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Results of my 2005 group survey


Slightly better than last year. I coerced 42 people into casting votes. (Once again, just to fool you into thinking it was an honest contest, I didn't vote myself.) For those of you with short memories, I asked for up to 10 favorite songs, in order, for any or all of these groups:
  1. 5 Royales
  2. Brown Dots
  3. Charms
  4. Checkers
So here are the results. But first, the boring statistics:

The top 10 vote-getters:
  1. White Cliffs Of Dover - Checkers - 259 points
  2. Hearts Of Stone - Charms - 198 points
  3. Baby Don't Do It - 5 Royales - 193 points
  4. Night's Curtains - Checkers - 189 points
  5. Two Hearts - Charms - 159 points
  6. House With No Windows - Checkers - 159 points
  7. Dedicated To The One I Love - 5 Royales - 142 points
  8. My Prayer Tonight - Checkers - 141 points
  9. Over The Rainbow - Checkers - 139 points
  10. Sentimental Reasons - Brown Dots - 136 points
So here are the results. But first, the boring statistics: You can't really read too much into the great showing of the Checkers. With a smaller output than any of the other groups, any given song could (and did) accumulate more votes.

The best showing for a song that got NO number 1 votes was "Let's Give Love Another Chance, " by the Brown Dots (119 points). However, fewer of you voted for Brown Dots songs than for the other groups.

Every released song by the Checkers received some votes. (Again, there weren't that many of them, so don't read too much into that.)

And now, without too much further delay: THE RESULTS (Ta-Da!). I assigned a weight to each vote - 10 points for #1; 9 points for #2; etc.

The results appear below.


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5 ROYALES

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

TOT

Baby Don't Do It

5

4

6

3

3

2

-

3

-

1

193

Dedicated To The One I Love

3

6

1

3

2

-

1

2

3

1

142

Think

2

4

4

2

2

1

2

1

2

-

134

Laundromat Blues

4

4

1

1

2

2

3

1

1

-

130

Too Much Of A Little Bit

2

3

1

2

-

1

1

3

-

-

87

Courage To Love

2

2

2

-

2

2

-

-

-

-

76

Help Me Somebody

1

-

3

-

3

1

1

2

2

-

71

Crazy Crazy Crazy

1

1

3

1

2

-

-

1

1

2

69

Monkey Hips And Rice

3

2

-

-

1

1

-

1

-

-

62

Too Much Lovin'

1

1

2

-

-

3

-

2

1

-

58

Give Me One More Chance

4

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

1

-

53

Right Around The Corner

1

1

1

2

-

1

-

1

1

1

52

Tears Of Joy

2

-

-

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

50

Let Me Come Back Home

1

1

1

1

-

1

1

-

-

-

43

I Like It Like That

-

1

-

1

1

-

2

1

1

-

35

What's That

1

1

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

-

34

With All Your Heart

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

30

The Real Thing

-

-

1

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

29

I Do

-

-

-

2

1

-

2

-

-

-

28

Thirty Second Lover

1

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

28

All Righty!

-

1

1

-

1

-

-

-

1

1

26

Come On And Save Me

-

1

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

23

Take All Of Me

-

-

-

1

-

2

1

-

-

-

21

School Girl

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

-

1

20

Catch That Teardrop

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

19

Don't Let It Be In Vain

-

-

1

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

19

Double Or Nothing

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

2

19

Miracle Of Love

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

1

1

2

19

I Know It's Hard But It's Fair

-

-

-

2

-

-

1

-

-

-

18

When I Get Like This

-

1

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

1

18

Just As I Am

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

1

-

1

17

Six O'clock In The Morning

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

1

16

The Slummer The Slum

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

16

Get Something Out Of It

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

15

Tell The Truth

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

15

Tell Me You Care

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

14

Cry Some More

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

13

Please, Please, Please

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

13

I'd Better Make A Move

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

12

One Mistake

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

-

-

12

You Know I Know

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

12

Good Things

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

11

Mohawk Squaw

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

11

When You Walked Thru The Door

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

1

11

How I Wonder

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

1

-

10

I Am Thinking (unreleased Apollo)

