Best / Most Important Songs of the Decade: 1960-1969

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Best / Most Important Songs of the Decade: 1960-1969

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There's some time to kill before... (Valentine's Day? Mother's Day? St. Patrick's? Summer? 4th of July? Pick your fav), so... why not talk music? I got this idea as a spin-off from Best Albums of the Decade. This is just a fun type thread and you don't have to think real hard, follow any specific rules to the letter, or get involved in a debate if you don't want to.

The idea: try to nominate the most memorable songs that either defined a spirit of the time it was made, were the best example of that kind of music, became an anthem for you or maybe your parents if they're older (like mine), or that you love a lot that really speak to you.

The only real rule: try to narrow down the amount of songs for one artist or band. Try to pick their best and try not to pick more than 2 songs from the same album.

Any and every kind of music is welcome (radio / pop, classic rock, jazz, rhythm and blues, country, whatever I'm missing - anything).



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Since this is right down my alley as far as music goes I decided to break it all down by year. I will make other additions along the way, but here goes:

1960

PERCY FAITH - Theme From "A Summer Place"
RAY CHARLES - Georgia On My Mind
ELVIS PRESLEY - It's Now Or Never
CHUBBY CHECKER - The Twist
MAURICE WILLIAMS & THE ZODIACS - Stay
EVERLY BROTHERS - Cathy's Clown
ELVIS PRESELY - Are You Lonesome Tonight
MARTY ROBBINS - El Paso
DRIFTERS - Save The Last Dance For Me
ROY ORBISON - Only The Lonely



1961

SHIRELLES - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
DION - Runaround Sue
TOKEN - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
DEL SHANNON - Runaway
BOBBY LEWIS - Tossin' And Turnin'
RICKY NELSON - Travelin' Man
RAY CHARLES - Hit The Road Jack
MIRACLES - Shop Around
MARCELS - Blue Moon
MARVELETTES - Please Mr. Postman

1962

4 SEASONS - Big Girls Don't Cry
ELVIS PRESLEY - Can't Help Falling In Love
TONY BENNETT - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
CONTOURS - Do You Love Me
LITTLE EVA - The Locomotion
RAY CHARLES - I Can't Stop Loving You
BOBBY "BORIS" PICKETT - Monster Mash
4 SEASONS - Sherry
GENE CHANDLER - Duke of Earl
BOOKER T & THE MGs - Green Onions

1963

KINGSMEN - Louie Louie
BEACH BOYS - Surfin' USA
SURFARIS - Wipe Out
BOBBY VINTON - Blue Velvet
LESLIE GORE - It's My Party
JAN & DEAN - Surf City
ANGELS - My Boyfriend's Back
CHIFFONS - He's So Fine
JIMMY GILMER & THE FIREBALLS - Sugar Shack
LITTLE STEVIE WONDER - Fingertips

1964

BEATLES - I Want To Hold Your Hand
BEATLES - A Hard Day's Night
BEATLES - Twist and Shout
ROY ORBISON - Oh, Pretty Woman
ANIMALS - House of the Rising Sun
BEATLES - Can't Buy Me Love
BEATLES - She Loves You
SUPREMES - Come See About Me
BEACH BOYS - I Get Around
SUPREMES - Baby Love

MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS - Dancing In The Street
BEATLES - I Feel Fine
4 SEASONS - Rag Doll
DIXIE CUPS - Chapel of Love
SUPREMES - Where Did Our Love Go
MARY WELLS - My Guy
LOUIS ARMSTRONG - Hello Dolly
MANFRED MANN - Do Wah Diddy Diddy
DEAN MARTIN - Everybody Loves Somebody
BEATLES - Love Me Do

JOHNNY RIVERS - Memphis
BOBBY VINTON - There! I've Said It Again
PETER & GORDON - World Without Love
SHANGRI-LAS - Leader of the Pack
DRIFTERS - Under The Boardwalk
BEATLES - Please Please Me
TERRY STAFFORD - Suspicion
ZOMBIES - She's Not There
DAVE CLARK FIVE - Because
JAY & THE AMERICANS - Come a Little Bit Closer

FOUR TOPS - Baby I Need Your Lovin'
J. FRANK WILSON - Last Kiss
BEATLES - Do You Want To Know a Secret
BEATLES - She's a Woman
LORNE GREENE - Ringo
JAN & DEAN - Little Old Lady From Pasadena
BEACH BOYS - Fun, Fun, Fun
DAVE CLARK FIVE - Glad All Over
LESLIE GORE - You Don't Own Me
KINKS - You Really Got Me

BEATLES - I Saw Her Standing There
RONNY & THE DAYTONAS - G.T.O.
SHANGRI-LAs - Remember (Walking In The Sand)
BARBRA STREISAND - People
FOUR SEASONS - Dawn (Go Away)
STAN GETZ & ASTRUD GILBERTO - The Girl From Ipanema
MARKETTS - Out of Limits
BOBBY VINTON - Mr. Lonely
MILLIE SMALL - My Boy Lollipop
DAVE CLARK FIVE - Can't You See That She's Mine

RIVIERAS - California Sun
AL HIRT - Java
ROLLING STONES - Time Is On My Side
LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS - Goin' Out of My Head
DAVE CLARK FIVE - Bits and Pieces
DIONNE WARWICK - Walk On By
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - Wishin' and Hopin'
VENTURES - Walk, Don't Run 1964
BEACH BOYS - Dance, Dance, Dance
CHUCK BERRY - No Particular Place To Go

GALE GARNETT - We'll Sing In The Sunshine
BETTY EVERETT - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
RAY CHARLES SINGERS - Love Me With All Your Heart
RIP CHORDS - Hey Little Cobra
BOBBY RYDELL - Forget Him
MAJOR LANCE - Um, Um, Um, Um, Um
BETTY EVERETT & JERRY BUTLER - Let It Be Me
SERENDIPITY SINGERS - Don't Let The Rain Come Down
TRASHMEN - Surfin' Bird
BOBBY FREEMAN - C'Mon and Swim

