This list is of songs that are staples of classic rock. None are underrated and anyone that listened to radio over the last 60 years has not forgotten them.
@@spacecadet35 Ha! I LOVE it. Those guys had to really write, perform and produce without A.I. and without Autotune. It was the real thing - it was either good or it wasn't in those days.
@@MrAllenRiley - If is was real people, then I apoligise. But show me the real people first. If it is real people making stuff, then they have to make their material distinguishable from AI generated content.
I can't stand listening to most commercial radio. Mostly the DJ's all seem to be out of work comedians, and they're out of that work for a good reason. There is one station that I can take though. (kpig, streamed commercial free for a fee) Oh yeah...born 1947.
He's not talking about *_you personally_* or other similar individuals. He's talking about society now. Virtually no one alive now remembers them. I was around at the time - but I realise *_I had forgotten them_* until he reminded me of them. That's almost the definition!!
The best era of music!! Artists were talented and gifted and did things others could not!!! I love "Hello, I love You," The Doors were absolutely amazing. So many great picks for this list, thanks, I have a new playlist now. Once a hippy always a hippy.
I got all the way to The Chambers Brothers and the Small Faces before I stopped listening to this. I haven't forgotten The Zombies or Linda Ronstadt or Itchycoo Park and I still have The Time Has Come Today. Thanks for the memories.
Oh, to not only hear these tunes but be projected back to those times if only in the mind. Remembering how it felt to be younger with parents, grandparents and old friends still alive. Those seemingly endless summers, transistor radios, backyard tire swings, that girl next door.
I remember most of these from the sixties - a tough decade that had to get us from the 50’s to the 70’s, an enormous leap. I would add “Sunshine of Your Love” by Cream, “War” by Edwin Starr, and anything by Dionne Warwick.
I remember them very well! Loved to listen to songs when the world and I were both young and everything was still possible! These were the songs from my high school years back when high school was three years!
Underrated? Forgotten? You can't be serious. All of these songs were huge hits and critically acclaimed, and anyone who listened to pop music in that era remembers them.
Linda Ronstadt was a serious crush of mine, and still is. Her work with the Latin music community (Mariachi where she is a superstar) has only cemented her into my heart.
Ah, the Zombies! "Her voice was soft and cool, her eyes were clear and bright, but she's not there." And don't we all still love the songs we loved back then?
Did you know that when the director of _Midnight Cowboy_ , John Schlesinger, heard _Everybody's Talking_ he asked Nilsson to write a song tailor made for the movie? And Nilsson did. It was called _I Guess the Lord Must be in New York City._ And it's a great song, full of Nilsson's trademark harmonies and featuring his incredible range. Schlesinger decided he liked _Everybody's Talking_ more after all and ended up using that for the film.
I am from Moscow. I am 62 years old, I adore The Beatles, but I have never even heard about The Chambers Brothers... Is it a shame? LET THERE BE PEACE, AND LET US NEVER FORGET GREAT SONGS. 😊
I listen on the 60’s gold station 🚉 on Sirius -XM on the radio 📻 and I really enjoy 😊 it!!! It’s great going back to those old times when it reminds me of a better time than. I’m a 60’s era. Most kids don’t realize how much music 🎵 back then was so amazing 😻!!! Some of my favorites are: Rolling Stones, Marianne Faithful, The Hollies, and many others, especially UK 🇬🇧 music 🎼. Please post more types like this one. Thanks so very much. 😊 19:18
I lost my Dad in 1967 and pretty much the music of that year was lost to me so I still get to some songs for the first time. I was young but from the time I was old enough to shake a leg I was my sister's dance partner and learned to appreciate music. The sixties was a tough decade for all of us that lived through it. We had many deaths in our family as well as the tragedies we had as nation. Many songs a trigger for me to this day. Our generation got to experience a lot of changes in music. From Bing Crosby to Led Zeppelin is quite a leap.
I second that!! Having lived through 7 decades, the 60s were the most transformative era in the history of music. Today's Top 40 they played in elevators in 1960.
Ronstadt really showcased her vocal talent, clarity, and range in an album of big band hits she did with Nelson Riddle's orchestra. You oughtta try listening to it.
You have to be old enough to judge this. You can't speak for ones that grew up during those years. They are not forgotten in the class rooms, with your parents in the car, or just watching "Where The Action Is" American Band Stand" "Hullaballoo." Now as far as liking these songs is a different story. Thumbs up for bringing these songs up.
I adore Linda since 1967 ... the greatest singer I've ever heard, which I did in 1976, fantastic ! But you might want to give this forgotten gem a listen ... Bill Deal and the Rhondels - I´ve been hurt - 1969
I recommend Kenny Rogers and The First Edition:Just dropped in…” and A Group Called Smith (Smith) “ Baby It’s You”. :) KR’s foray into psychedelic music. And Baby it’s You female vocalist is very good. Unfortunately a one hit wonder but it’s been in my playlist for many years. Enjoyed this video.
Really enjoyed this! Although I wasn't around in the 60s, I absolutely love the music from this decade! I have half of these songs on my Spotify playlist!!