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

10

Someone Made You For Me

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10

You Didn't Learn It At Home

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10

Much In Need

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

9

My Wants For Love

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

9

The Feeling Is Real

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

1

9

I'm With You

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

I Could Love You

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

I Need Your Lovin' Baby

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

It Hurts Inside

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

7

I Got To Know

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

6

I'm Gonna Run It Down

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

6

My Sugar Sugar

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

6

Say It

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

6

Within My Heart

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

6

Women About To Make Me Go Crazy

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

6

Behave Yourself

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

5

Every Dog Has His Day

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

5

I Ain't Gettin' Caught

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

3

Do Unto You

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

2

Don't Be Ashamed

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

2

I Want To Thank You

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

2

Do The Cha Cha Cherry

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Don't Give No More Than You Can Take

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Devil With The Rest

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Doin' Everything

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Don't Let It Worry Your Mind (unreleased Home Of The Blues)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Goof Ball

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

I Can't Stand Losing You (unreleased King)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

I Dont Need Nobody (unreleased Home Of The Blues)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

I Want It Like That (ABC)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

I Want It Like That (unreleased Home Of The Blues)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

If You Don't Need Me

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

I'm Gonna Tell Them

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

I'm Standing In The Shadows

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Just Can't Do Me This Way (unreleased Home Of The Blues)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Messin' Up

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Mine Forevermore

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Not Going To Cry

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

See, Hear, And Know Nothing (unreleased Apollo)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

She Did Me Wrong (unreleased Home Of The Blues/ABC)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Show Me (unreleased Home Of The Blues)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Show Me (unreleased Home Of The Blues/ABC)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Take Me With You Baby

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Talk About My Woman

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Talk About My Woman (Part 2) (unreleased Vee-Jay)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

There's Somebody Over There

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

They Don't Know

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

What's In The Heart (unreleased Home Of The Blues)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

What's In The Heart (ABC)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Why

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Wonder Where Your Love Has Gone

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Your Only Love

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BROWN DOTS

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

TOT

Sentimental Reasons (first version)

7

6

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

136

Let's Give Love Another Chance

-

3

6

3

-

3

2

-

-

-

119

Just In Case You Change Your Mind

4

2

2

-

3

1

-

2

-

-

103

Satchelmouth Baby

5

1

2

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

87

You're Heaven Sent

4

2

1

-

1

-

-

2

-

-

78

Please Give A Broken Heart A Break

2

1

4

-

1

-

1

-

2

-

75

Rumors Are Flying

2

3

-

-

1

2

1

-

1

1

70

Shout, Brother, Shout

1

1

2

1

1

3

-

-

1

-

65

For Sentimental Reasons (second version)

1

4

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

53

At Our Fireplace

1

-

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

-

50

Brown Gal (Deek Watson)

-

1

2

2

-

-

1

-

-

-

43

Surrender

-

-

1

3

-

2

-

-

-

1

40

Thirty-one Miles For A Nickel

-

1

2

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

38

It's A Pity To Say Goodnight

1

2

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

32

Strange As It Seems (4 Dots)

-

1

-

1

-

2

1

-

-

-

30

If I Can't Have You

-

-

-

1

1

2

1

-

1

-

29

I'm Loving You For You

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

3

-

-

22

Bow-Wow-Wow

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

21

Darktown Strutters Ball

1

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

20

That's What She Gets

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

18

Well Natch

-

-

-

1

-

1

1

-

1

-

18

How Can You Say I Don't Care

-

-

-

1

-

1

1

-

-

1

17

You Better Think Twice

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

15

Patience And Fortitude

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

1

14

After Awhile (Gwenn Bell & Brown Dots)

