Can be a single, album, a later compilation focusing on the year . . . whatever. Doesn't have to be a list, though of course you can post a list if you want. You can also just post one title at a time as you think of it/run across it (which is what I do in these threads). (I'm going to eventually be doing one of these for every year from 1920 to 1963 (we already have threads for every year from 1964), and then for wider periods prior (decades, etc.) Of course, anyone else is free to start the others before I get to them, but just let me know if you do so we can avoid duplicates.)
This has to be the most famous, and infamous. Louie Louie, the Kingsmen...to my mind, one of the first grunge tunes, and garage bands' constant cover song. We all played it. No one could really understand the lyrics, but we all loved the insinuations; at least that was the constant word on the street. . The Kingsmen's recording was the subject of an FBI investigation about the supposed, but nonexistent, obscenity of the lyrics, an investigation that ended without prosecution.[3] Ironically, the recording notably includes the drummer yelling "****!" after dropping his drumstick at the 0:54 mark. -wiki
Rock and Roll Devil In Disguise - Elvis Presley Please Please Me - The Beatles Come On - The Rolling Stones Surfin USA - Beach Boys In Dreams - Roy Orbison Summer Holiday - Cliff Richard and the Shadows You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry And The Pacemakers Please Don't Drag that String Around - Elvis Presley Do You Want To Know A Secret - The Beatles I Wanna Be Your Man - The Rolling Stones Shut Down - Beach Boys Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison Lucky Lips - Cliff Richard and the Shadows I Like It - Gerry And The Pacemakers Bossa Nova Baby - Elvis Presley I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles Surfer Girl - Beach Boys How Do You Do It? - Gerry And The Pacemakers Witchcraft - Elvis Presley She Loves You - the Beatles Catch A Wave - Beach Boys I Wanna Hold Your Hand - The Beatles Little Deuce Coupe - Beach Boys In My Room - Beach Boys 409 - Beach Boys Wipeout - Surfaris Folk/Country Blowin In The Wind - Bob Dylan Girl Form The North Country - Bob Dylan Masters Of War - Bob Dylan Bob Dylan's Blues - Bob Dylan Hard Rains Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan Don't Think Twice It's Alright - Bob Dylan Bob Dylan's Dream - Bob Dylan Talkin' World War III Blues - Bob Dylan Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer - Johnny cash Busted - Johnny Cash Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter Paul and Mary Jazz Body And Soul - Thelonius Monk Hymn To Freedom - Oscar Peterson Once Upon A Summertime - Miles Davis/Gil Evans Basin Street Blues - Miles Davis Seven Steps To Heaven - Miles Davis Honeysuckle Rose - Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie Soul/Motown/Other Lost Someone (live) James Brown Night Train (live ) - James Brown You've Really Got A hold On Me - Smokey Robinson And THe Miracles Another Saturday Night - Sam Cooke Busted - Ray Charles That Lucky Old Sun - Ray Charles Heatwave - Martha And The Vandellas Fingertips pt 1 - Stevie Wonder Walk Like A Man - Four Seasons Big Girls Don't Cry - The Four Seasons Hi Lilli Hi Lo - Johnny Mathis
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Sandy Bull - Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo Nino Rota - 8 1/2 Soundtrack Roy Orbison - In Dreams Phineas Newborn Jr. - The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr. Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Various Artists - A Christmas Gift for You
"Wild Weekend" -- The Rockin' Rebels "The Lonely Surfer" -- Jack Nitzsche "More" -- Kai Winding "Our Winter Love" -- Bill Pursell "Cast Your Fate To The Wind" -- Vince Guaraldi Trio (Lots of great instrumentals that year!)
The Kingston Trio - #16 #16 - YouTube The Kingston Trio - Sunny Side! Sunny Side - YouTube The Kingston Trio - Time To Think Time To Think - YouTube
Brigitte Bardot - L’Appareil a Sous (Easy on the eyes and ears...clocks in at around a minute and a half )
Come And Get These Memories. Holland/Dozier/Holland get sophisticated. I like the fact that it begins on the supertonic:
So many great ones, but my Top 3 are likely: 1. Hello Stranger: Barbara Lewis 2. So Much In Love: The Tymes 1963 HITS ARCHIVE: So Much In Love - Tymes (#1 hit) 3. One Fine Day: The Chiffons 1963 HITS ARCHIVE: One Fine Day - Chiffons Oh, and “Heat Wave” by Martha & The Vandellas.
Irma Thomas - Ruler of My Heart Written by Allen Toussaint. Toussaint also penned an alternate version, under the pseudonym Naomi Neville - his mother’s maiden name - with different lyrics, titled “Pain in My Heart.” The latter would be become a popular R&B number in the 60s, covered by several artists including The Rolling Stones and Otis Redding.
