BEST NUMBER 2 HIT of the EARLY 1960s? (Part 3)

[NightTrain]

Poll question: BEST NUMBER 2 HIT of the EARLY 1960s? (Part 3)

[jpgray]

1. Tough one, but I'll give Spector the nod (nt)

[Kahuna]

2. Dang! I have to choose Sally go 'round the roses over Dion!

:shrug:

[NightTrain]

3. And here's what kept those songs off #1

RETURN TO SENDER - "Big Girls Don't Cry," The Four Seasons

LIMBO ROCK - "Telstar," The Tornadoes :thumbsup: :bounce: :headbang:

RUBY BABY - "Hey Paula," Paul & Paula :puke: and "Walk Like A Man," The Four Seasons

THE END OF THE WORLD - "Our Day Will Come," Ruby & The Romantics

PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON - "I Will Follow Him," Little Peggy March :puke:

WIPE OUT - "Fingertips, Part 2," Little Stevie Wonder :thumbsup: :bounce: :headbang:

BLOWIN' IN THE WIND - "Fingertips, Part 2," Little Stevie Wonder :thumbsup: :bounce: :headbang:

SALLY, GO 'ROUND THE ROSES - 'Blue Velvet," Bobby Vinton :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

BE MY BABY - "Sugar Shack," Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs :hurts:

LOUIE, LOUIE - "Dominique," The Singing Nun :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: and "There! I've Said It Again," Bobby Vinton :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Whitacre D_WI]

4. Louie, Louie

Yeah, they stole the "let's give it to 'em right now" from the Wailers' Rockin' Robin Roberts; but making a sweet little song so unintelligible as to garner an FCC investigation for "obscenity" (there is no obscenity in the song) is sheer GENIUS.

[NightTrain]

6. Ever heard Richard Berry's original?

He actually sang it calypso-style! And the lyrics were perfectly understandable.

They're from the point of view of a guy who's sitting at a seaside bar and telling the bartender (Louie) that his girlfriend will soon be arriving by ship. And now, the narrator's gotta go because the ship will be here any minute. Nothing obscene at all!

[Whitacre D_WI]

7. Yup. Good record.

I do like the Kingsmen's version better, though.

Let's go!

[NightTrain]

5. Kick #1

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