best songs of the 60s, year by year

[really real]

Here's a great box set, ten discs of the best of the 60s, year by year.
I could actually sell this if I put it on an iPod and sold the used iPod.

1960
Hank Ballard - Finger Poppin Time
Elvis Presley - A Mess Of Blues
Don Gibson - Sweet Dreams
Roy Orbison - Roy Orbison-Only The Lonely
Fats Domino - My Girl Josephine
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - A Rockin' Good Way
Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea
Marty Robbins - Big Iron
The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown
Billy Bland - Let The Little Girl Dance
Barret Strong - Money
Gary U.S. Bonds - New Orleans
Ray Smith - Rockin' Little Angel
Donny Brooks - Mission Bell
Little Willie John - Sleep
Joe Jones - You Talk Too Much
The Fendermen - Mule Skinner
Ray Peterson - Corrina Corrina
Ray Charles - Ruby
Sam Cooke - Chain Gang
James Brown - Think
The Coasters - Run Red Run
Johnny Bond - Hot Rod Lincoln
Lloyd Price - Lady Luck
Jerry Butler - He Will Break Your Heart
The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me
Johnny Preston - Running Bear
Jack Scott - Oh Little One
The Dyna-Sores - Alley-Oop

1961
Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That
Chuck Berry - Come On
Eddie Hodges - I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door
Brenda Lee - Dum Dum
Dee Clark - Raindrops
Don Gibson - Sea Of Hearbreak
Bobby Darin - Lazy River
Ben E. King - Amor
Gene Pitney - Every Breath I Take
The mpressions - Gypsy Woman
Barry Mann - Who Put The Bomp In The Bomp, Bomp,Bomp
Dick & Deedee- - The Mountains High
Del Shannon - Runaway
Slim Harpo - Rainin' In My Heart
Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack
The Shirelles - Baby It's You
Ike & Tina Turner - I Think It's Going To Work Out Fine
Clarence Frogman Henry - You Always Hurt The One You Love
Dion - The Wanderer
Jerry Lee Lewis - Bonnie B
The Coasters - Wait A Minute
Elvis Presley - Little Sister
Ernie K-Doe - Mother-In-Law
Marcels - Blue Moon
Gene McDaniels - A Hundred Pounds Of Clay
The Fleetwoods - He's The Great Impostor
Ral Donner - You Don't Know What You've Got
Joe Dowell - Wooden Heart
Leroy Van Dyke - Walk On By
Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya
Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou
The Edsels - Rama Lama Ding Dong

1962
Gary Us Bonds - Dear Lady Twist
Chris Montez - Lets Dance
Bruce Chanel - Hey Baby
Roy Orbison - Dream Baby
Clyde McPhatter - Lover Please
The Sensations - Let Me In
Dion - Lovers Who Wander
The Orlons - The Wah Watusi
Mel Torme - Comin' Home Baby
Gene McDaniels - Chip Chip
Bobby Boris Picket - Monster Mash
Lonnie Russ - My Wife Can't Cook
The Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789
Bobby Darin - Things
Marty Robbins - Devil Woman
Gene Pitney - Liberty Valance
Frank Ifield - I Remember You
The Everly Brothers - That's Old Fashioned
Sue Thompson - Norman
Elvis Presley - She's Not You
The Springfields - Silver Threads And Golden Needles
Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl
Arthur Alexander - You Better Move On
Johnny Thunder - Loop De Loop
Barbara George - 1 Know
Ray Charles - You Are My Sunshine
Brook Benton - Shadrack
Sam Cooke - Twisting the Night Away
Ketty Lester - Love Letters
Charlie Drake - My Boomarang Won't Come Back


1963
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou
Martha & The Vandellas - (Love is Like A) Heatwave
The Beatles - She Loves You
The Jaynettes - Sally go Round the Roses
The Righteous Brothers - Little Latin Lupe Lu
The Orlons - South Street
Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night
Beach Boys - Surfin' USA
Marvin Gaye - Can I Get A Witness
The Exciters - Tell Him
Dion - Ruby Baby
Ray Charles - Busted
Bobby Bare - Detroit City
Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star
The Drifters - On Broadway
Gene Pitney - 24 Hours from Tulsa
Elvis Presley - Bossa Nova Baby
The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over
Little Eva - Let's Turkey Trot
Jimmyy Soul - If You Wanna Be Happy
Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Deep Purple
The Kingston Trio - Desert Pete
The Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In
The Cookies - Don't Say Nothing Bad About My Baby
Dave Dudley - Six Days on the Road
Peter Paul & Mary - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Rolf Harris - Tie Me Wallaby Down, Sport
The Chiffons - He's So Fine
Stevie Wonder - Fingertips Pt 2
Dion - Donna The Prima Donna
1964
The Newbeats - Bread And Butter
Bobby Freeman - C'mon & Swim
Chuck Berry - Nadine
The Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road
Little Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop
Major Lance - Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um
The Beatles - She's A Woman
Manfred Mann - Doo Wa Diddy
The Four Seasons - Stay
The Everly Brothers - Gone Gone Gone
The Searchers - Needles And Pins
Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly
The Honeycombs - Have I The Right
Jan & Dean - The New Girl In School
Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces
The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
Peter & Gordon - A World Without Love
The Reflections - Romeo And Juliet
The Riverias - Warm California Sun
Freddy Cannon - Abigail Beecher
The Beach Boys - Fun Fun Fun
The Animals - I'm Crying
The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side
Marianne Faithful - As Tears Go By
Jay & The Americans - Come A Little Bit Closer
Stan Getz & Astrid Gilberto - Girl From Ipanema
Terry Stafford - Suspicion
Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas
Shirley Ellis - The Nitty Gritty
The Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake
Gale Garnette - We'll Sing in the Sunshine
Bruce & Terry - Help Me Rhonda
The Kinks - C'mon Now

1965
The Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
Len Barry - 1-2-3
The Fortunes - You've Got Your Troubles
Dionne Warwick - Are You There (With Another Girl)
The Ad Libs - The Boy From New York City
The Beach Boys - You're So Good To Me
The Beatles - Eight Days A Week
Bobby Fuller Four - Love's Made A Fool Of You
Charlie Rich - Mohair Sam
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
The Yardbirds - For Your Love
The Silkie - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
The Lovin' Spoonful - You Baby
Dick & Dee Dee - Thou Shalt Not Steal
Georgie Fame - Yeh Yeh
Johnny Rivers - Seventh Son
Manfred Mann - My Little Red Book
The McCoys - Sorrow
The Olympics - Good Lovin
The Righteous Brothers - Just Once In My Life
The Rolling Stones - The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man
Roy Head - Treat Her Right
The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Sam The Sham - Little Red Riding Hood
Sonny & Cher - Baby Don't Go
The Tradewinds - New York's A Lonely Town
The Shangrilas - He Cried
1966
Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
J. J. Jackson - But It's Alright
Love - Seven And Seven Is
The Seekers - Georgy Girl
The Animals - Don't Bring Me Down
The Turtles - You Baby
Stevie Wonder - Nothing's Too Good For My Baby
Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo
Mitch Rider & The Detroit Wheels - Little Latin Lupe Lu
The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
The Outsiders - Time Won't Let Me - Rolling Stones - Mothers Little Helper
The Left Bank - The Walk Away Renee
Johnny Rivers - Poor Side Of Town
The Lovin' Spoonful - Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind
Simon & Garfunkel - At The Zoo
The Byrds - Eight Miles High
Beatles - Paperback Writer
Yardbirds - Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
Sopwith Camel - Hello Hello
Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y
The Troggs - Wild Thing
The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg
Bobby Moore - Searching For My Love
The Monkees - I'm A Believer
Syndicate Of Sound - Little Girl
The Music Machine - Talk Talk
The Standells - Dirty Water
Shadows of Knight - Gloria

