Posted on 01/07/2020 7:42:22 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel
Who wants to participate in a music play-off bracket-type poll for best songs of the '70s?
2 and 5 years ago I ran "tournaments" to pick the best songs of the '70s and '80s, based on Billboard rankings, so only the best of the best were included!
You can view how this played out here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3249477/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3635562/posts
I want to do that for the '60s, and some posters expressed interest in the '60s back then.
Good. Welcome back.
Thank you!
A few “oddballs”
Third Rail - Run, Run, Run
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints
Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
The Hombres - Let it All Hang Out
And a couple that stick in my recall
Roger Miller - King of the Road
Paul Mauriat - Love is Blue
I’d gather more if I lingered in the memory banks. WLS, WHTC, WOKY, CKLW
I’m in!
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow by the Shirelles
(first song by a black all-girl group to reach number one in the U.S.)
Moon River by Andy Williams, 1961
Twist and Shout by the Isley Brothers, 1961
Do You Love Me by the Contours, 1961
Be My Baby by the Ronettes, 1963
You Never Can Tell by Chuck Berry, 1964
My Girl by the Temptations, 1965
Summer in the City by the Lovin' Spoonful, 1966
This Old Heart Of Mine by the Isley Brothers, 1966
I Think It's Gonna Rain Today by Randy Newman, 1968
I’m in if it’s not too late.
I’m in. I’m a rookie, what’s next?
It’s never too late. I just like to a) warn people and b) make a ping list so it’s easier.
By the weekend I should have 10 songs up to vote on for our “first round”. It’ll be all participants putting the songs in order of preference, and then we go to play-offs. It’ll be explained more in the ensuing threads. If you check the old threads I linked here, you’ll see somewhat how it played out (or look up “70smusic” as a keyword on FR, eg.).
Soul Man by Sam & Dave, 1968
I was into it well before the Blues Brothers.
Soul Man by Sam & Dave, 1968
I was into it well before the Blues Brothers. Looks like I liked dance music!
Your link to Ame Câline isn’t accurate.
Take Five- Dave Brubeck. The BEST!
I wanna’ play, too. Sign me up please!
Of course! Tomorrow and Always!
Third Rail - Run, Run, Run
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints
Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
The Hombres - Let it All Hang Out
I had never heard "Run, Run, Run" until I read your post and then played it on Youtube. An oddball, indeed. The other oddballs were hits on our local Top 40 stations.
A couple more oddities from that same period:
Reflections--The Supremes
My World Fell Down--Saggitarius
There was a bit of bubble gum in that era, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, Come on Down to My Boat, Hang on Sloopy. And at the other end of the decade, "Hair," Blood Sweat and Tears.
That decade covers my formative years, from 5 to 15 years old. Amazing how the music triggers (MANY!!!!!) certain memories. Monkees, Homer and Jethro.
I Want You Back - 1969 Jackson 5
I Want You Back - KT Tunstall 2005 (start around 1:40)
Count me in! I graduated high school in 1975, but I sure do remember a lot of 60’s music, too!
How about “Sukiyaki”, by Kyu Sakamato...1963?
Sure, count me in! I seem to recall I was one of the people who called for a 60s bracket.
Aw, so sweet! I had never heard that response recording!
It has often struck me, listening to the oldie pop songs from the 50s and 60s such as the above two, how very much the African-American artists shared with the majority whites the same ideals and aspirations for lasting love, fidelity and marriage, at least in their lyrics.
Both groups slid downhill so far in the years to come, post-Sexual Revolution"—poorer persons hardest hit. The disorder in our urban communities can be traced to the destruction of family virtues "trickling down" from the elites, and to drugs, particularly birth control pills, which started the negative slide among whites and which soon impacted struggling communities that had fewer resources with which to recover. Now both groups are reveling in illegitimacy, abortion, broken homes and distressed children so that they can have "sexual freedom." Pathetic.
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