BILLY J. KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS - Little Children
CHAD & JEREMY - A Summer Song
NEWBEATS - Bread and Butter
MURMAIDS - Popsicles and Icicles
JAN & DEAN - Dead Man's Curve
SHIRLEY ELLIS - The Nitty Gritty
BEATLES - And I Love Her
ELVIS PRESLEY - Viva Las Vegas
HENRY MANCINI ORCHESTRA - The Pink Panther Theme
GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS - How Do You Do It

DIANE RENAY - Navy Blue
HONEYCOMBS - Have I The Right?
DIONNE WARWICK - Anyone Who Had a Heart
HONDELLS - Little Honda
JOHNNY RIVERS - Mountain of Love
BILLY J. KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS - Bad To Me
BEATLES - P.S. I Love You
TEMPTATIONS - The Way You Do The Things You Do
SEARCHERS - Needles and Pins
JAN & DEAN - Ride The Wild Surf

NEW CHRISTY MINSTELS - Today
BEATLES - Ain't She Sweet
PREMIERES - Farmer John
ELVIS PRESLEY - What'd I Say
ROLLING STONES - It's All Over Now
4 SEASONS - Ronnie
ROGER MILLER - Dang Me
JOHNNY TILLOTSON - Talk Back Trembling Lips
REFLECTIONS - (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet
ROY ORBISON - It's Over

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - I Only Want To Be With You
BEACH BOYS - When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
AL MARTINO - I Love You More and More Every Day
RICK NELSON - For You
IMPRESSIONS - Keep On Pushing
JAN & DEAN - Drag City
DAVE CLARK FIVE - Do You Love Me
GENE PITNEY - It Hurts To Be In Love
BACHELORS - Diane
JOEY POWERS - Midnight Mary

ROGER MILLER - Chug-a-Lug
DEAN MARTIN - The Door Is Still Open To My Heart
MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS - Quicksand
DALE AND GRACE - Stop and Think It Over
TAMS - What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)
GENE PITNEY - I'm Gonna Be Strong
BOBBY GOLDSBORO - See The Funny Little Clown
DANNY WILLIAMS - White On White
NINO TEMPO & APRIL STEVENS - Whispering
GENE SIMMONS - Haunted House

SAM COOKE - Good Times
PETER & GORDON - I Don't Want To See You Again
NASHVILLE TEENS - Tobacco Road
KINGSMEN - Money
4 SEASONS - Save It For Me

1965

ROLLING STONES - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
BEATLES - Yesterday
TEMPTATIONS - My Girl
FOUR TOPS - I Can't Help Myself
RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
BYRDS - Mr. Tambourine Man
SUPREMES - Stop! In The Name of Love
BEATLES - Help!
BYRDS - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
BOB DYLAN - Like a Rolling Stone

BEATLES - Ticket To Ride
HERMAN'S HERMITS - Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter
SONNY & CHER - I Got You Babe
BEACH BOYS - Help Me Rhonda
BEATLES - Eight Days a Week
PETULA CLARK - Downtown
McCOYS - Hang On Sloopy
BARRY McGUIRE - Eve of Destruction
ROLLING STONES - Get Off of My Cloud
SAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROAHS - Wooley Bully

JAMES BROWN - I Got You (I Feel Good)
BEACH BOYS - California Girls
ELVIS PRESLEY - Crying In The Chapel
JR. WALKER & THE ALL STARS - Shotgun
WAYNE FONTANA & THE MINDBENDERS - Game of Love
SUPREMES - Back In My Arms Again
FREDDIE & THE DREAMERS - I'm Telling You Now
DAVE CLARK FIVE - Over and Over
SUPREMES - I Hear a Symphony
GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS - This Diamond Ring

ROGER MILLER - King of the Road
FONTELLA BASS - Rescue Me
WE FIVE - You Were On My Mind
SEARCHERS - Love Potion Number 9
ROY HEAD & THE TRAITS - Treat Her Right
TOYS - A Lover's Concerto
SHIRLEY ELLIS - The Name Game
4 SEASONS - Let's Hang On
PETULA CLARK - I Know a Place
JEWEL AKENS - The Birds and the Bees

JAMES BROWN - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
TOM JONES - What's New Pussycat?
BOB DYLAN - Positively 4th Street
HERMAN'S HERMITS - Wonderful World
FOUR TOPS - It's The Same Old Song and Dance
RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO - The "In" Crowd
KINKS - Tired of Waiting For You
ZOMBIES - Tell Her No
YARDBIRDS - For Your Love
MARVIN GAYE - How Sweet It Is

WILSON PICKETT - In The Midnight Hour
MARvIN GAYE - Ain't That Peculiar
TOM JONES - It's Not Unusual
SHIRLEY BASSEY - Goldfinger
PETER GORDON - I Go To Pieces
YARDBIRDS - Heart Full of Soul
FORTUNES - You've Got Your Troubles
HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS - A Taste of Honey
LOVIN' SPOONFALL - Do You Believe In Magic
AD LIBS - Boy From New York City

BEAU BRUMMELS - Just a Little
McCOYS - Fever
MARVIN GAYE - I'll Be Doggone
TURTLES - It Ain't Me Babe
MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS - Nowhere To Run
ROLLING STONES - The Last Time
GENTRYS - Keep On Dancing
JOHNNY RIVERS - Seventh Son
DAVE CLARK FIVE - Catch Us If You Can
KINKS - All Day and All of the Night

JOE TEX - Hold What You've Got
GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS - Ferry 'Cross The Mersey
EDDY ARNOLD - Make The World Go Away
GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS - Count Me In
HERMAN'S HERMITS - Silhouettes
SHANGRI-LAS - I Can Never Go Home Anymore
JACKIE DeSHANNON - What The World Needs Now Is Love
MEL CARTER - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
MIRACLES - Ooh Baby Baby
DAVE CLARK FIVE - I Like It Like That

KINGSMEN - Jolly Green Giant
JAY & THE AMERICANS - Cara Mia
LEN BARRY - 1-2-3
SEEKERS - I'll Never Find Another You
BARBARA MASON - Yes, I'm Ready
SONNY & CHER - Baby Don't Go
ROGER MILLER - England Swings
CASTAWAYS - Liar Liar
RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - Just Once In My Life
HERMAN'S HERMITS - Just a Little Bit Better