Just a footnote about Small Faces (“Itchycoo Park”): When guitarist/lead-singer Steve Marriott left the band (to form Humble Pie, with the then unknown guitarist Peter Frampton), he was replaced by two alums from the newly-disbanded Jeff Beck Group, Rod Stewart[!] and Ronnie Wood (who, of course, among other things eventually replaced guitarist Mick Taylor in The Rolling Stones). The band was then renamed The Faces.
@@darrylmcgarry5780 : Fair enough. My description of “the then unknown…” was perhaps a bit heavy-handed. But at the time I think it’s fair to say that far fewer people were aware of him (at least in the US[*]) and he was certainly nowhere near as well-known as he was to become. [* For example when I saw Humble Pie (together with Emerson Lake and Palmer and Johnny Winter at Wabash College in Crawfordsille, Indiana in 1971) Frampton was “just the other guitarist”. For that matter HP was the third-billed act.]
"Psychotic Reaction"-the Count Five...."Those were days"- Mary Hopkin,...."Lady Godiva"-Peter And Gordon......"Talk Talk"-The Music Machine......"Nashville Cats"-The Lovin Spoonful..."My Little Red Book"-Love....."96 Tears"- ? And The Mysterians..."We Ain't Got Nothin Yet"-Blues Magoos...."Green Tambourine"-Lemon Pipers..."Season Of The Witch"- Donovan......"Journey To The Center Of Your Mind"-Ted Nugent And The Amboy Dukes.... Just a few more I remember way back that were favs. I remember every song you played, thx.
"In the year 2525" Zegr & Evans. 1969 ""Honey", aka "Honey (I Miss You)" Bobby Goldsboro. 1968 "I'm Henery the VIII, I Am" (Cockney style) Herman's Hermits. 1965. "Timothy" The Buoys 1971. "Georgy Girl" The Seekers. 1968 "Elusive Butterfly" (of Love) Bob Lind. 1965.
Green tambourine was one of the first records I purchase as a kid. I feel a lot better now about my self because it is on your list. I also brought " Rice is Nice"
When these songs came out I was an eleven year old boy cowering to my heavily abusive father. My self-esteem was shattered as was my hope for any kind of future. These songs gave me an emotional charge that kept me from falling into complete introversion. I developed an outgoing personality largely due to the uplifting of the music of the times. There is no equal to the high octane emotions that came out of the 60s musical energy.
That's quite a story! I'm sorry you had a rotten father, but I'm glad the music of the time was able to lift you up and give you strength! There could be no better tribute to the music of that era!
The Zombies were my favorite band, and to this day, it's on my CD machine at least 2x month (and ya I still play CDs, and LPs, and I have their LPs too..)
Yep! Me too - Traces didn't have the "trick licks" on the keyboard like they used in Spooky and Stormy. It was just a great song that was well written, well performed and well produced. (imho)
I would add the 1971 song "Timothy" by the Buoys (cannibalism) and the 1971 song D.O.A by Bloodrock (dying in a plane crash). th-cam.com/video/OqDu5LBT8_Y/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=OneEarthOneLove th-cam.com/video/XhtoRlVUPo0/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=TheKrashKitty
Walk Away Renee by The Left Banke, I think would fall into this collection. The lyrics are sad, sad of a lost love. The melody and chord arrangemet fits perfectly with the words.
OMG!!! I remembered all but 2 of these songs BUT I'm old enough to remember every single one of the record cover photographs!!! (AAAAAAHHH! I can't be THAT old - can I???) FRIGHTENING, MAN! Like...... FRIGHTENING!!!!
Yeah at 72 I still remember all of these songs. Smoked tons of joints with my buds riding around the backroads of NH just waiting to graduate high school.✌️
and "Time has Come Today" was HUGE for me, I had their LP, but all my 50's 60' 70's, 80's LPs were stolen by a couple junkies who broke my door and stole just sooo much of my memories, coin collections, stamps, memories and photos from my childhood. Awe man, you're digging into my young teens... Ichygoo Park was great. And, who did that brash young Rod Stewart end up with as lead vocal? Electric Prunes?.. Loved them. The Doors gained commercial success for somewhat good reason, ... BUT... less actually musical until "Riders on the Storm:" Oh dear Lord, "My Green Tambourine" ...Gawd a'mighty, you keep piling them on!.. I love this stuff, and THANK you for bringing back memories I don't want to lose. Oh...shamungas, here we go with Incense & Peppermint, yet another fav, which again, like pretty much all, broke so many boundaries turning electronic music into "sorta-pop", but not really. It was all new, fresh, boundary-breaking, even Sunny, and yup, original was the best version.. YardBirds... Notice the lead guitarists?? Hummm? So many great songs then, so many great ones yet to come... Harry Nilsson was a true creator of real music & story, as were Harry Chapin , Jim Croce, John J Cale and Tom Waits. Earlier?.. Bubble Puppy, Fat Mattress, Iron Butterfly, Quicksilver Messenger Service with that totally incredible never-imagined-before piano tune that should have sold millions, but never got off the ground. So many...So many songs & sounds that ought to have been Platinum Standards, but are now lost in time. So Many. So many... Soon enough, I'll get to Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song", and hear all those lost wonders, played by centuries of musical geniuses, and wistfully love my new life.