1967
The Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love
The Rolling Stones - Dandelion
Simon & Garfunkel - Fakin' It
Peter, Paul & Mary - I Dig Rock 'n' Roll Music
Aretha Franklin - Respect
The Doors - Light My Fire
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
Harpers Bizarre - 59th St Bridge Song
Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
John Fred And His Playboys - Judy In Disguise
The Beach Boys - Heroes & Villains
The Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941
The Box Tops - The Letter
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Donovan - There Is A Mountain
The Hollies - On A Carousel
Lulu - To Sir With Love
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense & Peppermints
The Lovin' Spoonful - Six O'Clock
The Soul Survivors - Expressway To Your Heart
The Rascals - Groovin'
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
The Beatles - Baby, You're A Rich Man
The Byrds - So You Wanna Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star
The Who - Happy Jack
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Second That Emotion
The Mojo Men - Sit Down I Think I Love You
Monkees - I'm Not Your Stepping Stone
The Hombres - Let It All Hang Out

1968
Cream - White Room
The Who - Magic Bus
Beach Boys - Do It Again
The Box Tops - Cry Like a Baby
The Rascals - A Beautiful Morning
The Doors - Hello I Love You
Tommy James & The Shondells - Crimson & Clover
Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man
The Beatles - Lady Madonna
Big Brother & The Holding Company - Piece Of My Heart
The Chamber Bros - I Can't Turn You Loose
Sly & the Family Stone - Everyday People
The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash
The Stone Poneys - Different Drum
Stevie Wonder - Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
Tom Jones - Delilah
The Four Tops - Walk Away Renee
Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain
Troggs - Love Is All Around
B J Thomas - Hooked On a Feeling
Four Jacks & A Jill - Master Jack
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

1969
Stevie Wonder - Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
Harry Nilsson - I Guess The Lord Must Live In New York City
The Who - The Who - Pinball Wizard
Blood, Sweat & Tears - And When I Die
Aretha Franklin - Eleanor Rigby
Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino
The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
Dionne Warwick - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
The Guess Who - Undun
The Zombies - Time Of The Season
The Box Tops - Soul Deep
Sly & the Family Stone - Stand
The Beatles - Something
Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music
Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air
Wilbur Harrison - Let's Work Together
The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
John Lennon - Give Peace A Chance
Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together
Three Dog Night - Elli's Coming
Jackie DeShannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart
Tommy James & The Shondells - Sweet Cherry Wine

[The Bloomfield Buddy]

On Jun 14, 7:23 pm, really real <reallyr...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Here's a great box set, ten discs of the best of the 60s, year by year.
> I could actually sell this if I put it on an iPod and sold the used iPod.

Pretty good job. Here's the lists I did for Digital Dream Door of the
(Objective) top 120 songs of each year, in case you want to do cover
more for each year:

Here's 1960:

http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/bg_hits/bg_hits_60.html

You can get to the rest of the years from there.

[RichL]

"really real" <reall...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:0BNut.8921$1Q5....@newsfe01.iad...

> Here's a great box set, ten discs of the best of the 60s, year by year. I
> could actually sell this if I put it on an iPod and sold the used iPod.

Here's an interesting exercise: filter out the ones that you think aren't
very good (some I'd classify as dogs). What remains:
>
> 1960 (four songs)

> Roy Orbison - Roy Orbison-Only The Lonely

> Gary U.S. Bonds - New Orleans

> The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me
> Johnny Preston - Running Bear
>

> 1961 (seven songs)

> Barry Mann - Who Put The Bomp In The Bomp, Bomp,Bomp

> Del Shannon - Runaway

> Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack
> The Shirelles - Baby It's You

> Elvis Presley - Little Sister

> Marcels - Blue Moon

> Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou
>

> 1962 (six songs)

> Bobby Boris Picket - Monster Mash

> Gene Pitney - Liberty Valance
> Frank Ifield - I Remember You
> The Everly Brothers - That's Old Fashioned

> Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl

> Charlie Drake - My Boomarang Won't Come Back
>

> 1963 (11 songs)

> The Ronettes - Be My Baby
> Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou
> Martha & The Vandellas - (Love is Like A) Heatwave
> The Beatles - She Loves You

> Beach Boys - Surfin' USA

> The Exciters - Tell Him

> Ray Charles - Busted
> Bobby Bare - Detroit City

> The Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In

> Peter Paul & Mary - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
> Rolf Harris - Tie Me Wallaby Down, Sport

> 1964 (16 songs)
> Chuck Berry - Nadine

> The Beatles - She's A Woman
> Manfred Mann - Doo Wa Diddy
> The Four Seasons - Stay

> The Searchers - Needles And Pins
> Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly

> Jan & Dean - The New Girl In School

> The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
> Peter & Gordon - A World Without Love

> The Beach Boys - Fun Fun Fun

> The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side
> Marianne Faithful - As Tears Go By

> Stan Getz & Astrid Gilberto - Girl From Ipanema
> Terry Stafford - Suspicion

> The Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake

> The Kinks - C'mon Now
>

> 1965 (nine songs)

> The Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better

> The Beach Boys - You're So Good To Me
> The Beatles - Eight Days A Week

> The Yardbirds - For Your Love

> The Lovin' Spoonful - You Baby

> The McCoys - Sorrow

> The Rolling Stones - The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man

> The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
> Sam The Sham - Little Red Riding Hood

> 1966 (19 songs)

> Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice

> The Seekers - Georgy Girl
> The Animals - Don't Bring Me Down
> The Turtles - You Baby
> Stevie Wonder - Nothing's Too Good For My Baby

> The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
> The Outsiders - Time Won't Let Me

> Rolling Stones - Mothers Little Helper
> The Left Bank - The Walk Away Renee

> The Lovin' Spoonful - Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind
> Simon & Garfunkel - At The Zoo
> The Byrds - Eight Miles High
> Beatles - Paperback Writer

> Sopwith Camel - Hello Hello

> The Troggs - Wild Thing
> The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg

> The Monkees - I'm A Believer

> The Standells - Dirty Water
> Shadows of Knight - Gloria
>

> 1967 (25 songs)

> The Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love
> The Rolling Stones - Dandelion
> Simon & Garfunkel - Fakin' It

> Aretha Franklin - Respect
> The Doors - Light My Fire
> Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
> Harpers Bizarre - 59th St Bridge Song
> Small Faces - Itchycoo Park

> The Beach Boys - Heroes & Villains
> The Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941

> Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
> Donovan - There Is A Mountain
> The Hollies - On A Carousel
> Lulu - To Sir With Love
> Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense & Peppermints
> The Lovin' Spoonful - Six O'Clock
> The Soul Survivors - Expressway To Your Heart
> The Rascals - Groovin'
> Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
> The Beatles - Baby, You're A Rich Man
>The Byrds - So You Wanna Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star
> The Who - Happy Jack
> Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Second That Emotion
> The Mojo Men - Sit Down I Think I Love You
> Monkees - I'm Not Your Stepping Stone
>

> 1968 (16 songs)

> Cream - White Room
> The Who - Magic Bus
> Beach Boys - Do It Again

> The Rascals - A Beautiful Morning

> Tommy James & The Shondells - Crimson & Clover
> Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man
> The Beatles - Lady Madonna
> Big Brother & The Holding Company - Piece Of My Heart

> Sly & the Family Stone - Everyday People
> The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash
> The Stone Poneys - Different Drum
> Stevie Wonder - Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day

> Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
> Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson

> Troggs - Love Is All Around

> Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
>

> 1969 (14 songs)

> The Who - Pinball Wizard
> Blood, Sweat & Tears - And When I Die

> The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman
> Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
> Dionne Warwick - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
> The Guess Who - Undun
> The Zombies - Time Of The Season

> Sly & the Family Stone - Stand
> The Beatles - Something
> Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
> Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music

> The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
> John Lennon - Give Peace A Chance

> Jackie DeShannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart

1967 is the clear winner. The early '60s were dreadful overall, no surprise
there.