STRANGELOVES - I Want Candy
SHIRLEY ELLIS - The Clapping Song
IAN WHITCOMB - You Turn Me On
BILLY JOE ROYAL - Down In The Boondocks
MOODY BLUES - Go Now
BARBARA LEWIS - Baby, I'm Yours
VOGUES - You're The One
RAMSELY LEWIS TRIO - Hang On Sloopy
ELVIS PRESLEY - I'm Yours
SONNY - Laugh At Me

JULIE ROGERS - The Wedding
DEL SHANNON - Keep Searchin'
LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS - Hurt So Bad
BERT KAEMPFERT ORCHESTRA - Red Roses
SUPREMES - Nothing But Heartaches
SILKIE - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
HORST JANKPWSKI - A Walk In The Black Forest
BEACH BOYS - Do You Wanna Dance?
SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - She's About a Mover
ANIMALS - We Gotta Get Out of This Place

BOBBY GOLDSBORO - Little Things
SOUNDS ORCHESTRAL - Cast Your Fate To The Wind
ELVIS PRESLEY - Puppet On a String
JACK JONES - The Race Is On
ANIMALS - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
CHER - All I Really Want To Do
SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES - Tracks of My Tears
YARDBIRDS - I'm a Man
ROLLING STONES - Heart of Stone
DIXIE CUPS - Iko Iko

THEM - Here Comes The Night
JOHNNY RIVERS - Midnight Special
OTIS REDDING - I've Been Loving You Too Long
MARIANNE FAITHFUL - As Tears Go By
DONOVAN - Catch The Wind
ANIMALS - Bring It On Home To Me
BOB DYLAN - Subterranean Homesick Blues
BYRDS - All I Really Want To Do

1966

BEACH BOYS - Good Vibrations
SUPREMES - You Can't Hurry Love
BEATLES - Michelle
PERCY SLEDGE - When a Man Loves a Woman
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - The Sounds of Silence
TROGGS - Wild Thing
DONOVAN - Sunshine Superman
BEATLES - We Can Work It Out
ROLLING STONES - Paint It, Black
? & THE MYSTERIANS - 96 Tears

BEATLES - Paperback Writer
BEATLES - Nowhere Man
BEATLES - Day Tripper
MAMAS & THE PAPAS - Monday Monday
MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS - Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly
LOVIN' SPOONFUL - Summer In The City
YOUNG RASCALS - Good Lovin'
NANCY SINATRA - These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
ASSOCIATION - Cherish
RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - (You're My) Soul and Inspiration

FOUR TOPS - Reach Out I'll Be There
JOHNNY RIVERS - Poor Side of Town
BEATLES - Yellow Submarine
FRANK SINATRA - Strangers In The Night
LOU CHRISTIE - Lightning Strikes
BOB DYLAN - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
TEMPTATIONS - Ain't Too Proud To Beg
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - I Am a Rock
MAMAS & THE PAPAS - California Dreamin'
STEVIE WONDER - Uptight (Everything's Alright)

MONKEES - Last Train To Clarksville
ROLLING STONES - 19th Nervous Breakdown
BEACH BOYS - Barbara Ann
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS - Kicks
SUPREMES - You Keep Me Hangin' On
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS - Hanky Panky
BEATLES - Norwegian Wood
SGT. BARRY SADLER - Ballad of the Green Berets
DONOVAN - Mellow Yellow
ROYAL GUARDSMEN - Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron

BOBBY HEBB - Sunny
JOHNNY RIVERS - Secret Agent Man
BEACH BOYS - Sloop John B
PETULA CLARK - My Love
BEATLES - In My Life
HAPPENINGS - See You In September
LOVIN' SPOONFUL - Daydream
NEIL DIAMOND - Cherry Cherry
MINDBENDERS - A Groovy Kind of Love
SAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROAHS - Lil' Red Riding Hood

LOVIN' SPOONFUL - Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind
CHER - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
HOLLIES - Bus Stop
NEW VAUDEVILLE BAND - Winchester Cathedral
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Homeward Bound
BEATLES - I've Just Seen a Face
T-BONES - No Matter What Shape Your Stomach's In
HERMAN'S HERMITS - Listen People
LOS BRAVOS - Black Is Black
COUNT FIVE - Psychotic Reaction

LEFT BANKE - Walk Away Renee
MAMAS & THE PAPAS - I Saw Her Again
OUTSIDERS - Time Won't Let Me
CYRKLE - Red Rubber Ball
BOBBY FULLER BAND - I Fought The Law
ROLLING STONES - As Tears Go By
WILSON PICKETT - Lamd of 1000 Dances
BEATLES - Eleanor Rigby
GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS - She's Just My Style
VOGUES - Five O'Clock World

BEATLES - You Won't See Me
SUPREMES - My World Is Empty Without You
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
STATLER BROTHERS - Flowers On The Wall
TEMPTATIONS - Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
FRANK SINATRA - That's Life
RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - Ebb Tide
CAPITOLS - Cool Jerk
ROLLING STONES - Mother's Little Helper
STEVIE WONDER - A Place In The Sun

MARVELETTES - Don't Mess with Bill
TEMPTATIONS - (I Know) I'm Losing You
HOLLIES - Stop, Stop, Stop
NAPOLEON XIV - They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Ha
ASSOCIATION - Along Comes Mary
TOMMY ROE - Sweet Pea
BEACH BOYS - Wouldn't It Be Nice
SYNDICATE OF SOUND - Little Girl
BOBBY DARIN - If I Were a Carpenter
LEE DORSEY - Working In a Coal Mine

ROBERT PARKER - Barefootin'
JIMMY RUFFIN - What Becomes of the Broken Hearted
SANDPIPERS - Guantanemera
4 SEASONS - Working My Way Back To You
SHADOWS OF KNIGHT - Gloria
BOB DYLAN - Just Like a Woman
NANCY SINATRA - Sugar Town
TOMMY ROE - Hooray For Hazel
B.J. THOMAS - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
ROLLIN G STONES - Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Dancing In The Shadows

