Your top 20 songs of the 1960s?

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Easily the best musical decade until the 80s.

This is off the top of my head and could change tomorrow. WHAT ABOUT YOU?
  1. Procul Harlum - Whiter Shade of Pale
  2. Mamas and Papas - California Dreamin'
  3. Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
  4. Glen Campbell - Witchita Lineman
  5. The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
  6. Animals - House of the Rising Son
  7. Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine No More
  8. Scott Walker - It's Raining Today
  9. The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
  10. The Shadows - Apache
  11. Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now
  12. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
  13. Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
  14. Kyu Sakamoto - 上を向いて歩こう
  15. Hollies - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother
  16. Linda Ronstadt - Different Drum
  17. Frank Sinatra - Strangers in the Night
  18. Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
  19. Marlena Shaw - California Soul
  20. Esther and Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockefella
 
I kept it to one per artist otherwise it would have been very Dusty and Mamas heavy.
 
Curious to know how many on Moopy could/ would do it. I know some definitely can.
 
Pfff it would take a while to do something close to a proper top 20, but off the top of my head, and I can only think of big hits right now, sorry:

Make Your Own Kind Of Music - Mamma Cass
Black is black - Los Bravos
I want to hold your hands - Beatles
Come see about me - Supremes
Everybody loves somebody - Dean Martin
I'm gonna make you love me- Temptations (feat. Supremes)
Will you love me toorrow - Shirelles
Moon river - Henry Mancini
I want you back - Jackson 5
Build me up buttercup - Foundations
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells
Do you love me - The Contours
Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals
Good vibrations - Beach Boys

I could add another 5 predictable songs to complete it. I'm sure there are some obscure ones I adore but I can't think of right now.
 
Oh He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother is totally in my top 10 of the decade.
 
Good call on the Walker Brothers @Ag !

Hollies would be in my top 20 too (thanks Mum 😎) but probably not one of the big hits. ‘Stop stop stop’ *edit oh that got to #2

Might try and do this later
 
I have to think long and hard about which songs are my favourites, and which ones I'm hugely nostalgic about because of being childhood staples due to my parents listening to them. There will be some overlap, but the ones that immediately come to mind tend to be nostalgia rather than genuinely loving them.
 
There aren't many songs which fill me with sheer unadulterated joy as this though, I know that much.


 
Actually I think I may just post a few favourites here and then may compile a list after more thought.

I love this slice of Northern Soul

 
lolly said:
Actually I think I may just post a few favourites here and then may compile a list after more thought.

I love this slice of Northern Soul

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Always here for something unknown. I don't really *know* Northern Soul.
 
I've seen this album mentioned here before. It's very much a mood piece for me, but when it hits, it hits hard.

 
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This was a delight to discover when I did a Bobbie Gentry deep dive a couple of years ago.

 
And for sheer gay melodrama, it doesn't get better than this. This side of Shirley Bassey, at least.

 
Fuck it

Top 21 (in no particular order)

Bob Dylan - Lay lady lay
The Hollies - Stop Stop Stop
The Chiffons - Sweet talking guy
Billie Davis - Tell him
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers - Got to get you into my life
The Supremes - Some day we’ll be together
The Beatles - Here comes the sun
The Crystals - Then he kissed me
Dionne Warwick - Walk on by
The Zombies - She’s not there
Roberta Flack - The first time ever I saw your face
The Walker Brothers - The sun ain’t gonna shine anymore
Jackie Wilson - Your love keeps lifting me higher and higher
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
The Drifters - Save the last dance for me
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Etta James - I’d rather go blind
Simon & Garfunkel - The boxer
Lesley Gore - You don’t own me
PP Arnold - Angel of the morning
Four Tops - Reach Out (I’ll be there)
 
That took a minute


The Beatles - Something
The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Mamas & Papas - California Dreaming
Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long
Sam & Dave - Hold On (I'm Coming)
Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
Jackie Wilson - Higher And Higher
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
Nick Drake - River Man
Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love
Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By
Bee Gees - To Love Somebody
Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
 
funky said:
That took a minute


The Beatles - Something
The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Mamas & Papas - California Dreaming
Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long
Sam & Dave - Hold On (I'm Coming)
Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
Jackie Wilson - Higher And Higher
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
Nick Drake - River Man
Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love
Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By
Bee Gees - To Love Somebody
Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
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One per artist @funky !

