11 June: Phil Hill brings the winning Ferrari 250TRi/61 home at the 1961 Le Mans 24 Hours. Hill co-drove with Belgian long distance specialist Olivier Gendebien. https://klemcoll.wordpress.com/2016/05/06/the-winner-arrives/ |
12 June: German-speaking separatists blow up 37 electricity pylons in the South Tyrol region of Italy (photo source) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_Fire |
14 June: UK Government announces that new push-button 'panda' pedestrian crossings will start to replace 'zebra' crossings in the following year (source: BBC) |
Htp: Clint's labour-of love compilation https://www.sixtiescity.net/charts/61chart.htm
Surrender |
Elvis Presley |
RCA |
1 |
Runaway |
Del Shannon |
London |
2 |
The Frightened City |
The Shadows |
Columbia |
3 |
Hello Mary Lou / Travellin' Man |
Ricky Nelson |
London |
4 |
But I Do |
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry |
Pye |
5 |
More Than I Can Say |
Bobby Vee |
London |
6 |
Pasadena |
The Temperance Seven |
Parlophone |
7 |
You'll Never Know |
Shirley Bassey |
Columbia |
8 |
I Told Every Little Star |
Linda Scott |
Columbia |
9 |
Halfway To Paradise |
Billy Fury |
Decca |
10 |
Temptation |
The Everly Brothers |
Warner Brothers |
11 |
Have A Drink On Me |
Lonnie Donegan |
Pye |
12 |
What'd I Say |
Jerry Lee Lewis |
London |
13 |
Well I Ask You |
Eden Kane |
Decca |
14 |
Pop Goes The Weasel / Bee*Bom |
Anthony Newley |
Decca |
15 |
Runnin' Scared |
Roy Orbison |
London |
16 |
Don't Treat Me Like A Child |
Helen Shapiro |
Columbia |
17 |
On The Rebound |
Floyd Cramer |
RCA |
18 |
Little Devil |
Neil Sedaka |
RCA |
19 |
Wooden Heart |
Elvis Presley |
RCA |
20 |
3 comments:
What an awesome top 20. I was born in the wrong era
I think not, Bucko - thanks to recording technology, it can all be played again !
True. But there's not many places to dance to it :-)
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