BOB LIND - Elusive Butterfly
4 SEASONS - Workin' My Way Back To You
BILLY STEWART - Summertime
CHIFFONS - Sweet Takin' Guy
PETULA CLARK - I Couldn't Live Without Your Love
STEVIE WONDER - Blowin' In The Wind
NANCY SINATRA - How Does That Grab You, Darling
ROGER WILLIAMS - Born Free
HERMAN'S HERMITS - Dandy
ERIC BURDEN & THE ANIMALS - See See Rider

PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS - Just Like Me
KINKS - Sunny Afternoon
YARDBIRDS - Shapes of Things To Come
MIRACLES - Going To a Go-Go
ISLEY BROTHERS - This Old Heart of Mine
STANDELLS - Dirty Water
ANIMALS - Don't Bring Me Down
BRYAN HYLAND - The Joker Went Wild

YARDBIRDS - Over, Under, Sideways, Down
ANIMALS - It's My Life
CRISPIAN ST. PETERS - The Pied Piper
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Hazy Shade of Winter
KINKS - A Well Respected Man
BYRDS - Eight Miles High
SONNY & CHER - What Now My Love
WILSON PICKETT - 634-5789 (Soulsville, USA)
J.J. JACKSON - But It's Alright
CHRIS MONTES - The More I See You

BEATLES - Here, There and Everywhere
MARKETTS - Batman Theme
AL MARTINO - Spanish Eyes
HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS - Zorba The Greek
KINKS - Dedicated Follower of Fashion
CYRKLE - Turn-Down Day
BYRDS - Mr. Spaceman
KNICKERBOCKERS - Lies
BEACH BOYS - God Only Knows
HOLLIES - I Can't Let Go

1967

ARETHA FRANKLIN - Respect
DOORS - Light My Fire
BEATLES - All You Need Is Love
MONKEES - I'm a Believer
VAN MORRISON - Brown Eyed Girl
TURTLES - Happy Together
BEATLES - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help From My Friends
ASSOCIATION - Windy
BOX TOPS - The Letter
LULU - To Sir With Love

BEATLES - Penny Lane
BOBBIE GENTRY - Ode To Billy Joe
ROLLING STONES - Ruby Tuesday
BUCKINGHAMS - Kind of a Drag
SAM & DAVE - Soul Man
BEATLES - Hello Goodbye
YOUNG RASCALS - Groovin'
NANCY & FRANK SINATRA - Somethin' Stupid
SUPREMES - The Happening
FRANKE VALLI - Can't Take My Eyes Off You

STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK - Incense and Peppermints
MONKEES - Daydream Believer
SCOTT McKENZIE - San Francisco
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - Somebody To Love
ASSOCIATION - Never My Love
ARTHUR CONLEY - Sweet Soul Music
MONKEES - A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
PROCOL HARUM - A Whiter Shade of Pale
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS - I Think We're Alone Now
TURTLES - She'd Rather Be With Me

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - White Rabbit
AARON NEVILLE - Tell It Like It Is
STEVIE WONDER - I Was Made To Love Her
SUPREMES - Love Is Here and Now You're Gone
GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
MAMAS & THE PAPAS - Dedicated To The One I Love
MUSIC EXPLOSION - Little Bit of Soul
MONKEES - Pleasant Valley Sunday
JOHNNY RIVERS - Baby, I Need Your Loving
SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES - I Second That Emotion

BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD - For What It's Worth
COWSILLS - The Rain, The Park and Other Things
FOUR TOPS - Bernadette
YOUNG RASCALS - How Can I Be Sure
BEATLES - Strawberry Fields Forever
ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK - Release Me (and Let Me Love Again)
HERMAN'S HERMITS - There's a Kind of Hush
SOUL SURVIVORS - Expressway To Your Heart
DIONNE WARWICK - I Say a Little Prayer
ARETHA FRANKLIN - Baby I Love You

GRASS ROOTS - Let's Live For Today
BLUES MAGOOS - (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS - Good Thing
PETULA CLARK - Don't Sleep In The Subway
MAMAS & THE PAPAS - Creeque Alley
EVERY MOTHER'S SON - Come On Down To My Boat
MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL - Your Precious Love
FIVE AMERICANS - Western Union
JACKIE WILSON - (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher
FIFTH DIMENSION - Up, Up and Away

CASINOS - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS - Him or Me - What's It Gonna Be
THE WHO - I Can See For Miles
SONNY & CHER - The Beat Goes On
KEITH - 98.6
SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - Gimme Some Lovin'
THE HOMBRES - Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)
DOORS - Peaple are Strange
MITCH RYDER AND THE DETROIT WHEELS - Sock It To Me Baby!
JAMES BROWN - Cold Sweat (Part 1)

VIKKI CARR - It Must Be Him
DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES - Reflections
SEEKERS - Georgy Girl
WILSON PICKETT - Funky Broadway
PETULA CLARK - This Is My Song
BILL COSBY - Little Ole Man
BOBBY VEE & THE STRANGERS - Come Back When You Grow Up
BUCKINGHAMS - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
TEMPTATIONS - You're My Everything
FANTASTIC JOHNNY C - Boogaloo Down Broadway

ARETHA FRANKLIN - A Natural Woman
BUCKINGHAMS - Don't You Care
LOVIN' SPOONFUL - Nashville Cats
DAVE CLARK FIVE - You Got What It Takes
PETER, PAUL & MARY - I Dig Rock and Roll Music
PEACHES AND HERB - Close Your Eyes
ED AMES - My Cup Runneth Over
ARETHA FRANKLIN - I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
BRENTON WOOD - Gimme Little Sign
DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES - In and Out of Love
ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS - San Franciscan Nights
MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS - Jimmy Mack
SPANKY & OUR GANG - Sunday Will Never Be The Same
4 SEASONS - C'mon Marianne
CHER - You Better Sit Down Kids
HOLLIES - Carrie-Anne
NEIL DIAMOND - Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon
SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - I'm a Man
TREMELOES - Silence Is Golden
ELECTRIC PRUNES - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night

