The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production. This week's songs: Our Day Will Come - Ruby & The Romantics He's So Fine - The Chiffons I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March If You Wanna Be Happy - Jimmy Soul If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode, you can do so ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production. This week's songs: Go Away Little Girl - Steve Lawrence Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers Hey Paula - Paul & Paula Walk Like a Man - The Four Seasons If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode, you can do so ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production... but not this week! This week we are taking a break from the number 1 records to watch the original 'Twist' flick, 'Twist Around The Clock', which you can find on Youtube if you want to watch before you listen! We will be back to the number...

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production... but not this week! This week, we have been mostly listening to Paul McCartney's new album, 'The Boys of Dungeon Lane' and thought it only right and proper that I have a go ranking it so we could basically have a nice chat about it. Next week we...

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production. This week's songs: Sherry - The Four Seasons Monster Mash - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers He's A Rebel - The Crystals Big Girls Don't Cry - The Four Seasons Telstar - The Tornados If you want to view the chart up to the la...

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production. This week's songs: Roses Are Red - Bobby Vinton Breaking Up Is Hard to Do - Neil Sedaka The Loco-motion - Little Eva Sheila - Tommy Roe If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode, you can do so ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ here! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production. This week's songs (*includes 3 previously discussed in Series 4): Johnny Angel - Shelley Fabares Good Luck Charm* - Elvis Presley Soldier Boy - The Shirelles Stranger On The Shore* - Acker Bilk I Can't Stop Loving You* - Ray Charles The Stripper - Da...

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production. This week's songs: The Twist - Chubby Checker Peppermint Twist pt 1 - Joey Dee & The Starliters Duke of Earl - Gene Chandler Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel Don't Break The Heart That Loves You - Connie Francis If you want to view the chart up to the latest ep...

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production. This week's songs: Dion - Runaround Sue Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode, you can do so ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ here! ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production. This week's songs (*includes 2 previously covered in UK number 1s): Gary U.S Bonds - Quarter to Three Bobby Lewis - Tossin' and Turnin' Joe Dowell - Wooden Heart The Highwaymen - Michael* Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby* Ray Charles - Hit t...

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production. This week's songs: Ernie K-Doe - Mother-in-Law Ricky Nelson - Travelin' Man Roy Orbison - Running Scared Pat Boone - Muddy River If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode, you can do so ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ here! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production. This week's songs (there are 3 previously covered in Series 4 as UK number 1s that we only briefly touch on): Bert Kaempfert - Wonderland By Night The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow Lawrence Welk - Calcutta Chubby Checker - Pony Time Elvis Presley...

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production. This week's songs: Brenda Lee - I Want To Be Wanted Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs - Stay Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight? If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode, you can do so ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production. This week's songs: The Twist - Chubby Checker My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own - Connie Francis Mr Custer - Larry Verne Save the Last Dance for Me - The Drifters If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode, you can do so ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production. This week's songs: Everybody's Somebody's Fool - Connie Francis Alley Oop - Hollywood Argyles I'm Sorry - Brenda Lee Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian Hyland It's Now or Never - Elvis Presley If you want to view the...

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production. This week's songs: El Paso - Marty Robbins Running Bear - Johnny Preston Teen Angel - Mark Dinning Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith Stuck on You - Elvis Presley Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers If you want to view the chart up t...

Howdy! The Big 60s Sort Out is back! And this time we are looking across the pond to the USA to rank all the US Number 1 singles from the 1960s for lyrics, music and production. In this pre-series episode, we catch-up with some Beatles news and look back at some of the very first US charts, from sheet music sales in the 1910s, to the first consolidated pop music chart in 1958, and we talk about wh...

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy. However! There is more! We have looked at the NME and Melody Maker unique hits, and now we are turning ou...

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy. However! There is more! We have looked at the NME unique hits, and now we are turning our attention to th...

Hello! We are taking a small detour from looking at the 60s UK number 1s to chat about the recent reissue of the Beatles Anthology documentary on Disney +, plus some other recent news about the casting of the upcoming movies, and a whole new Hamburg centric drama coming to the BBC. In this episode we mentioned a website by a chap called Daniel Earwicker who has taken on the mammoth task of compari...

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy. However! There is more! In this mid-season season, we are looking at the songs that topped the NME chart...

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy. However! There is more! In this mid-season season, we are looking at the songs that topped the NME chart...

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy. However! There is more! In this mid-season season, we are looking at the songs that topped the NME chart...

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy. However! There is more! In this mid-season season, we are looking at the songs that topped the NME chart...

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy. However! There is more! In this mid-season season, we are looking at the songs that topped the NME chart...