[Weekes, Ron]

I've got several DVDs of mp3 files of the top 100 Billboard songs from 45 to 79. Could probably put this list together for my musical enjoyment. What was your criteria for the list rr?

Ron Ji



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[The Bloomfield Buddy]

On Jun 14, 7:43 pm, "RichL" <rpleav...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "really real" <reallyr...@shaw.ca> wrote in message

>
> news:0BNut.8921$1Q5....@newsfe01.iad...
>
> > Here's a great box set, ten discs of the best of the 60s, year by year. I
> > could actually sell this if I put it on an iPod and sold the used iPod.
>
> Here's an interesting exercise: filter out the ones that you think aren't
> very good (some I'd classify as dogs).  What remains:
>
> > 1960 (four songs)
> > Roy Orbison - Roy Orbison-Only The Lonely
> > Gary U.S. Bonds - New Orleans
> > The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me
> > Johnny Preston - Running Bear

"Running Bear" is good, but these are "dogs?"

Hank Ballard - Finger Poppin Time

Fats Domino - My Girl Josephine
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - A Rockin' Good Way
Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea

The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown

Barret Strong - Money

Joe Jones - You Talk Too Much

Sam Cooke - Chain Gang

Your taste is so far up your ass you must be tasting shit.

[Mark Dintenfass]

In article <A7udnZjMh5o2NybM...@supernews.com>, RichL

<rple...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> "really real" <reall...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:0BNut.8921$1Q5....@newsfe01.iad...
> > Here's a great box set, ten discs of the best of the 60s, year by year. I
> > could actually sell this if I put it on an iPod and sold the used iPod.
>
> Here's an interesting exercise: filter out the ones that you think aren't
> very good (some I'd classify as dogs). What remains:
> >
> > 1960 (four songs)
> > Roy Orbison - Roy Orbison-Only The Lonely
> > Gary U.S. Bonds - New Orleans
> > The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me
> > Johnny Preston - Running Bear

You filter out "Cathy's Clown" and "Money" (which the Beatles liked
well enough) , and you leave in "Running Bear?" Oh, well. De gustibus
non est disputandum.

> > 1961 (seven songs)
> > Barry Mann - Who Put The Bomp In The Bomp, Bomp,Bomp
> > Del Shannon - Runaway
> > Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack
> > The Shirelles - Baby It's You
> > Elvis Presley - Little Sister
> > Marcels - Blue Moon
> > Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou

No Chuck Berry, no Impressions, no Brenda Lee, but Barry Mann stays in?

> > 1962 (six songs)
> > Bobby Boris Picket - Monster Mash
> > Gene Pitney - Liberty Valance
> > Frank Ifield - I Remember You
> > The Everly Brothers - That's Old Fashioned
> > Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl
> > Charlie Drake - My Boomarang Won't Come Back

No Sam Cooke, no Arthur Alexander, but Frank Ifield stays in?

My guess is that you think the early 60s were awful because you haven't
delved very deeply into them.

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[The Bloomfield Buddy]

On Jun 14, 8:34 pm, poisoned rose <pros...@poissonedrose.com> wrote:
>
> Kinda surprised to see you stick up for "Beyond the Sea."

It's one of the best traditional pop records ever made IMO.

First released in 1959 on Bobby's "That's All" album:

MY TOP RECORDINGS FROM 1959:
1 ¦ You're So Fine ¦ Falcons
2 ¦ Dead Man's Stroll ¦ Revels
3 ¦ What'd I Say ¦ Ray Charles
4 ¦ Rooster Blues ¦ Lightnin' Slim
5 ¦ I Know It's Hard But It's Fair ¦ Five Royales
6 ¦ Let The Good Times Roll ¦ Ray Charles
7 ¦ There You Go ¦ Clyde McPhatter (Drifters)
8 ¦ Be My Guest ¦ Fats Domino
9 ¦ Beyond The Sea ¦ Bobby Darin
10 ¦ A Big Hunk O' Love ¦ Elvis Presley

[really real]

>
> 1967 is the clear winner. The early '60s were dreadful overall, no
> surprise there.

1967 and 1957 are my two favorite years

[really real]

On 6/14/2013 4:56 PM, Weekes, Ron wrote:
> I've got several DVDs of mp3 files of the top 100 Billboard songs from 45 to 79. Could probably put this list together for my musical enjoyment. What was your criteria for the list rr?
>

Sometimes it's hard to figure out which year a song was biggest in.

My criteria was my favorite songs from that year. I might have missed
some if they weren't on the lists I was looking at.

[The Bloomfield Buddy]

On Jun 14, 7:23 pm, really real <reallyr...@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Here's a great box set, ten discs of the best of the 60s, year by year.
> I could actually sell this if I put it on an iPod and sold the used iPod.

> 1960
> The Dyna-Sores - Alley-Oop

A strange pick considering that the Hollywood Argyles version was #1
and the Dante and the Evergreens version was top 15 or so. The Dyna-
Sores was a much smaller hit, although it is sung better than the
other two (a black group as opposed to the other two white groups).
Was the Dyna-Sores version the one that was played then where you were
in 1960?

[The Bloomfield Buddy]

On Jun 14, 7:31 pm, The Bloomfield Buddy <Savo...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Pretty good job. Here's the lists I did for Digital Dream Door of the
> (Objective) top 120 songs of each year, in case you want to do cover
> more for each year:
>
> Here's 1960:
>
> http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/bg_hits/bg_hits_60.html
>
> You can get to the rest of the years from there.

These are all based on year of release.

[Weekes, Ron]

On Jun 14, 2013, at 6:48 PM, "really real" <reall...@shaw.ca> wrote:

> On 6/14/2013 4:56 PM, Weekes, Ron wrote:
>> I've got several DVDs of mp3 files of the top 100 Billboard songs from 45 to 79. Could probably put this list together for my musical enjoyment. What was your criteria for the list rr?
> Sometimes it's hard to figure out which year a song was biggest in.
>
> My criteria was my favorite songs from that year

That's the best criteria of all: your own personal favorite! I cannot argue with that

<snip>

[really real]

> "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" is a very odd pick for
> one of the Stones' top six '60s songs.

I played this for a dance party and it went over very well. The music
really swings, and the lyrics are a lot of fun. It's a real personal
favorite



> And "Fakin' It" and "At the Zoo"
> are odd picks to put in Simon & Garfunkel's top four.

They're both very druggy songs

[RichL]

"Mark Dintenfass" <mdint...@xxnew.rr.com> wrote in message
news:140620131910524599%mdint...@xxnew.rr.com...

> In article <A7udnZjMh5o2NybM...@supernews.com>, RichL
> <rple...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> "really real" <reall...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>> news:0BNut.8921$1Q5....@newsfe01.iad...
>> > Here's a great box set, ten discs of the best of the 60s, year by year.
>> > I
>> > could actually sell this if I put it on an iPod and sold the used iPod.
>>
>> Here's an interesting exercise: filter out the ones that you think aren't
>> very good (some I'd classify as dogs). What remains:
>> >
>> > 1960 (four songs)
>> > Roy Orbison - Roy Orbison-Only The Lonely
>> > Gary U.S. Bonds - New Orleans
>> > The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me
>> > Johnny Preston - Running Bear
>
> You filter out "Cathy's Clown" and "Money" (which the Beatles liked
> well enough) , and you leave in "Running Bear?" Oh, well. De gustibus
> non est disputandum.

The Everlys had much better songs than Cathy's Clown. And there are much
better covers of "Money" than Strong's original.