Strawberry Alarm Clock's guitarist was Ed King, who went on to play with Lynyrd Skynyrd. He co-wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" and his riff kicks it off ("Turn it up!").
My buddies and I saw strawberry alarm clock in Muskogee ok... barely anyone came..the band told us to move the chairs and have a dance....it was very cool and kind.... extraordinary evening.....
If Sweet Home Alabama weren't beat to death continuously since it first came out in 1974, it would definitely be a pleasant listen to hear it about once or twice a decade, but I've heard it so many times in so many places that I'm BURNED OOOOOOUT on it big time and for the rest of this lifetime. HOTEL CALIFORNIA by the EAGLES is another one of those that you'll hear in a casino, and an hour later, they'll be playing it in the background at your favorite Supermarket, or any number of businesses that you walk into that have a soundtrack playing. Give some of these songs a rest already. Sheesh!!
I personally recommend "Smile A Little Smile for Me" by The Flying Machine! It was a big hit at the time it came out, but has been somewhat buried and forgotten over time, and even oldies stations over the years have generally ignored it.
Smile a little smile for me is on my play list as I'm walking on my treadmill. Don't know the lead singers name or anybody else's except I think Kieth Moons brother is playing the drums.
There were a few I don't remember hearing. My future husband's brother was at least 7-8 years older than him, and I remember listening to most of these songs on the radio in '82. Itchycoo Park is, by far, my number one on this list!
@@lorihallenbeck8781 I love playing in my car, during the summer with the windows down lol I've got a few thumbs up from other drivers when I have that song blasting lol
I wish you had played longer segments of the songs I was a teen in the 60's and remember most of these songs . . . at least the ones that were played long enough to remember.
Forgot? ANYBODY who lived thru that time knows these songs by heart. Just play the opening riff of any of these tunes, and anyone of a certain age jumps right in.
Anybody... I'm not sure. I was born in 67 and some of late 60s and early 70s songs were imprinted in me since early childhood. Many French, British, lots of Italian and a few Hungarian tracks. But none of the songs in this list. I discovered The Zombies, the Doors much later.
8 yeast old, I listened to these in my bed on my crystal radio, feeling like I was doing something subversive. Two missing for me both by the Hollies: Bust stop and Carrie Ann
Top Twelve Forgotten Classics From the 60’s The Zombies: She’s Not There (1964) The Stone Poneys: Different Drum (1967) The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come Today (1968) Small Faces: Itchykoo Park (1967) The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) (1966) The Doors: Hello, I Love You (1968) The Lemon Pipers: Green Tambourine (1967) Classic IV: Spooky (1967) Strawberry Alarm Clock: Incense and Peppermints (1967) Bobby Hebb: Sunny (1966) The Yardbirds: Shapes of Things (1966) Harry Nilsson: Everybody’s Talkin’ (1969)
We only discovered the Chambers Brothers thanks to a nostalgia cassette which we had in the car; perhaps it wasn't a thing in the UK? My daughters loved it when they were children in the 1990's/early 2000's. Great track.
These people putting these anthologies out across TH-cam like they are authorities on the subject matter aught to do some research before they put their BS videos out. They don't create anything really only trying to generate income withe least amount of work. I stopped watching the video at this point and gave them a thumbs down.
I was wondering about that. But, there is a connection between the Lemon Pipers and Ram Jam, so I guess that is why it is there (Bill Bartlett, the guitarist),
There were so many great songs from the 60s. We had singer/songwriters such as Paul Simon, Burt Bacharach, Michel Legrand, Jimmy Webb, Stevie Wonder and John Sebastian. There were songs from Pentangle (such as 'Light Flight') The Lovin' Spoonful (Summer In The City) The Spencer Davis Group (such as 'Magpie') Procul Harem (Whiter Shade Of Pale) and of course The Beach Boys (Good Vibrations and God Only Knows).
Just a few more to add: Dirty Water - The Standells Pushin' to Hard - The Seeds Hey Little Girl - Syndicate of Sound Time won't Let Me - The Outsiders Double Shot of my Baby's Love - The Swingin' Medallions Do Wa Diddy Diddy - Manford Mann Nobody but Me - The Human Beinz 7&7 Is - Love 🤔.........
I'm thirty and been into 60'S music my whole life. I don't recognize 6 of the songs you listed (at least by name and band. so good list- I will check them out) and I know Love, but not this song. But Do wah Diddy? How can anyone forget that one? I first heard it as a kid sung by Jesse and Michelle in Full House, and I grown to love it when I was 20 something. We was falling in love...
Loved every one of these, they bring back memories of three tours of VN and a marriage I wish I could do over. Bittersweet, but always welcome to listen to again & again.
None of these are forgotten for those of us who were there and listening.
I'm with you! I was just going ro say that!
This kid is like 12 he has alot of catching up to do
You got that right!
So true
Yep, none of these songs are forgotten by the occupants of the time.
This list is of songs that are staples of classic rock. None are underrated and anyone that listened to radio over the last 60 years has not forgotten them.
My guess is that it is A.I. generated.
I agree. None of them were like 'Oh wow, I haven't heard that in years." These songs are all filed in my brain along with too many to count.
@@spacecadet35 Ha! I LOVE it. Those guys had to really write, perform and produce without A.I. and without Autotune. It was the real thing - it was either good or it wasn't in those days.
