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Our 1960s Iconic Artists Top Twenty Chart Poll

Round Twelve Results:
The Beach Boys 50.5% v 49.5% The Kinks
Jimi Hendrix 65% v 35% Joni Mitchell
Louis Armstrong 41% v 59% Bob Dylan
James Brown 68% v 32% Nat 'King' Cole
Johnny Cash 52% v 48% Leonard Cohen

I’d like to invite you to vote in our 1960s-1970s Summer Number One Poll

Yesterday’s result: Don’t Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee 57% v 43% Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc

Last 32: Match-Up #5
Hey Jude - Beatles v Rubber Bullets - 10cc

Please vote below 👇

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Soundtrack HOF (imho) ...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Just check out the list of contributors sometime ... also, throw together your own deluxe version with songs not even released on the soundtrack:

We Got the Beat (The Go-Go's)*
American Girl (Tom Petty)
Kashmir (Led Zeppelin)
Moving In Stereo (The Cars)**
Winter Wonderland (Darlene Love)***

* - the excellent Go-Go's tune 'Speeding' did make the soundtrack
** - used during the greatest scene in movie history
*** - Die Hard? christmas movie; Fast Times? not a christmas movie; also note, Darlene Love plays Murtaugh's wife in Lethal Weapon (borderline christmas movie)

Our 1960s Iconic Artists Top Twenty Chart Poll

Round Twelve Results:
The Beatles 80% v 20% The Doors
Aretha Franklin 65% v 35% The Velvet Underground
The Rolling Stones 85% v 15% Frank Sinatra
Simon and Garfunkel 65% v 35% Janis Joplin
The Who 59% v 41% Marvin Gaye

I’d like to invite you to vote in our 1960s-1970s Summer Number One Poll

Yesterday’s result: She Loves You - Beatles 35% v 65% Sunny Afternoon - Kinks

Last 32: Match-Up #4
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee v Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc

Please vote below 👇