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

13

Is It Right

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

13

If I Could Be With You (Gwenn Bell & Brown Dots)

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

12

You're A Heartache To Me

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

12

Why Does A Drink Make You Think (Deek Watson)

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

1

10

I've Got The Situation Well In Hand (Varsity)

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

9

Pray For The Lights To Go Out (Majestic)

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

As Tho' You Don't Know

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

6

Saturday Night Function (4 Dots)

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

6

I Don't Know From Nothin', Baby

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

2

Escuchame (Listen To Me)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Give It Up

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

I've Got The Situation Well In Hand (Majestic)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

I've Loved You So Long Baby

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Long Legged Lizzie

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Pray For The Lights To Go Out (Varsity)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

The Devil Beating His Wife (Brown Dot)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

The Devil Was Beatin' His Wife (Varsity)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

You Took All My Love

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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CHARMS

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

TOT

Hearts Of Stone

8

7

4

2

1

-

-

-

1

1

198

Two Hearts (early version)

4

2

5

4

3

1

1

-

2

2

159

That's Your Mistake

5

2

2

2

1

2

-

3

-

2

125

Gum Drop (New Group)

1

4

3

2

3

1

-

-

1

1

110

The First Time We Met

3

3

3

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

94

Ivory Tower

1

2

1

1

3

1

2

1

2

-

81

In Paradise

1

1

2

2

1

3

-

1

-

1

74

One Night Only

-

4

1

1

-

2

-

3

-

1

71

Heaven Only Knows

2

2

2

1

-

-

2

-

-

-

69

Ling, Ting, Tong

-

1

-

3

2

2

-

2

-

1

59

My Baby Dearest Darling

1

3

2

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

57

I'd Like To Thank You Mr. D. J.

1

-

-

1

2

1

1

2

3

2

52

Pardon Me

2

-

1

1

1

-

2

-

-

-

49

Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin')

-

-

2

1

1

1

1

-

1

1

41

Whadaya Want?

-

1

3

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

40

Love's Our Inspiration (without Otis Williams)

-

1

2

1

-

-

1

-

1

-

38

Walkin' After Midnight

-

1

1

-

-

2

1

-

3

-

37

Who Knows

2

-

-

-

-

2

1

-

-

-

34

It's All Over

1

-

-

2

-

-

1

1

-

-

31

Bye-Bye Baby

1

1

-

-

1

-

-

1

-

-

28

Save Me, Save Me (New Group)

1

1

-

-

1

-

-

1

-

-

28

United

-

-

-

2

-

1

1

1

1

-

28

Too Late I Learned

-

-

1

1

-

1

-

-

2

-

24

Please Believe In Me

-

-

-

-

3

1

-

-

-

-

23

Quiet Please

-

1

1

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

23

What Do You Know About That

1

-

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

23

Creation Of Love (unreleased DeLuxe)

1

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

22

Dynamite Darling

-

1

-

-

-

2

-

-

1

-

21

One Fine Day

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

21

My Prayer Tonight

-

-

-

2

1

-

-

-

-

-

20

One Kind Word From You

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

-

1

20

I'll Remember You

-

-

-

-

2

-

1

1

-

-

19

Nowhere On Earth

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

-

-

19

Friends Call Me A Fool

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

18

Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

1

13

Let Some Love In Your Heart

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

12

Little Turtle Dove

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

12

Red Hot Love

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

12

When We Get Together

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1

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1

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12

I Knew It All The Time

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1

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1

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11

It's You, You, You

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1

1

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1

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11

Blues Stay Away From Me

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-

-

1

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1

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-

10

My Friends

1

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10

Talking To Myself

1

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10

Could This Be Magic

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1

1

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9

Panic

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1

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1

9

Do Be You

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1

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1

8

Image Of A Girl

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1

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1

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8

It's A Treat

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1

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1

8

Miss The Love That I've Been Dreaming Of (New Group)