>
>> > 1961 (seven songs)
>> > Barry Mann - Who Put The Bomp In The Bomp, Bomp,Bomp
>> > Del Shannon - Runaway
>> > Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack
>> > The Shirelles - Baby It's You
>> > Elvis Presley - Little Sister
>> > Marcels - Blue Moon
>> > Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou
>
> No Chuck Berry, no Impressions, no Brenda Lee, but Barry Mann stays in?

Again, Chuck had much better songsm as did Brenda. Mann's song was an
interesting novelty in an otherwise dreary year.

>> > 1962 (six songs)
>> > Bobby Boris Picket - Monster Mash
>> > Gene Pitney - Liberty Valance
>> > Frank Ifield - I Remember You
>> > The Everly Brothers - That's Old Fashioned
>> > Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl
>> > Charlie Drake - My Boomarang Won't Come Back
>
> No Sam Cooke, no Arthur Alexander, but Frank Ifield stays in?

Ditto (see 1961).

>
> My guess is that you think the early 60s were awful because you haven't
> delved very deeply into them.

I didn't need to do any delving. I was musically cognizant by 1960, heard
all of it the first time around. The British Invasion was a great relief.

[Mark Dintenfass]

In article <45ednaDzOZNVUCbM...@supernews.com>, RichL

<rple...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> >
> > My guess is that you think the early 60s were awful because you haven't
> > delved very deeply into them.
>
> I didn't need to do any delving. I was musically cognizant by 1960, heard
> all of it the first time around. The British Invasion was a great relief.

Well, as I said, unlike Bruce I don't think taste is arguable, but it
is interesting how much of the music you find uninteresting the British
invasion bands found exciting.

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

On Jun 14, 10:58 pm, Mark Dintenfass <mdintenf...@xxnew.rr.com> wrote:
> In article <45ednaDzOZNVUCbMnZ2dnUVZ_qCdn...@supernews.com>, RichL

>
> <rpleav...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > My guess is that you think the early 60s were awful because you haven't
> > > delved very deeply into them.
>
> > I didn't need to do any delving. I was musically cognizant by 1960, heard
> > all of it the first time around. The British Invasion was a great relief.
>
> Well, as I said, unlike Bruce I don't think taste is arguable, but it
> is interesting how much of the music you find uninteresting the British
> invasion bands found exciting.

Good point MD. The British groups worshipped Arthur Alexander and Bo
Diddley and Ray Charles and Jimmy reed and the early Motown records
like "Money" and "Shop Around."

[RichL]

"Mark Dintenfass" <mdint...@xxnew.rr.com> wrote in message

news:140620132158076658%mdint...@xxnew.rr.com...

Well, first, they grew past it (as did I). Second, I think overall the
mid-to-late 50s were more interesting than 1960-1962.

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

On Jun 14, 11:33 pm, "RichL" <rpleav...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Mark Dintenfass" <mdintenf...@xxnew.rr.com> wrote in message
>
> news:140620132158076658%mdint...@xxnew.rr.com...
>
> > In article <45ednaDzOZNVUCbMnZ2dnUVZ_qCdn...@supernews.com>, RichL

> > <rpleav...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >> > My guess is that you think the early 60s were awful because you haven't
> >> > delved very deeply into them.
>
> >> I didn't need to do any delving.  I was musically cognizant by 1960,
> >> heard
> >> all of it the first time around.  The British Invasion was a great
> >> relief.
>
> > Well, as I said, unlike Bruce I don't think taste is arguable, but it
> > is interesting how much of the music you find uninteresting the British
> > invasion bands found exciting.
>
> Well, first, they grew past it (as did I).  Second, I think overall the
> mid-to-late 50s were more interesting than 1960-1962.

We certainly agree on that.

But those groups never grew past what they liked. Whenever the Beatles
had down time in the studio they invariably started jamming on some
50s or early 60s song they like, such as "That's All Right" or "Some
Other Guy." Lennon did several early 60s songs in the 70s, like "Stand
By Me" and "Be My Baby," Ringo too with "You're Sixteen" and George
later on with the obscure "Got My Mind Set On You" which was done
originally by James Ray in like 1962. Springsteen regularly performs
early 60s songs live (Quarter To Three, Da Doo Ron Ron).

[RichL]

"The Bloomfield Bloviator" <sav...@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:ec9ce465-900f-4d38...@a8g2000yqp.googlegroups.com...

Bo Diddley's best work (IMO) was in the late 50s. Alexander was kind of a
minor player; he had some good tunes, though. I've always thought Ray
Charles was an icon; I didn't keep "Ruby" on my list because I thought he
did some much better songs (including "Hit The Road Jack" and "Busted",
which I did keep). Overall, I thought RR's list had a rather poor selection
of songs from black artists; I thought some other ones not listed were
better.

And there wasn't even a Reed song on the original list.

[Mark Dintenfass]

In article <rL-dnYrcp4QYfSbM...@supernews.com>, RichL

I agree with your second point. I just think that, despite top-40 radio
going downhill after 1958 until the British invasion, there was lots of
good music being made during the "cusp years." You just had to dig a
little deeper to find it.

As for the British bands growing past that music, as late as "Lady
Madonna" McCartney was imitating Fats Domino and as late as "Let it
Bleed" the Stones were still imitating Bo Diddley (compare "Nasty
Habits" with "Who Do You Love,") and as late as the radio show Dylan
was still apparently happy to play tons of music from the whole period
between 1948 and the British Invasion.

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

On Jun 14, 11:44 pm, "RichL" <rpleav...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "The Bloomfield Bloviator" <savo...@verizon.net> wrote in messagenews:ec9ce465-900f-4d38...@a8g2000yqp.googlegroups.com...

>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jun 14, 10:58 pm, Mark Dintenfass <mdintenf...@xxnew.rr.com> wrote:
> >> In article <45ednaDzOZNVUCbMnZ2dnUVZ_qCdn...@supernews.com>, RichL
>
> >> <rpleav...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >> > > My guess is that you think the early 60s were awful because you
> >> > > haven't
> >> > > delved very deeply into them.
>
> >> > I didn't need to do any delving.  I was musically cognizant by 1960,
> >> > heard
> >> > all of it the first time around.  The British Invasion was a great
> >> > relief.
>
> >> Well, as I said, unlike Bruce I don't think taste is arguable, but it
> >> is interesting how much of the music you find uninteresting the British
> >> invasion bands found exciting.
>
> > Good point MD. The British groups worshipped Arthur Alexander and Bo
> > Diddley and Ray Charles and Jimmy reed and the early Motown records
> > like "Money" and "Shop Around."
>
> Bo Diddley's best work (IMO) was in the late 50s.

I'd say more like 55-58. But he had several classics in the 60s too.

[RichL]

"Mark Dintenfass" <mdint...@xxnew.rr.com> wrote in message

news:140620132244535012%mdint...@xxnew.rr.com...

> In article <rL-dnYrcp4QYfSbM...@supernews.com>, RichL
> <rple...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> "Mark Dintenfass" <mdint...@xxnew.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:140620132158076658%mdint...@xxnew.rr.com...
>> > In article <45ednaDzOZNVUCbM...@supernews.com>, RichL
>> > <rple...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> >
>> >> > My guess is that you think the early 60s were awful because you
>> >> > haven't
>> >> > delved very deeply into them.
>> >>
>> >> I didn't need to do any delving. I was musically cognizant by 1960,
>> >> heard
>> >> all of it the first time around. The British Invasion was a great
>> >> relief.
>> >
>> > Well, as I said, unlike Bruce I don't think taste is arguable, but it
>> > is interesting how much of the music you find uninteresting the British
>> > invasion bands found exciting.
>>
>> Well, first, they grew past it (as did I). Second, I think overall the
>> mid-to-late 50s were more interesting than 1960-1962.
>
> I agree with your second point. I just think that, despite top-40 radio
> going downhill after 1958 until the British invasion, there was lots of
> good music being made during the "cusp years." You just had to dig a
> little deeper to find it.