BUCKINGHAMS - Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)
BEACH BOYS - Heroes and Villains
HAPPENINGS - I Got Rhythm
MAMAS & THE PAPAS - Words of Love
NEIL DIAMOND - I Thank the Lord For the Night Time
ROBERT KNIGHT - Everlasting Love
JANIS IAN - Society's Child
ROLLING STONES - Dandelion
HARPERS BIZARRE - The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

FOUR TOPS - 7 Rooms of Gloom
MARVIN GAYE & KIM WESTON - It Takes Two
BEE GEES - New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Have You Seen My Wife, Mr. Jones)
DIONNE WARWICK - Alfie
MUSIC MACHINE - Talk Talk
ROYAL GUARDSMEN - Return of the Red Baron
EASYBEATS - Friday On My Mind
LOVIN' SPOONFUL - Darling Be Home Soon
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - At the Zoo
YOUNG RASCALS - I've Been Lonely Too Long

TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS - Mirage
JOHNNY RIVERS - The Tracks of My Tears
HOLLIES - On a Carousel
DONOVAN - There Is a Mountain
ESQUIRES - Get On Up
VICTOR LUNDBERG - An Open Letter To My Teenage Son
YOUNG RASCALS - A Girl Like You
MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS - Honey Chile
JOE TOX - Skinny Legs and All
BOBBY VINTON - Coming Home Soldier

TOM JONES - Green, Green Grass of Home
FIFTH ESTATE - Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead
4 SEASONS - Tell It To The Rain
CANNONBALL ADDERLY - Mercy, Mercy Mercy
BEE GEES - (The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts
MONKEES - Words
TURTLES - You Know What I Mean
BYRDS - My Back Pages
TEMPTATIONS - (Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need
BEATLES - Baby You're a Rich Man

ERIC BURDEN & THE ANIMALS - When I Was Young
LEFT BANKE - Pretty Ballerina
BOB CREW GENERATION - Music To Watch Girls By
BEE GEES - Holiday
ROSE GARDEN - Next Plane To London
BAR-KAYS - Soul Finger
BEE GEES - To Love Somebody
MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
DONOVAN - Epistle To Dippy
MONKEES - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone

ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK - There Goes My Everything
LINDA JONES - Hypnotized
NEIL DIAMOND - Kentucky Woman
SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES - More Love
DONOVAN - Wear Your Love Like Heaven
OTIS REDDING - Try a Little Tenderness
GLEN CAMPBELL - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS - Casino Royale
BYRDS - So You Want Take A Rock N' Roll Star
WILSON PICKETT - Everybody Loves Somebody

1968

BEATLES - Hey Jude
MARVIN GAYE - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
OTIS REDDING - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Mrs. Robinson
STEPPENWOLF - Born To Be Wild
DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES - Love Child
DOORS - Hello I Love You
HUGH MASEKELA - Grazing In The Grass
RASCALS - People Got To Be Free
ROLLING STONES - Jumpin' Jack Flash

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - Purple Haze
ARETHA FRANKLIN - Chain of Fools
MASON WILLIAMS - Classical Gas
PAUL MAURIAT - Love Is Blue
STEPPENWOLF - Magic Carpet Ride
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS - Mony Mony
JOHN FRED & HIS PLAYBOY BAND - Judy In Disguise
STEVIE WONDER - For Once In My Life
BEATLES - Lady Madonna
DEEO PURPLE - Hush

BOX TOPS - Cry Like a Baby
JEANNIE C. RILEY - Harper Valley P.T.A.
CREAM - Sunshine of Your Love
GRASS ROOTS - Midnight Confessions
TROGGS - Love Is All Around
CREAM - White Room
ARETHA FRANKLIN - Think
JUDY COLLINS - Both Sides Now
DIONNE WARWICK - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
MANFRED MANN - Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - All Along The Watchtower
STATUS QUO - Pictures of Matchstick
MAMA CASS - Dream a Little Dream of Me
STONE PONEYS featuring LINDA RONSTADT - Different Drum
LEMON PIPERS - Green Tambourine
BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING CO - Piece of My Heart
PEOPLE - I Love You
SMALL FACES - Itchycoo Park
ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS - Monterey
CANNED HEAT - On The Road Again

ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS - Tighten Up
ARETHA FRANKLIN - I Say a Little Prayer
CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN - Fire
MARY HOPKINS - Those Were The Days
BOBBY GOLDSBORO - Honey
O.C. SMITH - Little Green Apples
RICHARD HARRIS - Mac Arthur Park
5TH DIMENSIONS - Stoned Soul Picnic
GARY PUCKETT & THE UNION GAP - Young Girl
ARETHA FRANKLIN - See Saw

DOORS - Love Me Two Times
BLUE CHEER - Summertime Blues
JOHNNY RIVERS - Summer Rain
AMBOY DUKES - Journey To The Center of Your Mind
BEACH BOYS - Do It Again
THE WHO - Magic Bus
ROLLING STONES - She's a Rainbow
IRON BUTTERFLY - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida
ELVIS PRESLEY - U.S. Male
WILSON PICKETT - In The Midnight Hour

RASCALS - A Beautiful Morning
HUGO MONTENEGRO - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
DION - Abraham, Martin and John
AMERICAN BREED - Bend Me, Shape Me
GARY PUCKETT & THE UNION GAP - Lady Willpower
CLASSICS IV - Spooky
JOHNNY TAYLOR - Who's Making Love
FIRST EDITION - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
DONOVAN - Hurdy Gurdy Man
CLARENCE CARTER - Slip Away

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - Suzie Q
BEATLES - Revolution
HUMAN BEINZ - Nobody But Me
MARVIN GAYE - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
TEMPTATIONS - I Wish It Would Rain Down
CLIFF NOBLES & CO - The Horse
JAMES BROWN - I Got The Feelin'
VANILLA FUDGE - You Keep Me Hangin' On
MONKEES - Valeri
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE - Dance To The Music

