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The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out

Musician brothers Paul and Garry Abbott discuss and rank their favourite Beatles and 60s records. The first three seasons covered everything Beatles, including the core catalogue, the movies and extras, and even the 70s solo singles. In season 4 they are looking at the wider musical landscape by ranking all the UK 60s Number 1s! Please enjoy and keep in touch on Blue Sky using @bigbeatlessortout.bsky.social or Instagram @big_sort or email us at BigBeatlesSortOut@Gmail.com

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01:16:18

The Big 60s Sort Out USA! Ep 5 - 'Bubbles in Soup'

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2026/03/30

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production.This week's songs (there are 3 previously covered in Series 4 as UK number 1s that we only briefly touch on):Bert Kaempfert - Wonderland By NightThe Shirelles - Will You Love Me TomorrowLawrence Welk - CalcuttaChubby Checker - Pony TimeElvis Presley - Surrender (covered in series 4)The Marcels - Blue Moon (covered in series 4)Del Shannon - Runaway (covered

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01:09:45

The Big 60s Sort Out USA! Ep 4 - 'Texas On My Knee'

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2026/03/23

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production.This week's songs:Brenda Lee - I Want To Be WantedRay Charles - Georgia On My MindMaurice Williams & The Zodiacs - StayElvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight?If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode, you can do so⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ here! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Garry's new album is out now on Bandcamp and all major

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01:16:42

The Big 60s Sort Out USA! Ep 3 - 'Podgy Draughts'

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2026/03/16

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production.This week's songs:The Twist - Chubby CheckerMy Heart Has a Mind of Its Own - Connie FrancisMr Custer - Larry VerneSave the Last Dance for Me - The DriftersIf you want to view the chart up to the latest episode, you can do so⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ here! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Garry's new album is out now on Bandcamp:⁠⁠The News (Be Scared) |

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01:23:16

The Big 60s Sort Out USA! Ep 2 - 'Ork With a Banjo'

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2026/03/09

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production.This week's songs:Everybody's Somebody's Fool - Connie FrancisAlley Oop - Hollywood ArgylesI'm Sorry - Brenda LeeItsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian HylandIt's Now or Never - Elvis PresleyIf you want to view the chart up to the latest episode, you can do so⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ here

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01:16:00

The Big 60s Sort Out USA! Ep 1 - 'Bears Feature...

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2026/03/02

Welcome to the Big 60s Sort Out USA edition where we are ranking all the Billboard Number 1s from the 1960s for music, lyrics and production.This week's songs:El Paso - Marty RobbinsRunning Bear - Johnny PrestonTeen Angel - Mark DinningTheme from "A Summer Place" - Percy FaithStuck on You - Elvis PresleyCathy's Clown - The Everly BrothersIf you want to view the chart up to the latest episode, you can do so⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ here! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Garry's new

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00:56:59

The Big 60s Sort Out USA! Episode 0

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2026/02/23

Howdy!The Big 60s Sort Out is back! And this time we are looking across the pond to the USA to rank all the US Number 1 singles from the 1960s for lyrics, music and production.In this pre-series episode, we catch-up with some Beatles news and look back at some of the very first US charts, from sheet music sales in the 1910s, to the first consolidated pop music chart in 1958, and we talk about what we might expect over the coming series!Thanks for joining us as we continue to try and sort, the 60s!As

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01:22:56

The Big 60s Sort Out - Disc Special

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2025/12/22

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.However! There is more! We have looked at the NME and Melody Maker unique hits, and now we are turning our attention to the Disc magazine chart in this one off special, covering several songs that haven't

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01:00:53

The Big 60s Sort Out - Melody Maker Special

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2025/12/15

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.However! There is more! We have looked at the NME unique hits, and now we are turning our attention to the Melody Maker chart in this one off special, covering several songs that haven't yet appeared anywhere

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00:52:42

Big BEATLES Sort Out - Anthology Reissue Special!

