Kinks (#7, Nov)
780 84 THE SHELTER OF YOUR ARMS Sammy Davis Jr. (#17, March)
777 85 I'M SO PROUD The Impressions (#14, May)
776 86 I WANNA LOVE HIM SO BAD The Jellybeans (#9, Aug)
769 87 COTTON CANDY Al Hirt (#15, May)
766 88 (You Dont Know) HOW GLAD I AM Nancy Wilson (#11, Aug)
756 89 MONEY The Kingsmen (#16, May)
755 90 DON'T THROW YOUR LOVE AWAY The Searchers (#16, July)
754 91 HI-HEEL SNEAKERS Tommy Tucker (#11, March)
752 92 HOW DO YOU DO IT Gerry And The Pacemakers (#9, Sept)
752 93 WALK-DON'T RUN '64 The Ventures (#8, Aug)
750 94 DO YOU LOVE ME The Dave Clark Five (#11, June)
750 95 WISH SOMEONE WOULD CARE Irma Thomas (#17, May)
741 96 SHANGRI-LA Robert Maxwell, His Harp and Orchestra (#15, May)
740 97 HAUNTED HOUSE Gene Simmons (#11, Sept)
740 98 STEAL AWAY Jimmy Hughes (#17, Aug)
739 99 I SAW HER STANDING THERE The Beatles (#14, March)
730 100 A FOOL NEVER LEARNS Andy Williams (#13, Feb)

[vince]

This is my attempt to match BB’s YE pop singles chart for 1965. The survey period was 1/2/1965 to 10/30/1965. The methodology was reverse rank without bonus points. There are a few discrepancies from BB’s official ranking, but most were in the same vicinity in the ranking.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1399 1 WOOLY BULLY Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs (#2, June)
1226 *2 I CAN'T HELP MYSELF The Four Tops (#1, June)
1213 *3 (I Can't Get No) SATISFACTION The Rolling Stones (#1, July)
1202 *4 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers (#1, Feb)
1193 5 YOU WERE ON MY MIND The We Five (#3, Sept)
1191 *6 DOWNTOWN Petula Clark (#1, Jan)
1136 *7 HELP! The Beatles (#1, Sept)
1129 8 CAN'T YOU HEAR MY HEARTBEAT Herman's Hermits (#2, March)
1108 9 CRYING IN THE CHAPEL Elvis Presley (#3, June)
1104 *10 MY GIRL The Temptations (#1, March)
1094 11 KING OF THE ROAD Roger Miller (#4, March)
1093 *12 HELP ME RHONDA The Beach Boys (#1, May)
1070 13 THE BIRDS AND THE BEES Jewel Akens (#3, March)
1067 14 HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME Mel Carter (#8, Aug)
1062 15 SHOTGUN Jr. Walker And The All Stars (#4, April)
1057 *16 I GOT YOU BABE Sonny and Cher (#1, Aug)
1050 *17 THIS DIAMOND RING Gary Lewis and the Playboys (#1, Feb)
1036 18 THE "IN" CROWD The Ramsey Lewis Trio (#5, Oct)
1034 *19 MRS. BROWN, YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER Herman's Hermits (#1, May)
1022 *20 STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE The Supremes (#1, March)
1020 21 UNCHAINED MELODY The Righteous Brothers (#4, Aug)
1012 22 SILHOUETTES Herman's Hermits (#5, May)
1012 23 CARA, MIA Jay and the Americans (#4, July)
1005 24 I'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU The Seekers (#4, May)
998 *25 MR. TAMBOURINE MAN The Byrds (#1, June)
983 26 CAST YOUR FATE TO THE WIND Sounds Orchestral (#10, May)
967 27 YES, I'M READY Barbara Mason (#5, July)
954 28 WHAT'S NEW PU55Y CAT Tom Jones (#3, July)
946 *29 EVE OF DESTRUCTION Barry McGuire (#1, Sept)
938 30 WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE Jackie DeShannon (#7, July)
934 *31 HANG ON SLOOPY The McCoys (#1, Oct)
933 *32 TICKET TO RIDE The Beatles (#1, May)
926 33 RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY Burt Kaempfert (#11, March)
919 34 THE NAME GAME Shirley Ellis (#3, Jan)
916 *35 GAME OF LOVE Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders (#1, April)
914 36 I KNOW A PLACE Petula Clark (#3, May)
909 *37 BACK IN MY ARMS AGAIN The Supremes (#1, June)
908 38 PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG (Part 1) James Brown (#8, Sept)
902 39 BABY, I'M YOURS Barbara Lewis (#11, Aug)
890 40 HUSH, HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE Patti Page (#8, June)
889 41 THE JOLLY GREEN GIANT The Kingsmen (#4, March)
888 42 LIKE A ROLLING STONE Bob Dylan (#2, Sept)
878 *43 I'M TELLING YOU NOW Freddie and the Dreamers (#1, April)
877 44 FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY Gerry and the Pacemakers (#6, March)
877 45 JUST ONCE IN MY LIFE The Righteous Brothers (#9, May)
877 46 SEVENTH SON Johnny Rivers (#7, July)
871 *47 I'M HENRY VIII, I AM Herman's Hermits (#1, Aug)
869 48 FOR YOUR LOVE The Yardbirds (#6, July)
869 49 CALIFORNIA GIRLS The Beach Boys (#3, Aug)
862 50 GO NOW The Moody Blues (#10, April)
862 51 GOLDFINGER Shirley Bassey (#8, March)
859 52 DOWN IN THE BOONDOCKS Billy Joe Royal (#9, Aug)
858 53 BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL Glenn Yarbrough (#12, May)
857 54 CATCH US IF YOU CAN The Dave Clark Five (#4, Sept)
855 55 A WALK IN THE BLACK FOREST Horst Jankowski (#12, July)
854 *56 EIGHT DAYS A WEEK The Beatles (#1, March)
851 57 JUST A LITTLE The Beau Brummels (#8, June)
850 58 YOU TURN ME ON (Turn On Song) Ian Whitcomb and Bluesville (#8, July)
850 59 ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT The Kinks (#7, Feb)
849 60 I'LL BE DOGGONE Marvin Gaye (#8, May)
845 61 SAVE YOUR HEART FOR ME Gary Lewis and the Playboys (#2, Aug)
843 62 TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU The Kinks (#6, April)
842 63 COUNT ME IN Gary Lewis and the Playboys (#2, May)
828 64 IT'S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones (#10, May)
824 65 SHE'S ABOUT A MOVER The Sir Douglas Quintet (#13, May)
822 66 WONDERFUL WORLD Herman's Hermits (#4, July)
821 67 SHAKE Sam Cooke (#7, Feb)
817 68 NOWHERE TO RUN Martha and the Vandellas (#8, April)
816 69 HEART FULL OF SOUL The Yardbirds (#9, Sept)
811 70 LOVE POTION NUMBER NINE The Searchers (#3, Jan)
807 71 LAURIE (Strange Things Happen) Dickey Lee (#14, July)
802 72 BABY DON'T GO Sonny and Cher (#8, Oct)
802 73 IT AIN'T ME BABE The Turtles (#8, Sept)
792 74 TELL HER NO The Zombies (#6, Feb)
791 75 I GO TO PIECES Peter and Gordon (#9, Feb)
789 76 RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY Vic Dana (#10, April)
784 77 DON'T JUST STAND THERE Patty Duke (#8, Aug)
777 78 THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS The Miracles (#16, Sept)
773 79 TOO MANY RIVERS Brenda Lee (#13, July)
765 80 I LIKE IT LIKE THAT The Dave Clark Five (#7, Aug)
761 81 LITTLE THINGS Bobby Goldsboro (#13, March)
749 82 TRUE LOVE WAYS Peter & Gordon (#14, June)
746 83 WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE The Animals (#13, Sept)
745 84 IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG The Four Tops (#5, Aug)
742 85 YOU'VE GOT YOUR TROUBLES The Fortunes (#7, Oct)
737 86 HOLD WHAT YOU GOT Joe Tex (#5, Jan)
735 87 LAUGH, LAUGH The Beau Brummels (#15, Feb)
731 88 THE LAST TIME The Rolling Stones (#9, May)
721 89 DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC The Lovin' Sthingyful (#9, Oct)
717 90 ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO Cher (#15, Aug)
717 91 I WANT CANDY The Strangeloves (#11, Aug)
716 92 OOH BABY BABY The Miracles (#16, May)
716 93 LAUGH AT ME Sonny (#10, Sept)
712 94 TREAT HER RIGHT Roy Head & the Traits (#2, Oct)
699 95 THE RACE IS ON Jack Jones (#15, April)
697 96 TAKE ME BACK Little Anthony and the Imperials (#16, Aug)
693 97 I'M A FOOL Dino, Desi and Billy (#17, Aug)
692 98 THE BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY The Ad Libs (#8, Feb)
690 99 KEEP SEARCHIN' (We'll Follow the Sun) Del Shannon (#9, Jan)
688 100 KEEP ON DANCING The Gentrys (#4, Oct)

[vince]