ARETHA FRANKLIN - The House That Jack Built
MERILEE RUSH & THE TURNABOUTS - Angel of the Morning
MARVIN GAYE - You're All I Need To Get By
1910 FRUITGUM CO - Simon Says
GARY PUCKETT & THE UNION GAP - Woman, Woman
BEE GEES - I've Gotta Get a Message To You
SAM & DAVE - I Thank You
SIMON & GARFUNKLE - Scarborough Fair
O'KAYSIONS - Girl Watcher
ARETHA FRANKLIN - (Sweet, Sweet Baby)

IRISH ROVERS - The Unicorn
TOMMY BOYCE & BOBBY HART - I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight
FIREBALLS - Bottle of Wine
FRIEND & LOVER - Reach Out of the Darkness
SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL 66 - The Look of Love
JOHNNY NASH - Hold Me Tight
JAMES BROWN - Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud
BOBBY VINTON - I Love How You Love Me
1910 FRUITGUM CO - 1,2,3 Red Light
SERGIO MENDES - The Fool On The Hill

BOBBY VINTON - I Love How You Love Me
STEVIE WONDER - Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL - If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
TURTLES - Elenore
GEORGIE FAME - Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
VOGUES - My Special Angel
SHORTY LONG - Here Comes the Judge
ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS - I Can't Stop Dancing
CHAMBERS BROTHERS - Time Has Come Today
VOGUES - Turn Around, Look At Me

DELLS - Stay In My Corner
INTRUDERS - Cowboys To Girls
FOUNDATIONS - Baby, Now That I Found You
LETTERMEN - Goin' Out of My Head
COWSILLS - Indian Lake
GARY PUCKETT & THE UNION GAP - Over You
BUCKINGHAMS - Susan
OHIO EXPRESS - Yummy, Yummy, Yummy
DELFONICS - La La Means I Love You
TINY TIM - Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips

MONKEES - D.W. Washburn
B.J. THOMAS - Eyes of a New York Woman
TOM JONES - Help Yourself
DEEP PURPLE - Kentucky Woman
THE ASSOCIATION - Time For Livin'
OTIS REDDING - Hard To Handle
JIMI HENDRIX - Crosstown Traffic
BEE GEES - Words
TOM JONES - Delilah
FOUR TOPS - Walk Away Renee

1969

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - Proud Mary
ROLLING STONES - Honky Tonk Women
ARCHIES - Sugar Sugar
BEATLES - Get Back
ELVIS PRESLEY - Suspicious Minds
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS - Crimson & Clover
5TH DIMENSION - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In
BEATLES - Come Together
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - Bad Moon Rising
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE - Everyday People

ZOMBIES - Time of the Season
BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS - Spinning Wheel
STEAM - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
BEATLES - Something
ZAGER & EVANS - In The Year 2525
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - Green River
SUPREMES - Someday We'll Be Together
5TH DIMENSION - Wedding Bell Blues
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - Down On The Corner
DOORS - Touch Me

STEVIE WONDER - My Cherie Amour
VENTURES - Hawaii Five-O
ELVIS PRESLEY - In The Ghetto
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE - Hot Fun In The Summertime
BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS - You Have Made Me So Very Happy
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS - Crystal Blue Persuasion
TEMPTATIONS - I Can't Get Next To You
PETER, PAUL & MARY - Leaving On a Jet Plane
BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS - And When I Die
ISLEY BROTHERS - It's Your Thing

JOHNNY CASH - A Boy Named Sue
THREE DOG NIGHT - One
NEIL DIAMOND - Sweet Caroline
YOUNGBLOODS - Get Together
GUESS WHO - These Eyes
YOUNG-HOLT UNLIMITED - Soulful Strut
COWSILLS - Hair
HENRY MANCINI ORCHESTRA - Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet
TOMMY ROE - Dizzy
SUPREMES & TEMPTATIONS - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

MARVIN GAYE - Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby
PETER, PAUL & MARY - I Dig Rock and Roll Music
BOB DYLAN - Lay Lady Lay
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - The Boxer
B.J. THOMAS - Hooked On a Feeling
THREE DOG NIGHT - Easy To Be Hard
FRIENDS OF DISTINCTION - Grazing In The Grass
CLASSICS IV - Traces
GLEN CAMPBELL - Wichita Lineman
NEIL DIAMOND - Holly Holy

TEMPTATIONS - I Can't Get Next To You
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - Fortunate Son
BEATLES - Ballad of John and Yoko
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - Son of a Preacher Man
FRANK SINATRA - My Way
KENNY ROGERS & THE FIRST EDITION - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
JERRY BUTLER - Only The Strong Survive
JAY & THE AMERICANS - This Magic Moment
BEE GEES - I Started a Joke
OLIVER - Good Morning Starshine

MERCY - Love (Can Make You Happy)
SMITH - Baby It's You
JACKIE DeSHANNON - Put a Little Love In Your Heart
STEVIE WONDER - Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
GLEN CAMPBELL - Galveston
BOOKER T & THE MGs - Time Is Tight
DONOVAN - Atlantis
R.B. GREAVES - Take a Letter Maria
FOUNDATIONS - Build Me Up, Buttercup
TOM JONES - I'll Never Fall in Love Again

OLIVER - Jean
NILSSON - Everybody's Talkin'
TURTLES - You Showed Me
GUESS WHO - Laughing
FLYING MACHINE - Smile a Little Smile For Me
EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS - Oh Happy Day
TEMPTATIONS - Cloud Nine
DIONNE WARWICK - This Girl's In Love With You
BOBBY SHERMAN - Little Woman
RAY STEVENS - Guitarzan

BROOKLYN BRIDGE - Worst That Can Happen
MEL & TIM - Backfield in Motion
DESMOND DEKKER - The Israelites
STEPPENWOLF - Rock Me
CANNED HEAT - Going Up the Country
JOE SOUTH - Games People Play
SPIRAL STAIRCASE - More Today Than Yesterday
THREE DOG NIGHT - Eli's Coming
PLASTIC ONO BAND - Give Peace a Chance
WINSTONS - Color Him Father

