Obscure songs from the '60s that you love to share with people

"La La Lu" The Cats Meow (1966)

 

"Mama Saw Me" The Sweets (1965)

 

"Love You So" The Robin Hoods (1965)

 

well it's 1971 - but Pink Fairies / Do It.

whata crazy euro fuzzout 'band'.

 

My mom and her second husband have "Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers as one of their Songs.

She was not aware of the doo-wop version of "Unchained Melody" by Vito and the Salutations, which is a very dramatic reworking and by which she was appalled.

 

Give this rather silly one a chance. cool bridge happens twice! "Little Jacky Monday" Sight And Sound (1969)

 

Elvis Costello and the Attractions did a lovely cover of this song as a b-side of their own.

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Night Time (The Escorts)

 

"A Letter From My Love" Bonnie Brooks (1964)

 

early 1970. B side of "Let's Take A Walk In The Woods" by Morning Sun, it was a nice surprise flipping that single over and discovering this: "Dark Hair"

 

Scott already mentioned "Kites Are Fun", so howabout this other minor ear-tickler from the Free Design:


(Honestly I tried searching for the title first, even limiting to just this thread, but, when your thread title includes "you love" in it...you're gonna get EVERY DAMN post in the results, anyway... )

 

Jon were a psych pop group from London/England.
They released two singles in 1967. In early 1968 they changed their name to Still Life and released another single ("What Did We Miss" b/w "My Kingdom Cannot Lose").
Jon's guitarist Stuart Cowell and drummer Jim Toomey would later form the progressive rock group Titus Groan who released one album and a single on the Dawn label in 1970.
In 1976 Jim Toomey would join the new wave band The Tourists. Two of The Tourists' members, singer Annie Lennox and guitarist Dave Stewart, would later form the very successful synthpop duo Eurythmics.

Jon - Is It Love

Their second single, released on Columbia in 1967. A nice psych ballad.

 

Karen Verros - You Just Gotta Know My Mind

Obscure singer who released three singles on the Dot label in 1965/1966.
"You Just Gotta Know My Mind" was her first single in 1965, arranged and conducted by Jack Nitzsche. The song was written by Donovan for Dana Gillespie, who released her version in 1968.

 

How was "Umbrella Man" by The Searchers not a hit? I love this semi obscure 60s song

 

Here's a list of my 60 favorite obscure 60s tracks (in roughly chronological order). Most of these were posted on this thread somewhere, and most are posted on YouTube.

1. Claudine Clark - Party Lights (1962)
2. Pat Clayton - I Said No (1962)
3. Chyvonne Scott - I'm Moving On (1962)
4. The Francettes - Young Daddy (1964)
5. The Poets - Call Again (1964)
6. The Great Scots - That's My Girl (1965)
7. The Shindogs - Someday, Someday (1965)
8. The Zephyrs - There's Something About You (1965)
9. The Coastliners - She's My Girl (1965)
10. The Tages - Crazy 'bout my Baby (1966)
11. The Novas - William Junior (1966)
12. The Zipps - Kicks and Chicks (1966)
13. The Squires - Going All the Way (1966)
14. Esther Phillips - Try Me (1966)
15. The Escorts - Night Time (1966)
16. Elli - Mister Man (1966)
17. The Staccatos - Half Past Midnight (1966)
18. Los Shakers - Always You (1966)
    
19. The Rationals - Not Like It Is (1967)
20. Odyssey - Little Girl, Little Boy (1967)
21. Giant Crab - The Answer is No (1967)
22. The Chocolate Watchband - Are You Gonna be There (at the Love-in)? (1967)
23. NGC-4594 - Skipping Through the Night (1967)
24. The Baytovens - Such a Fool (1967)
25. Duffy Power - Just Stay Blue (1967)
26. Choir - I'd Rather You Leave Me (1967)
27. The Roosters - Love Machine (1967)
28. The Action - Something to Say (1967)
29. Julian Starr - Mr Jule Went Away (1967)
    
30. Summerhill - Friday Morning's Paper (1968)
    
31. The Moon - Someday Girl (1968)
32. The Kinsmen - Glasshouse Green, Splinter Read (1968)
33. Margo Guryan - Sunday Morning (1968)
34. The Strangers - Step Inside (1968)
35. Sandy Salisbury - Do Unto Others (1968)
36. The Common Cold - Come Down (1968)
37. Fargo - Sunny Day Blue (1968)
38. Jago Simms - In Too Deep (1968)
39. Love Sculpture - River to Another Day (1968)
40. Roger Nichols and the Small Circle of Friends - Let's Ride (1968)
41. The Tokens - Waiting for Something (1968)
    
42. Powder - Turn Another Page (1968)
43. Serpentine - Round and Round (1968)
44. Onyx - Tamaris Khan (1968)
45. Chrysalis - April Grove (1968)
46. Jamme - Poor Widow (1968)
47. Tomorrow - Hallucinations (1968)
48. The United States of America - Stranded in Time (1968)
49. Cloud - Cool Jane (1968)
    
50. Francoise Hardy - Il Voyage (1969)
51. Leviathan - Remember the Times (1969)
52. The Dramatics - Your Love Was Strange (1969)
53. Timebox - Poor Little Heartbreaker
54. Bob Grimm - Never Stays the Same (1969)
55. The Idle Race - Days of Broken Arrows (1969)
56. Fruit Machine - The Wall (1969)
57. Marc Eric - Night of Lions (1969)
58. Aphrodite's Child - It's Five O'Clock (1969)
59. Thomas & Richard Frost - The Word is Love (1969)
60. Richard Twice - If I Knew You Were the One (1970)

 

Half-Beast, Half-Bass, the wild sounds of "Centaur Woman" from East Of Eden's first album the Mercator Projected from 1969.

 

I should also add, anything by the Dovers is good.

 

I love springing early Bolan on people, just to get an extreme reaction.

 

GROOVY!

 

The Superfine Dandelion - Crazy Town (Move On Little Children)

Phoenix/Arizona psychedelic garage band.
They released one self-titled album and two singles on Bob Shad's Mainstream label in 1967. Earlier that year they had already released a single on the Rook label under the name Super-Fine Dandelion.

The group's guitarist Ed Black later played as a session player with the likes of Chris Darrow, Lee Clayton, Linda Ronstadt, and Hoyt Axton.
The second guitarist and singer Mike McFadden was a member of the Arizona country rock band Goose Creek Symphony for their first wo albums on Capitol in 1970 and 1971.
Finally, the bassist Rick Anderson went on to become a founding member of The Tubes.

 

Chad & Jeremy (1967)

 

1961. Years before I was born but one of the songs played often in our house that I grew up with. The b-side of the later pressing of Heart And Soul.

 

Could this count too please? Okay it's '59 officially but 'tis bloomin' fantastic!

 

Superfine Dandelion is one of my favorite band names - this is my favorite song by them