Due to the early cut off and low ranking or no show for many #1 songs, I did a second 1965 version based on reverse rank with 100 bonus points for each week at #1. I extended the survey period to mid December to make it similar to the 1964 and 1966 survey periods. It now runs from 1/2/1965 to 12/11/1965. The changes adds six #1 songs to the top 100. The highest is “Yesterday” which now ranks at #7.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1613 *1 (I Can't Get No) SATISFACTION The Rolling Stones (#1, July)
1436 *2 HELP! The Beatles (#1, Sept)
1426 *3 I CAN'T HELP MYSELF The Four Tops (#1, June)
1402 *4 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers (#1, Feb)
1399 5 WOOLY BULLY Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs (#2, June)
1391 *6 DOWNTOWN Petula Clark (#1, Jan)
1361 *7 YESTERDAY The Beatles (#1, Oct)
1357 *8 I GOT YOU BABE Sonny and Cher (#1, Aug)
1334 *9 MRS. BROWN, YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER Herman's Hermits (#1, May)
1293 *10 HELP ME RHONDA The Beach Boys (#1, May)
1250 *11 THIS DIAMOND RING Gary Lewis and the Playboys (#1, Feb)
1222 *12 STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE The Supremes (#1, March)
1204 *13 MY GIRL The Temptations (#1, March)
1193 14 YOU WERE ON MY MIND The We Five (#3, Sept)
1185 *15 HANG ON SLOOPY The McCoys (#1, Oct)
1167 16 THE "IN" CROWD The Ramsey Lewis Trio (#5, Oct)
1129 17 CAN'T YOU HEAR MY HEARTBEAT Herman's Hermits (#2, March)
1108 18 CRYING IN THE CHAPEL Elvis Presley (#3, June)
1098 *19 MR. TAMBOURINE MAN The Byrds (#1, June)
1094 20 KING OF THE ROAD Roger Miller (#4, March)
1089 *21 GET OFF MY CLOUD The Rolling Stones (#1, Nov)
1078 *22 I'M TELLING YOU NOW Freddie and the Dreamers (#1, April)
1070 23 THE BIRDS AND THE BEES Jewel Akens (#3, March)
1067 24 HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME Mel Carter (#8, Aug)
1062 25 SHOTGUN Jr. Walker And The All Stars (#4, April)
1054 *26 EIGHT DAYS A WEEK The Beatles (#1, March)
1046 *27 EVE OF DESTRUCTION Barry McGuire (#1, Sept)
1033 *28 TICKET TO RIDE The Beatles (#1, May)
1020 29 UNCHAINED MELODY The Righteous Brothers (#4, Aug)
1016 *30 GAME OF LOVE Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders (#1, April)
1012 31 SILHOUETTES Herman's Hermits (#5, May)
1012 32 CARA, MIA Jay and the Americans (#4, July)
1009 *33 BACK IN MY ARMS AGAIN The Supremes (#1, June)
1009 34 A LOVER'S CONCERTO The Toys (#2, Oct)
1005 35 I'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU The Seekers (#4, May)
995 36 KEEP ON DANCING The Gentrys (#4, Oct)
983 37 CAST YOUR FATE TO THE WIND Sounds Orchestral (#10, May)
971 *38 I'M HENRY VIII, I AM Herman's Hermits (#1, Aug)
967 39 YES, I'M READY Barbara Mason (#5, July)
954 40 WHAT'S NEW PU55Y CAT Tom Jones (#3, July)
938 41 WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE Jackie DeShannon (#7, July)
926 42 RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY Burt Kaempfert (#11, March)
919 43 THE NAME GAME Shirley Ellis (#3, Jan)
914 44 I KNOW A PLACE Petula Clark (#3, May)
908 45 PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG (Part 1) James Brown (#8, Sept)
902 46 BABY, I'M YOURS Barbara Lewis (#11, Aug)
890 47 HUSH, HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE Patti Page (#8, June)
889 48 THE JOLLY GREEN GIANT The Kingsmen (#4, March)
888 49 LIKE A ROLLING STONE Bob Dylan (#2, Sept)
884 50 A TASTE OF HONEY Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (#7, Nov)
879 51 YOU'RE THE ONE The Vogues (#4, Nov)
877 52 1-2-3 Len Barry (#2, Nov)
877 53 FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY Gerry and the Pacemakers (#6, March)
877 54 JUST ONCE IN MY LIFE The Righteous Brothers (#9, May)
877 55 SEVENTH SON Johnny Rivers (#7, July)
869 56 FOR YOUR LOVE The Yardbirds (#6, July)
869 57 CALIFORNIA GIRLS The Beach Boys (#3, Aug)
866 58 TREAT HER RIGHT Roy Head & the Traits (#2, Oct)
863 59 BABY DON'T GO Sonny and Cher (#8, Oct)
862 60 GO NOW The Moody Blues (#10, April)
862 61 GOLDFINGER Shirley Bassey (#8, March)
859 62 DOWN IN THE BOONDOCKS Billy Joe Royal (#9, Aug)
858 63 BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL Glenn Yarbrough (#12, May)
857 64 CATCH US IF YOU CAN The Dave Clark Five (#4, Sept)
855 65 A WALK IN THE BLACK FOREST Horst Jankowski (#12, July)
851 66 JUST A LITTLE The Beau Brummels (#8, June)
850 67 ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT The Kinks (#7, Feb)
850 68 YOU TURN ME ON (Turn On Song) Ian Whitcomb and Bluesville (#8, July)
849 69 I'LL BE DOGGONE Marvin Gaye (#8, May)
847 70 DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC The Lovin' Sthingyful (#9, Oct)
845 *71 I HEAR A SYMPHONY Supremes (#1, Nov)
845 72 SAVE YOUR HEART FOR ME Gary Lewis and the Playboys (#2, Aug)
843 73 TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU The Kinks (#6, April)
842 74 COUNT ME IN Gary Lewis and the Playboys (#2, May)
840 75 EVERYBODY LOVES A CLOWN Gary Lewis & the Playboys (#4, Nov)
836 76 RESCUE ME Fontella Bass (#4, Nov)
828 77 IT'S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones (#10, May)
826 *78 I FEEL FINE The Beatles (#1, Dec 1964)
824 79 SHE'S ABOUT A MOVER The Sir Douglas Quintet (#13, May)
823 80 LIAR, LIAR The Castaways (#12, Oct)
822 81 WONDERFUL WORLD Herman's Hermits (#4, July)
821 82 SHAKE Sam Cooke (#7, Feb)
817 83 NOWHERE TO RUN Martha and the Vandellas (#8, April)
816 84 HEART FULL OF SOUL The Yardbirds (#9, Sept)
814 *85 TURN! TURN! TURN! The Byrds (#1, Dec)
811 86 LOVE POTION NUMBER NINE The Searchers (#3, Jan)
807 87 LAURIE (Strange Things Happen) Dickey Lee (#14, July)
802 88 IT AIN'T ME BABE The Turtles (#8, Sept)
792 89 TELL HER NO The Zombies (#6, Feb)
791 90 I GO TO PIECES Peter and Gordon (#9, Feb)
789 91 RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY Vic Dana (#10, April)
784 92 DON'T JUST STAND THERE Patty Duke (#8, Aug)
782 93 LET'S HANG ON! The 4 Seasons (#3, Dec)
777 94 THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS The Miracles (#16, Sept)
773 95 TOO MANY RIVERS Brenda Lee (#13, July)
765 96 I LIKE IT LIKE THAT The Dave Clark Five (#7, Aug)
762 97 AIN'T THAT PECULIAR Marvin Gaye (#8, Nov)
761 98 LITTLE THINGS Bobby Goldsboro (#13, March)
754 *99 COME SEE ABOUT ME The Supremes (#1, Dec 1964)
750 100 JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER Herman's Hermits (#7, Oct)

[vince]

Now for 1966. I will post three versions for this year. This is the first, my attempt to match BB originally published version. The methodology is reverse rank with no bonus points. The survey period is 1/1/1966 to 12/10/1966. There are a few discrepancies from the official chart. “Working in a Coal Mine” came in at #19 on BB’s ranking while it only came in at #68 on my ranking. “Sounds of Silence” made my ranking at #100 while it did not make BB’s list.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1265 1 CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' The Mamas and the Papas (#4, March)
1264 *2 96 TEARS ? (Question Mark) and the Mysterians (#1, Oct)
1250 3 WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED David Ruffin (#7, Oct)
1194 *4 LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE The Monkees (#1, Nov)
1190 *5 REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE The Four Tops (#1, Oct)
1157 *6 THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN' Nancy Sinatra (#1, Feb)
1148 *7 CHERISH The Association (#1, Sept)
1135 *8 STANGERS IN THE NIGHT Frank Sinatra (#1, July)
1129 9 KICKS Paul Revere and the Raiders (#4, May)
1108 *10 THE BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS SSgt. Barry Sadler (#1, March)
1103 *11 GOOD LOVIN' The Young Rascals (#1, April)
1094 *12 (You're My) SOUL AND INSPIRATION The Righteous Brothers (#1, April)
1091 *13 YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE The Supremes (#1, Sept)
1089 14 SUNNY Bobby Hebb (#2, Aug)
1072 15 SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER The Happenings (#3, Aug)
1056 16 LIL' RED RIDING HOOD Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs (#2, Aug)
1051 *17 LIGHNIN' STRIKES Lou Christie (#1, Feb)
1029 *18 POOR SIDE OF TOWN Johnny Rivers (#1, Nov)
1026 19 A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE The Mindbenders (#2, May)
1025 20 YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME Dusty Springfield (#4, July)
1019 21 COOL JERK The Capitols (#7, July)
1018 *22 SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan (#1, Sept)
1009 23 BORN A WOMAN Sandy Posey (#12, Sept)
1002 *24 MONDAY MONDAY The Mamas and the Papas (#1, May)
1000 25 RED RUBBER BALL The Cyrkle (#2, July)
994 26 BORN FREE Roger Williams (#7, Dec)
986 27 B-A-B-Y Carla Thomas (#14, Nov)
980 *28 HANKY PANKY Tommy James and the Shondells (#1, July)
980 29 WALK AWAY RENEE The Left Banke (#5, Nov)
979 *30 WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Percy Sledge (#1, May)
973 31 DAYDREAM The Lovin' Sp00nful (#2, April)
972 *32 PAINT IT, BLACK The Rolling Stones (#1, June)
971 33 TIME WON'T LET ME The Outsiders (#5, April)
967 34 HOORAY FOR HAZEL Tommy Roe (#6, Nov)
964 35 SWEET PEA Tommy Roe (#8, July)
963 *36 SUMMER IN THE CITY The Lovin' Sp00nful (#1, Aug)
963 37 BUS STOP The Hollies (#5, Sept)
960 *38 MY LOVE Petula Clark (#1, Feb)
951 39 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY B. J. Thomas and the Triumphs (#8, April)
937 40 AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG The Temptations (#13, July)
933 41 DIRTY WATER The Standells (#11, July)
932 *42 WILD THING The Troggs (#1, July)
929 43 ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY Bob Lind (#5, March)
928 44 I AM A ROCK Simon and Garfunkel (#3, June)
916 45 CRYING TIME Ray Charles (#6, Feb)
913 46 SECRET AGENT MAN Johnny Rivers (#3, April)
909 *47 WE CAN WORK IT OUT The Beatles (#1, Jan)
909 48 DID YOU EVER HAVE TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND The Lovin' Sp00nful (#3, June)
909 49 HOMEWARD BOUND Simon and Garfunkel (#5, March)
905 50 BAREFOOTIN' Robert Parker (#7, June)
897 51 UPTIGHT (Everything's Alright) Stevie Wonder (#3, Feb)
894 52 BANG BANG (My Baby Shot Me Down) Cher (#2, April)
891 53 SLOOP JOHN B The Beach Boys (#3, May)
890 54 19TH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN The Rolling Stones (#2, March)
887 55 WIPE OUT The Surfaris (#16, Oct)
886 56 PSYCHOTIC REACTION The Count Five (#5, Oct)
885 *57 PAPERBACK WRITER The Beatles (#1, June)
884 58 BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP The Temptations (#3, Oct)
883 59 NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE (Your Stomach's In) The T-Bones (#3, Feb)
865 60 JUST LIKE ME Paul Revere and the Raiders (#11, Jan)
862 61 LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND Deon Jackson (#11, March)
858 62 THE PIED PIPER Crispian St. Peters (#4, July)
851 63 SOMEWHERE, MY LOVE The Ray Conniff Singers (#9, Aug)
848 64 ALMOST PERSUADED David Houston (#24, Oct)
844 65 IF I WERE A CARPENTER Bobby Darin (#8, Nov)
839 66 DON'T MESS WITH BILL The Marvelettes (#7, Feb)
836 67 CHERRY CHERRY Neil Diamond (#6, Oct)
835 68 WORKING IN THE COAL MINE Lee Dorsey (#8, Sept)
834 69 MESSAGE TO MICHAEL Dionne Warwick (#8, May)
832 70 LOVE IS A HURTIN' THING Lou Rawls (#13, Nov)
832 71 BARBARA ANN The Beach Boys (#2, Jan)
826 72 GLORIA The Shadows Of Knight (#10, May)
825 73 MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU The Supremes (#5, Feb)
819 74 RAINY DAY WOMEN #12 AND 35 Bob Dylan (#2, May)
817 75 GUANTANAMERO The Sandpipers (#9, Sept)
816 76 I'M YOUR PUPPET Bobby and James Purify (#6, Nov)
816 77 LAND OF 1000 DANCES Wilson Pickett (#6, Sept)
815 78 OH HOW HAPPY Shades Of Blue (#12, June)
811 79 WOMAN Peter and Gordon (#14, April)
809 80 YOU BABY The Turtles (#20, March)
807 81 FIVE O'CLOCK WORLD The Vogues (#4, Jan)
806 82 BLACK IS BLACK Los Bravos (#4, Oct)
806 83 NOWHERE MAN The Beatles (#3, March)
802 84 DANDY Herman's Hermits (#5, Nov)
793 85 BABY SCRATCH MY BACK Slim Harpo (#16, March)
792 86 SHE'S JUST MY STYLE Gary Lewis and the Playboys (#3, Jan)
785 87 THE MORE I SEE YOU Chris Montez (#16, June)
785 88 I FOUGHT THE LAW The Bobby Fuller Four (#9, March)
779 89 YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles (#2, Sept)
775 90 HUNGRY Paul Revere and the Raiders (#6, July)
775 91 SHAPES OF THINGS The Yardbirds (#11, May)
774 92 ZORBA THE GREEK Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (#11, Feb)
766 93 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) Wilson Pickett (#13, March)
766 94 DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON/GOOD GOLLY, MISS MOLLY Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels (#4, Nov)
765 95 WOULDN'T IT BE NICE The Beach Boys (#8, Sept)
752 96 THIS OLD HEART OF MINE Isley Brothers (#12, April)
749 97 A WELL RESPECTED MAN The Kinks (#13, Feb)
746 98 ALONG COMES MARY The Association (#7, July)
734 99 I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN The Four Seasons (#9, Oct)
712 *100 SOUNDS OF SILENCE Simon and Garfunkel (#1, Jan)