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2025/12/08

Hello! We are taking a small detour from looking at the 60s UK number 1s to chat about the recent reissue of the Beatles Anthology documentary on Disney +, plus some other recent news about the casting of the upcoming movies, and a whole new Hamburg centric drama coming to the BBC.In this episode we mentioned a website by a chap called Daniel Earwicker who has taken on the mammoth task of comparing the original DVD release with the Disney+ versions. His website can be found

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01:05:02

The Big 60s Sort Out - NME Chart Ep 8

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2025/12/01

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.However! There is more! In this mid-season season, we are looking at the songs that topped the NME chart but missed out on the 'official' top spot of the Record Retailers chart (don't worry, Paul

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01:04:20

The Big 60s Sort Out - NME Chart Ep 7

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2025/11/24

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.However! There is more! In this mid-season season, we are looking at the songs that topped the NME chart but missed out on the 'official' top spot of the Record Retailers chart (don't worry, Paul

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01:07:38

The Big 60s Sort Out - NME Chart Ep 6

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2025/11/17

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.However! There is more! In this mid-season season, we are looking at the songs that topped the NME chart but missed out on the 'official' top spot of the Record Retailers chart (don't worry, Paul

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01:01:18

The Big 60s Sort Out - NME Chart Ep 5

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2025/11/10

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.However! There is more! In this mid-season season, we are looking at the songs that topped the NME chart but missed out on the 'official' top spot of the Record Retailers chart (don't worry, Paul

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01:05:11

The Big 60s Sort Out - NME Chart Ep 4

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2025/11/03

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.However! There is more! In this mid-season season, we are looking at the songs that topped the NME chart but missed out on the 'official' top spot of the Record Retailers chart (don't worry, Paul

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00:50:22

The Big 60s Sort Out - NME Chart Ep 3

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2025/10/27

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.However! There is more! In this mid-season season, we are looking at the songs that topped the NME chart but missed out on the 'official' top spot of the Record Retailers chart (don't worry, Paul

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01:02:41

The Big 60s Sort Out - NME Chart Ep 2

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2025/10/20

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.However! There is more! In this mid-season season, we are looking at the songs that topped the NME chart but missed out on the 'official' top spot of the Record Retailers chart (don't worry, Paul

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01:00:18

The Big 60s Sort Out - NME Chart Ep 1

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2025/10/13

The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.However! There is more! In this mid-season season, we are looking at the songs that topped the NME chart but missed out on the 'official' top spot of the Record Retailers chart (don't worry, Paul explains it all

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00:55:56

BBSO Hamburg Special!

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2025/09/22

Hello! We are back with a special report from our recent visit to Hamburg!We spent 3 nights in Hamburg in early September 2025 visiting some of the Beatle sights and the amazing City itself, and this is our thoughts on what we found, recorded out and about and debriefing in the hotel.We hope you enjoy - it's a first for us doing a travel episode like this, so excuse us if we ramble on a bit here and there, it was a lot to take in!We will be back again soon looking at the NME number 1s and

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00:46:22

BBSO Free As A Bird Remix Special!

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2025/09/08

Hello! We are back with a special listening to the new remixed version of Free As A Bird featuring the 'cleaned up' Lennon vocals using the same MAL technology used on 'Now And Then' - Is it a change for the better? Listen to find out what we thought and for a general catch up on all things Beatles doing the rounds at the moment! To listen along, here is the original 1995 version:https://music.apple.com/gb/song/free-as-a-bird-1995-mix/1441152324And here is the 2025 new

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00:58:50

BBSO Beatles Cartoon Special Vol 2!

The Big Beatles and 60s Sort Out ·

2025/08/09

We are back with another mid season extra - this time we are discussing Episode 5 of the Beatles Cartoon, featuring the songs 'Baby's in Black', 'Misery', 'I'll Get You' and 'Chains' along to lots of silly antics involving vampires, mostly.At the time of publishing, this link was a good place to watch the episode: https://archive.org/details/ep5_20240123We hope you enjoy our little chat and we will be back with more specials over the coming weeks and

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