1960's music help

[reigningcatsndogs]

I'm looking for what was big in the late 1960's -- what songs from then spark memories or bring smiles? My WIP takes place then, and I find it so much easier to get me head into the right place if I'm listening to the right music. And yes, I can remember the 1960's, but I was just a young thing back then!! Any help on titles, groups, singers would be great!! Thanks!! Actually -- anything 1960's would help to get the memory cells working!!

[Rolling Thunder]

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

Lots of extra stuff here, including books and movies of the era.

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html

[williemeikle]

I'm looking for what was big in the late 1960's -- what songs from then spark memories or bring smiles? My WIP takes place then, and I find it so much easier to get me head into the right place if I'm listening to the right music. And yes, I can remember the 1960's, but I was just a young thing back then!! Any help on titles, groups, singers would be great!! Thanks!! Actually -- anything 1960's would help to get the memory cells working!!

I was just getting into my teens in the late sixties.... here's some things i particularly remember

POP
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The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever, Let it Be
Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman
The Monkees - Daydream Believer
The Jackson Five - I Want You Back
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising

ROCK
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Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Janis Joplin - Piece of My Heart


Willie

[Maryn]

I left for college in 1968, with Hey, Jude blasting. In a Gadda da Vida (or however it's spelled) was also important.

Maryn, who trusts the history site will have far more than she remembers

[Rolling Thunder]

I left for college in 1968, with Hey, Jude blasting. In a Gadda da Vida (or however it's spelled) was also important.

Maryn, who trusts the history site will have far more than she remembers

Doobie black outs? ;)

[reigningcatsndogs]

This is great stuff!! Thanks so much. I grew up in a decided rural area, with one radio station and it was C&W, so the rest of the suggestions are awesome!!

[johnnysannie]

I'm looking for what was big in the late 1960's -- what songs from then spark memories or bring smiles? My WIP takes place then, and I find it so much easier to get me head into the right place if I'm listening to the right music. And yes, I can remember the 1960's, but I was just a young thing back then!! Any help on titles, groups, singers would be great!! Thanks!! Actually -- anything 1960's would help to get the memory cells working!!



Anything CCR (Credence Clearwater Revival)
Janis Joplin
Steppenwolf
Motown Sound (Diana Ross & the Supremes for one)
Ike & Tina Turner
Otis Reding
The Raiders
Simon & Garfunkel
The Monkees
The Beatles
The Doors
Rolling Stones
Marvin Gaye

Most of these are still favorites!

I was just a kid but I wanted to be older like my oh, so cool cousins. My parents listened to rock, too, and I grew up on this stuff.

Elvis had his big 1968 comeback concert too...

[Zelenka]

Which country are you setting the story in? Just I'm plotting a WIP set in 1967 in London and I remember my mother telling me Procol Harum's 'Whiter Shade of Pale' was never off the radio around that time.

[reigningcatsndogs]

Which country are you setting the story in? Just I'm plotting a WIP set in 1967 in London and I remember my mother telling me Procol Harum's 'Whiter Shade of Pale' was never off the radio around that time.

It's set in the prairies. In my head its Canada, but probably not much different, I would assume, from living in a small rural town in the US.

[Joycecwilliams]

Stop In The Name of Love
Tracks of my tears
My Girl
My Guy
When a Man Loves a Woman
It's a Man's World
Walking in the Rain
Be My Baby
Cool Jerk
Hello Stranger
Crackling Rose
California Dreaming
Going to a Go Go
Ball of Confussion
Like a Rolling Stone
Everybody Must Get Stoned
The Boy From NY City
We Got to Get Out of This Place
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Barbara Ann
Gee Whiz
I Got You
I Saw Her Again
Mrs. Brown You Got A Lovely Daughter
I'm a Believer
Paint It Black
I Can't Get No Satisfaction
Lightening Striking Again
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
After Midnight
Bernadette
I'll Be There
Whiter Shade Of Pale
Bits and Pieces
Crimsom and Clover
Magic Carpet Ride
Are You Experienced?
I am the God Who Held Fire.
Lover's Concerto
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
Heat Wave
Nowhere to Run
Dancing in the Street
I have tons of songs from the sixties... my WIP is part in the sixties... so I play the music prior to writing... It helps a lot... If you need any help with a song P.M. me...

[Judg]

Mellow Yellow
Monkees, for sure, especially Then I Saw Her Face

Herman's Hermits with "Mrs. Brown, you've got a lovely daughter" and "Henry VIII"

I wasn't yet in my teens in the 60's, but these ones trickled down even to the little ones. We especially loved Henry VIII and would go down the streets bellowing "Second verse, same as the first, a little bit better or a little bit worse."