Perhaps. Mainly in those years, my older cousin controlled the radio dial,
and as a consequence I got lots of Annette and Frankie and Fabian.

>
> As for the British bands growing past that music, as late as "Lady
> Madonna" McCartney was imitating Fats Domino and as late as "Let it
> Bleed" the Stones were still imitating Bo Diddley (compare "Nasty
> Habits" with "Who Do You Love,") and as late as the radio show Dylan
> was still apparently happy to play tons of music from the whole period
> between 1948 and the British Invasion.

I like those songs, but those bands' albums had a bunch of other, more
"modern" (at the time) songs as well. I appreciated the mix.

I bought "The Rolling Stones Now" album when it first came out; a lot of the
songs on that album are blues/R&B covers. I actually like that version of
the Stones better than when the albums had (almost exclusively)
Jagger/Richards songs.

As for the Beatles, well, they mixed it up very well. "Lady Madonna" is a
great tune and I got the Fats Domino (another guy who did his best stuff in
the 50s) connection immediately. McCartney also "did" Little Richard on a
couple of good tunes. But I like their more adventurous stuff better, like
Strawberry Fields and A Day In The Life. It's no surprise that those guys
paid homage to their roots, but they wouldn't be considered (by most folks)
the greatest rock act of all time had they not progressed beyond those
influences.

[really real]

The Dyna-Sores was played first in Vancouver and then the Hollywood
Argyles version replaced it and became the big hit. I think I always
resented this. And because the Dyna-Sores version sounded better, I went
with it.

[really real]

I can't find the post where Bloomfield wonders why I didn't have Sam
Cooke but instead had Frank Ifield.

I did use Digital Dreams as my source for finding the songs, and this
might explain why I missed some important black artists who didn't make
Digital's lists.

I have a Sam Cooke for the first three years of the 60s except for 1961.
I guess I should have put Cupid on 1961.

Frank Ifield is kind of a special quirky one-hit wonder. I'd hate to
leave him out.

[The Bloomfield Buddy]

On Jun 15, 10:07 am, really real <reallyr...@shaw.ca> wrote:

> I can't find the post where Bloomfield wonders why I didn't have Sam
> Cooke but instead had Frank Ifield.

That wasn't me, it was Dintenfass, and he wasn't talking about you, he
was talking about Rich's lists of which songs from the early 60s that
he thought were not shit.

[Mark Dintenfass]

In article <ApSdnfy4UJQkeybM...@supernews.com>, RichL

<rple...@yahoo.com> wrote:


> >>
> >> Well, first, they grew past it (as did I). Second, I think overall the
> >> mid-to-late 50s were more interesting than 1960-1962.
> >
> > I agree with your second point. I just think that, despite top-40 radio
> > going downhill after 1958 until the British invasion, there was lots of
> > good music being made during the "cusp years." You just had to dig a
> > little deeper to find it.
>
> Perhaps. Mainly in those years, my older cousin controlled the radio dial,
> and as a consequence I got lots of Annette and Frankie and Fabian.

That's a good enough reason to dislike the era. :-)

> > As for the British bands growing past that music, as late as "Lady
> > Madonna" McCartney was imitating Fats Domino and as late as "Let it
> > Bleed" the Stones were still imitating Bo Diddley (compare "Nasty
> > Habits" with "Who Do You Love,") and as late as the radio show Dylan
> > was still apparently happy to play tons of music from the whole period
> > between 1948 and the British Invasion.
>
> I like those songs, but those bands' albums had a bunch of other, more
> "modern" (at the time) songs as well. I appreciated the mix.
>
> I bought "The Rolling Stones Now" album when it first came out; a lot of the
> songs on that album are blues/R&B covers. I actually like that version of
> the Stones better than when the albums had (almost exclusively)
> Jagger/Richards songs.
>
> As for the Beatles, well, they mixed it up very well. "Lady Madonna" is a
> great tune and I got the Fats Domino (another guy who did his best stuff in
> the 50s) connection immediately. McCartney also "did" Little Richard on a
> couple of good tunes. But I like their more adventurous stuff better, like
> Strawberry Fields and A Day In The Life. It's no surprise that those guys
> paid homage to their roots, but they wouldn't be considered (by most folks)
> the greatest rock act of all time had they not progressed beyond those
> influences.

I like Beatles stuff from every period, and I used to be very taken
with the sense of "growth" and "development" they embodied. But looking
back now, I think they were far more consistently great in their middle
period--"Rubber Soul" is my favorite of their albums--and I think there
is better music overall on "Help" than on "Sgt. Pepper."

[The Bloomfield Buddy]

On Jun 15, 11:02 am, Mark Dintenfass <mdintenf...@xxnew.rr.com> wrote:
> In article <ApSdnfy4UJQkeybMnZ2dnUVZ_s6dn...@supernews.com>, RichL

Their best album IMO is "A Hard Day's Night."

A1 A Hard Day's Night 2:32
A2 I Should Have Known Better 2:44
A3 If I Fell 2:22
A4 I'm Happy Just to Dance With You 1:58
A5 And I Love Her 2:31
A6 Tell Me Why 2:10
A7 Can't Buy Me Love 2:15
B1 Any Time at All 2:13
B2 I'll Cry Instead 1:47
B3 Things We Said Today 2:38
B4 When I Get Home 2:18
B5 You Can't Do That 2:37
B6 I'll Be Back 2:20

[Just Walkin']

On Jun 14, 6:23 pm, really real <reallyr...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Here's a great box set, ten discs of the best of the 60s, year by year.
> I could actually sell this if I put it on an iPod and sold the used iPod.
>

Nice set, but nothing by Chubby Checker, given the popularity of the
twist? Last big radio song to tickle these ears before it was
displaced by the sound of The Beatles and the British invasion for the
rest of the decade was Hooka Took by Chubby Checker, #17 the night
those pesky moptops played Sullivan...

>
> 1960
> Hank Ballard - Finger Poppin Time
> Elvis Presley - A Mess Of Blues
> Don Gibson - Sweet Dreams

> Roy Orbison - Roy Orbison-Only The Lonely

> Fats Domino - My Girl Josephine
> Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - A Rockin' Good Way
> Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea
> Marty Robbins - Big Iron
> The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown
> Billy Bland - Let The Little Girl Dance
> Barret Strong - Money

> Gary U.S. Bonds - New Orleans

> Ray Smith - Rockin' Little Angel
> Donny  Brooks - Mission Bell
> Little Willie John - Sleep
> Joe Jones - You Talk Too Much
> The Fendermen - Mule Skinner
> Ray Peterson - Corrina Corrina
> Ray Charles - Ruby
> Sam Cooke - Chain Gang
> James Brown - Think
> The Coasters - Run Red Run
> Johnny Bond - Hot Rod Lincoln
> Lloyd Price - Lady Luck
> Jerry Butler - He Will Break Your Heart

> The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me
> Johnny Preston - Running Bear

> Jack Scott - Oh Little One
> The Dyna-Sores - Alley-Oop
>
> 1961
> Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That
> Chuck Berry - Come On
> Eddie Hodges - I'm Gonna  Knock on Your Door
> Brenda Lee - Dum Dum
> Dee Clark - Raindrops
> Don Gibson - Sea Of Hearbreak
> Bobby Darin - Lazy River
> Ben E. King  - Amor
> Gene Pitney - Every Breath I Take
> The mpressions - Gypsy Woman

> Barry Mann - Who Put The  Bomp In The Bomp, Bomp,Bomp

> Dick & Deedee- - The Mountains High
> Del Shannon - Runaway
> Slim Harpo - Rainin' In My Heart

> Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack
> The Shirelles - Baby It's  You

> Ike & Tina Turner - I Think  It's Going To Work Out Fine
> Clarence Frogman Henry - You Always Hurt The One You Love
> Dion - The Wanderer
> Jerry Lee Lewis - Bonnie B
> The Coasters - Wait A Minute

> Elvis Presley - Little Sister

> Ernie K-Doe - Mother-In-Law
> Marcels - Blue Moon
> Gene McDaniels - A Hundred Pounds Of Clay
> The  Fleetwoods - He's The Great Impostor
> Ral Donner - You Don't Know  What You've Got
> Joe Dowell - Wooden Heart
> Leroy Van Dyke - Walk On By
> Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya

> Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou

> The  Edsels - Rama Lama Ding Dong
>
> 1962
> Gary Us Bonds - Dear Lady Twist
> Chris Montez - Lets Dance
> Bruce Chanel - Hey Baby
> Roy Orbison - Dream Baby
> Clyde McPhatter - Lover Please
> The Sensations - Let Me In
> Dion - Lovers Who Wander
> The  Orlons - The Wah Watusi
> Mel Torme - Comin' Home Baby
> Gene McDaniels - Chip Chip

> Bobby Boris Picket - Monster Mash

> Lonnie Russ - My Wife Can't Cook
> The Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789
> Bobby Darin - Things
> Marty Robbins - Devil Woman

> Gene Pitney - Liberty Valance
> Frank Ifield - I Remember You
> The Everly Brothers - That's Old Fashioned

> Sue Thompson - Norman
> Elvis Presley - She's Not You
> The Springfields - Silver Threads And Golden Needles

> Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl

> Arthur Alexander - You Better Move On
> Johnny Thunder - Loop De Loop
> Barbara George - 1 Know
> Ray Charles - You Are My Sunshine
> Brook Benton - Shadrack
> Sam Cooke - Twisting the Night Away
> Ketty Lester - Love Letters

> Charlie Drake - My Boomarang Won't Come Back
>

> 1963
> The Ronettes - Be My Baby
> Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou
> Martha & The Vandellas - (Love is Like A) Heatwave
> The Beatles - She Loves You
> The Jaynettes - Sally go Round the Roses
> The Righteous Brothers - Little Latin Lupe Lu
> The Orlons - South Street
> Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night
> Beach Boys - Surfin' USA
> Marvin Gaye - Can I Get A Witness
> The Exciters - Tell  Him
> Dion - Ruby Baby
> Ray Charles - Busted
> Bobby Bare - Detroit City
> Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star
> The Drifters - On Broadway
> Gene Pitney - 24 Hours from Tulsa
> Elvis Presley - Bossa Nova Baby
> The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over
> Little Eva - Let's Turkey Trot
> Jimmyy Soul - If You Wanna  Be Happy
> Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Deep Purple
> The Kingston Trio - Desert Pete
> The Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In
> The Cookies - Don't Say Nothing Bad About My Baby
> Dave  Dudley - Six Days on the Road
> Peter Paul & Mary - Don't  Think Twice, It's All Right
> Rolf Harris - Tie Me Wallaby Down, Sport
> The Chiffons - He's So Fine
> Stevie Wonder - Fingertips Pt 2
> Dion - Donna The Prima Donna
> 1964
> The Newbeats  - Bread And Butter
> Bobby Freeman - C'mon & Swim
> Chuck Berry - Nadine
> The Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road
> Little Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop
> Major Lance - Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um
> The Beatles - She's A Woman
> Manfred Mann - Doo Wa Diddy
> The Four Seasons - Stay
> The Everly Brothers - Gone Gone Gone
> The Searchers - Needles And Pins
> Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly
> The Honeycombs - Have I The Right
> Jan & Dean - The New Girl In School
> Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces
> The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
> Peter & Gordon - A World Without Love
> The Reflections - Romeo And Juliet
> The Riverias - Warm California Sun
> Freddy Cannon - Abigail Beecher
> The Beach Boys - Fun Fun Fun
> The Animals - I'm Crying
> The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side
> Marianne Faithful - As Tears Go By
> Jay & The Americans - Come A Little Bit Closer
> Stan Getz & Astrid Gilberto - Girl From Ipanema
> Terry Stafford - Suspicion
> Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas
> Shirley Ellis - The Nitty Gritty
> The Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake
> Gale Garnette - We'll Sing in the Sunshine
> Bruce & Terry - Help Me Rhonda
> The Kinks - C'mon Now
>
> 1965
> The Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
> Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
> Len Barry - 1-2-3
> The Fortunes - You've Got Your Troubles
> Dionne Warwick - Are You There (With Another Girl)
> The Ad Libs - The Boy From New York City
> The Beach Boys - You're So Good To Me
> The Beatles - Eight Days A Week
> Bobby Fuller Four - Love's Made A Fool Of You
> Charlie Rich - Mohair Sam
> Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
> The Yardbirds - For Your Love
> The Silkie - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
> The Lovin' Spoonful - You Baby
> Dick & Dee Dee - Thou Shalt Not Steal
> Georgie Fame - Yeh Yeh
> Johnny Rivers - Seventh Son
> Manfred Mann - My Little Red Book
> The McCoys - Sorrow
> The Olympics - Good Lovin
> The Righteous Brothers - Just Once In My Life
> The Rolling Stones - The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man
> Roy Head - Treat Her Right
> The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
> Sam The Sham - Little Red Riding Hood
> Sonny & Cher - Baby Don't Go
> The Tradewinds - New York's A Lonely Town
> The Shangrilas - He Cried
> 1966
> Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
> J. J. Jackson - But It's Alright
> Love - Seven And Seven Is
> The Seekers - Georgy Girl
> The Animals - Don't Bring Me Down
> The Turtles - You Baby
> Stevie Wonder - Nothing's Too Good For My Baby
> Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo
> Mitch Rider & The Detroit Wheels - Little Latin Lupe Lu
> The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
> The Outsiders - Time Won't Let Me - Rolling Stones - Mothers Little Helper
> The Left Bank - The Walk Away Renee
> Johnny Rivers - Poor Side Of Town
> The Lovin' Spoonful - Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind
> Simon & Garfunkel - At The Zoo
> The Byrds - Eight Miles High
> Beatles - Paperback Writer
> Yardbirds - Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
> Sopwith Camel - Hello Hello
> Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y
> The Troggs - Wild Thing
> The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg
> Bobby Moore - Searching For My Love
> The Monkees - I'm A Believer
> Syndicate Of Sound - Little Girl
> The Music Machine - Talk Talk
> The Standells - Dirty Water
> Shadows of Knight - Gloria
>
> 1967
> The Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love
> The Rolling Stones - Dandelion
> Simon & Garfunkel - Fakin' It
> Peter, Paul & Mary - I Dig Rock 'n' Roll Music
> Aretha Franklin - Respect
> The Doors - Light My Fire
> Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
> Harpers Bizarre - 59th St Bridge Song
> Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
> John Fred And His Playboys - Judy In Disguise
> The Beach Boys - Heroes & Villains
> The Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941
> The Box Tops - The Letter
> Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
> Donovan - There Is A Mountain
> The Hollies - On A Carousel
> Lulu - To Sir With Love
> Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense & Peppermints
> The Lovin' Spoonful - Six O'Clock
> The Soul Survivors - Expressway To Your Heart
> The Rascals - Groovin'
> Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
> The Beatles - Baby, You're A Rich Man
> The Byrds - So You Wanna Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star
> The Who - Happy Jack
> Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Second That Emotion
> The Mojo Men - Sit Down I Think I Love You
> Monkees - I'm Not Your Stepping Stone
> The Hombres - Let It All Hang Out
>
> 1968
> Cream - White Room
> The Who - Magic Bus
> Beach Boys  - Do It Again
> The Box Tops - Cry Like a Baby
> The Rascals - A Beautiful Morning
> The Doors - Hello I Love You
> Tommy James & The Shondells - Crimson & Clover
> Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man
> The Beatles - Lady Madonna
> Big Brother & The Holding Company - Piece Of My Heart
> The Chamber Bros - I Can't Turn You Loose
> Sly & the Family Stone - Everyday People
> The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash
> The Stone Poneys - Different Drum
> Stevie Wonder - Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
> Tom Jones - Delilah
> The Four Tops - Walk Away Renee
> Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
> Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
> Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain
> Troggs - Love Is All Around
> B J Thomas - Hooked On a Feeling
> Four Jacks & A Jill - Master Jack
> Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
>
> 1969
> Stevie Wonder - Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
> Harry Nilsson - I Guess The Lord Must Live In New York City
> The Who - The Who - Pinball Wizard
> Blood, Sweat & Tears - And When I Die
> Aretha Franklin - Eleanor Rigby
> Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino
> The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman
> Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
> Dionne Warwick - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
> The Guess Who - Undun
> The Zombies - Time Of The Season
> The Box Tops - Soul Deep
> Sly & the Family Stone - Stand
> The Beatles - Something
> Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
> Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music
> Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
> Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air
> Wilbur Harrison - Let's Work ...
>
> read more »

