As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a
dancing cat video on YouTube.)
A very, very solid top 10 from mid-October 1963:
ReplyDelete1 SUGAR SHACK –Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs
2 BE MY BABY –The Ronettes
3 BLUE VELVET –Bobby Vinton
4 BUSTED –Ray Charles
5 CRY BABY –Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters
6 SALLY, GO ‘ROUND THE ROSES –The Jaynetts
7 MEAN WOMAN BLUES –Roy Orbison
8 DONNA THE PRIMA DONNA –Dion DiMucci
9 DEEP PURPLE –Nino Tempo and April Stevens
10 DON’T THINK TWICE, IT’S ALL RIGHT – Peter, Paul and Mary
Definitely a good week, even further down. My Boyfriend’s Back at 15, Heat Wave at 18, and It’s All Right (one of my all-time Impressions favorites) at 24.
DeleteCan I assume that at some point you've come across the 4 Seasons take on Don't Take Twice (released under the alias The Wonder Who?)? One of those things that you can never un-hear.
DeleteActually discovered the Wonder Who version in 8th grade, but I owned the 45 PP&M version first.
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