Number Two Hits, 1958-1960

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Which of these (Billboard Hot 100) #2 hits most deserved to go #1?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Sam Cooke - Chain Gang	11
Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)	7
Bobby Darin - Dream Lover	7
The Drifters - There Goes My Baby	4
Phil Phillips - Sea of Love	3
The Ventures - Walk, Don't Run	3
The Coasters - Charlie Brown	2
Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin	2
The Impalas - Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)	1
The Everly Brothers - Problems	1
Della Reese - Don't You Know?	1
Ritchie Valens - Donna	1
Connie Francis - My Happiness	0
Bill Parsons - The All-American Boy	0
The Crests - 16 Candles	0
Johnny Tillotson - Poetry in Motion	0
Elvis Presley - (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I	0
Jim Reeves - He'll Have to Go	0
The Brothers Four - Greenfields	0
Lloyd Price - Personality	0
Paul Anka - Puppy Love	0
Bobby Rydell - Wild One	0
Paul Anka - Put Your Head on My Shoulder	0
Jimmy Jones - Handy Man	0
Floyd Cramer - Last Date	0

― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Friday, 21 February 2014 12:44 (eleven years ago)

Well, we've hit the beginning of the Billboard Hot 100 which means this is the last poll. Thanks for participating everybody. The immediate standouts to me here are "Last Date", "Walk, Don't Run", "Dream Lover", "Personality", and "Charlie Brown".

In the interest of posterity, let it be noted that The All-American Boy was actually written and performed by Bobby Bare, but was credited to Bill Parsons, in a very early example of a lip syncing scandal.

― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Friday, 21 February 2014 12:46 (eleven years ago)

I'd add "Chain Gang" and "There Goes My Baby" as standouts. The latter was supposedly the first R&B song to use strings.

― Josefa, Friday, 21 February 2014 15:24 (eleven years ago)

"Only the Lonely"

― EZ Snappin, Friday, 21 February 2014 15:32 (eleven years ago)

1. "Problems," 2. "There Goes My Baby," 3. "Walk, Don't Run," 4. "Chain Gang," 5. "Sea of Love"

― clemenza, Friday, 21 February 2014 15:37 (eleven years ago)

Sea of Love followed by He'll Have To Go

― g simmel, Friday, 21 February 2014 15:45 (eleven years ago)

Didn't even notice "There Goes My Baby" as I was typing up the list! That's a great song, I might actually vote for it.

― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Friday, 21 February 2014 16:41 (eleven years ago)

There was a predecessor to Philip Philips?? Voted Sea of Love.

― LimbsKing, Saturday, 22 February 2014 02:05 (eleven years ago)

"Dream Lover"

― Lee626, Saturday, 22 February 2014 02:41 (eleven years ago)

"charlie brown" over "dream lover" and "walk, don't run"

― balls, Saturday, 22 February 2014 16:31 (eleven years ago)

"Donna" over "Last Date"

― timellison, Saturday, 22 February 2014 18:26 (eleven years ago)

absolutely Dream Lover

― death and darkness and other night kinda shit (crüt), Saturday, 22 February 2014 18:56 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 27 February 2014 00:01 (eleven years ago)

I ended up voting for "Walk, Don't Run", still one of my favorite ever instrumental hits.

― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Thursday, 27 February 2014 16:27 (eleven years ago)

nice choices
my fave out of it has to be 'dream lover'.

― nathey, Thursday, 27 February 2014 16:48 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 28 February 2014 00:01 (eleven years ago)

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