[RichL]

"Mark Dintenfass" <mdint...@xxnew.rr.com> wrote in message

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Oddly enough, I (mainly) agree! I don't rank "Pepper" among my favorites.
In no particular order (since I seem to gravitate from one to another on a
weekly basis), my top four are:

Revolver
Rubber Soul
Abbey Road

A Hard Day's Night

Pepper was great in terms of introducing a "concept" but in terms of
execution (and individual song quality) I don't think it's as good as any of
my top four. The White Album sounds like a collection of individual musical
efforts (which in reality it was) rather than a coherent effort, and in my
view Let It Be just sucked. I think Abbey Road turned out well because by
that time it had dawned on them that it would be their final legacy.

[The Bloomfield Buddy]

On Jun 15, 12:52 pm, "Just Walkin'" <kensh...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Jun 14, 6:23 pm, really real <reallyr...@shaw.ca> wrote:> Here's a great box set, ten discs of the best of the 60s, year by year.
> > I could actually sell this if I put it on an iPod and sold the used iPod.
>
> Nice set, but nothing by Chubby Checker, given the popularity of the
> twist? Last big radio song to tickle these ears before it was
> displaced by the sound of The Beatles and the British invasion for the
> rest of the decade was Hooka Took by Chubby Checker, #17 the night
> those pesky moptops played Sullivan...

That's a huge exageration. After the Beatles hit in early 1964 there
were still plenty of American artists having hits. Even more American
artists were having hits than British artists were, all through the
60s. Lots more.

For instance, here's the DDD list for 1966, minus the British acts:

90 of the 120 songs are by American acts (75%).

The myth that the radio became all British inbasion in 1964 and beyond
is just that, a myth.

1 Good Vibrations Beach Boys
2 When A Man Loves A Woman Percy Sledge
3 Reach Out, I'll Be There Four Tops
5 Ain't Too Proud To Beg Temptations
6 Eight Miles High Byrds
7 For What It's Worth Buffalo Springfield
9 You Keep Me Hangin' On Supremes
11 Psychotic Reaction Count Five
12 I'm A Believer Monkees
13 God Only Knows Beach Boys
14 96 Tears ? & the Mysterians
15 Hold On, I'm A'Comin' Sam & Dave
16 Kicks Paul Revere & the Raiders
17 Good Lovin' Young Rascals
18 River Deep, Mountain High Ike & Tina Turner
19 Mustang Sally Wilson Pickett
20 You Can't Hurry Love Supremes
21 Devil With A Blue Dress On (medley) Mitch Ryder & the Detroit
Wheels
22 Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) Swingin' Medallions
23 Wouldn't It Be Nice Beach Boys
24 Knock On Wood Eddie Floyd
25 Summer In The City Lovin' Spoonful
28 Try A Little Tenderness Otis Redding
29 (You're My) Soul And Inspiration Righteous Brothers
31 Along Comes Mary Association
33 I Am A Rock Simon & Garfunkel
34 Just Like A Woman Bob Dylan
39 Pushin' Too Hard Seeds
40 You're Gonna Miss Me 13th Floor Elevators
41 Black Is Black Los Bravos
42 Tell It Like It Is Aaron Neville
43 Homeward Bound Simon & Garfunkel
44 What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted Jimmy Ruffin
45 (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet Blues Magoos
47 This Old Heart Of Mine Isley Brothers
48 Beauty Is Only Skin Deep Temptations
49 Solitary Man Neil Diamond
50 Monday, Monday Mamas & Papas
51 Walk Away Renee Left Banke
53 Land Of 1,000 Dances Wilson Pickett
54 Gloria Shadows Of Knight
55 I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) Electric Prunes
57 Daydream Lovin' Spoonful
58 Summertime Billy Stewart
59 Secret Agent Man Johnny Rivers
62 Hungry Paul Revere & the Raiders
63 Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix / Leaves
66 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) Wilson Pickett
67 Talk Talk Music Machine
68 But It's Alright J.J. Jackson
69 Sloop John B Beach Boys
70 A Hazy Shade Of Winter Simon & Garfunkel
71 Society's Child Janis Ian
72 Working In A Coal Mine Lee Dorsey
73 Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me) Four Seasons
74 Last Train To Clarksville Monkees
75 Rainy Day Women # 12 and 35 Bob Dylan
76 Working My Way Back To You Four Seasons
77 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Dusty Springfield
78 (I Know) I'm Losing You Temptations
79 Wang Dang Doodle Koko Taylor
80 Standing In The Shadows Of Love Four Tops
81 I Saw Her Again Mamas & Papas
82 (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone Monkees
85 Kind Of A Drag Buckinghams
86 I'm Your Puppet James & Bobby Purify
87 It's A Man's Man's Man's World James Brown
89 Little Girl Syndicate Of Sound
90 Cherry Cherry Neil Diamond
91 Cherish Association
92 Go Where You Wanna Go 5th Dimension/Mamas & Papas
94 Get Ready Temptations
96 Red Rubber Ball Cyrkle
97 Good Thing Paul Revere & the Raiders
100 Visions Of Johanna Bob Dylan
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102 Whispers (Getting Louder) Jackie Wilson
103 The Beat Goes On Sonny & Cher
104 Time Won't Let Me Outsiders
105 Poor Side Of Town Johnny Rivers
106 I Want You Bob Dylan
107 My Little Red Book Love
108 Cool Jerk Capitols
111 Sweet Talkin' Guy Chiffons
112 Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart Supremes
115 A Place In The Sun Stevie Wonder
116 That's Life Frank Sinatra
117 B-A-B-Y Carla Thomas
118 Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) Cher
119 Barefootin' Robert Parker
120 Bring It Up James Brown

[Just Walkin']

You are correct, but I said "these ears." Sure I listened to Wilson
Pickett, Sam & Dave, Jr. Walker, JB, and the charts had plenty of what
seemed like diversity, but my classmates sure didn't know about it or
care. They were all about this new sound and phase in product
development and demographic marketing.

[The Bloomfield Buddy]

There was no way they could miss these things then. There was no radio
playing the Britsh Invasion except for top 40 stations that also
played most of the other stuff on this ;list. It wasn't until at least
like 1968 or 1969 that most markets had an FM stations that just
played album styled rock.

[Just Walkin']

I grew up in the crossfire between Karl Graf and Rudy Frank. Just a
hip hop cross Main, the scenes were worlds apart. High school was the
raisinhood and we had to take the bus, as they say these days, to bust
a move. It wasn't until the end of the decade that this demographic
"rediscovered" horns and heritage, through the adoption of aged black
musical fathers by their would-be commercial musical sons. And there I
was at the Armory digging Kool and the Gang...