@@MrAllenRiley - If is was real people, then I apoligise. But show me the real people first. If it is real people making stuff, then they have to make their material distinguishable from AI generated content.
@@MrAllenRiley this video is AI generated, not the songs.
Linda Ronstadt can never be forgotten.
HOT!
Toronto Maple Leafs jersey, WOW !!!
Oh, she could sing too. lol
Cheers !
My introduction to her was her casting with Kevin Kline in "Pirates of Penzance".
Saw the Stone Poneys as the opening act for the Doors. Immediately fell in love, like every male in the audience.
Crushed on her big-time, but then she fell for that loser Jerry Brown.
I hadn’t forgotten any of these songs and can still sing along with every word….
i`m so glad I was born in 1949.I grew up with the best music.RADIO TODAY IS SAD.
That is a beautiful age to grasp the decades of music. You must know a lot.
Your so right about that
b. 1946. Alt radio playing DJ selected sets that told a story is sorely missed.
I can't stand listening to most commercial radio. Mostly the DJ's all seem to be out of work comedians, and they're out of that work for a good reason. There is one station that I can take though. (kpig, streamed commercial free for a fee) Oh yeah...born 1947.
1948, loved the music but hated Nam.
These are NOT forgotten songs. I remember and loved each one of them.
He's not talking about *_you personally_* or other similar individuals. He's talking about society now. Virtually no one alive now remembers them. I was around at the time - but I realise *_I had forgotten them_* until he reminded me of them. That's almost the definition!!
Can’t wait to hear these songs!!
I remember ALL of them!! ❤️
Ya. Me either. If I can finally get through all these fuckin commercials.
Yeah, this is pretty worthless since there's not even an excerpt from the songs. I suppose it'd be taken down if there was.
Your very focus we can kick back and enjoy the same songs.
@@lgm2912 Brave browser can fix that. Screwtube is quite annoying.
The best era of music!! Artists were talented and gifted and did things others could not!!!
I love "Hello, I love You," The Doors were absolutely amazing. So many great picks for this list, thanks, I have a new playlist now. Once a hippy always a hippy.
The 1960's didn't need auto tune. It just had talented singers.
I didn't forget any of these were awesome.
I got all the way to The Chambers Brothers and the Small Faces before I stopped listening to this. I haven't forgotten The Zombies or Linda Ronstadt or Itchycoo Park and I still have The Time Has Come Today. Thanks for the memories.
Soooo many great songs in the sixties. Surprised "96 Tears" was not on this list.
I think you're looking for a Top 11 song list, idgit.
A lot of songs that aren't forgotten and the doors have no business on this list
@@larrynelson4909 "96 Tears" was not done by the Doors; it was recorded by Question Mark and the Mysterians.
Glad to find a youtube channel that actually plays some of the music. So many just talk about the song and group with no real music
Oh, to not only hear these tunes but be projected back to those times if only in the mind. Remembering how it felt to be younger with parents, grandparents and old friends still alive. Those seemingly endless summers, transistor radios, backyard tire swings, that girl next door.
Great memory! I love it...
@@hungfao yes, those backyards and transistor radios 📻, what fun 🤩 we had back then, my gosh!! I remember it well ❤️🎵👍☮️🇺🇸🦋💜💯!!
Love it! I wouldn't have said it better! I even remember certain foods!
@@wyomingdude-b2q All I have to say is WOW 🤩!!!
A fine choice of songs, from someone who was there and grooved to them all...
I remember most of these from the sixties - a tough decade that had to get us from the 50’s to the 70’s, an enormous leap. I would add “Sunshine of Your Love” by Cream, “War” by Edwin Starr, and anything by Dionne Warwick.
Oh, yes, Cream!!! Not just "Sunshine of Your Love," but "Crossroads" and a few others as well! I had that album and I played it to death!
Thank you for the nostalgic trip back to the 60s. Lived all these songs
I remember them very well! Loved to listen to songs when the world and I were both young and everything was still possible! These were the songs from my high school years back when high school was three years!
Underrated? Forgotten? You can't be serious. All of these songs were huge hits and critically acclaimed, and anyone who listened to pop music in that era remembers them.
We still hear these songs on the radio today. None have been forgotten.
This is a nice collection. I think there are Association songs that could be included, as well as the Rascals.
These are all songs of my younger years. Never forgot them, still play them.
Another great song, I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night
Yes! The Electric Prunes!
These are all of my favorites growing up , love them, and still listen to them.
Sixties and seventies were my favorite decades for music. :)
Definitely...
Linda Ronstadt was a serious crush of mine, and still is. Her work with the Latin music community (Mariachi where she is a superstar) has only cemented her into my heart.
Her photo on the cover of the "Silk Purse' album is killer.
Good list and commentary.
None forgotten by me, but good for the younger folks.
Wouldn't mind seeing a Part Two, "MORE Underrated 1960s Songs..."
I listen to 50', 60's and 70's music on a regular basis.
loved She's Not There. I was 14 in 1964 and still love this song at 75.
Was only 6 and remember "The Chiffons" You must know a lot of good songs.