JR. WALKER & THE ALL STARS - What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)
1910 FRUITGUM CO - Indian Giver
EDWIN STARR - Twenty-Five Miles
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS - Sweet Cherry Wine
MARVIN GAYE - That's The Way Love Is
SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES - Baby, Baby, Don't Cry
TONY JOE WHITE - Polk Salad Annie
TYRONE DAVIS - Can I Change Your Mind
ANDY KIM - Baby, I Love You
GARY PUCKETT & THE UNION GAP - This Girl Is a Woman Now

TEMPTATIONS - Run Away Child, Running Wild
BILLY JOE ROYAL - Cherry Hill Park
TAMMY WYNETTE - Stand By Your Man
THE WHO - Pinball Wizard
CROSBY, STILLS & NASH - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
GUESS WHO - Undone
CREAM - Crossroads
CROSBY, STILLS & NASH - Marrakesh Express
GRASS ROOTS - I'd Wait a Million Years
BOX TOPS - Soul Deep

DAVID RUFFIN - My Whole World
ELVIS PRESLEY - If I Can Dream
FRIENDS OF DISTINCTION - Going In Circles
CLARENCE CARTER - Too Weak To Fight
JOE SIMON - The Chokin' Kind
DELLS - Oh What a Night
JAMES BROWN - Mother Popcorn (You Got To Have a Mother For Me)
DEREK - Cinnamon
DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES - I'm Livin' In Shame
ARETHA FRANKLIN - Share Your Love With Me

JAMES BROWN - Give It Up or Turn It Loose
ARETHA FRANKLIN - Eleanor Rigby
OTIS REDDING - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
LOU CHRISTIE - I'm Gonna Make You Mine
NEW COLONY SIX - Things I'd Like To Say
CUFF LINKS - Tracy
PEGGY LEE - Is That All There Is
TOM JONES - Love Me Tonight
CRAZY ELEPHANT - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
DIONNE WARWICK - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling

ARETHA FRANKLIN - The Weight
METERS - Cissy Strut
GLEN CAMPBELL - Try a Little Kindness
ROY CLARK - Yesterday When I Was Young
WATTS 103RD ST RHYTHM BAND - Do Your Thing
MOTHERLODE - When I Die
FIRST EDITION - But You Know I Love You
WILSON PICKETT - Hey Jude
SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Mendocino
RAY STEVENS - Along Came Jones

There are so many, many more, but I will keep this as a great list to build from. You will notice how many songs from the 60's have been remade in the later years. And the range of music ranges from rock to pop to r&b and even includes some of the British Invasion, which was headed by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Herman's Hermits, The Dave Clark Five and many, many more.
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I love just about every song of your list! Good job!
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Think you may have forgotten Ike and Tina Turner. :o

"A Fool in Love" was the first song that came to me. Didn't make your list.

Also- no "Funnel of Love" by Wanda Jackson?
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Can't get them all, Lazario. "Tunnel of Love" is by Wanda Jackson, I think that's the one you meant, not "Funnel of Love". And Ike and Tina Turner were always great to hear, but believe it or not, my list came from the Billboard Top 40 songs and Ike and Tina Turner were never there.

I plan on doing some add-ons in the next couple of days including Ike and Tina Turner and some of the British groups that were ignored like Deep Purple and group of that genre. It's a lot of work, but is fun and I will post another bunch of stuff in the next day or so.
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dvdjunkie wrote:Can't get them all, Lazario. "Tunnel of Love" is by Wanda Jackson, I think that's the one you meant, not "Funnel of Love". And Ike and Tina Turner were always great to hear, but believe it or not, my list came from the Billboard Top 40 songs and Ike and Tina Turner were never there.
You... cut and paste someone else's list? :o I'M SHOCKED AT YOU!

And, it's definitely "Funnel" :D :

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I stand corrected about the Wanda Jackson song. She was such a wonderful talent back in the 60's.

And no my list was copied from another source. I used all of my resources from being a disc jockey from 1959 until 1984 and am still working on a list of what would have been considered Best Rock Songs of the Decade.

I kept a lot of good notes over all the years I was in radio as well as copies of each week's "Top 40" list. At one station I was at in Santa Barbara they supported a lot of local bands, of which only three ever made it to the 'big time' - Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Turtles (who were really from Burbank), and The Giant Crab ( who were signed by UNI records and then they broke up).

My record and CD collection reflects a lot of what I put on that list for each year. I have the Top 100 songs from each year, according to Billboard Magazine, from 1959 through 1985. So rest assured that I have not committed a crime with this list, it is from all my notes and like I said I am still working on more to add.

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dvdjunkie wrote:I stand corrected about the Wanda Jackson song. She was such a wonderful talent back in the 60's.

And no my list was copied from another source. I used all of my resources from being a disc jockey from 1959 until 1984 and am still working on a list of what would have been considered Best Rock Songs of the Decade.

I kept a lot of good notes over all the years I was in radio as well as copies of each week's "Top 40" list. At one station I was at in Santa Barbara they supported a lot of local bands, of which only three ever made it to the 'big time' - Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Turtles (who were really from Burbank), and The Giant Crab ( who were signed by UNI records and then they broke up).

My record and CD collection reflects a lot of what I put on that list for each year. I have the Top 100 songs from each year, according to Billboard Magazine, from 1959 through 1985. So rest assured that I have not committed a crime with this list, it is from all my notes and like I said I am still working on more to add.
I was just kidding around anyway. I'm glad you made a detailed response (saves me from doing any work, period :wink:).
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Oh, boy! Finally a thread for my favorite musical era! I know you're all thinking now: "Oh no, there he goes again with his ramblings on Bob Dylan!" ... And you're right! :wink: In my next post, I'll talk about all the other artists, but if there was *one* artist who changed the face of popular music forever in the 1960's, it's Bob Dylan more than anyone else --yes, even moreso than The Beatles.

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While The Beatles are often credited with injecting meaningful, thoughtful poetry-like lyrics into rock 'n roll, Bob Dylan most certainly beat them to it. Dylan fused the great sounding, but meaningless sounds of rock 'n roll with lyrical gems that haven't been matched as of yet. In the process he single-handedly invented a whole new genre, the folk-rock. All musicians who came after him owe an enormous debt to him in that way. Dylan was also the first artist ever to put out a double-album in 1966 (Blonde on Blonde), which was filled with psychedelic music and abstract lyrics. Subterranean Homesick Blues is considered the first 'rap song' ever.