[Joycecwilliams]

Mellow Yellow
Monkees, for sure, especially Then I Saw Her Face

Herman's Hermits with "Mrs. Brown, you've got a lovely daughter" and "Henry VIII"

I wasn't yet in my teens in the 60's, but these ones trickled down even to the little ones. We especially loved Henry VIII and would go down the streets bellowing "Second verse, same as the first, a little bit better or a little bit worse."

The correct name for the song by the Monkees is I'm A Believer.

[reigningcatsndogs]

Mellow Yellow
Monkees, for sure, especially Then I Saw Her Face

Herman's Hermits with "Mrs. Brown, you've got a lovely daughter" and "Henry VIII"

I wasn't yet in my teens in the 60's, but these ones trickled down even to the little ones. We especially loved Henry VIII and would go down the streets bellowing "Second verse, same as the first, a little bit better or a little bit worse."

OMG!! ROFLMAO!!! I remember this too!! My sister had the album and I got to know all the songs. I forgot totally about them!!! I can still remember all the lyrics. Thanks so much!!!

[reigningcatsndogs]

HOLY TOLEDO, JOYCE!!!!

Thanks so much. There are a ton on songs on that list that I had totally forgotten about!!! I can't believe you took the time to write all that out for me. And yeah, it really helps when you have the right music playing -- the pieces of the WIP just seem to fall into place. You're the best:Hug2:

[benbradley]

This is my "go to" site for many thngs to do with pop music:
http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/summer.html
Click on "Top 40 Hits of 1930-1999" then click on the year of interest to see all the songs from that year. Then click on a title for the lyrics.

[reigningcatsndogs]

This is my "go to" site for many thngs to do with pop music:
http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/summer.html
Click on "Top 40 Hits of 1930-1999" then click on the year of interest to see all the songs from that year. Then click on a title for the lyrics.
Thanks so much!!! What an awesome site. I've goggled lots and never landed here, but I've clicked it on to favorites!

[DeleyanLee]

In a Gadda da Vida (or however it's spelled)

Believe it or not, the correct title is "In the Garden of Eden".

[aka eraser]

A song that symbolized that time period for me (and perhaps the greatest one-hit wonder of all time) is Thunderclap Newman's Something In The Air.

[jst5150]

Musically, the 1960s were defined in three separate periods for me.

The "Beach Boys kill rock and roll" period from 1960-1963
The "Beatles and Beach Boys simultaneously dry hump the musical world for three years while Johnny Mathis and Paul Anka are still somewhat weirdly popular" era.
and, my favorite ...
The "all hell breaks loose thanks to the war in Vietnam. drugs and Hell's Angels killing people at Altamont" era. This era rpolls over until about 1975, when the "disco rises up and kills music altogether, except in Europe, where it is welcomed as hero" era. :)

Mix into this Motown and Phil Spector's influence on music as a whole; sprinkle in a bit of "Hey Elvis IS still alive" and swirl it around with some "bands with thin ties and suits that match with vanilla music and queer haircuts.

Satnd on Haight & Ashbury. Drink liberally. :)

[C.bronco]

My parents have an enormous record collection, which I enjoyed listening to often. My mom liked the Beatles, and Fabian to my recollection. My Dad played a lot of Simon and Garfunkle and Ray Charles.
Old 45's that come to mind are "Wake Up Little Susie" -The Everly Brothers I think, and "Heartbreak Hotel" -Elvis. Oh yeah! The Association's song "Cherish."

[reigningcatsndogs]

The "all hell breaks loose thanks to the war in Vietnam. drugs and Hell's Angels killing people at Altamont" era. This era rpolls over until about 1975, when the "disco rises up and kills music altogether, except in Europe, where it is welcomed as hero" era. :)


:scared:ACK!!!! Geesh -- don't mention d-i-s-c-o in a good music thread, because there are people around here who will, seriously, start posting pictures of glittery balls and John Travolta!!!

You're right about how it breaks down throught the decade -- never thought of it that way. Thanks!

[Shadow_Ferret]

The Archies Sugar, Sugar
1910 Fruitgum Company Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I Got Love in my Tummy
Herman's Hermits Henry the Eighth
The Troggs Wild Thing
Paul Revere and the Raiders Kicks
The Royal Guardsmen Snoopy Versus the Red Baron

Ferret, whose tastes in bubblegum reflect the fact that he is slightly, but only slightly, younger than Maryn.

[C.bronco]

Big Girls Don't Cry (Who did that one? They don't cry-aye-aye!)

[Shadow_Ferret]

Big Girls Don't Cry (Who did that one? They don't cry-aye-aye!)
The Four Seasons. My wife just picked up The Jersey Boys and has been playing Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons remakes ever since.

[C.bronco]

Personally, I'm a big Led Zeppelin fan, :) , but I enjoy a lot of different kinds of music.