Ah, the Zombies! "Her voice was soft and cool, her eyes were clear and bright, but she's not there." And don't we all still love the songs we loved back then?
@@NReese-if1nm No one told ne about her, the way she cried......
And I also love Santana's version of it too
All took me back, but Harry Nilson’s Everybody’s Talking was the one that moved me & I loved to sing along.
Did you know that when the director of _Midnight Cowboy_ , John Schlesinger, heard _Everybody's Talking_ he asked Nilsson to write a song tailor made for the movie? And Nilsson did. It was called _I Guess the Lord Must be in New York City._ And it's a great song, full of Nilsson's trademark harmonies and featuring his incredible range.
Schlesinger decided he liked _Everybody's Talking_ more after all and ended up using that for the film.
I am from Moscow. I am 62 years old, I adore The Beatles, but I have never even heard about The Chambers Brothers... Is it a shame? LET THERE BE PEACE, AND LET US NEVER FORGET GREAT SONGS. 😊
Only if peace means the orcs getting outta my country!
I listen on the 60’s gold station 🚉 on Sirius -XM on the radio 📻 and I really enjoy 😊 it!!! It’s great going back to those old times when it reminds me of a better time than. I’m a 60’s era. Most kids don’t realize how much music 🎵 back then was so amazing 😻!!! Some of my favorites are: Rolling Stones, Marianne Faithful, The Hollies, and many others, especially UK 🇬🇧 music 🎼. Please post more types like this one. Thanks so very much. 😊 19:18
Thank you for reminding us all of these fantastic songs I remember all these songs and will keep listening to all of them.❤😊🎉 Holly
I lost my Dad in 1967 and pretty much the music of that year was lost to me so I still get to some songs for the first time. I was young but from the time I was old enough to shake a leg I was my sister's dance partner and learned to appreciate music. The sixties was a tough decade for all of us that lived through it. We had many deaths in our family as well as the tragedies we had as nation. Many songs a trigger for me to this day. Our generation got to experience a lot of changes in music. From Bing Crosby to Led Zeppelin is quite a leap.
The majority of these songs were never forgotten.
I second that!! Having lived through 7 decades, the 60s were the most transformative era in the history of music. Today's Top 40 they played in elevators in 1960.
Agreed. They're all on my Spotify playlist. Maybe just young people have "forgotten" them.
@@hejimony Or never heard them. You can't forget something you don't know.
The only people saying stuff like this are 60 or 70+ years old. For the rest of us, maybe only three of these are still widely known today.
@@hux2000 Correct. I'm 70.
Great list! I started listening to rock very young and these were my formative years. I remembered and still appreciate them all. Thanks for sharing.😊
Ronstadt really showcased her vocal talent, clarity, and range in an album of big band hits she did with Nelson Riddle's orchestra. You oughtta try listening to it.
Canciones de Mi Padre
Man she had a powerful, beautiful, expressive voice. What's New is an amazing album, and an amazing experience.
Her bare feet was a draw to the music video.
Plus SHE was BEAUTIFUL
@@blackfinjrblackfinjr3555 Her face was wide and short,. Not at all attractive.
Great video! The 60's was the best decade for music!!
so glad i grew then the best!
I firmly agree. Though ask me tomorrow and I may say 1970s are the best decade ;)
@DYR Both, but I'd have to go with the 70's if I had to choose one! 👌✌️
@@Kevin.from.Cali. but the 60's started it all!
You have to be old enough to judge this. You can't speak for ones that grew up during those years. They are not forgotten in the class rooms, with your parents in the car, or just watching "Where The Action Is" American Band Stand" "Hullaballoo." Now as far as liking these songs is a different story. Thumbs up for bringing these songs up.
Wasn't there one called "Shindig" also?
Thank You! In fact it was the most popular. How can I forgot! 😃
I remember them all. Thanks for sharing.
I adore Linda since 1967 ... the greatest singer I've ever heard, which I did in 1976, fantastic !
But you might want to give this forgotten gem a listen ...
Bill Deal and the Rhondels - I´ve been hurt - 1969
Linda Ronstadt was a mega babe back in the day. Dang.
that album image of her in a hallway, short shorts and roller skates. damn.
@@SailorAllan oh I know!!!
Linda, Linda, Linda, Sunny,Sunny, Sunny , Shapes of things that have been and are yet to come. What a fab collection. Thanks.
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, “What Condition My Condition Was In”
nailed it !
White Bird by Its a Beautiful Day should not be forgotten.
Oh yes! I've been listening to that lately.
One of the great classics of the heyday of the acid rock scene!
Omg! I’ve always loved this group!
eh, it's no “Time Is” 🤪
Yes!! I had David Laflamme sign my 8 track cassette after a Marin Ca. Show. He was soooo nice!
I recommend Kenny Rogers and The First Edition:Just dropped in…” and A Group Called Smith (Smith) “ Baby It’s You”. :) KR’s foray into psychedelic music. And Baby it’s You female vocalist is very good. Unfortunately a one hit wonder but it’s been in my playlist for many years. Enjoyed this video.
Tll of them take me back to the '60s.
Really enjoyed this! Although I wasn't around in the 60s, I absolutely love the music from this decade! I have half of these songs on my Spotify playlist!!
