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Friday, August 08, 2008

Favorite 60's Singles


8-8-08 Favorite 60’s Singles

Recently I made some various artists CD-R’s to play in the car on the way from L.A. to San Francisco – I used the old KRLA “21 Golden Hits” LP’s as a basis for my selection.

AD LIBS - Boy From New York City, The

ALLEN, DAVIE / THE ARROWS - Blues Theme

AMERICAN BREED - Bend Me, Shape Me

ASSOCIATION, THE - Along Comes Mary; Windy

BARRY, LEN - 1,2,3

BEAU BRUMMELS - Laugh Laugh

COUNT FIVE, THE - Psychotic Reaction

ELECTRIC PRUNES - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night

ESQUIRES, THE - Get On Up

FIVE AMERICANS, THE - Western Union

FRED, JOHN / PLAYBOY BAND - Judy In Disguise

JACKSON, J.J. - But It's Allright

KNICKERBOCKERS, THE - Lies

KUBAN, BOB - Cheater, The

LEAVES, THE - Hey Joe

LOVE - My Little Red Book; 7 And 7 Is

LOVIN' SPOONFUL - Summer In The City; Do You Believe In Magic?

MASAKELA, HUGH - Grazin' In The Grass

MOJO MEN, THE - Sit Down, I Think I Love You

MUSIC MACHINE - Talk Talk

NEWBEATS - Run Baby Run; Bread & Butter

RAINY DAZE - That Acapulco Gold

RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - Little Latin Lupe Lu

SAM THE SHAM - Wooly Bully; Little Red Riding Hood

SEEDS, THE - Pushin' Too Hard; Mr. Farmer

SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - She's About A Mover; The Rains Came

SOPWITH CAMEL - Hello Hello

SOUL SURVIVORS - Expressway To Your Heart

STANDELLS, THE - Dirty Water

STEWART, BILLY - Summertime

STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK - Incense & Peppermints

SUNRAYS, THE - Andrea

SYNDICATE OF SOUND - Hey Little Girl

TWO OF CLUBS, THE - Walk Tall

WHITCOMB, IAN - Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go…?

WOOD, BRENTON - Oogum Boogum Song; Gimme A Little Sign

YELLOW BALLOON - Yellow Balloon

Some are soul hits, some are “Nuggets” – but what they all have in common for me is that I remember hearing all of these on the AM radio in the 1960’s. Are some of your favorites here? What would you add to this list?

4 Comments:

Blogger Brian Ware said...

This is one of my favorite eras/genres as well. "Bend Me Shape Me", "Western Union" and "Lies" are among my favorites too. I'd add "Time Won't Let Me" by The Outsiders, "Temptation Eyes" by The Grassroots, Jelly Jungle (Of Orange Marmalade) by The Lemon Pipers, and "The Shape Of Things To Come" by Max Frost And The Troopers. Groovy stuff!!

8:48 AM  
Blogger Ron Kane said...

100% with you on The Outsiders; will need to dust off my copies of the Grassroots, Lemon Pipers (I always liked 'Blueberry Blue') and Max Frost 45's.

5:21 PM  
Blogger Warren Bowman said...

Off the top of my head, I would have to add "The Mighty Quinn".

10:25 PM  
Blogger Ron Kane said...

There aren't a lot of British artists on this list; I agree, Manfred Mann is very groovy - but this list would swell to twice it's size by adding Donovan, Manfred Mann etc.

- RK, 50

4:27 AM  

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