We then opened the polls and took your nominations, featuring many of these songs and artists in our regular FORGOTTEN HITS Oldies Newsletter mailings. (In order for a qualifying B-SIDE to be eligible, however, The A-Side of the record HAD to be a National Top 40 Hit.)Īfter those restrictions had been established, however, it was fair game. so THESE titles were next eliminated from our little competition.
In addition, we established that ANY B-SIDE that had made The National Top 40 on its own could not REALLY be considered "Forgotten". (You'll find the results of that research elsewhere on our web page.) We then determined that ANY record that made THIS Chart would NOT be eligible for our FAVORITE, FORGOTTEN B-SIDES Chart. awarding points for BOTH sides of the record based on their individual chart performance and then ranking them from 1-200 based on the COMBINED points earned by BOTH sides of the record. so, prior to opening the polls, we mathematically calculated THE TOP 200 BIGGEST TWO-SIDED HITS OF ALL-TIME based on these records' rankings on The National Charts. In order to do so, we had to first establish some criteria. songs that YOU felt were worthy of more recognition than simply being stuck on the backside of somebody's hit record. to determine what YOU Guys felt were YOUR FAVORITE, FORGOTTEN B-SIDES OF ALL TIME. Back in 2007, we decided to poll our FORGOTTEN HITS Readers.