Before all that, he was a folk singer who, at age 22, made music that was so mature people thought he must have been at least in his 40's. He was a white kid from the middle class who recorded songs about the plight of African-Americans fighting for Civil Rights. He stood beside Dr. Martin Luther King during the march on Washington when he sang Only a Pawn in Their Game, about the assassination of black Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers, which Dylan blamed not on the murderer, but on white people in powerful positions who instructed common people that racism is a good thing. He also recorded The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol, the true story of the murder of a black maid by a Soutern politician, who was barely punished for his evil deed. And of course we all know Blowing in the wind, which became sort of the iconic song for the Civil Rights movement. Meanwhile, Masters of War harshly criticized the military-industrial complex in a straight-foward manner not seen before. On the same albums he put out in that period, Dylan also included beautiful poetry in the form of sensitive, never-clichéd ballads like Girl from the North Country and Boots of Spanish Leather.

Then, he suddenly stopped with acoustic music and 'protest songs' and angered all his fans by going electric. Fans went to concerts just to boo at him for supposedly 'selling out', but he didn't care. Dylan just upped it a notch and gained worldwide fame with Like a Rolling Stone. But he never conformed to expectations of fans and critics and put out insanely long and abstract songs like Desolation Row, in which Kain and Abel, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Einstein disguised as Robin Hood, Cinderella and T.S. Elliot (among many others) all play a role in a dramatic and unsettling tale.

After having succesfully done traditionals, folk music, and rock (all in only four years), he decided to change once again and recorded a country album! I'm sure everybody knows the classic Lay, Lady, Lay. He also recorded All Along the Watchtower, one of the most covered songs of all time. After Jimi Hendrix popularized it, Dylan has only performed the song live on stage with Hendrix' arrangement, which he thought was better.

Apart from the originality, the musicality, the talent, the iconic value of Bob Dylan's songs, why do I love them so much? Because they're all authentic; they're so real. There's not a shred of insincerity in any of them; they all come right from the heart, and if you hear him sing, it's like he's singing his soul out. His lyrics have the power to move and touch me like nobody has ever achieved. A lot of people have complained about his voice. He doesn't sing clean, they say. That's right, he doesn't have a beautiful voice. If you have to be honest about it, he has a rather bad voice. But he can *work* with it like nobody else can. He can use it in all possible ways, to achieve all possible effects with the listener. His phrasing is unmatched.

And now some of his best and/or most iconic songs, aside from those named above:

The Times They Are A-Changin'
I Want You
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Mr. Tambourine Man
Visions of Johanna
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
House of the Rising Sun
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleedin')
Ballad of a Thin Man
With God on Our Side
One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
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Did I kill this thread with my long tribute to Mr. Dylan, or was it dvdjunkie who already listed almost all of the greatest 1960's songs? :D

Well, I'm not going to bother to check if my list includes songs already named by dvdjunkie, but I'll bet there are more than a few that didn't turn up on his list (which is basically just the hits). I'll also include some Dutch artists, which I'm sure our many Dutch members will recognize, because they have matured Dutch popular music. In alphabetical order:


Barry McGuire- Eve of Destruction
Beach Boys- God Only Knows
Beach Boys- Good Vibrations
Beatles- A Day In the Life
Beatles- Back in the USSR
Beatles- Help!
Beatles- Here Comes the Sun
Beatles- Hey Jude
Beatles- In My Life
Beatles- Let It Be
Beatles- Penny Lane
Beatles- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With A Little Help From My Friends
Beatles- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Beatles- Yesterday
Boudewijn de Groot- Als de rook om je hoofd is verdwenen
Boudewijn de Groot- Cinderella
Boudewijn de Groot- Eva
Boudewijn de Groot- Het Land van Maas en Waal
Boudewijn de Groot- Prikkebeen
Boudewijn de Groot- Testament
Boudewijn de Groot- Welterusten, Mijnheer de President
Buffy St. Marie- The Universal Soldier
Byrds- Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan cover)
Byrds- My Back Pages (Bob Dylan cover)
Country Joe and the Fish- I Feel Like I'm Fixing to Die Rag
Cream- White Room
Doors- The End
Frank Sinatra- Fly Me To The Moon
Frank Sinatra- It Was A Very Good Year
Frank Sinatra- I've Got You Under My Skin
Frank Sinatra- Love's Been Good To Me
Frank Sinatra- My Way
Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim- The Girl from Ipanema
Jacques Brel- Amsterdam
Jacques Dutronc- Il est cinq heures, Paris, éveille
Jimi Hendrix Experience- All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan cover)
Joe Cocker- With A Little Help From My Friends
Lovin' Spoonful- Do You Believe in Magic
Mamas and the Papas- California Dreamin'
Martha and the Vandellas- (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave
Monkees- I'm A Believer
Moody Blues- Nights in White Satin
Nina Simone- Ain't Got No, I Got Life
Otis Redding- My Girl
Otis Redding- (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
Ramses Shaffy & Liesbeth List- Pastorale
Ramses Shaffy- Sammy
Ray Charles- Hit the Road, Jack
Rolling Stones- Paint It Black
Rolling Stones- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Roy Orbinson- Oh, Pretty Woman
Sam Cooke- Wonderful World (Don't Know Much About History)
Simon & Garfunkel- A Hazy Shade of Winter
Simon & Garfunkel- A Most Peculiar Man
Simon & Garfunkel- A Simple Desultory Phillipic (Or: How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission) (Bob Dylan parody)
Simon & Garfunkel- April Come She Will
Simon & Garfunkel- Homeward Bound
Simon & Garfunkel- I Am A Rock
Simon & Garfunkel- Mrs. Robinson
Simon & Garfunkel- Scarborough Fair/Canticle
Simon & Garfunkel- The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound of Silence
Steppenwolf- Born to be Wild
Temptations- My Girl
Van Morrison- Brown Eyed Girl
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