[vince]

This is the second version for 1966. Here I added 100 bonus points for each week at #1. The survey period is 1/1/1966 to 12/10/1966.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1608 *1 THE BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS SSgt. Barry Sadler (#1, March)
1448 *2 CHERISH The Association (#1, Sept)
1394 *3 (You're My) SOUL AND INSPIRATION The Righteous Brothers (#1, April)
1390 *4 REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE The Four Tops (#1, Oct)
1364 *5 96 TEARS ? (Question Mark) and the Mysterians (#1, Oct)
1302 *6 MONDAY MONDAY The Mamas and the Papas (#1, May)
1294 *7 LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE The Monkees (#1, Nov)
1291 *8 YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE The Supremes (#1, Sept)
1265 9 CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' The Mamas and the Papas (#4, March)
1263 *10 SUMMER IN THE CITY The Lovin' Sp00nful (#1, Aug)
1257 *11 THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN' Nancy Sinatra (#1, Feb)
1250 12 WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED David Ruffin (#7, Oct)
1235 *13 STANGERS IN THE NIGHT Frank Sinatra (#1, July)
1209 *14 WE CAN WORK IT OUT The Beatles (#1, Jan)
1203 *15 GOOD LOVIN' The Young Rascals (#1, April)
1180 *16 HANKY PANKY Tommy James and the Shondells (#1, July)
1179 *17 WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Percy Sledge (#1, May)
1172 *18 PAINT IT, BLACK The Rolling Stones (#1, June)
1160 *19 MY LOVE Petula Clark (#1, Feb)
1151 *20 LIGHNIN' STRIKES Lou Christie (#1, Feb)
1132 *21 WILD THING The Troggs (#1, July)
1129 *22 POOR SIDE OF TOWN Johnny Rivers (#1, Nov)
1129 23 KICKS Paul Revere and the Raiders (#4, May)
1118 *24 SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan (#1, Sept)
1089 25 SUNNY Bobby Hebb (#2, Aug)
1085 *26 PAPERBACK WRITER The Beatles (#1, June)
1072 27 SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER The Happenings (#3, Aug)
1056 28 LIL' RED RIDING HOOD Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs (#2, Aug)
1026 29 A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE The Mindbenders (#2, May)
1025 30 YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME Dusty Springfield (#4, July)
1019 31 COOL JERK The Capitols (#7, July)
1009 32 BORN A WOMAN Sandy Posey (#12, Sept)
1000 33 RED RUBBER BALL The Cyrkle (#2, July)
994 34 BORN FREE Roger Williams (#7, Dec)
986 35 B-A-B-Y Carla Thomas (#14, Nov)
980 36 WALK AWAY RENEE The Left Banke (#5, Nov)
973 37 DAYDREAM The Lovin' Sp00nful (#2, April)
971 38 TIME WON'T LET ME The Outsiders (#5, April)
967 39 HOORAY FOR HAZEL Tommy Roe (#6, Nov)
964 40 SWEET PEA Tommy Roe (#8, July)
963 41 BUS STOP The Hollies (#5, Sept)
951 42 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY B. J. Thomas and the Triumphs (#8, April)
937 43 AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG The Temptations (#13, July)
933 44 DIRTY WATER The Standells (#11, July)
929 45 ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY Bob Lind (#5, March)
928 46 I AM A ROCK Simon and Garfunkel (#3, June)
916 47 CRYING TIME Ray Charles (#6, Feb)
913 48 SECRET AGENT MAN Johnny Rivers (#3, April)
912 *49 SOUNDS OF SILENCE Simon and Garfunkel (#1, Jan)
909 50 DID YOU EVER HAVE TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND The Lovin' Sp00nful (#3, June)
909 51 HOMEWARD BOUND Simon and Garfunkel (#5, March)
905 52 BAREFOOTIN' Robert Parker (#7, June)
897 53 UPTIGHT (Everything's Alright) Stevie Wonder (#3, Feb)
894 54 BANG BANG (My Baby Shot Me Down) Cher (#2, April)
891 55 SLOOP JOHN B The Beach Boys (#3, May)
890 56 19TH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN The Rolling Stones (#2, March)
887 57 WIPE OUT The Surfaris (#16, Oct)
886 58 PSYCHOTIC REACTION The Count Five (#5, Oct)
884 59 BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP The Temptations (#3, Oct)
883 60 NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE (Your Stomach's In) The T-Bones (#3, Feb)
865 61 JUST LIKE ME Paul Revere and the Raiders (#11, Jan)
862 62 LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND Deon Jackson (#11, March)
858 63 THE PIED PIPER Crispian St. Peters (#4, July)
851 64 SOMEWHERE, MY LOVE The Ray Conniff Singers (#9, Aug)
848 65 ALMOST PERSUADED David Houston (#24, Oct)
844 66 IF I WERE A CARPENTER Bobby Darin (#8, Nov)
839 67 DON'T MESS WITH BILL The Marvelettes (#7, Feb)
836 68 CHERRY CHERRY Neil Diamond (#6, Oct)
835 69 WORKING IN THE COAL MINE Lee Dorsey (#8, Sept)
834 70 MESSAGE TO MICHAEL Dionne Warwick (#8, May)
832 71 LOVE IS A HURTIN' THING Lou Rawls (#13, Nov)
832 72 BARBARA ANN The Beach Boys (#2, Jan)
826 73 GLORIA The Shadows Of Knight (#10, May)
825 74 MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU The Supremes (#5, Feb)
819 75 RAINY DAY WOMEN #12 AND 35 Bob Dylan (#2, May)
817 76 GUANTANAMERO The Sandpipers (#9, Sept)
816 77 I'M YOUR PUPPET Bobby and James Purify (#6, Nov)
816 78 LAND OF 1000 DANCES Wilson Pickett (#6, Sept)
815 79 OH HOW HAPPY Shades Of Blue (#12, June)
811 80 WOMAN Peter and Gordon (#14, April)
809 81 YOU BABY The Turtles (#20, March)
807 82 FIVE O'CLOCK WORLD The Vogues (#4, Jan)
806 83 BLACK IS BLACK Los Bravos (#4, Oct)
806 84 NOWHERE MAN The Beatles (#3, March)
802 85 DANDY Herman's Hermits (#5, Nov)
795 *86 YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON The Supremes (#1, Nov)
793 87 BABY SCRATCH MY BACK Slim Harpo (#16, March)
792 88 SHE'S JUST MY STYLE Gary Lewis and the Playboys (#3, Jan)
785 89 THE MORE I SEE YOU Chris Montez (#16, June)
785 90 I FOUGHT THE LAW The Bobby Fuller Four (#9, March)
779 91 YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles (#2, Sept)
775 92 HUNGRY Paul Revere and the Raiders (#6, July)
775 93 SHAPES OF THINGS The Yardbirds (#11, May)
774 94 ZORBA THE GREEK Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (#11, Feb)
766 95 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) Wilson Pickett (#13, March)
766 96 DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON/GOOD GOLLY, MISS MOLLY Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels (#4, Nov)
765 97 WOULDN'T IT BE NICE The Beach Boys (#8, Sept)
761 *98 GOOD VIBRATIONS The Beach Boys (#1, Dec)
752 99 THIS OLD HEART OF MINE Isley Brothers (#12, April)
749 100 A WELL RESPECTED MAN The Kinks (#13, Feb)

[vince]

