I Love The 60s! Post favorites and forgotten tracks

Here's another original version of a song that would later be associated with Cass Elliot and Helen Reddy:



Gloria Loring / One Way Ticket.

 

Indeed, Spanky & Our Gang were responsible for a couple of years of great music like this b-side I like as much as any of their most played songs.
Spanky & Our Gang - (It Ain't Necessarily) Bird Avenue

 

Forgotten by who? Once heard it can't be forgotten.

 

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas "Jimmy Mack" (1967)

 

Eternity's Children, Mrs. Bluebird:

 

Shadows of Knight
'Shake' (1969)

 

Sharin' my love of The Luv'd Ones! 'Up Down Sue' (1966)

 

Canadians who were actively listening in '67 will remember this hit -

The Staccatos, Half Past Midnight:

 

But maybe not its lesser-known follow-up -

The Staccatos, Didn't Know the Time:

 

Everybody knows "Baby Now That I Found You" and "Build Me Up Buttercup" but few people know that there was an even better single that came out in between the two of them that unfortunately, flopped:



Foundations / Any Old Time You're Lonely And Sad

 

Another Canadian gem, maybe the prettiest song ever from that country -

Ronnie Hawkins, Home from the Forest:

 

This was a much recorded P.F. Sloan tune, and this was unquestionably the definitive version:



The Wild Life / This Is What I Was Made For

 

More Canada: “She (Will-O-the-Wind)” by the Collectors.

Marshall Crenshaw turned me on to this record. Thanks, man. ...

 

How about something from the Gentrys that isn't "Keep On Dancing". "There Are Two Sides To Every Story" (1966)

 

"I'd Be A Fool Right Now" - Stevie Wonder

 

One of the most complicated chord progressions ever waxed. If you're attempting to figure them out, I'll give you a hint. The song is in the key of B and yet it doesn't hit a B chord until the word "Sunshine" at the 18 second mark. Here it is in high-fidelity stereo:

 

By many.

 

"Room At The Top" The Fallen Angels (1967) oh how I love this LP

 

The Exceptions, "My Mind Goes Travelling" , from 1967, this features Pete Cetera on vocals.

 

The Bold,
'Gotta Get Some (1966)

 

The Rogues, "You Better Look Now", an excellent folk rock influenced song from 1966. One of my absolute faves in the style, with a great electric twelve-string sound.

 

Definitely of its time here (1967). Who remembers Twiggy?