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I avoided the Beatles, because it's easier than dealing with them Guitar and Sun are both very good. I am partial to The White Album.
 
I avoided the Beatles for 30 years but I'm glad I gave them a chance. It's like being invited to the secret code that makes them so wonderful.
 
Mary Linda - Perasmenes Mou Agapes
The Beatles - Honeymoon Song
Jenny Vanou - Xypna Agapi Mou
Miranda Martino - Meglio Stasera
Katy Homata - Mia Agapi Gia To Kalokeri
Doris Day - Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps
Nico Fidenco – A Casa D'Irene
The Mamas & The Pappas - California Dreamin'
Mina - Un Anno D'Amore
Nina Simone - Ne Me Quitte Pas
Petula Clark - Downtown
Caterina Caselli - Nessuno Mi Può Giudicare
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Summer Wine
Sérgio Mendez - Mas Que Nada
Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang
Maria Dimitriadi - Ena Proino (Annabel)
Dalida - Le Temps Des Fleurs
Patty Pravo - La Bambola
Françoise Hardy - Comment Te Dire Adieu
Shocking Blue - Venus
 
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I've not as familiar with the music of the 1960s as much as I probably should be. However I've always loved Tammy St. John's 'Dark Shadows and Empty Hallways'.



THERE AIN'T NO RAINBOWS FOR ME. :(
 
I'm going to have to spend the next year narrowing my list down. Will try and come up with something for you.
 
Here goes, in no particular order:

1. The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin' (pretty much compulsory)
2. The Zombies - Time of the Season
3. Irma Thomas - Wish Someone Would Care
4. Bettye Lavette - Let Me Down Easy
5. James Carr - The Dark End of the Street
6. The Shirelles - Baby It's You
7. The Ronettes - Be My Baby
8. The Supremes - My World Is Empty Without You
9. Martha & The Vandellas - Nowhere to Run
10. The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart of Mine
11. Dusty Springfield - All I See Is You
12. Evie Sands - Take Me For A Little While
13. Thelma Houston - Crazy Mixed Up Girl
14. P.P. Arnold - The First Cut Is the Deepest
15. Nina Simone - To Love Somebody
16. Jackie DeShannon - When You Walk in the Room
17. Aretha Franklin - Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)
18. Sandie Shaw - Long Live Love
19. The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
20. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

A bit heavy on the pop girls but I was very into the girl groups and Motown for a while.
 
FetchFugly said:
Here goes, in no particular order:

1. The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin' (pretty much compulsory)
2. The Zombies - Time of the Season
3. Irma Thomas - Wish Someone Would Care
4. Bettye Lavette - Let Me Down Easy
5. James Carr - The Dark End of the Street
6. The Shirelles - Baby It's You
7. The Ronettes - Be My Baby
8. The Supremes - My World Is Empty Without You
9. Martha & The Vandellas - Nowhere to Run
10. The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart of Mine
11. Dusty Springfield - All I See Is You
12. Evie Sands - Take Me For A Little While
13. Thelma Houston - Crazy Mixed Up Girl
14. P.P. Arnold - The First Cut Is the Deepest
15. Nina Simone - To Love Somebody
16. Jackie DeShannon - When You Walk in the Room
17. Aretha Franklin - Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)
18. Sandie Shaw - Long Live Love
19. The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
20. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

A bit heavy on the pop girls but I was very into the girl groups and Motown for a while.
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Investigating pre 1976 Thelma Houston as we speak.
 
This thread has reminded me that I need to get on with doing a new Moopy's favourite artist comp. I said I would and I want to do it.