The third version is an attempt to match BB’s revised year end pop singles chart for 1966. The survey period matched the calendar year running from 1/1/1966 to 12/31/1966. The methodology was reverse rank with 100 bonus point for each week at #1. I got a 98% match with BB. “Shapes of Things” and “Zorba the Greek” flip flopped, but otherwise the ranking is the same as BB’s ranking.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1608 *1 THE BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS SSgt. Barry Sadler (#1, March)
1448 *2 CHERISH The Association (#1, Sept)
1394 *3 (You're My) SOUL AND INSPIRATION The Righteous Brothers (#1, April)
1390 *4 REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE The Four Tops (#1, Oct)
1364 *5 96 TEARS ? (Question Mark) and the Mysterians (#1, Oct)
1352 *6 LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE The Monkees (#1, Nov)
1302 *7 MONDAY MONDAY The Mamas and the Papas (#1, May)
1291 *8 YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE The Supremes (#1, Sept)
1270 *9 POOR SIDE OF TOWN Johnny Rivers (#1, Nov)
1265 10 CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' The Mamas and the Papas (#4, March)
1263 *11 SUMMER IN THE CITY The Lovin' Sp00nful (#1, Aug)
1258 12 BORN FREE Roger Williams (#7, Dec)
1257 *13 THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN' Nancy Sinatra (#1, Feb)
1250 14 WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED David Ruffin (#7, Oct)
1235 *15 STANGERS IN THE NIGHT Frank Sinatra (#1, July)
1209 *16 WE CAN WORK IT OUT The Beatles (#1, Jan)
1203 *17 GOOD LOVIN' The Young Rascals (#1, April)
1199 *18 WINCHESTER CATHEDREAL New Vaudeville Band (#1, Dec)
1180 *19 HANKY PANKY Tommy James and the Shondells (#1, July)
1179 *20 WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Percy Sledge (#1, May)
1172 *21 PAINT IT, BLACK The Rolling Stones (#1, June)
1160 *22 MY LOVE Petula Clark (#1, Feb)
1151 *23 LIGHNIN' STRIKES Lou Christie (#1, Feb)
1132 *24 WILD THING The Troggs (#1, July)
1129 25 KICKS Paul Revere and the Raiders (#4, May)
1118 *26 SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan (#1, Sept)
1089 27 SUNNY Bobby Hebb (#2, Aug)
1085 *28 PAPERBACK WRITER The Beatles (#1, June)
1072 29 SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER The Happenings (#3, Aug)
1068 *30 YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON The Supremes (#1, Nov)
1056 31 LIL' RED RIDING HOOD Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs (#2, Aug)
1049 32 DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON/GOOD GOLLY, MISS MOLLY Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels (#4, Nov)
1040 *33 GOOD VIBRATIONS The Beach Boys (#1, Dec)
1026 34 A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE The Mindbenders (#2, May)
1025 35 YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME Dusty Springfield (#4, July)
1019 36 COOL JERK The Capitols (#7, July)
1009 37 BORN A WOMAN Sandy Posey (#12, Sept)
1000 38 RED RUBBER BALL The Cyrkle (#2, July)
986 39 B-A-B-Y Carla Thomas (#14, Nov)
980 40 WALK AWAY RENEE The Left Banke (#5, Nov)
973 41 DAYDREAM The Lovin' Sp00nful (#2, April)
971 42 TIME WON'T LET ME The Outsiders (#5, April)
967 43 HOORAY FOR HAZEL Tommy Roe (#6, Nov)
964 44 SWEET PEA Tommy Roe (#8, July)
963 45 BUS STOP The Hollies (#5, Sept)
961 46 I'M YOUR PUPPET Bobby and James Purify (#6, Nov)
951 47 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY B. J. Thomas and the Triumphs (#8, April)
937 48 AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG The Temptations (#13, July)
933 49 DIRTY WATER The Standells (#11, July)
929 50 ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY Bob Lind (#5, March)
928 51 I AM A ROCK Simon and Garfunkel (#3, June)
916 52 CRYING TIME Ray Charles (#6, Feb)
913 53 SECRET AGENT MAN Johnny Rivers (#3, April)
912 *54 SOUNDS OF SILENCE Simon and Garfunkel (#1, Jan)
910 55 LADY GODIVA Peter & Gordon (#6, Dec)
909 56 DID YOU EVER HAVE TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND The Lovin' Sp00nful (#3, June)
909 57 HOMEWARD BOUND Simon and Garfunkel (#5, March)
905 58 BAREFOOTIN' Robert Parker (#7, June)
897 59 UPTIGHT (Everything's Alright) Stevie Wonder (#3, Feb)
894 60 BANG BANG (My Baby Shot Me Down) Cher (#2, April)
891 61 SLOOP JOHN B The Beach Boys (#3, May)
890 62 19TH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN The Rolling Stones (#2, March)
887 63 WIPE OUT The Surfaris (#16, Oct)
886 64 PSYCHOTIC REACTION The Count Five (#5, Oct)
884 65 BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP The Temptations (#3, Oct)
883 66 NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE (Your Stomach's In) The T-Bones (#3, Feb)
865 67 JUST LIKE ME Paul Revere and the Raiders (#11, Jan)
862 68 LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND Deon Jackson (#11, March)
858 69 THE PIED PIPER Crispian St. Peters (#4, July)
856 70 COMING ON STRONG Brenda Lee (#11, Dec)
851 71 SOMEWHERE, MY LOVE The Ray Conniff Singers (#9, Aug)
848 72 ALMOST PERSUADED David Houston (#24, Oct)
844 73 IF I WERE A CARPENTER Bobby Darin (#8, Nov)
839 74 DON'T MESS WITH BILL The Marvelettes (#7, Feb)
836 75 CHERRY CHERRY Neil Diamond (#6, Oct)
835 76 WORKING IN THE COAL MINE Lee Dorsey (#8, Sept)
834 77 MESSAGE TO MICHAEL Dionne Warwick (#8, May)
832 78 LOVE IS A HURTIN' THING Lou Rawls (#13, Nov)
832 79 BARBARA ANN The Beach Boys (#2, Jan)
826 80 GLORIA The Shadows Of Knight (#10, May)
825 81 MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU The Supremes (#5, Feb)
819 82 RAINY DAY WOMEN #12 AND 35 Bob Dylan (#2, May)
817 83 GUANTANAMERO The Sandpipers (#9, Sept)
816 84 LAND OF 1000 DANCES Wilson Pickett (#6, Sept)
815 85 OH HOW HAPPY Shades Of Blue (#12, June)
811 86 WOMAN Peter and Gordon (#14, April)
809 87 YOU BABY The Turtles (#20, March)
807 88 FIVE O'CLOCK WORLD The Vogues (#4, Jan)
806 89 BLACK IS BLACK Los Bravos (#4, Oct)
806 90 NOWHERE MAN The Beatles (#3, March)
802 91 DANDY Herman's Hermits (#5, Nov)
793 92 BABY SCRATCH MY BACK Slim Harpo (#16, March)
792 93 SHE'S JUST MY STYLE Gary Lewis and the Playboys (#3, Jan)
785 94 THE MORE I SEE YOU Chris Montez (#16, June)
785 95 I FOUGHT THE LAW The Bobby Fuller Four (#9, March)
779 96 YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles (#2, Sept)
775 97 HUNGRY Paul Revere and the Raiders (#6, July)
775 98 SHAPES OF THINGS The Yardbirds (#11, May)
774 99 ZORBA THE GREEK Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (#11, Feb)
766 100 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) Wilson Pickett (#13, March)

[vince]

