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What songs from the 1960's are still on your playlist?

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What songs from the 1960's are still on your playlist?

The 1960's boasts a vast array of music styles and genres throughout the decade. Many genres crossed and blurred lines, and new sub-genres or were created.

 

Throughout the 60's, we had a variety of pop, rock, Motown / R&B and soul. There were all of those tragedy songs, muscle car songs, and surf songs playing on the radio. Then came The Beatles and the British invasion. Folk music evolved into folk-rock, and Bob Dylan became one of the most influential songwriters of the decade and beyond. Folk music became a popular genre for the counterculture and protest songs (anti-war, civil rights). Folk-rock segued into psychedelic rock and songs of the drug culture. Elvis made a comeback in '68. Later in the decade, progressive rock began to merge various genres and styles, including classical music. And by the end of the decade, blues rock was moving to hard rock and heavy rock territory.

 

So much happened? What did I miss?

 

Here's an article that I found for a memory refresher.

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/60smusic.html

 

So, what songs from the 1960's are still on your playlist today?

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California Dreaming: Mamas and Papas.

 

Anything by the Supremes, The Four Seasons and The Beach Boys

 

 

 

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Best music era ever!

 

You Were On My Mind - We Five

Never My Love - The Association

Any Beach Boys especially Pet Sounds

I Knew You When - Billie Joe Royal

Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds

One Fine Day - The Chiffons

Glad All Over - Dave Clark Five

Light My Fire - The Doors

 

and the rest of my 60s playlist! Thanks for a great question.

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Many but I'll just drop the 3 I most recently listened to:

Substitue - The Who

I wanna be your Dog - The Stooges

Kick out the Jam - MC5

 

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Satisfaction. Nuff said. 

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Downtown by Petula Clark,  Time is on My Side, The Rolling Stones,  Here Comes the Sun, The Beatles, Knights in Whitec Satin, Moody Blues, California Dreamin, The Mama's and the Papas, What a Wonderful World, Sam Cooke, We're Having a Party, 

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Joe South -

 

1968

Games People Play

These Are Not My People

All My Hard Times

Birds Of A Feather

Rose Garden

Mirror Of Your Mind

 

1969

I Knew You When

Untie Me

Hush

Fool Me

Children

Don't It Make You Want To Go Home

Walk A Mile In My Shoes

 

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Cream

 

I feel free 1966

Strange brew 1967

Sunshine of your love 1967

White room 1968

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@BeatleloverKT wrote:

Cream

 

I feel free 1966

Strange brew 1967

Sunshine of your love 1967

White room 1968


And add . . .  Blind Faith (1969)

 

Had To Cry Today

Can't Find My Way Home

Presence Of The Lord

 

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James Taylor 1968

 

Something in the way she moves

Carolina in my mind

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In no particular order:

 

The Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag -- Country Joe and the Fish

 

White Rabbit -- Jefferson Airplane

 

Come Together -- The Beatles

 

Eve of Destruction -- Barry McGuire

 

Ode to Billy Joe -- Bobbie Gentry

 

Harper Valley PTA -- Jeannie C. Riley

 

Turn! Turn! Turn! -- The Byrds

 

These Boots are Made for Walkin' -- Nancy Sinatra

 

Who Are You? -- The Who

 

See Emily Play -- Pink Floyd

 

LOL Yes, I love music!!

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Stand by me- Ben E. King- 1962

No particular place to go- Chuck Berry- 1964

When a man loves a woman- Percy Sledge- 1966

In the year 2525- Zager&Evans- 1969

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The Doors

 

1967

Light my fire

The End

Break on through

Love me two times

People are strange

Hello, I love you- 1968

Touch me- 1969

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The Association

 

Cherish- 1966

Along comes Mary- 1966

Windy- 1967

Everything that touches you- 1968. I love this song, especially the end-

incredible harmony throughout

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Three Dog Night

 

1968

One

Try a little tenderness

 

1969

Eli's coming

Easy to be hard

Celebrate

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@BeatleloverKT wrote:

Three Dog Night

 

1968

One

Try a little tenderness

 

1969

Eli's coming

Easy to be hard

Celebrate


Ditto on Three Dog Night!  

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Elvis Presley

Are you lonesome tonight 1960

Can't help falling in love 1961

Viva Las Vegas 1963

Devil In disquise 1963

If I can dream 1968 (imo possibly the best song ever, still gives me chills EVERYTIME I hear it!)

In the ghetto 1969

Suspicious minds 1969

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If I Can Dream  Heart That's my favorite Elvis song! 

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Aretha Franklin

 
1967

A natural woman

Chain of fools

Do right woman, do right man

1968

I say a little prayer

Think

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Jimi Hendrix

 

Hey Joe 1966

Foxy Lady 1967

Purple Haze 1967

All along the watchtower 1968

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I'D ADD "AXIS - BOLD AS LOVE," "CASTLES MADE OF SAND",& "LITTLE WING"
SUPERGIRL, NO REALLY I MEAN IT! HER REAL NAME & MINE ARE THE SAME( FIRST 2 NAMES ARE)
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Righteous Brothers

 

You've lost that lovin' feeling 1964

Unchained Melody 1965

Soul and inspiration 1965

Just once in my life 1965

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Janis Joplin

 

Down on me 1967

Ball and chain 1968

Summertime 1968

Me&Bobby McGee 1969

Piece of my heart 1969

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Four Tops

Baby I need your loving 1964

It's the same old song 1965

Something about you 1965

Standing in the shadows of love 1966

Shake me, wake me(when it's over) 1966

Bernadette 1967

7 rooms of gloom 1967

Walk away Renee 1968

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The Box Tops

 

The Letter 1967

Cry like a baby 1968

Soul deep 1969

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From Peter, Paul & Mary -

 

1962

Lemon Tree

500 Miles

If I Had A Hammer

Where Have All The Flowers Gone

Cruel War

 

1963

Puff (the magic dragon) * 

Blowin' In The Wind **

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right **

Stewball *

All My Trials

 

1964

Tell It On The Mountain

The Times They Are A-Changin' **

 

1965

Early Mornin' Rain

For Lovin' Me

The Last Thing On My Mind

 

* two of my favorite songs, still bring tears

** will have to add these to Dylan covers list

 

 

 

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Tommy Roe

 

Sheila 1962

Sweet pea 1966

Dizzy 1969

Cinnamon 1969

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Beach Boys (by year)

 

Surfin' 1961

Surfin' USA 1962

Be true to your school 1963

Don't worry baby 1964

Help me Rhonda 1965

Good vibrations 1966

Heroes and villains 1967

Do it again 1968

I can hear music 1969

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Rolling Stones


I wanna be your man 1963

Heart of Stone 1964

I can't get no satisfaction 1965

Under my thumb 1966

She's a rainbow 1967

Sympathy for the devil 1968

Honky tonk women 1969

 

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Rolling Stones  - Mine's a little different. I really liked their early songs.

 

1964

Time Is On My Side

It's All Over Now

Tell Me

Heart Of Stone

Not Fade Away

 

1965

Satisfaction

The Last Time

As Tears Go Buy

Get Off Of My Cloud

 

1966

Paint It Black

Mother's Little Helper

19th Nervous Breakdown

 

1967

Ruby Tuesday

 

1968

Jumpin' Jack Flash

 

1969

Honky Tonk Women

2000 Light Years from Home

 

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@MaVolta @I loved EVERY song on your list! I just went with a little sampling lol The Stones rule!!

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