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2

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8

Rolling Home

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1

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8

Tears Of Happiness

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1

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1

8

Gypsy Lady

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1

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7

Oh Julie

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1

1

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7

Rickety Rickshaw Man

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1

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7

Tell Me Now (New Group)

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1

1

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7

Miss You So (Tiny Topsy &)

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1

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6

No Got De Woman

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2

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-

6

So Be It

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-

1

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1

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6

Crazy, Crazy Love

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1

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5

Heart Of A Rose (without Otis Williams)

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1

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5

I'm Waiting Just For You

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1

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5

Mambo Sh-mambo

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1

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5

It'll Never Happen Again

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1

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4

You'll Remain Forever

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1

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4

Come On, Come On, Come On (Tiny Topsy &)

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1

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3

Silver Star

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1

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2

Come To Me Baby

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-

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1

1

Fifty-five Seconds

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1

1

It Just Ain't Right

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1

1

Let The Happenings Happen

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1

1

And Take My Love

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0

Aw Shucks Baby (Tiny Topsy &)

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0

Baby-o

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0

Boom Diddy Boom Boom

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0

Burnin' Lips

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-

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0

Chief Um

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0

Don't Deny Me

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-

0

Don't Wake Up The Kids

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-

0

Funny What True Love Can Do

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-

0

Happy Are We

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0

I Offer You (without Otis Williams)

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-

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-

0

I'll Be True

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-

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0

Love, Love, Stick Stov (without Otis Williams)

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-

-

-

-

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-

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0

Loving Baby

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-

-

-

-

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0

Pretty Little Things Called Girls

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0

Ring Around My Finger (Tiny Topsy &)

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-

-

0

So Can I

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-

-

-

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-

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0

The First Sign Of Love

-

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-

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0

The Secret

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-

-

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-

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-

-

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0

This Love Of Mine (unreleased DeLuxe)

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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0

Two Hearts (late version)

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-

-

-

-

-

-

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-

0

Wait

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Wait A Minute Baby

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-

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-

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-

-

0

Watch Dog

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-

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-

-

-

-

0

Welcome Home

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-

-

-

-

-

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-

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-

0

Well Oh Well

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-

0

Whirlwind

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0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHECKERS

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

TOT

White Cliffs Of Dover

10

8

5

3

2

1

2

-

-

1

259

Night's Curtains

10

2

3

3

1

2

1

1

1

1

189

House With No Windows

5

1

8

2

-

1

3

1

1

-

159

My Prayer Tonight

2

2

3

2

4

5

2

1

2

1

141

Over The Rainbow

2

3

3

3

2

2

3

3

2

-

139

Don't Stop Dan

2

7

2

1

4

-

-

-

1

1

133

Flame In My Heart

3

1

1

5

4

3

1

1

1

-

130

Ghost Of My Baby

2

3

-

4

3

3

-

-

1

3

113

I Wasn't Thinking, I Was Drinking

1

-

3

4

1

1

1

-

2

1

82

Without A Song

1

4

1

-

1

1

1

3

1

-

80

I Promise You

-

2

1

2

-

3

1

2

1

1

68

You Never Had It So Good

1

2

2

-

1

-

-

2

1

-

58

Love Wasn't There

1

-

2

-

2

1

1

2

1

2

57

Trying To Hold My Girl

-

2

1

2

1

1

1

-

-

2

57

Let Me Come Back

-

-

1

2

1

-

3

1

2

1

48

I Wanna Know

-

-

2

-

1

-

1

3

1

1

38

Oh, Oh, Oh Baby

-

1

-

1

-

-

2

2

1

2

34

You've Been Fooling Around

-

2

-

-

-

2

-

-

1

2

32

Mamas Daughter

-

-

-

-

2

1

1

-

1

1

24

Can't Find My Sadie

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

1

2

1

19

A Friend In Need

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-

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-

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