For 1967, I have just one version which is an attempt to match BB’s official ranking. The methodology is reverse rank with 100 bonus points for each week at #1. This was the first year BB awarded bonus points to #1 songs on their originally published version. The survey period is 1/7/1967 to 12/16/1967. There are several discrepancies. Songs that BB left out were “Sock It To Me Baby” that I have at #71 and “C’mon Marianne” that I have at #99.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1782 *1 TO SIR WITH LOVE Lulu (#1, Oct)
1694 *2 THE LETTER The Box Tops (#1, Sept)
1671 *3 LIGHT MY FIRE The Doors (#1, July)
1642 *4 WINDY The Association (#1, July)
1625 *5 I'M A BELIEVER The Monkees (#1, Dec 1966)
1613 *6 ODE TO BILLIE JOE Bobbie Gentry (#1, Aug)
1545 *7 SOMETHIN' STUPID Nancy & Frank Sinatra (#1, April)
1538 *8 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles (#1, March)
1505 *9 GROOVIN' The Young Rascals (#1, May)
1316 10 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU Frankie Valli (#2, July)
1277 11 I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW Tommy James And The Shondels (#4,April)
1261 12 A LITTLE BIT O' SOUL The Music Explosion (#2, July)
1253 *13 RESPECT Aretha Franklin (#1, June)
1218 14 COME BACK WHEN YOU GROW UP Bobby Vee and the Strangers (#3,Sept)
1217 15 I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER Stevie Wonder (#2, July)
1215 *16 KIND OF A DRAG The Buckinghams (#1, Feb)
1171 17 SWEET SOUL MUSIC Arthur Conley (#2, May)
1144 18 EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART The Soul Survivors (#4, Nov)
1139 19 SOUL MAN Sam and Dave (#2, Nov)
1133 20 NEVER MY LOVE The Association (#2, Oct)
1128 21 APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE Jay and the Techniques (#6, Sept)
1107 22 COME ON DOWN TO MY BOAT Every Mother's Son (#6, July)
1082 *23 RUBY TUESDAY The Rolling Stones (#1, March)
1075 *24 INCENSE AND PEPPERMINTS The Strawberry Alarm Clock (#1, Nov)
1071 25 IT MUST BE HIM Vikki Carr (#3, Nov)
1055 *26 LOVE IS HERE AND NOW YOU'RE GONE The Supremes (#1, March)
1049 27 FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH (Stop, Hey What's That Sound) Buffalo Springfield (#7, March)
1045 28 GIMME LITTLE SIGN Brenton Wood (#9, Oct)
1034 *29 THE HAPPENING The Supremes (#1, May)
1015 *30 ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles (#1, Aug)
1010 31 RELEASE ME (And Let Me Love Again) Engelbert Humperdinck (#4,May)
995 32 SOMEBODY TO LOVE Jefferson Airplane (#5, June)
993 33 GEORGY GIRL The Seekers (#2, Feb)
987 34 GET ON UP The Esquires (#11, Oct)
985 35 BROWN EYED GIRL Van Morrison (#10, Sept)
981 36 YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (#5, Nov)
980 37 JIMMY MACK Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (#10, April)
979 38 I GOT RHYTHM The Happenings (#3, May)
977 39 A WHITER SHADE OF PALE Procol Harum (#5, July)
953 40 DON'T YOU CARE The Buckinghams (#6, May)
949 41 THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE The Casinos (#6, March)
946 42 ON A CAROUSEL The Hollies (#11, May)
946 43 PLEASE LOVE ME FOREVER Bobby Vinton (#6, Nov)
944 44 ALFIE Dionne Warwick (#15, July)
938 45 REFLECTIONS Diana Ross and the Supremes (#2, Sept)
938 46 SILENCE IS GOLDEN The Tremeloes (#11, Aug)
936 47 MY CUP RUNNETH OVER Ed Ames (#8, March)
930 48 CARRIE-ANNE The Hollies (#9, Aug)
929 49 SAN FRANCISCO (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) Scott McKenzie (#4, July)
927 50 THE RAIN, THE PARK, AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills (#2, Dec)
917 51 I'VE BEEN LONLEY TOO LONG The Young Rascals (#16, April)
913 *52 PENNY LANE The Beatles (#1, March)
913 53 THIS IS MY SONG Petula Clark (#3, April)
912 54 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) HIGHER AND HIGHER Jackie Wilson (#6, Oct)
911 55 MERCY, MERCY, MERCY The Buckinghams (#5, Aug)
911 56 UP, UP AND AWAY The 5th Dimension (#7, July)
906 57 YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING The Temptations (#6, Sept)
904 58 THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH Herman's Hermits (#4, March)
883 59 WESTERN UNION The Five Americans (#5, April)
883 60 BABY I LOVE YOU Aretha Franklin (#4, Sept)
878 61 A LITTLE BIT ME, A LITTLE BIT YOU The Monkees (#2, April)
872 62 CALIFORNIA NIGHTS Lesley Gore (#16, March)
865 63 DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE The Mamas and the Papas (#2, March)
861 64 HOW CAN I BE SURE The Young Rascals (#4, Oct)
859 65 (We Ain't Got) NOTHIN' YET The Blues Magoos (#5, Feb)
857 66 BABY I NEED YOUR LOVIN' Johnny Rivers (#3, March)
850 67 FRIDAY ON MY MIND The Easybeats (#16, May)
847 68 SOUL FINGER The Bar-Kays (#17, Aug)
847 69 GIMME SOME LOVIN' The Spencer Davis Group (#7, Feb)
841 70 LET IT OUT (Let It All Hang Out) The Hombres (#12, Nov)
839 71 SOCK IT TO ME-BABY! Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels (#6, March)
837 72 LET'S LIVE FOR TODAY The Grass Roots (#8, July)
836 73 CLOSE YOUR EYES Peaches and Herb (#8, May)
830 74 FUNKY BROADWAY Wilson Pickett (#8, Sept)
830 75 PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY The Monkees (#3, Aug)
828 76 I NEVER LOVED A MAN (The Way I Love You) Aretha Franklin (#9, April)
816 77 TELL IT LIKE IT IS Aaron Neville (#2, Jan)
815 78 98.6 Keith (#7, Feb)
808 79 COLD SWEAT (Part 1) James Brown And The Famous Flames (#7, Aug)
806 80 SHE'D RATHER BE WITH ME The Turtles (#3, June)
806 81 THE BEAT GOES ON Sonny and Cher (#6, Feb)
805 82 LITTLE OLE MAN (Uptight-Everything's Alright) Bill Cosby (#4,Oct)
802 83 HERE WE GO AGAIN Ray Charles (#15, July)
800 84 BERNADETTE The Four Tops (#4, April)
797 85 SNOOPY VS. THE RED BARON The Royal Guardsmen (#2, Dec 1966)
797 86 HERE COMES MY BABY The Tremeloes (#13, May)
792 87 SOCIETY'S CHILD (Baby I've Been Thinking) Janis Ian (#14, uly)
790 88 GIRL, YOU'L BE A WOMAN SOON Neil Diamond (#10, May)
789 89 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (#19, July)
788 90 I TAKE IT BACK Sandy Posey (#12, July)
785 91 WHITE RABBIT Jefferson Airplane (#8, July)
777 92 I DIG ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC Peter, Paul and Mary (#9, Sept)
776 93 EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight (#13, Nov)
765 94 I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM (Last Night) The Electric Prunes (#11, Feb)
764 *95 DAYDREAM BELIEVER The Monkees (#1, Dec)
755 96 I CAN SEE FOR MILES The Who (#9, Nov)
746 97 GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME Tom Jones (#11, Feb)
744 98 I THANK THE LORD FOR THE NIGHT TIME Neil Diamond (#13, Aug)
741 99 C'MON MARIANNE The Four Seasons (#9, July)
738 100 MIRAGE Tommy James and the Shondells (#10, June)

[vince]

Now for 1968. I only have one version. This is an attempt to match BB’s official ranking. The methodology is reverse rank with 100 bonus points for each week at #1. I used BB’s survey period which runs from 1/6/1968 to 12/21/1968. This is the closest BB ever came to having a survey period match the calendar year for an originally published year end chart. It is also likely why the year end pop singles chart for 1968 was in the 1/11/1969 issue of BB. There were a few discrepancies with the official ranking.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
2372 *1 HEY JUDE The Beatles (#1, Sept)
1955 *2 LOVE IS BLUE Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra (#1, Feb)
1811 *3 HONEY Bobby Goldsboro (#1, April)
1783 *4 (Sittin' On) THE DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding (#1, March)
1744 *5 PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE The Rascals (#1, Aug)
1632 6 SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE Cream (#5, Aug)
1612 *7 THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU Herb Alpert (#1, June)
1519 8 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra and Chorus (#2, June)
1434 *9 MRS. ROBINSON Simon & Garfunkel (#1, June)
1426 *10 TIGHTEN UP Archie Bell And The Drells (#1, May)
1265 11 LITTLE GREEN APPLES O. C. Smith (#2, Oct)
1254 12 MONY MONY Tommy James And The Shondels (#3, June)
1247 *13 HELLO, I LOVE YOU The Doors (#1, Aug)
1243 14 YOUNG GIRL Gary Puckett And The Union Gap (#2, April)
1236 *15 HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. Jeannie C. Riley (#1, Sept)
1216 16 CRY LIKE A BABY The Box Tops (#2, April)
1215 17 STONE SOUL PICNIC The Fifth Dimension (#3, July)
1183 *18 GRAZIN' IN THE GRASS Hugh Masakela (#1, July)
1165 19 MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS The Grass Roots (#5, Nov)
1137 20 DANCE TO THE MUSIC Sly And The Family Stone (#8, April)
1135 21 THE HORSE Cliff Nobles & Co. (#2, June)
1134 22 I WISH IT WOULD RAIN The Temptations (#4, Feb)
1128 23 LA-LA MEANS I LOVE YOU The Delfonics (#4, April)
1127 24 TURN AROUND, LOOK AT ME The Vogues (#7, Aug)
1127 *25 JUDY IN DISGUISE (With Glasses) John Fred & His Playboy Band (#1, Jan)
1125 26 SPOOKY The Classics IV (#3, Feb)
1125 *27 LOVE CHILD Diana Ross And The Supremes (#1, Nov)
1124 28 ANGEL OF THE MORNING Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts (#7, June)
1113 29 THE BALLAD OF BONNIE AND CLYDE Georgie Fame (#7, April)
1100 30 THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin (#2, Nov)
1092 31 BORN TO BE WILD Steppenwolf (#2, Aug)
1091 32 COWBOYS TO GIRLS The Intruders (#6, May)
1089 33 SIMON SAYS The 1910 Fruitgum Company (#4, March)
1086 34 LADY WILLPOWER Gary Puckett And The Union Gap (#2, July)
1076 35 A BEAUTIFUL MORNING The Rascals (#3, May)
1075 36 THE LOOK OF LOVE Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (#4, July)
1074 37 LOVE IS ALL AROUND The Troggs (#7, May)
1066 38 HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash (#5, Nov)
1065 39 YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY The Ohio Express (#4, June)
1065 40 FIRE The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (#2, Oct)
1063 41 PLAYBOY Gene & Debbie (#17, April)
1062 42 THEME FROM "THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS" Dionne Warwick (#2, Feb)
1058 43 CLASSICAL GAS Mason Williams (#2, Aug)
1045 44 SLIP AWAY Clarence Carter (#6, Oct)
1041 45 GIRL WATCHER The O'Kaysions (#5, Oct)
1040 46 (Sweet Sweet Baby) SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE Aretha Franklin (#5, March)
1030 *47 GREEN TAMBOURINE The Lemon Pipers (#1, Feb)
1019 48 REACH OUT OF THE DARKNESS A Friend & Lover (#10, June)
1015 49 JUMPING JACK FLASH The Rolling Stones (#3, July)
1014 50 MACARTHUR PARK Richard Harris (#2, June)
1013 51 LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano (#3, Aug)
1002 52 I LOVE YOU People (#14, June)
987 53 1, 2, 3, RED LIGHT 1910 Fruitgum Company (#5, Sept)
983 54 TAKE TIME TO KNOW HER Percy Sledge (#11, May)
975 55 PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN Status Quo (#12, Aug)
960 56 AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#8, May)
958 57 I GOT THE FEELIN' James Brown And The Famous Flames (#6, April)
956 58 I'VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees (#8, Sept)
954 59 LADY MADONNA The Beatles (#4, April)
952 60 HURDY GURDY MAN Donovan (#5, Aug)
944 61 MAGIC CARPET RIDE Steppenwolf (#3, Nov)
943 62 BOTTLE OF WINE The Fireballs (#9, March)
940 63 STAY IN MY CORNER The Dells (#10, Aug)
939 64 SOUL SERENADE Willie Mitchell (#23, May)
932 65 DELILAH Tom Jones (#15, June)
930 66 NOBODY BUT ME The Human Beinz (#8, Feb)
928 67 I THANK YOU Sam and Dave (#9, March)
923 68 FOOL ON THE HILL Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 (#6, Sept)
922 69 SKY PILOT Eric Burdon And The Animals (#14, July)
917 70 INDIAN LAKE The Cowsills (#10, July)
914 71 I WONDER WHAT SHE'S DOING TONIGHT Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart (#8, Feb)
908 72 OVER YOU Gary Puckett And The Union Gap (#7, Oct)
907 73 GOIN' OUT OF MY HEAD/CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU (Medley) The Lettermen (#7, Feb)
905 74 SHOO-BE-DOO-BE-DOO-DA-DAY Stevie Wonder (#9, May)
905 75 YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON Vanilla Fudge (#6, Aug)
905 76 THE UNICORN The Irish Rovers (#7, May)
901 77 REVOLUTION The Beatles (#12, Sept)
889 78 WOMAN, WOMAN Gary Puckett And The Union Gap (#4, Jan)
888 79 ELENORE The Turtles (#6, Nov)
888 80 WHITE ROOM Cream (#6, Nov)
887 81 YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (#7, Sept)
885 82 BABY, NOW THAT I FOUND YOU The Foundations (#11, Feb)
880 83 SUMMERTIME BLUES Blue Cheer (#14, May)
878 84 SWEET INSPIRATION The Sweet Inspirations (#18, April)
875 85 IF YOU CAN WANT Smokey Robinson And The Miracles (#11, April)
864 86 CAB DRIVER The Mills Brothers (#23, April)
857 87 TIME HAS COME TODAY The Chambers Brothers (#11, Sept)
849 88 DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE Dionne Warwick (#10, May)
846 89 SAY IT LOUD-I'M BLACK AND I'M PROUD James Brown And The Famous Flames (#10, Oct)
841 90 MIGHTY QUINN (Quinn the Eskimo) Manfred Mann (#10, April)
830 91 HERE COMES THE JUDGE Shorty Long (#8, July)
830 92 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin (#10, Oct)
824 93 THINK Aretha Franklin (#7, June)
823 94 SEALED WITH A KISS Gary Lewis And The Playboys (#19, Aug)
823 95 PIECE OF MY HEART Big Brother And The Holding Company (#12, Nov)
819 96 SUSIE Q (Part 1) Creedence Clearwater Revival (#11, Nov)
818 97 SCARBOROUGH FAIR/CANTICLE Simon and Garfunkel (#11, April)
814 98 BEND ME, SHAPE ME The American Breed (#5, Jan)
811 99 HEY, WESTERN UNION MAN Jerry Butler (#16, Nov)
806 100 NEVER GIVE YOU UP Jerry Butler (#20, July)