[Shadow_Ferret]

Personally, I'm a big Led Zeppelin fan, , but I enjoy a lot of different kinds of music.

They're more 70s, though, not 60s.

[ChunkyC]

It's set in the prairies. In my head its Canada, but probably not much different, I would assume, from living in a small rural town in the US.
Hmm, The Guess Who were starting to roll around then. They had a hit as Chad Allen and the Expressions with Shakin' All Over in 1965, then Burton Cummings joined the band and they became The Guess Who and exploded onto the international charts with These Eyes in 1969. If you want prairie inspired music from that era, these guys are it. :)

Wikipedia article, for those interested (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guess_Who)

[reigningcatsndogs]

Hmm, The Guess Who was starting to roll around then. They had a hit as Chad Allen and the Expressions with Shakin' All Over in 1965, then Burton Cummings joined the band and they became The Guess Who and exploded onto the international charts with These Eyes in 1969. If you want prairie inspired music from that era, these guys are it. :)

Wikipedia article, for those interested (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guess_Who)


Seriously? I love The Guess Who but I never knew they were anything before that!!! They just did a reunion album -- its awesome! I think they're from Winterpeg, aren't they?

[ChunkyC]

Yup. They was borned and growed up in Winterpeg. The albums Wheatfield Soul and Canned Wheat were released in 1968 and 1969 respectively. Definitely my favourite Canadian band of all time.

ETA: These Eyes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEuzNCskW_I)

[nerds]

hmmmm. I had one childhood foot in the late '50s and the rest in the '60s. The music started to split off in so many directions in the mid-'60s that some of us went on very diverse listening paths from others.

Maryn mentioned Innagaddadavida or however that damn thing was spelled, that was Iron Butterfly, 1968. But we were listening to it constantly in 1973 while stoned out of our gourds. We were idiots. At the time.

For those of us who were there the rapid change in music styles was fairly head-spinning - some embraced it, some didn't. A lot of the music got noisy and left song structure behind, which did appeal to millions of people, especially when stoned. While I always appreciated Hendrix's brilliance I could never listen to him. I'm noise-sensitive and I literally can't listen to metal and prolonged crazy guitar riffs, etc. At the same time there was prairie rock going on, the folkies were still in the mix, storytellers like Simon and Garfunkel, Gram Parsons, the old rock and roll was still trying to hang on, omg, the music was all over the lot. A crazy quilt.

Associated memories, too many, also crazy quilt but a timeline too. Snapshot.

1960 - on the radio - A Summer Place, Percy Faith. Cathy's Clown, Everly Brothers. Teen Angel, Mark Dinning. The Twist, Chubby Checker.

1962, on the family record player in the livingroom, "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die." I was five years old and this line never left me. A Cash fan from there on in.

1963, Surfin' USA, Beach Boys, and Surf City, Jan and Dean. I wanted to go live in this magical California place. I Can't Get Used to Losing You, Andy Williams - the balladeers were still hanging on. Blue Velvet, Bobby Vinton. Puff the Magic Dragon, Peter Paul and Mary - made me cry then, still makes me cry.

Jump to '67, I'm a Believer, the Monkees. This is when things started to get depressing. On the plus side, Brown-Eyed Girl, Van Morrison. I didn't meet my first love till 1972, but this was his song for me. Somebody to Love, Jefferson Airplane. I was ten and J.A. scared me. The Beat Goes On, Sonny and Cher. Depressing. Plus side, Snoopy v. the Red Baron, the Royal Guardsmen.

It's a big subject. Too much to try to express in a post, but a good o.p.

/ramble

[bluntforcetrauma]

It's set in the prairies. In my head its Canada, but probably not much different, I would assume, from living in a small rural town in the US.

I would think rural Canada of the 60's to be different than rural America of the 60's. I know Canada used to have laws about playing 75% Canadian made music on the radio then. So, there's yer Gordon Lightfoot and Guess Who...

And to think after those exclusive rules, we were kind enough to break Rush in Ohio! :roll:

[bluntforcetrauma]

Somebody to Love, Jefferson Airplane. I was ten and J.A. scared me. /ramble

I was 6 when that came out. Loved it. Still listen to it a lot. Crazy good guitar solo at the end.

[ChunkyC]

I would think rural Canada of the 60's to be different than rural America of the 60's. I know Canada used to have laws about playing 75% Canadian made music on the radio then. So, there's yer Gordon Lightfoot and Guess Who...
I'm sure there were and are a lot of similarities to rural life in Canada and America, but the radio playlists would definitely have been very different for that reason alone. And the Canadian content laws are still in place, though the percentages have probably changed. I'd have to look it up.

[bluntforcetrauma]

I'm sure there were and are a lot of similarities to rural life in Canada and America, but the radio playlists would definitely have been very different for that reason alone. And the Canadian content laws are still in place, though the percentages have probably changed. I'd have to look it up.

