Welcome to my music blog. In these entries I will highlight a particular genre, time period, or artist and give you a week’s worth of listening as examples. You can go to Pandora, Spotify, or your favorite music site to listen to or download the music.
I wish I could say each list was the result of years of research, my own musical experience, and critical consensus of critics, but they aren’t. They are just things I find interesting. I listen to many types of music, but I tend to love to find overlooked bands/songs or bands that were big but that history has kind of forgotten.
There will be glaring omissions, egregious inclusions, and outright mistakes. If you agree or disagree, want to clue me into other possibilities, or explain some odd point of music history, please leave a comment.
Otherwise, sit back and enjoy the music.
Early ‘60’s Pop
In the wake of the Fab 4’s explosion onto the music scene, many, many bands with shaggy hair, strong harmonies, and sweet love songs got signed to record labels. A few of them were really good bands who happened to have the misfortune of living in The Beatles considerable shadow.
The bands and songs on this list are some of my favorites from the era. History has not been kind to most of these bands. When you think of ‘60’s music, the socially conscious, protest, and hippie stuff springs to mind first. While in retrospect, that music probably had the strongest impact on society and music, it was not necessarily the most popular music at the time. Take the top songs of 1965:
Billboard Top 10 songs of 1965
01.Wooly Bully » Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
02. I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) » Four Tops
03. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction » Rolling Stones
04. You Were On My Mind » We Five
05. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ » Righteous Brothers
06. Downtown » Petula Clark
07. Help! » Beatles
08. Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat » Herman’s Hermits
09. Crying In The Chapel » Elvis Presley
10. My Girl » Temptations
One Rolling Stones song, and one Beatles song. Petula Clark, the Four Tops, and Elvis were also very popular. So, my list collects some of my favorite songs from the era that everybody was listening to, but that music history has kind of overlooked.
Monday – The Turtles “Elenor”, “Happy Together”
Tuesday – The Zombies “She’s Not There”, “Tell Her No”
Wednesday – Herman’s Hermits “I’m into something good”, “There’s a kind of a hush”
Thursday – Grass Roots “Midnight Confessions”
Tommy James & The Shondells “I Think We’re Alone Now”
Friday – The Monkees “Steppin’ Stone”, “Daydream Believer”, “You just may be the one”
Source:
http://scottweberwriter.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/music-blog-60s-pop/