[vince]

This is my attempt to match BB’s year end pop singles chart for 1969. The methodology used was reverse rank without bonus points. I used BB’s survey period that ran from 1/4/1969 to 12/13/1969. There were a few discrepancies. The most notable is I got “The Boxer” by Simon & Garfunkel at #88 while it was not included in BB’s official ranking.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1749 *1 SUGAR SUGAR The Archies (#1, Sept)
1505 *2 AQUARIUS/LET THE SUNSHINSHINE IN (Medley) The Fifth Dimension (#1, April)
1435 *3 I CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU The Temptations (#1, Oct)
1331 *4 HONKY TONK WOMAN The Rolling Stones (#1, Aug)
1286 *5 EVERYDAY PEOPLE Sly and the Family Stone (#1, Feb)
1253 *6 DIZZY Tommy Roe (#1, March)
1252 7 HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME Sly And The Family Stone (#2, Oct)
1242 8 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Tom Jones (#6, Sept)
1238 9 BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations (#3, Feb)
1236 *10 CRIMSON AND CLOVER Tommy James And The Shondels (#1, Feb)
1235 11 ONE Three Dog Night (#5, June)
1230 12 CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION Tommy James And The Shondels (#2, July)
1216 13 HAIR The Cowsills (#2, May)
1196 14 TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY Marvin Gaye (#4, June)
1191 *15 LOVE THEME FROM "ROMEO & JULIET" Henry Mancini & His Orchestra (#1, June)
1187 16 GET TOGETHER The Youngbloods (#5, Sept)
1169 17 GRAZING IN THE GRASS The Friends Of Distinction (#3, June)
1166 *18 SUSPICIOUS MINDS Elvis Presley (#1, Nov)
1159 19 PROUD MARY Creedence Clearwater Revival (#2, March)
1159 20 WHAT DOES IT TAKE (To Win Your Love) Jr. Walker And The All Stars (#4, Aug)
1148 21 IT'S YOUR THING The Isley Brothers (#2, May)
1148 22 SWEET CAROLINE (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) Neil Diamond (#4, Aug)
1144 23 JEAN Oliver (#2, Oct)
1140 24 BAD MOON RISING Creedence Clearwater Revival (#2, June)
1130 *25 GET BACK The Beatles (#1, May)
1121 *26 IN THE YEAR 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) Zager & Evans (#1, July)
1109 27 SPINNING WHEEL Blood, Sweat and Tears (#2, July)
1105 28 BABY, I LOVE YOU Andy Kim (#9, July)
1101 29 GOING IN CIRCLES The Friends Of Distinction (#15, Nov)
1096 30 HURT SO BAD The Lettermen (#12, Sept)
1094 31 GREEN RIVER Creedence Clearwater Revival (#2, Sept)
1080 32 MY CHERIE AMOUR Stevie Wonder (#4, July)
1079 33 EASY TO BE HARD Three Dog Night (#4, Sept)
1077 34 BABY IT'S YOU Smith (#5, Nov)
1075 35 A BOY NAMED SUE Johnny Cash (#2, Aug)
1075 36 BABY, BABY DON'T CRY Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (#8, March)
1067 37 TOUCH ME The Doors (#3, Feb)
1054 38 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Jerry Butler (#4, April)
1053 39 IN THE GHETTO Elvis Presley (#3, June)
1049 40 TIME OF THE SEASON The Zombies (#3, March)
1043 *41 WEDDING BELL BLUES The Fifth Dimension (#1, Nov)
1042 42 LITTLE WOMAN Bobby Sherman (#3, Oct)
1042 43 LOVE (Can Make You Happy) Mercy (#2, May)
1040 44 GOOD MORNING STARSHINE Oliver (#3, July)
1034 45 THESE EYES The Guess Who (#6, May)
1031 46 YOU'VE MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY Blood, Sweat and Tears (#2, April)
1020 47 PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Jackie DeShannon (#4, Aug)
1019 48 DO YOUR THING The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#11, April)
1012 49 I'D WAIT A MILLION YEARS The Grass Roots (#15, Sept)
996 50 MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY The Spiral Staircase (#12, June)
992 51 INDIAN GIVER The 1910 Fruitgum Co. (#5, March)
987 52 I'VE GOTTA BE ME Sammy Davis Jr. (#11, March)
981 53 LAY LADY LAY Bob Dylan (#7, Sept)
980 54 ATLANTIS Donovan (#7, May)
979 55 TRACES Dennis Yost And The Classics IV (#2, March)
977 56 IT'S GETTING BETTER Mama Cass (#30, Aug)
974 57 THIS MAGIC MOMENT Jay and the Americans (#6, March)
972 58 RUNAWAY CHILD, RUNNING WILD The Temptations (#6, March)
959 59 GALVESTON Glen Campbell (#4, April)
940 60 GITARZAN Ray Stevens (#8, May)
935 61 CAN I CHANGE MY MIND Tyrone Davis (#5, Feb)
932 62 TIME IS TIGHT Booker T. And The MG's (#6, May)
932 63 THIS GIRL'S IN LOVE WITH YOU Dionne Warwick (#7, March)
926 64 COLOR HIM FATHER The Winstons (#7, July)
925 65 BLACK PEARL Sonny Charles And The Checkmates, Ltd. (#13, July)
922 66 MOTHER POPCORN (You Got To Have a Mother For Me) (Part 1) James Brown (#11, July)
916 67 TWENTY-FIVE MILES Edwin Starr (#6, April)
905 68 THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY The New Colony Six (#16, March)
886 69 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS Marvin Gaye (#7, Oct)
885 70 EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' Nilsson (#6, Oct)
884 71 WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN The Brooklyn Bridge (#3, Feb)
883 72 THE CHOKIN' KIND Joe Simon (#13, May)
871 73 SMILE A LITTLE SMILE FOR ME The Flying Machine (#5, Nov)
862 74 HAWAII FIVE-O The Ventures (#4, May)
859 75 I'M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE Lou Christie (#10, Oct)
856 76 TRACY The Cuff Links (#9, Oct)
854 77 POLK SALAD ANNIE Tony Joe White (#8, Aug)
852 78 RUBY, DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN Kenny Rogers And The First Edition (#6, Aug)
851 79 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Joe South (#12, March)
849 80 YOU SHOWED ME The Turtles (#6, March)
847 81 OH, WHAT A NIGHT The Dells (#10, Sept)
844 *82 SOMETHING The Beatles (#1, Nov)
844 83 THIS GIRL IS A WOMAN NOW Gary Puckett And The Union Gap (#9, Oct)
843 *84 COME TOGETHER The Beatles (#1, Nov)
842 *85 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye (#1, Dec 1968)
838 86 YOUR GOOD THING (Is About To End) Lou Rawls (#18, Sept)
835 87 RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' MAN The Bob Seger System (#17, Feb)
832 88 THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel (#7, May)
830 89 I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Temptations (#2, Jan)
817 90 GIMME GIMME GOOD LOVIN' Crazy Elephant (#12, May)
813 91 HANG 'EM HIGH Booker T. and the MG's (#9, Feb)
810 92 WHEN I DIE Motherlode (#18, Oct)
807 93 BABY, I'M FOR REAL The Originals (#14, Nov)
806 94 OH HAPPY DAY The Edwin Hawkins Singers Featuring Dorothy Morrison (#4, May)
799 95 LOVE ME TONIGHT Tom Jones (#13, July)
796 96 MR. SUN, MR. MOON Paul Revere and the Raiders (#18, April)
793 97 LAUGHING The Guess Who (#10, Aug)
791 98 MY WHOLE WORLD ENDED (The Moment You Left Me) David Ruffin (#9, March)
788 99 SOUL DEEP The Box Tops (#18, Aug)
784 100 HOOKED ON A FEELING B. J. Thomas (#5, Jan)

[vince]

