CKOC NUMBER ONE'S OF THE '60s


Digging through some old memorabilia in my trunk, I recently came across this "lovingly-created" booklet made in 1984 which lists every #1 record on CKOC during the Sensational Sixties.

During this time period, CKOC often ran their "Mid-Day Music Specials" between 1-4 p.m. , which catered to the baby-boomers, replaying many forgotten oldies. "The Number One Radio Show," "The Top Ten Hits of All Time," and "The Top 100 of the '60s" were among them.

One of the best specials was when they played the Top 100 of every year of the decade, which is how I was introduced to some rather obscure and fantastic oldies, such as "Gaslight," "Next Plane to London," "My World Is Empty Without You," "Candy Girl" and "The Boat That I Row," to name but a few.

Unfortunately, I was not able to skip school to listen to these specials, but I caught what I could on my lunch and when I got home at 3:30. Hence, I do not own complete listings of CKOC's annual year-end charts for the 1960s.

My recent re-discovery of this handmade booklet, however DOES contain every record to reach CKOC's chart summit (though at the time I apparently did not take note of how many weeks each song spent at the top). This must have originally aired during March Break 1984 in order for me to have been able to document the entire listening experience.

Click on each link below to view every chart-topper for that year.