Just a footnote about Small Faces (“Itchycoo Park”):
When guitarist/lead-singer Steve Marriott left the band (to form Humble Pie, with the then unknown guitarist Peter Frampton), he was replaced by two alums from the newly-disbanded Jeff Beck Group, Rod Stewart[!] and Ronnie Wood (who, of course, among other things eventually replaced guitarist Mick Taylor in The Rolling Stones).
The band was then renamed The Faces.
@@NichaelCramer whoa. That’s a great addition. Thanks for the knowledge.
Peter Frampton was with The Herd! In Humble Pie, Steven Marriott was the drawcard. Small Faces had a string of hits.
@@darrylmcgarry5780 : Fair enough.
My description of “the then unknown…” was perhaps a bit heavy-handed.
But at the time I think it’s fair to say that far fewer people were aware of him (at least in the US[*]) and he was certainly nowhere near as well-known as he was to become.
[* For example when I saw Humble Pie (together with Emerson Lake and Palmer and Johnny Winter at Wabash College in Crawfordsille, Indiana in 1971) Frampton was “just the other guitarist”. For that matter HP was the third-billed act.]
Itchykoo Park is about cutting school and going to the park to, in the words of Wu Tang's Method Man,: "Roll that s#$t, Light that s#$t, Smoke it"....
@MisterZuzu
I would say it's more an ode to LSD, due to the repeating chorus: It's all too beautiful.
The Zombies-so underrated & so talented. They still tour today. One of my fave bands.
The memories came rushing back. Love every one of these.
"Psychotic Reaction"-the Count Five...."Those were days"- Mary Hopkin,...."Lady Godiva"-Peter And Gordon......"Talk Talk"-The Music Machine......"Nashville Cats"-The Lovin Spoonful..."My Little Red Book"-Love....."96 Tears"- ? And The Mysterians..."We Ain't Got Nothin Yet"-Blues Magoos...."Green Tambourine"-Lemon Pipers..."Season Of The Witch"- Donovan......"Journey To The Center Of Your Mind"-Ted Nugent And The Amboy Dukes.... Just a few more I remember way back that were favs. I remember every song you played, thx.
All good songs as well.
"In the year 2525" Zegr & Evans. 1969
""Honey", aka "Honey (I Miss You)" Bobby Goldsboro. 1968
"I'm Henery the VIII, I Am" (Cockney style) Herman's Hermits. 1965.
"Timothy" The Buoys 1971.
"Georgy Girl" The Seekers. 1968
"Elusive Butterfly" (of Love) Bob Lind. 1965.
@@Lili-xq9sn Yes especially COUNT FIVE .
"I got a line on you"-- Spirit
@@Lili-xq9sn Forgot 2525, great addition!
These songs are never forgotten as long as we pass them on through the years. I raised my kids on these classics
Green tambourine was one of the first records I purchase as a kid. I feel a lot better now about my self because it is on your list. I also brought " Rice is Nice"
starting in about 1966 there was a new song released almost every week on the radio ! These were among them and they are all freakin awesome !!!
This is why it's nice to have a good classic rock station within range. I have heard every one of these songs on the radio within the last 6 months.
All these songs are in my music collection there not forgotten but good old classic,s
When these songs came out I was an eleven year old boy cowering to my heavily abusive father. My self-esteem was shattered as was my hope for any kind of future. These songs gave me an emotional charge that kept me from falling into complete introversion. I developed an outgoing personality largely due to the uplifting of the music of the times.
There is no equal to the high octane emotions that came out of the 60s musical energy.
That's quite a story! I'm sorry you had a rotten father, but I'm glad the music of the time was able to lift you up and give you strength! There could be no better tribute to the music of that era!
I remember all of these songs, being raised in the ‘60s helps a lot I guess.
You guess? No! You know a lot of good music! ❤
The Zombies were my favorite band, and to this day, it's on my CD machine at least 2x month (and ya I still play CDs, and LPs, and I have their LPs too..)
Spooky and Stormy were great, but my favorite from Classics IV was Traces.
Yep! Me too - Traces didn't have the "trick licks" on the keyboard like they used in Spooky and Stormy. It was just a great song that was well written, well performed and well produced. (imho)
I first heard the Classics IV's version of Sunny. It, Stormy & Spooky all use that same rhythmic lick to greater or lesser degrees. Great songs.
Love all their songs, but "Change of Heart" always makes me well up.
Traces and Change of Heart are still my favorites. ✌️❤️
One of the eeriest songs from this era for me was Zager and Evans "In the Year 2525" Six weeks at #1 in 1969
Im kinda wondering if man is still gonna be alive! Boy do I remember this one.
I would add the 1971 song "Timothy" by the Buoys (cannibalism) and the 1971 song D.O.A by Bloodrock (dying in a plane crash).
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Great song. Nothing like it ever happened again. Lyrics are coming alive in today's technology.
@@eudymaverickmentor And The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack (1964).
@@musicloverme3993 You could also add the Doors - "The End".
Walk Away Renee by The Left Banke, I think would fall into this collection. The lyrics are sad, sad of a lost love. The melody and chord arrangemet fits perfectly with the words.
@@thflinch A personal favorite
I always loved this song. So moving, so magical. I never knew that dozens of singers re-recorded it.