This is a second version I did for 1969. The methodology is reverse rank with 100 bonus points for each week at #1. The survey period is 1/4/1969 to 12/13/1969. This puts “In The Year 2525” and “Get Back” into the top 10. Without bonus points those two songs ranked low considering they spent multiple weeks at #1 and their full chart runs were in the survey period. “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” moved up from the #85 to #14.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
2149 *1 SUGAR SUGAR The Archies (#1, Sept)
2105 *2 AQUARIUS/LET THE SUNSHINSHINE IN (Medley) The Fifth Dimension (#1, April)
1731 *3 HONKY TONK WOMAN The Rolling Stones (#1, Aug)
1721 *4 IN THE YEAR 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) Zager & Evans (#1, July)
1686 *5 EVERYDAY PEOPLE Sly and the Family Stone (#1, Feb)
1653 *6 DIZZY Tommy Roe (#1, March)
1635 *7 I CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU The Temptations (#1, Oct)
1630 *8 GET BACK The Beatles (#1, May)
1436 *9 CRIMSON AND CLOVER Tommy James And The Shondels (#1, Feb)
1391 *10 LOVE THEME FROM "ROMEO & JULIET" Henry Mancini & His Orchestra (#1, June)
1343 *11 WEDDING BELL BLUES The Fifth Dimension (#1, Nov)
1266 *12 SUSPICIOUS MINDS Elvis Presley (#1, Nov)
1252 13 HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME Sly And The Family Stone (#2, Oct)
1242 *14 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye (#1, Dec 1968)
1242 15 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Tom Jones (#6, Sept)
1238 16 BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations (#3, Feb)
1235 17 ONE Three Dog Night (#5, June)
1230 18 CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION Tommy James And The Shondels (#2, July)
1216 19 HAIR The Cowsills (#2, May)
1196 20 TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY Marvin Gaye (#4, June)
1187 21 GET TOGETHER The Youngbloods (#5, Sept)
1169 22 GRAZING IN THE GRASS The Friends Of Distinction (#3, June)
1159 23 PROUD MARY Creedence Clearwater Revival (#2, March)
1159 24 WHAT DOES IT TAKE (To Win Your Love) Jr. Walker And The All Stars (#4, Aug)
1148 25 IT'S YOUR THING The Isley Brothers (#2, May)
1148 26 SWEET CAROLINE (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) Neil Diamond (#4, Aug)
1144 27 JEAN Oliver (#2, Oct)
1140 28 BAD MOON RISING Creedence Clearwater Revival (#2, June)
1109 29 SPINNING WHEEL Blood, Sweat and Tears (#2, July)
1105 30 BABY, I LOVE YOU Andy Kim (#9, July)
1101 31 GOING IN CIRCLES The Friends Of Distinction (#15, Nov)
1096 32 HURT SO BAD The Lettermen (#12, Sept)
1094 33 GREEN RIVER Creedence Clearwater Revival (#2, Sept)
1080 34 MY CHERIE AMOUR Stevie Wonder (#4, July)
1079 35 EASY TO BE HARD Three Dog Night (#4, Sept)
1077 36 BABY IT'S YOU Smith (#5, Nov)
1075 37 A BOY NAMED SUE Johnny Cash (#2, Aug)
1075 38 BABY, BABY DON'T CRY Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (#8, March)
1067 39 TOUCH ME The Doors (#3, Feb)
1054 40 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Jerry Butler (#4, April)
1053 41 IN THE GHETTO Elvis Presley (#3, June)
1049 42 TIME OF THE SEASON The Zombies (#3, March)
1042 43 LITTLE WOMAN Bobby Sherman (#3, Oct)
1042 44 LOVE (Can Make You Happy) Mercy (#2, May)
1040 45 GOOD MORNING STARSHINE Oliver (#3, July)
1034 46 THESE EYES The Guess Who (#6, May)
1031 47 YOU'VE MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY Blood, Sweat and Tears (#2, April)
1020 48 PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Jackie DeShannon (#4, Aug)
1019 49 DO YOUR THING The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#11, April)
1012 50 I'D WAIT A MILLION YEARS The Grass Roots (#15, Sept)
996 51 MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY The Spiral Staircase (#12, June)
992 52 INDIAN GIVER The 1910 Fruitgum Co. (#5, March)
987 53 I'VE GOTTA BE ME Sammy Davis Jr. (#11, March)
981 54 LAY LADY LAY Bob Dylan (#7, Sept)
980 55 ATLANTIS Donovan (#7, May)
979 56 TRACES Dennis Yost And The Classics IV (#2, March)
977 57 IT'S GETTING BETTER Mama Cass (#30, Aug)
974 58 THIS MAGIC MOMENT Jay and the Americans (#6, March)
972 59 RUNAWAY CHILD, RUNNING WILD The Temptations (#6, March)
959 60 GALVESTON Glen Campbell (#4, April)
944 *61 SOMETHING The Beatles (#1, Nov)
943 *62 COME TOGETHER The Beatles (#1, Nov)
940 63 GITARZAN Ray Stevens (#8, May)
935 64 CAN I CHANGE MY MIND Tyrone Davis (#5, Feb)
932 65 TIME IS TIGHT Booker T. And The MG's (#6, May)
932 66 THIS GIRL'S IN LOVE WITH YOU Dionne Warwick (#7, March)
926 67 COLOR HIM FATHER The Winstons (#7, July)
925 68 BLACK PEARL Sonny Charles And The Checkmates, Ltd. (#13, July)
922 69 MOTHER POPCORN (You Got To Have a Mother For Me) (Part 1) James Brown (#11, July)
916 70 TWENTY-FIVE MILES Edwin Starr (#6, April)
905 71 THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY The New Colony Six (#16, March)
890 *72 NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE Steam (#1, Dec)
886 73 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS Marvin Gaye (#7, Oct)
885 74 EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' Nilsson (#6, Oct)
884 75 WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN The Brooklyn Bridge (#3, Feb)
883 76 THE CHOKIN' KIND Joe Simon (#13, May)
871 77 SMILE A LITTLE SMILE FOR ME The Flying Machine (#5, Nov)
862 78 HAWAII FIVE-O The Ventures (#4, May)
859 79 I'M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE Lou Christie (#10, Oct)
856 80 TRACY The Cuff Links (#9, Oct)
854 81 POLK SALAD ANNIE Tony Joe White (#8, Aug)
852 82 RUBY, DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN Kenny Rogers And The First Edition (#6, Aug)
851 83 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Joe South (#12, March)
849 84 YOU SHOWED ME The Turtles (#6, March)
847 85 OH, WHAT A NIGHT The Dells (#10, Sept)
844 86 THIS GIRL IS A WOMAN NOW Gary Puckett And The Union Gap (#9, Oct)
838 87 YOUR GOOD THING (Is About To End) Lou Rawls (#18, Sept)
835 88 RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' MAN The Bob Seger System (#17, Feb)
832 89 THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel (#7, May)
830 90 I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Temptations (#2, Jan)
817 91 GIMME GIMME GOOD LOVIN' Crazy Elephant (#12, May)
813 92 HANG 'EM HIGH Booker T. and the MG's (#9, Feb)
810 93 WHEN I DIE Motherlode (#18, Oct)
807 94 BABY, I'M FOR REAL The Originals (#14, Nov)
806 95 OH HAPPY DAY The Edwin Hawkins Singers Featuring Dorothy Morrison (#4, May)
799 96 LOVE ME TONIGHT Tom Jones (#13, July)
796 97 MR. SUN, MR. MOON Paul Revere and the Raiders (#18, April)
793 98 LAUGHING The Guess Who (#10, Aug)
791 99 MY WHOLE WORLD ENDED (The Moment You Left Me) David Ruffin (#9, March)
788 100 SOUL DEEP The Box Tops (#18, Aug)

[vince]

On to the 70’s. This is my attempt to match BB’s year-end pop singles chart for 1970. I had a 97% match. The points were off for “Mississippi Queen” knocking it down two notches from BB’s official ranking. The survey period was 1/3/1970 to 11/28/1970. The methodology was reverse rank with 100 bonus points for each week at #1. This same methodology was used through 1975.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1888 *1 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon & Garfunkel (#1, Feb)
1865 *2 (They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU The Carpenters (#1, July)
1608 *3 AMERICAN WOMAN / NO SUGAR TONIGHT The Guess Who (#1, May)
1605 *4 RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD B. J. Thomas (#1, Jan)
1591 *5 WAR Edwin Starr (#1, Aug)
1541 *6 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross (#1, Sept)
1533 *7 I'LL BE THERE Jackson 5 (#1, Oct)
1489 8 GET READY Rare Earth (#4, June)
1487 *9 LET IT BE The Beatles (#1, April)
1483 10 BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne (#3, July)
1460 *11 MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come) Three Dog Night (#1, July)
1410 *12 EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens (#1, May)
1407 *13 MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread (#1, Aug)
1403 14 HITCHIN' A RIDE The Vanity Fair (#5, June)
1384 *15 ABC Jackson 5 (#1, April)
1369 *16 THE LOVE YOU SAVE Jackson 5 (#1, June)
1360 *17 CRACKLIN' ROSIE Neil Diamond (#1, Oct)
1313 18 CANDIDA Dawn (#3, Oct)
1307 *19 THANK YOU (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) / EVERYBODY IS A STAR Sly And The Family Stone (#1, Feb)
1303 20 SPILL THE WINE Eric Burdon and War (#3, Aug)
1292 21 O-O-H CHILD / DEAR PRUDENCE The Five Stairsteps (#8, July)
1273 22 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Norman Greenbaum (#3, April)
1265 23 LAY DOWN (Candles In the Rain) Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (#6, July)
1253 24 BALL OF CONFUSION (That's What the World Is Today) The Temptations (#3, June)
1240 25 LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET The Moments (#3, May)
1215 26 ALL RIGHT NOW Free (#4, Oct)
1206 27 WHICH WAY YOU GOIN' BILLY The Poppy Family Featuring Susan Jacks (#2, June)
1202 *28 I WANT YOU BACK Jackson 5 (#1, Jan)
1187 29 JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME Bobby Sherman (#5, Sept)
1186 30 GREEN-EYED LADY Sugarloaf (#3, Oct)
1173 31 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIEVERED I'M YOURS Stevie Wonder (#3, Aug)
1147 32 RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE Blues Image (#4, July)
1121 *33 VENUS The Shocking Blue (#1, Feb)
1121 34 INSTANT KARMA (We All Shine On) John Ono Lennon (#3, March)
1110 35 PATCHES Clarence Carter (#4, Sept)
1109 36 LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR / LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT Creedence Clearwater Revival (#2, Oct)
1101 37 RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA Brook Benton (#4, March)
1098 38 SOMETHING'S BURNING Kenny Rogers And The First Edition (#11, May)
1096 39 GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME The Chairmen Of The Board (#3, March)
1096 40 LOVE GROWS (Where My Rosemary Goes) Edison Lighthouse (#5, March)
1094 *41 THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD / FOR YOU BLUE The Beatles (#1, June)
1089 42 SNOWBIRD Anne Murray (#8, Sept)
1079 43 REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE Marmalade (#10, May)
1075 44 HEY THERE LONELY GIRL Eddie Holman (#2, Feb)
1060 45 THE RAPPER The Jaggerz (#2, March)
1060 46 HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies (#7, March)
1054 47 TIGHTER, TIGHTER Alive and Kicking (#7, Aug)
1050 48 COME AND GET IT Badfinger (#7, April)
1049 49 CECILIA Simon and Garfunkel (#4, May)
1040 50 LOVE LAND Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#16, July)
1036 51 TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME Tyrone Davis (#3, May)
1028 52 LOLA The Kinks (#9, Oct)
1027 53 IN THE SUMMERTIME Mungo Jerry (#3, Sept)
1027 54 INDIANA WANTS ME R. Dean Taylor (#5, Nov)
1025 55 (I Know) I'M LOSING YOU Rare Earth (#7, Oct)
1024 56 EASY COME, EASY GO Bobby Sherman (#9, April)
1001 57 EXPRESS YOURSELF Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#12, Oct)
999 58 STILL WATER (Love) The Four Tops (#11, Oct)
995 59 MAKE ME SMILE Chicago (#9, June)
991 60 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN Frijid Pink (#7, April)
987 61 25 OR 6 TO 4 Chicago (#4, Sept)
987 62 MY BABY LOVES LOVIN' White Plains (#13, June)
982 63 LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY The Friends Of Distinction (#6, May)
975 64 UNITED WE STAND The Brotherhood Of Man (#13, July)
973 65 WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN The Carpenters (#2, Oct)
958 66 ARIZONA Mark Lindsay (#10, Feb)
957 67 FIRE AND RAIN James Taylor (#3, Oct)
956 68 GROOVY SITUATION Gene Chandler (#12, Sept)
950 69 EVIL WAYS Santana (#9, March)
944 70 NO TIME The Guess Who (#5, Feb)
942 71 DIDN'T I (Blow Your Mind This Time) The Delfonics (#10, March)
937 72 THE WONDER OF YOU / MAMA LIKED THE ROSES Elvis Presley (#9, June)
932 73 UP AROUND THE BEND / RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE Creedence Clearwater Revival (#4, June)
930 74 (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) WHY CAN'T I TOUCH YOU Ronnie Dyson (#8, Aug)
930 75 I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING B. J. Thomas (#9, Aug)
923 76 IT'S A SHAME The Spinners (#14, Oct)
921 77 FOR THE LOVE OF HIM Bobbi Martin (#13, May)
913 78 I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER Ike and Tina Turner and The Ikettes (#34, Aug)
910 79 THE LETTER Joe Cocker (#7, May)
907 80 MISSISSIPPI QUEEN Mountain (#21, July)
903 81 MA BELLE AMIE The Tee Set (#5, March)
900 82 THE BELLS The Originals (#12, April)
897 83 YELLOW RIVER Christie (#23, Nov)
893 84 SOMEBODY'S BEEN SLEEPING 100 Proof Aged In Soul (#8, Nov)
888 85 VEHICLE The Ides Of March (#2, May)
887 86 GIMME DAT DING The Pipkins (#9, July)
882 87 LAY A LITTLE LOVIN' ON ME Robin McNamara (#11, Aug)
869 88 UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF The Supremes (#10, April)
864 89 TRAVELIN' BAND / WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN Creedence Clearwater Revival (#2, March)
862 90 COME SATURDAY MORNING The Sandpipers (#17, June)
856 91 PSYCHEDELIC SHACK The Temptations (#7, Feb)
855 92 WITHOUT LOVE (There Is Nothing) Tom Jones (#5, Jan)
847 93 ARE YOU READY Pacific Gas And Electric (#14, Aug)
847 94 WOODSTOCK Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (#11, May)
836 95 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Dionne Warwick (#6, Feb)
834 96 LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA The New Seekers featuring Eve Graham (#14, Oct)
832 97 WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES Joe South (#12, Feb)
829 98 THE THRILL IS GONE B. B. King (#15, Feb)
824 99 IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell (#10, Oct)
815 100 CALL ME Aretha Franklin (#13, April)

