60s songs that belong irrevocably to the 60s

I always wanted to wear a flower in my hair.

 

2 Songs good luck singing along with...fun!!
Pata Pata - Miriam Makeba

 

...And,
Barabajagal - Donovan

 

"What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong, recorded in 1967, didn't finally become a hit until 1987. Admittedly, it was in a film that evoked the '60s, but it gained enough resonance beyond Good Morning Vietnam that it was on current radio a lot (and has become a standard).

"Stand By Me" by Ben E. King is another Sixties song that transcends its decade. So does "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett. Both of those were hits in other decades in addition to the 1960s.

One also could argue that many Christmas songs recorded in the 1960s are not irrevocably from the '60s. That's a bit different, because a fair amount of Christmas as celebrated in the U.S. is based on nostalgia. But "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" and "A Holly Jolly Christmas," to name two, are bigger hits now than they ever were in the 1960s.

 

Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion- Jerry Garcia refused to even play it post 1967

 

Wasn't groovy still common in the 70s? I know it was in Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin On?" from 1971

 

Candy-The Astors...I Can't Help Myself-Four Tops...I Wanna Hold Your Hand-The Beatles.

 

lol, had to laugh at that one.

 

To me a good chunk of 68 and 69 songs easily sound like they could have came out in the 70s. And the early 60s stuff is basically a continuation of the 50s.

So songs from 66 to 67 with a blatant "flower power" vibe, particularly with lower sound quality are what come to mind for me.

As well as earlier Beach Boys songs like "California Girls". That would have sounded ancient even in 1967 I bet.

 

Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf.

It just sounds like a generally badass song that doesn't belong to a given time period.


I don't think it would have sounded out of place even if it came out in 1980.

 

Paul Mauriat - Puppet on a String



I win.

 

Well, they have a strong vibe, and they were made in the 60s.

 

"Eve of Destruction"...never mind.

 

pretty much all of the British Invasion sans The Beatles of course...

 

Small Faces - Itchycoo Park.
It's just a teenage LSD song, but I love it. Steve Marriot was amazing.

 

"1969"?

 

Thought "Tulips" was linked to the 20s or 30s, though I first heard it in the 60s.

 

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