#comingsoon
 
1. The Crystals - He's A Rebel
2. The Beatles - A Day In The Life
3. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
4. Diana Ross & The Supremes - Love Child
5. Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
6. Johnny Cash & June Carter - Jackson
7. The Ronettes - Be My Baby
8. The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin'
9. Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
10. The Chiffons - One Fine Day
11. Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High
12. Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
13. Barbra Streisand - Don't Rain On My Parade
14. Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
15. Nina Simone - Sinnerman
16. The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
17. Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man
18. The Monkees - Daydream Believer
19. The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun
20. The Seekers - The Carnival Is Over

And 80 bonus tracks that almost made it :shy: (in alphabetical order)

1. ? And The Mysterians – 96 Tears
2. Aretha Franklin – (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
3. Aretha Franklin – Respect
4. The Band – The Weight
5. Bee Gees – New York Mining Disaster 1941
6. The Beatles – Blackbird
7. The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby
8. The Beatles – Helter Skelter
9. The Beatles – In My Life
10. Ben E. King – Spanish Harlem
11. Bob Dylan – Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
12. Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin’
13. Bobbie Gentry – Ode To Billie Joe
14. Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth
15. The Byrds – Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
16. Cher – You Better Sit Down Kids
17. Cream – Sunshine Of Your Love
18. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
19. David Bowie – Space Oddity
20. Dionne Warwick – Anyone Who Had A Heart
21. Dolly Parton – Dumb Blonde
22. Dolly Parton – Just Because I’m A Woman
23. Dolly Parton – The Bridge
24. Donovan – Season Of The Witch
25. Dusty Springfield – The Windmills Of Your Mind
26. Dusty Springfield – Willie & Laura Mae Jones
27. Edith Piaf – Non, je ne regrette rien
28. Elvis Presley – Crying In The Chapel
29. Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds
30. The Everly Brothers – Love Of The Common People
31. Frank Sinatra – It Was A Very Good Year
32. Gerry & The Pacemakers – Ferry Cross The Mersey
33. The Hollies – He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother
34. Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
35. The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
36. The Jackson 5 – Who’s Lovin’ You
37. Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg – Je t’aime… moi non plus
38. Jeannie C. Riley – Harper Valley P.T.A.
39. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along The Watchtower
40. John Denver – Leaving On A Jet Plane
41. Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues (Live)
42. Johnny Cash & June Carter – It Ain’t Me Babe
43. Joni Mitchell – Both Sides, Now
44. June Carter – The Heel
45. The Kinks – Days
46. Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love
47. Lesley Gore – You Don’t Own Me
48. Loretta Lynn – Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)
49. Loretta Lynn – Fist City
50. Mama Cass – Make Your Own Kind Of Music
51. Manfred Mann – Mighty Quinn
52. Marianne Faithfull – As Tears Go By
53. The Miracles – The Tracks Of My Tears
54. Nancy Sinatra – Bang Bang
55. Nina Simone – Four Women
56. Nina Simone – Ne me quitte pas
57. Patsy Cline – Crazy
58. Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale
59. The Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody
60. Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
61. Rolling Stones – Mother’s Little Helper
62. Rolling Stones – Ruby Tuesday
63. Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil
64. Roy Orbison – Crying
65. The Seekers – I’ll Never Find Another You
66. The Shangri-La’s – Leader Of The Pack
67. The Shirelles – Mama Said
68. Simon & Garfunkel – America
69. Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound Of Silence
70. Skeeter Davis – The End Of The World
71. Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe
72. Sonny & Cher – The Beat Goes On
73. The Statler Brothers – Flowers On The Wall
74. The Supremes – I Hear A Symphony
75. The Supremes – You Keep Me Hangin’ On
76. Tiny Tim – Tip-Toe Thru’ The Tulips With Me
77. The Velvet Underground – All Tomorrow’s Parties
78. Wanda Jackson – Who Shot Sam?
79. West Side Story Cast – America
80. Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
 
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