[djjoe1960]

Again, great job Vince. When I look at the 1970 year end chart I am flabbergasted that a song that peaked at #34 (78-I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER-IKE & TINA TURNER) would be considered one of the Top 100 songs of the year. I always liked year end countdowns as they reminded me of most (if not all) of the songs that made the Top 10 for that year--and then maybe a few songs that made the Top 20. However, I would never consider a song that never made the Top 30 one of the top songs of the year.

OK--I am done now.
'DJ' Joe
Cash Box Countdown

[vince]

For 1971 I got 100% match with BB’s official ranking. The survey period was 1/2/1971 to 11/28/1971. The methodology was reverse rank with 100 bonus points for each week at #1.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
2100 *1 JOY TO THE WORLD Three Dog Night (#1, April)
1975 *2 MAGGIE MAY / REASON TO BELIEVE Rod Stewart (#1, Oct)
1950 *3 IT'S TOO LATE / I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Carole King (#1, June)
1714 *4 ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds (#1 Feb)
1698 *5 HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART The Bee Gees (#1, Aug)
1666 *6 INDIAN RESEVATION (The Lament Of the Cherokee Resevation Indian) The Raiders (#1, July)
1571 *7 GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL Donny Osmond (#1, Sept)
1479 8 TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS John Denver with Fat City (#2, Aug)
1476 *9 JUST MY IMAGINATION (Running Away With Me) The Temptations (#1, April)
1426 *10 KNOCK THREE TIMES Dawn (#1, Jan)
1402 *11 ME AND BOBBY MCGEE Janis Joplin (#1, March)
1376 12 TIRED OF BEING ALONE Al Green (#11, Nov)
1351 *13 WANT ADS The Honey Cone (#1, June)
1314 14 SMILING FACES SOMETIMES The Undisputed Truth (#2, Sept)
1304 15 TREAT HER LIKE A LADY Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose (#3, July)
1285 *16 BROWN SUGAR The Rolling Stones (#1, May)
1282 *17 YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND James Taylor (#1, July)
1281 18 MR. BIG STUFF Jean Knight (#2, Aug)
1236 19 DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN Lee Michaels (#6, Oct)
1233 20 THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN Joan Baez (#3, Oct)
1232 21 WHAT'S GOING ON Marvin Gaye (#2, April)
1221 *22 UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY Paul and Linda McCartney (#1, Sept)
1208 23 AIN'T NO SUNSHINE Bill Withers (#3, Sept)
1200 24 SIGNS The Five Man Electrical Band (#3, Aug)
1192 25 SHE'S A LADY Tom Jones (#2, March)
1190 26 I FOUND SOMEONE OF MY OWN The Free Movement (#5, Nov)
1170 27 SUPERSTAR Murray Head And The Trinidad Singers (#14, May)
1165 28 AMOS MOSES Jerry Reed (#8, Feb)
1161 29 TEMPTATION EYES The Grass Roots (#15, April)
1159 30 SUPERSTAR The Carpenters (#2, Oct)
1141 *31 MY SWEET LORD / ISN'T IT A PITY George Harrison (#1, Dec 1970)
1137 32 SWEET AND INNOCENT Donny Osmond Of the Osmonds (#7, June)
1109 33 PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND Ocean (#2, May)
1097 34 CHICK-A-BOOM (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) Daddy Dewdrop (#9, May)
1076 35 FOR ALL WE KNOW The Carpenters (#3, March)
1074 36 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND Gordon Lightfoot (#5, Feb)
1073 37 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT Sammi Smith (#8, March)
1072 38 RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS The Carpenters (#2, June)
1068 *39 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES Cher (#1, Nov)
1068 40 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE The Jackson Five (#2, May)
1064 41 ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson (#3, Feb)
1058 42 DON'T PUL YOUR LOVE Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds (#4, July)
1043 43 IT DON'T COME EASY Ringo Starr (#4, June)
1042 44 MR. BOJANGLES The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (#9 Feb)
1041 45 I LOVE YOU FOR ALL SEASONS The Fuzz (#21, May)
1036 46 WHATCHA SEE IS WHATCHA GET The Dramatics (#9, Sept)
1036 47 THAT'S THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS HEARD IT SHOULD BE Carly Simon (#10, July)
1023 48 IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME Stevie Wonder (#8, Oct)
1019 49 SPANISH HARLEM Aretha Franklin (#2, Sept)
1018 50 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Helen Reddy (#13, June)
1009 51 YO-YO The Osmonds (#3, Oct)
1009 52 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER / BRAND NEW ME Aretha Franklin (#6, June)
1009 53 DOESN'T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED The Partridge Family (#6, March)
1002 54 DRAGGIN' THE LINE Tommy James (#4, Aug)
983 55 PROUD MARY Ike and Tina Turner (#4 March)
983 56 BEGINNINGS / COLOUR MY WORLD Chicago (#7 Aug)
981 57 STAY AWHILE The Bells (#7 May)
981 58 SWEET CITY WOMAN The Stampeders (#8 Oct)
978 59 ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO Lobo (#5, May)
978 60 ANOTHER DAY / OH WOMAN OH WHY Paul McCartney (#5, April)
958 61 IF Bread (#4, May)
958 62 MERCY MERCY ME (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye (#4, Aug)
958 63 ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE Brewer & Shipley (#10, April)
945 64 SHE'S NOT JUST ANOTHER WOMAN The 8th Day (#11 July)
943 65 BRING THE BOYS HOME Freda Payne (#12, Aug)
941 66 I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE Rare Earth (#7, Sept)
938 67 NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE Delaney and Bonnie and Friends (#13, July)
935 68 EASY LOVING Freddie Hart (#17, Nov)
924 69 LIAR Three Dog Night (#7, Aug)
917 70 STICK-UP The Honey Cone (#11, Sept)
916 71 CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP Matt And Katie Kissoon (#20, Oct)
914 72 (Where Do I Begin) LOVE STORY Andy Williams (#9, April)
910 73 WILD WORLD Cat Stevens (#11, April)
906 74 WHEN YOU'RE HOT, YOU'RE HOT Jerry Reed (#9, June)
904 75 FUNKY NASSAU (Part 1) The Beginning Of The End (#15, July)
901 76 IF NOT FOR YOU Olivia Newton-John (#25, Sept)
898 77 GROOVE ME King Floyd (#6 Jan)
896 78 WATCHING SCOTTY GROW Bobby Goldsboro (#11, Feb)
892 79 WOODSTOCK Matthews' Southern Comfort (#23, May)
891 80 AMAZING GRAVE Judy Collins (#15, Feb)
886 81 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING Dave Edmunds (#4, Feb)
885 82 LONELY DAYS The Bee Gees (#3, Jan)
882 83 HERE COMES THAT RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN The Fortunes (#15, July)
880 84 WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN The Who (#15, Sept)
865 85 TRAPPED BY A THING CALLED LOVE Denice LaSalle (#13, Oct)
851 86 MAMA'S PEARL The Jackson Five (#2, Feb)
851 87 TIMOTHY The Buoys (#17, May)
845 88 I WOKE UP IN LOVE THIS MORNING The Partridge Family (#13, Sept)
837 *89 THEME FROM "SHAFT" Isaac Hayes (#1, Nov)
831 90 IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN Gladys Knight and the Pips (#9, Feb)
829 91 I AM, I SAID / DONE TOO SOON Neil Diamond (#4, May)
828 92 WEDDING SONG (There Is Love) Paul Stookey (#24, Oct)
826 93 DON'T KNOCK MY LOVE (Part 1) Wilson Pickett (#13, June)
825 94 LOVE HER MADLY The Doors (#11, May)
825 95 HERE COMES THE SUN Richie Havens (#16, May)
820 96 SWEET MARY Wadsworth Mansion (#7, Feb)
816 97 RIGHT ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE Brenda and the Tabulations (#23, June)
814 98 ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER The Fifth Dimension (#2, Dec 1970)
808 99 RIDERS ON THE STORM The Doors (#14, Sept)
803 100 IT'S IMPOSSIBLE Perry Como (#10, Jan)