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. We are done! And in this special 'wrap up' episode, we listen to some of your 1969 album recommendations, Paul reveals his Top 10, and we ponder if we have actually reached any conclusions about the effect...
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Season 4Ep. 62
Hello. Just a quick one this week to let you know we haven't got ten around to recording our round-up show as promised, so here is a quick ten minutes chat about Birthday's, Beach Boys and questionable Buzzards. We will, all being well, be back soon with our series round up before we go on a bit of a break for the summer.
Jun 23, 2025•11 min
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! We have finished the ranking of the UK No 1 singles but our journey is not yet over as we look at the No 1 Albums of 1969 in two specials! Part 2 features: ...
Jun 16, 2025•48 min•Season 4Ep. 61
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! We have finished the ranking of the UK No 1 singles but our journey is not yet over as we look at the No 1 Albums of 1969 in two specials! Part 1 features: ...
Jun 09, 2025•54 min•Season 4Ep. 60
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin - Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again The Archies - Sugar Sugar If ...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 59
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women Zager and Evans - In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Mo...
May 26, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 58
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! This week have a special episode to cover Paul's holiday, interviewing our Mum, Margaret Abbott, about growing up with the music of the Sixties in the North...
May 19, 2025•56 min•Season 4Ep. 57
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: The Beatles and Billy Preston - Get Back Tommy Roe - Dizzy The Beatles - The Ballad of John and Yoko Thunderclap Newman - Something in t...
May 12, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 56
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half as Nice Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevi...
May 05, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Season 4Ep. 55
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: The Marmalade - Ob La Di Ob La Da Fleetwood Mac - Albatross The Move - Blackberry Way If you want to view the chart up to the latest epi...
Apr 28, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 54
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! This is the concluding part of our two part bonus looking at the albums that hit number 1 in the UK (for the first time) in 1968! If you want to view the ch...
Apr 14, 2025•42 min•Season 4Ep. 53
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! For the next TWO weeks we are looking at the albums that hit number 1 in the UK (for the first time) in 1968 as it was a bumper year! If you want to view th...
Apr 07, 2025•47 min•Season 4Ep. 52
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Rude content alert! Towards the end of the episode, we briefly discuss some early, quite explicit, versions of 'Lily the Pink' lyrics, so please beware if l...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Season 4Ep. 51
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire The Beach Boys - Do It Again Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You The Beatles - Hey Jude If...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 50
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: The Equals - Baby, Come Back Des O'Connor - I Pretend Tommy James and The Shondells - Mony Mony Garry mentions his appearance on Tim Wor...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 49
he Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Young Girl The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash If you wan...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 4Ep. 48
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: Esther and Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockefella Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - The Legend of Xanadu The Beatles - Lady Madonna C...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Season 4Ep. 47
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: Georgie Fame - The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde Love Affair - Everlasting Love Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn If you want to view the cha...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 46
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! This week we are looking at the albums that hit number 1 in 1966 and 1967 before we crack on with the 1968 singles next week! Enjoy! If you want to view the...
Feb 10, 2025•54 min•Season 4Ep. 45
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: Bee Gees - Massachussets The Foundations - Baby, Now That I've Found You Long John Baldry - Let The Heartaches Begin The Beatles - Hello...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 44
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: The Beatles - All You Need Is Love Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) Englebert Humperdinck - The Las...
Jan 26, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 43
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: Sandie Shaw- Puppet on a String The Tremolos - Silence is Golden Procal Harum - White Shade of Pale If you want to view the chart up to ...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 4Ep. 42
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: The Monkees - I'm A Believer Petula Clark - This Is My Song Englebert Humperdinck - Release Me Frank & Nancy Sinatra - Somethin' Stu...
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 4Ep. 41
Hello! We just couldn't keep away, and having recently passed our first 100,000 listens, we thought we would say thank you and Happy Christmas with this special episode looking at the first 4 years of Beatles fan club Christmas flexi discs! We recorded the in person on a handheld recorder, so apologies if not up the usual audio quality. We hope you all have a lovely festive period and new year, and we will see you in 2025! If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode, you can do so ...
Dec 25, 2024•41 min•Season 4Ep. 40
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. In the last of our mid season pre-Xmas specials, we are talking about the new Beatles 64 documentary out now on Disney+. We recorded this literally the day after we both watched it, so this is very much a ...
Dec 02, 2024•52 min•Season 4Ep. 39
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. In the second of our mid season break specials, we take a long overdue look at The Beatles Cartoon with author and podcaster, Tim Worthington. We will be back with more specials before XMAS and continue ou...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 38
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. This week we are taking a break from the 60s number 1s to talk about the recently released 'Midas Man' Brian Epstein biopic, available now on Amazon Prime (in the UK at least). We will be back with more sp...
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 37
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: Jim Reeves - Distant Drums Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations Tom Jones - Green Green Grass Of Home If...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 4Ep. 36
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: Chris Farlowe - Out Of Time The Troggs - With A Girl Like You The Beatles - Yellow Submarine The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby The Small Faces...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 35
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out! Yes, for season 4 we are taking 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. Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s! Songs this episode: Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night The Beatles - Paperback Writer The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames - Get...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 34