I was only referring to the type of music that Canadians vs. People in the States would have been exposed to in rural areas. Should have clarified.

[ChunkyC]

Oh, I got what you meant. I was just agreeing about how the content laws would have made radio far more different than other aspects of rural life at the time. :)

[Shadow_Ferret]

That really sounds strange. Limiting music based on country of origin? I can't even conceive of such a thing.

There'd never have been the British Invasion in America, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Moody Blues (not part of the original BI, but I like them anyway), the Kinks, The Who et al would never have been on the radio.

Unthinkable.

[bluntforcetrauma]

That really sounds strange. Limiting music based on country of origin? I can't even conceive of such a thing.

There'd never have been the British Invasion in America, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Moody Blues (not part of the original BI, but I like them anyway), the Kinks, The Who et al would never have been on the radio.

Unthinkable.

It was purely an economic move, to my mind anyway. A country should support it's own arts. I'm sure there were record stores where anyone could pick up music from any place. And back then, you could sit and listen to an album before you bought it.

[ChunkyC]

That really sounds strange. Limiting music based on country of origin? I can't even conceive of such a thing.
You don't live next door to the behemoth that is the American entertainment industry. :)

These laws were put in place to help maintain the viability of the Canadian artistic community in the face of the overwhelming volume of stuff coming across the border from the States. We were swamped with American content, so much so that our industry could not compete, regardless of quality.

Radio and TV stations could still play anything, but there had to be a minimum percentage of Canadian content. It's controversial, and definitely a form of protectionism, not unlike how the American auto industry wanted the US government to protect them from the onslaught of the Japanese automakers in the 1970s.

Not really unthinkable. And we experienced the British Invasion just like America did, despite the content laws.

ETA: a little story to illustrate the difference between the US and Canadian music industries:

A number of years ago, Canadian artists got together to record a song much like America's "We are the World." Neil Young and Gordon Lightfoot were involved, two of our most distinguished musical legends. How did they get to the star-studded recording session?

They shared a cab. :)

[bluntforcetrauma]

These laws were put in place to help maintain the viability of the Canadian artistic community in the face of the overwhelming volume of stuff coming across the border from the States.

Hence, the huge amount of throwaway crap we have.

It's controversial, and definitely a form of protectionism, not unlike how the American auto industry wanted the US government to protect them from the onslaught of the Japanese automakers in the 1970s.

It didn't work.

Neil Young and Gordon Lightfoot were involved, two of our most distinguished musical legends. How did they get to the star-studded recording session? They shared a cab. :)

What? No Hummer limo? How did they survive?


Words of me in red. :ROFL:

[DWSTXS]

reigning -

I have a list of all pop, and rock and roll songs from 1962 -1999, and the list shows what songs were in the top 40, the big hits etc. I've already researched this because my novel is set from '69 to '99, and dealt with sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and being a 'hippie'

i'd be happy to share it with you

[Shadow_Ferret]

I just noticed no one mentioned Blood, Sweat, and Tears who were HUGE in the late 60s. On top of the world. The album Blood, Sweat, and Tears, released in 1969 went something like triple platinum, won a Grammy for Album of the Year, and had the hits "You make me so very happy," "Spinning Wheel," "More and More," and "And when I die."

[DWSTXS]

also...Mountain (Mississippi Queen) I went to see Mountain and the opening act was Black Sabbath. This was just few months before Black Sabbath and Ozzy Ozbourne became big.

[ChunkyC]

I just noticed no one mentioned Blood, Sweat, and Tears who were HUGE in the late 60s. On top of the world. The album Blood, Sweat, and Tears, released in 1969 went something like triple platinum, won a Grammy for Album of the Year, and had the hits "You make me so very happy," "Spinning Wheel," "More and More," and "And when I die."
*smaks head* I can't believe I didn't think of those guys! Good one, Ed. :)

[DWSTXS]

I just noticed no one mentioned Blood, Sweat, and Tears who were HUGE in the late 60s. On top of the world. The album Blood, Sweat, and Tears, released in 1969 went something like triple platinum, won a Grammy for Album of the Year, and had the hits "You make me so very happy," "Spinning Wheel," "More and More," and "And when I die."

Let's not forget 'Lucretia McEvil'


also, from that time, the first Chicago album came out 'Chicago Transit Authority' that was a GREAT album!

[DWSTXS]

just wondering, since we're talking about music, Why does Neil Young sound like a young muppet when he sings? (Lookout mama, there's a white boat coming up the river...)

[ChunkyC]

just wondering, since we're talking about music, Why does Neil Young sound like a young muppet when he sings? (Lookout mama, there's a white boat coming up the river...)
The first time he snorted coke, he got the caps stuck in his nostrils. :D