[really real]

>>
> Nice set, but nothing by Chubby Checker, given the popularity of the
> twist? Last big radio song to tickle these ears before it was
> displaced by the sound of The Beatles and the British invasion for the
> rest of the decade was Hooka Took by Chubby Checker, #17 the night
> those pesky moptops played Sullivan...
>

I never noticed I left out Chubby, which is interesting because I'm a
fan. I always liked his Popeye the Hitchhiker song.

Maybe because I already have a Twist compilation, I figured I didn't
need to put The Twist on one of the years

THE TWIST
1. Hank Ballard - The Twist
2. Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again
3. Sam Cooke – Twistin’ The Night Away
4. Danny & The Juniors - Twistin’ USA
5. Joey Dee & The Starlighters - Peppermint Twist - Part I
6. Joey Dee & The Starlighters -Peppermint Twist –Par II
7. The Isley Brothers - Twisting With Linda
8. The Dovells- Bristol Twistin' Annie
9. Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lot Of Twistin’ Going On
10. Jackie Wilson - Twistin’ And Shoutin’ (Doing The Monkey)
11. The Marvelettes - Twistin’ Postman
12. Jimmy Soul - Twistin’ Matilda
13. Gary US Bonds - Twist Twist Senora
14. The Travelling Wilburies - Wilbury Twist
15. Dire Straits - Twisting By The Pool
16. Chubby Checker - Twist It Up
17. Danny & The Juniors – Twistin’ All Night Long
18. The Isley Brothers -Do The Twist
19. Jerry Lee Lewis - I've Been Twistin’
20. Ike & Tina Turner - Track Down Twist
21. Gary US Bonds-Dear Lady Twist
22. Louis Prima - Twist All Night
23. King Curtis-Soul Twist
24. Chubby Checker -Slow Twistin’
25. Roy Milton-Up Town Twist
26. Fats Domino -Domino Stomp (Twistin' The Stomp)
27. Phil Baugh - Bumble Twist
28. Moongooners - Moongoon Twist
29. Roller Coasters - Wild Twist
30. Chubby Checker - The Twist

[Mark Dintenfass]

In article <iqmdnRTGVMfyMyHM...@supernews.com>, RichL

We basically agree. I think the White Album could have been one very
good LP, but they could have canned the other. I love the "second side"
of Abbey Road, but almost never play the first side. There's some good
stuff on "Let It Be" (Across the Universe, Get Back, and the title
song) but plenty of filler. What makes Rubber Soul and Revolver special
is how consistently good they are. Even "Michelle" is listenable.
"Tomorrow Never Knows" is probably the great divide for the two
varieties of Beatles fans. I'm pro.

[Jordy Chase]

I love "Tomorrow never knows", one of the first psychedelic songs... What makes "The White album" so unique and special is it's 4 sides...

[really real]

>
>> I already have a Twist compilation
>

> Now there's a compilation that actually makes sense to do.
>


Not all the songs are actually twistable, and there are a lot of great
twist songs that can be appropriated, as they showed us in Pulp Fiction
that Never Can Tell was a twist song.

I once got into a newsgroup argument who claimed The Twist wasn't a real
dance, and there's no such thing as Twist music.

You might have noticed that I left the Twist comp off my list of comps.

[really real]

>
> Some of my favorite Twist songs, basically in order of preference...it
> would be delightful to spin these tunes at a dance and watch everyone
> wildly twist away.
>
> Beatles-Twist and Shout (I have four other versions too...I'll let BB
> worry about which ones)


My Twist comp is a matter of stamina. How many songs can I do the twist
to before I collapse.

I've been tempted to make a compilation out of all the different
versions of Twist and Shout. But I've learned that those comps never get
played.

Your list of Twist songs has a few good ones,like Dylan's and Graham
Parkers, but "twist" is not interesting enough metaphorically to
justify a compilation




>
> Dylan-Simple Twist of Fate
>
> Art Brut
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpFMu392kZA
>
> Frightened Rabbit (I only like this band in bits and pieces, though)
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2zFQXZxuTs
>
> Bernard Herrmann
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKORO8S6m8
>
> Tones on Tail
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHrUjxeWjUs
>
> The Clean
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLUuqZzYbDU
>
> Serge Gainsbourg
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgjSRFO21X0
>
> Graham Parker
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCpgQG98glE
>
> David Byrne
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baQ8mOi1oIw
>
> Joni Mitchell
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iisYw0epV_Q
>
> Richard Thompson
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHJe3k8OQ0M
>
> Richard Thompson again
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_LDcyPqAgw
>
> The Futureheads
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XwQ1W9_yP4
>
> Ride
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ8y87YQDX4
>
> Captain Beefheart [definitely a lesser Beefheart track]
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXw4s9QnAYU
>
> Shonen Knife
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS06KFkGsXk
>
> They Might Be Giants
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_4IjyX8lJo
>
> Band of Susans
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTbXw3bJVPA'
>
> Sure wish Dome's "Twist Up" was on YouTube. Always a big crowd-pleaser.
>

[really real]

>
>> "twist" is not interesting enough metaphorically to
>> justify a compilation
>

> Yes, it's nowhere near as richly evocative as "Do."

>


>
>> "twist" is not interesting enough metaphorically to
>> justify a compilation
>

> Yes, it's nowhere near as richly evocative as "Do."
>


I'm sure you've forgotten at the time, or are too lazy to do the
research and look up the old threads, but "Do" is a very rich
compilation. I'm proud of myself for figuring out just how much the word
"do" can be part of a lot of very good songs.



DO/
1. The Beatles- Love Me Do
2. Marvin Gaye - Baby Don't You Do It
3. Steely Dan - Do It Again
4. Brinsley Schwarz - Happy Doing What We're Doing
5. The Beach Boys - Do It Again
6. Cher - All I Really Want To Do
7. Clarence Henry-(I Don't Know Why) But I Do
8. The Rolling Stones- What To Do
9. Elvis Costello - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
10. Bob Dylan- Whatcha Gonna Do
11. Little Richard - It Ain't What You Do
12. Manfred Mann- Do Wah Diddy Diddy
13. The Kinks - Do It Again
14. The Loving Spoonful - Didn't Want to Have to Do It
15. Jesse Winchester - Do It
16. Buddy Holly - What To Do
17. Gerry & The Pacemakers- How Do You Do It
18. Eddie & The Hot Rods- Do Anything You Wanna Do
19. Donovan - Oh Deed I Do
20. Jimmy Clanton - What Am I Gonna Do
21. Delaney & Bonnie- All We Really Want To Do
22. Taj Mahal - Why You Do Me This Way
23. The Flying Burrito Brothers- Do Right Woman
24. Toussant McCall - I'll Do It For You
25. Commonwealth Jones - Do Do Do
26. Edwyn Collins - Do It Again
27. James Brown - Why Do You Do Me

[really real]

>
>> I'm sure you've forgotten at the time, or are too lazy to do the
>> research and look up the old threads, but "Do" is a very rich
>> compilation.
>

> Of course it is. Because there are a million songs with "Do" in the
> title, so there are bound to be a pile of good ones.
>
> It's the 40th most common word in my database, and that's not counting
> 30 or so mp3s. Or any songs with "Doing." It's probably about 350 tunes
> in all. Inevitably, I could cull 25 fine songs from that "very rich"
> sample.
>




No, no, you still don't understand.

It's the way the word "do" resonates in those songs. It's got nothing at
all to do with how common it is in your data base, aside from making it
a very hard comp for which to find the songs.

(Sigh,) it's like trying to tell a stranger about metaphors.