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Time Machine: The Best Of 1960

Lists! I love lists! So to be able to make these after each year is damn great. It’s always a thrill of sorts to go through what was released and try to rank them, and it’s maybe even better to throw some of them under a bus.

1960 was a pretty easy year when it comes to what was best as there wasn’t shitloads of releases. Well, I didn’t write about shitloads. There was probably tons more, but I have realised that I will never be able to write about absolutely everything. I’ve for example skipped a lot of the jazz records, as I’m not sure how well I like it. So in that genre I’m only writing about the artists I already know of.

I’m only ranking the albums and singles that I’ve covered here on this site. And only the single releases, not the ones that charted during said year. I’m gonna make some playlists though, and I’ll be adding the charted ones that I like on them. The playlists are somewhere in this post if anyone wants to check them out.

And I’m not gonna explain anything in this post as I’ve already done that.

So, without further a-do….

BEST ALBUMS OF 1960

  1. Joan Baez – Joan Baez
  2. Etta James – At Last!
  3. Muddy Waters – At Newport 1960
  4. The Everly Brothers – It’s Everly Time
  5. Miriam Makeba – Miriam Makeba
  6. Ray Charles – The Genius Hits The Road
  7. Jimmy Smith – Back At The Chicken Shack
  8. Johnny Cash – Now, There Was A Song
  9. The Everly Brothers – A Date With The Everly Brothers
  10. Miles Davis – Sketches Of Spain

WORST ALBUMS OF 1960

  1. Elvis Presley – His Hand In Mine
  2. Doris Day – What Every Girl Should Know
  3. The Brothers Four – The Brothers Four

BEST SINGLES OF 1960

  1. The Everly Brothers – Cathy’s Clown
  2. Aretha Franklin – Won’t Be Long
  3. The Ventures – Walk, Don’t Run
  4. Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely (Knows How I Feel)
  5. Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs – Stay
  6. The Shadows – Apache
  7. Ike & Tina Turner – A Fool In Love
  8. Sam Cooke – Chain Gang
  9. Chubby Checker – The Twist
  10. Fats Domino – Walking To New Orleans

WORST SINGLES OF 1960

  1. Melina Mercouri – Never On A Sunday
  2. Jeanne Black – He’ll Have To Stay
  3. Connie Francis – My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own

And here’s a playlist of some of the highlights of the year:

Petter Milde

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