BEST NUMBER 2 HIT of the MIDDLE 1960s? (Part 1)

[NightTrain]

Poll question: BEST NUMBER 2 HIT of the MIDDLE 1960s? (Part 1)

Boy, there's some heavy competition in this poll! *I* don't even which one to vote for, so good luck to you!

[NightTrain]

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

YOU DON'T OWN ME - "I Want To Hold Your Hand," The Beatles

TWIST AND SHOUT - "Can't Buy Me Love," The Beatles

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET? - "Hello, Dolly!" Louis Armstrong

MY BOY LOLLIPOP - "I Get Around," The Beach Boys

MEMPHIS - "I Get Around," The Beach Boys and "Rag Doll," The Four Sesons

BREAD AND BUTTER - "House of the Rising Sun," The Animals and "Oh, Pretty Woman," Roy Orbison

DANCING IN THE STREET - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy," Manfred Mann

SHE'S NOT THERE - "Mr. Lonely," Bobby Vinton :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

WOOLY BULLY - "Help Me, Rhonda," The Beach Boys and "Back In My Arms Again," The Supremes

LIKE A ROLLING STONE - "Help!" The Beatles

[RetroLounge]

2. WOOLY BULLY is so much better than "Help Me, Rhonda"

eom

[jpgray]

8. Totally disagree with that one. :-) (nt)

[DenverDem]

3. My Boy Lollipop by Millie Small

The first musical export from the current most courageous defenders of democracy in this hemisphere, Jamaica!!!

[InhaleToTheChief]

4. Like a Rolling Stone

great tune and it OWNS Help!

[Whitacre D_WI]

5. Uno, dos. One, two, tres, quatro!

Okay, I voted for Martha. But I really, really like "Wooly Bully."

[mlawson]

6. "Bread and Butter" was fun.

It was a happy song, everyone seemed to like it. And it wasn't boring enough to make number one...

[NightTrain]

11. So, in your opinion, if "Bread & Butter" had gone to #1...

...that would have magically turned it into a boring song? :eyes:

[mlawson]

12. Yes. Because it would have been played to death, dug up and

played again to death, and would be playing to this day on the
'oldie' stations, which have ruined just about every song I ever liked.

Thank ______ it was never number one.

[NightTrain]

13. Err.... I've got news for ya.

That's exactly what happened to "Bread and Butter," at least here in Connecticut.

Still a good record, though.

[acmavm]

7. Bob Dylan changed the history of music with 'Like a Rolling Stone'.

Music suddenly became a reflection of what real life was like, not just little ditties to some broken hearted teenagers couldn't see beyond their own wounded affections. He made us grow up, he made young people realize that what you see is not generally reality, but a facade, what people would like you to see. Dylan changed music, and to an extent, history.

Like a Rolling Stone was about lies and hypocrisy. It certainly jarred me the first time I heard it.

[robertpaulsen]

9. She's Not There

The Zombies are one of the best and most underrated groups of the 60's. Odessey and Oracle is one of the best albums of the decade.

Mr. Lonely?! Puhleeze! This should have been their first number one.

[joeybee12]

10. Voted for Lesley Gore, and if you don't like it, all I gotta say is...

...Don't tell me what to do!

[NightTrain]

14. kick

n/t

[Kenneth ken]

15. Listen

(do you want to know a secret?)

Do you promise not to tell?

Closer

this is the best poll! :P

:loveya:

[Kat45]

16. "She's Not There", inching by "Do You Want to Know a Secret?"

[NightTrain]

17. Kick for the graveyard shift

n/t