One of my very favorite songs!
OMG!!! I remembered all but 2 of these songs BUT I'm old enough to remember every single one of the record cover photographs!!! (AAAAAAHHH! I can't be THAT old - can I???)
FRIGHTENING, MAN! Like...... FRIGHTENING!!!!
They all took me back to being young
Just because you at 20 or 30 years old just found out about these songs doesn't mean they were forgotten
Yeah at 72 I still remember all of these songs. Smoked tons of joints with my buds riding around the backroads of NH just waiting to graduate high school.✌️
Well done. Each tune on the list was worthy of the honor
Literally none of these songs are "forgotten".
I didn't click on this to hear your voice! I wanted to reminisce about the groups and the era which I remember well.
I have all these songs, and thousands of others, in my collection. I can listen to them anytime. I clicked to hear the background stories.
I thought we were gonna hear the entire songs but I stayed to hear the background.
So... go listen to them. This video is a great reminder of them. I'm sure they are on youtube. Jeeze.
Great video, I'm 75 and remember them all. This should be part of a series for you to do, there are so many great records from the 60's snd 70's.
My favorite from the list is EVERYBODY'S TALKING".
and "Time has Come Today" was HUGE for me, I had their LP, but all my 50's 60' 70's, 80's LPs were stolen by a couple junkies who broke my door and stole just sooo much of my memories, coin collections, stamps, memories and photos from my childhood. Awe man, you're digging into my young teens... Ichygoo Park was great. And, who did that brash young Rod Stewart end up with as lead vocal? Electric Prunes?.. Loved them. The Doors gained commercial success for somewhat good reason, ... BUT... less actually musical until "Riders on the Storm:" Oh dear Lord, "My Green Tambourine" ...Gawd a'mighty, you keep piling them on!.. I love this stuff, and THANK you for bringing back memories I don't want to lose. Oh...shamungas, here we go with Incense & Peppermint, yet another fav, which again, like pretty much all, broke so many boundaries turning electronic music into "sorta-pop", but not really. It was all new, fresh, boundary-breaking, even Sunny, and yup, original was the best version.. YardBirds... Notice the lead guitarists?? Hummm? So many great songs then, so many great ones yet to come... Harry Nilsson was a true creator of real music & story, as were Harry Chapin , Jim Croce, John J Cale and Tom Waits. Earlier?.. Bubble Puppy, Fat Mattress, Iron Butterfly, Quicksilver Messenger Service with that totally incredible never-imagined-before piano tune that should have sold millions, but never got off the ground. So many...So many songs & sounds that ought to have been Platinum Standards, but are now lost in time. So Many. So many... Soon enough, I'll get to Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song", and hear all those lost wonders, played by centuries of musical geniuses, and wistfully love my new life.
Strawberry Alarm Clock's guitarist was Ed King, who went on to play with Lynyrd Skynyrd. He co-wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" and his riff kicks it off ("Turn it up!").
My buddies and I saw strawberry alarm clock in Muskogee ok... barely anyone came..the band told us to move the chairs and have a dance....it was very cool and kind.... extraordinary evening.....
If Sweet Home Alabama weren't beat to death continuously since it first came out in 1974, it would definitely be a pleasant listen to hear it about once or twice a decade, but I've heard it so many times in so many places that I'm BURNED OOOOOOUT on it big time and for the rest of this lifetime.
HOTEL CALIFORNIA by the EAGLES is another one of those that you'll hear in a casino, and an hour later, they'll be playing it in the background at your favorite Supermarket, or any number of businesses that you walk into that have a soundtrack playing.
Give some of these songs a rest already.
Sheesh!!
Sweet Home Alabama... Easily the #1 song in the category of Best Song Combined with the Most Idiotic, Moronic Lyrics.
@@pathfinder1273Sweet Home is featured in the Muscle Shoals documentary. After 50 yrs, I know what the 'swampers' are.
@@pathfinder1273i think the lyrics are great!
Just discovered this channel and it's one of the best in the oldies genre. Thanks
Love the Zombies. Many excellent songs ❤
No one who loved Linda Ronstadt and was privileged enough to hear her wonderful voice will ever forget her!
I personally recommend "Smile A Little Smile for Me" by The Flying Machine! It was a big hit at the time it came out, but has been somewhat buried and forgotten over time, and even oldies stations over the years have generally ignored it.
James Taylor?
Fire and Rain,check it out.🕊💖🎸
Smile a little smile for me is on my play list as I'm walking on my treadmill. Don't know the lead singers name or anybody else's except I think Kieth Moons brother is playing the drums.
@@ricricciardi7086 Yeah, I know very little about the group or any of the members, but I have always really loved that song!
Some of the band pics for "Green Tambourine" were Ram Jam singing "Black Betty".
I remember all of them and I wasn't born until 1972. But I had 3 older brothers that would play all of these songs. That's how I learned about them
There were a few I don't remember hearing. My future husband's brother was at least 7-8 years older than him, and I remember listening to most of these songs on the radio in '82. Itchycoo Park is, by far, my number one on this list!
@@lisalynnmarie2448I love that,too
Not a song here I don't know and love. Unbelievable how young Jimmy Page was when he was in the Yardbirds.
