The 1960s was a difficult decade for me to write about. That is partly because I didn’t exist during it, and partly because the retrospective critical and popular reviews of the decade’s music are so overwhelmingly positive. The Rate Your Music scores of 1960s #1 hits average roughly a full point higher than those from the 2010s. There was also a lack of consensus on many of the songs. Remember, for me to include a song in the “bad” hits museum there must be a general agreement among both critics and the public that it is well below the quality of other #1 records of its time.
The “Bad” #1s Museum – 1960s Inductees
“Mr. Custer” by Larry Verne (1960)
“Calcutta” by Lawrence Welk (1961)
“Moody River” by Pat Boone (1961)
“Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn)” by Joe Dowell (1961)
“Roses Are Red (My Love)” by Bobby Vinton (1962)
“The Ballad of the Green Berets” by SSgt. Barry Sadler (1966)
“Honey” by Bobby Goldsboro (1968)
The Runners-Up
“Running Bear” by Johnny Preston (1960)
“Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini” by Brian Hyland (1960)
“Go Away Little Girl” by Steve Lawrence (1963)
“Hey Paula” by Paul & Paula (1963)
“Dominique” by the Singing Nun (1963)
“There! I’ve Said It Again” by Bobby Vinton (1964)
“I’m Telling You Now” by Freddie & the Dreamers (1965)
“Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” by Herman’s Hermits (1965)
“I’m Henry VIII, I Am” by Herman’s Hermits (1965)
“Winchester Cathedral” by the New Vaudeville Band (1966)
“The Happening” by the Supremes (1967)
No comments:
Post a Comment