@@lorihallenbeck8781 You're so right. He's always the best!
@@lorihallenbeck8781 I love playing in my car, during the summer with the windows down lol I've got a few thumbs up from other drivers when I have that song blasting lol
I wish you had played longer segments of the songs I was a teen in the 60's and remember most of these songs . . . at least the ones that were played long enough to remember.
Ronstadt's life turned out like "Different Drum." Never married. Adopted a couple kids in the '90s.
Sunny, that song took me back to summers at the lake spending time with our teenage friends, one of the summers of love.
Forgot? ANYBODY who lived thru that time knows these songs by heart. Just play the opening riff of any of these tunes, and anyone of a certain age jumps right in.
Anybody... I'm not sure. I was born in 67 and some of late 60s and early 70s songs were imprinted in me since early childhood. Many French, British, lots of Italian and a few Hungarian tracks. But none of the songs in this list. I discovered The Zombies, the Doors much later.
8 yeast old, I listened to these in my bed on my crystal radio, feeling like I was doing something subversive. Two missing for me both by the Hollies: Bust stop and Carrie Ann
2 of my almost forgotten faves.........."Let it All Hang Out"" by Los Hombres and "The Letter" by the BoxTops, which has a great back story.
Some of these were great. A few I never missed. Never heard 'em, never missed 'em!
Top Twelve Forgotten Classics From the 60’s
The Zombies: She’s Not There (1964)
The Stone Poneys:
Different Drum (1967)
The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come Today (1968)
Small Faces: Itchykoo Park (1967)
The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) (1966)
The Doors: Hello, I Love You (1968)
The Lemon Pipers: Green Tambourine (1967)
Classic IV: Spooky (1967)
Strawberry Alarm Clock: Incense and Peppermints (1967)
Bobby Hebb: Sunny (1966)
The Yardbirds:
Shapes of Things (1966)
Harry Nilsson:
Everybody’s Talkin’ (1969)
Thanks for posting the list… which the content creator should have done already under the “Info” tab. 👍😉
We only discovered the Chambers Brothers thanks to a nostalgia cassette which we had in the car; perhaps it wasn't a thing in the UK? My daughters loved it when they were children in the 1990's/early 2000's. Great track.
Thanks, I was looking for someone who would list the songs so we didn't have to listen to this kid's video without hearing the actual songs.
Your picks are awesome, but what makes this video stand out is your commentary and information behind some of the songs. Great video!
i think its kinda cool the way the lemon pipers dissolved and went on partly to form ram jam
The band in the back yard is actually RamJam playing the song "Black Betty".
These people putting these anthologies out across TH-cam like they are authorities on the subject matter aught to do some research before they put their BS videos out. They don't create anything really only trying to generate income withe least amount of work. I stopped watching the video at this point and gave them a thumbs down.
I was wondering about that. But, there is a connection between the Lemon Pipers and Ram Jam, so I guess that is why it is there (Bill Bartlett, the guitarist),
I saw that as well, so researched and there is a connection with Bartlett on guitar.
Bill Bartlett was the guitarist in Lemon Pipers and guitarist/lead singer in Ram Jam
I have every one of these recordings in my personal collection. I like them all very much.
Great and memorable! Remember them all well, especially Ronstadt! The best!
Great list. Did you forget to include one? Yes you did. Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo.
There were so many great songs from the 60s. We had singer/songwriters such as Paul Simon, Burt Bacharach, Michel Legrand, Jimmy Webb, Stevie Wonder and John Sebastian. There were songs from Pentangle (such as 'Light Flight') The Lovin' Spoonful (Summer In The City) The Spencer Davis Group (such as 'Magpie') Procul Harem (Whiter Shade Of Pale) and of course The Beach Boys (Good Vibrations and God Only Knows).
Just a few more to add:
Dirty Water - The Standells
Pushin' to Hard - The Seeds
Hey Little Girl - Syndicate of Sound
Time won't Let Me - The Outsiders
Double Shot of my Baby's Love - The Swingin' Medallions
Do Wa Diddy Diddy - Manford Mann
Nobody but Me - The Human Beinz
7&7 Is - Love
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I loved all those songs .
Definitely 'Double Shot'!
I'm thirty and been into 60'S music my whole life. I don't recognize 6 of the songs you listed (at least by name and band. so good list- I will check them out) and I know Love, but not this song. But Do wah Diddy? How can anyone forget that one? I first heard it as a kid sung by Jesse and Michelle in Full House, and I grown to love it when I was 20 something. We was falling in love...
Some of these were proto-punk, but no one knew that at the time.
I can't believe no one has mentioned Tommy James...How about Crimson and Clover? (Not sure, if that came out later, how about Mony Mony?)
Loved every one of these, they bring back memories of three tours of VN and a marriage I wish I could do over. Bittersweet, but always welcome to listen to again & again.
"Sunny" and "Everybody's Talkin'" are my puhsonal favrites from this list.
Always loved "Spooky". Very funny lyrics reminding me of a girl I dated - and loved - but could never tame.
Saw The Chambers Brothers in Paris 1969. Fantastic!
This was great, every one brought me back to a time and place. Miss those days! Still to nieve to know what was really going on!