http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKjEHfHINQ

The boxer by simon and garfunkel, and i love the bob dylan cover of it too.

Northern soul from 1966
Manchester's Playboys - "I Feel So Good"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqHBVvZ9aTE
Looking at the label the recording is credited to "Barclay" (better known for Charles Aznavour), not a company normally associated with northern soul....

Here’s an absolutely gorgeous track from the above mentioned duo:-

Simon and Garfunkel - For Emily Whenever I May Find Her (1966)


We’ve just had one Simon, how about a couple of other Simons?

Simon Dupree and the Big Sound - Reservations (1967)
A non-charting single from the same year as (but very different from) the band’s only ever UK Top Ten hit, the psych-pop classic, Kites.

Harpers Bizarre - Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear (1967)
Extremely pleasant alternative version of the Randy Newman composition made famous by the Alan Price Set.

A beautiful cover of one of The Beatles best songs & the original version of a song covered by REM in 1986.

The Pozo Seco Singers - If I Fell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0jr8prggBM

The Clique - Superman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p0ub2WkPD0

Rob, thanks for your support on the Oasis vs Beatles vs MJ vs Elvis thread. I almost engaged in a slanging match with that other poster, but decided that it would be pointless, so let it go with a simple "Let's agree to disagree".

It does seem that some people feel that anyone who likes early Elvis (whom they regard as someone who ripped off black music) and dislikes Michael Jackson (whom they regard as a deity) is some sort of racist! Utter nonsense, of course. I'm a big fan of black music from the fifties and would say that 99% of white cover versions back then were pale imitations of the the black originals. Elvis, for me, was very much the exception. He didn't rip off black music, he respectfully covered it, and (for me) his cover versions were usually as good as, and often better than, the originals. As for Jacko, well, he just isn't my cup of tea.

Once again, Rob, thanks for your support.


As I've just said, I'm a great fan of black music from the fifties, but this is a sixties thread, so here are a couple of black music gems from that decade - a fine doo-wop track, followed by some classic soul.

The Jive Five - My True Story (1961)

Junior Walker and the All Stars - Shotgun (1965)

no probs

im not averse to getting into debates with people, i quite like it tbh...lol.. it makes me think. that guy was out of order, i know you aint racist because you reularly post black music here and clearly love it... but mj fans dont acknowlege that black music existed before jacko...lol.. or it was so poor it took that jackson deity figure to make it relevant... obviously thats utter crap...but hey ho! lol

For Royal Wedding day an appropriate sounding group with a message which probably means more to young couples today than whatever reality the royal couple represent.

The Royal Guardsmen - Baby, let's wait

... on that theme:
The Palace Guard - Falling Sugar (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiXptxEDoMc

The Palace Guards - Sorry (?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deow9...eature=related

These appear to be two distinct groups, the first from California, the second from New Orleans, although some sources lump their output together. Confusing huh? They're good records anyway, and that's what counts.

I don't have a year for 'Sorry', but if it's not a sixties record I'll eat my hat.

oh wow... just killing time, thought id look up some rareties ... viewed 1968 and found this, which i instantly recognise..

spanish eurovision entry

massiel 'la la la'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4g5QYJOFzQ

also at the end of april 65 this

jewel akins 'birds and bees'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umyl-wWRkJ4

and this cracking track from pet clarke..'i know a place'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMDPImhzQbc

There have been plenty of silly threads on this forum , but the one about Janis Joplin is near the top for stupidity .

Janis Joplin - Bye Bye Baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toJu9...feature=fvwrel

Poor Cliff was robbed!

Radio Luxembourg interviewed him the year Luxembourg won
Question: How does it feel to come second?
ROFLMFAO

In my previous post I mentioned that I was a big fan of black American music from the fifties, which would mean that, naturally, I love the music of Little Richard, one of the true greats of early rock ‘n’ roll.

Here’s a couple of very good tracks he recorded in the sixties:-

Little Richard - Bama Lama Bama Loo (1964)
This was Little Richard’s first UK Top Thirty hit single since the fifties, its sales probably helped by the fact that many of the bands who were then achieving success as part of the British Beat Boom were citing him a major influence.

Little Richard - Get Down With It (1967)
Original version of the song that some four years later would become Slade’s first ever UK hit single.


In the mid-fifties Little Richard wrote a great rocking song called Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!, which he usually performed as a part of a medley with the Leiber and Stoller song Kansas City. Here’s a terrific cover version of that medley by the Fab Four:-

The Beatles - Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (1965)
Along with the far better known Twist and Shout this is my favourite cover song recorded by the Beatles.

Talking of Little Richard, if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then here's Little Ike at his most sincere:

Little Ike - She Can Rock (1959)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p4OsIwA_38

interesting stuff guys

(just to let you know im still reading the thread! lol)

Has this been on yet? A superb TV theme fom 1966
'The Power Game' - Cyril Stapleton (Pye)
Apparently he was head of the company at the time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDUDd2oCM6w

Three tracks from 1967.

Kippington Lodge - Shy Boy (1967)
This track is included on a compilation album of late sixties psychedelia that I possess. Although I like the song I’m a little baffled as to why it’s on that album, because afaic it’s not psychedelia at all, it’s pure pop.

Timebox - I Wish I Could Jerk Like My Uncle Cyril (1967)
Excellent Soul/R’n’B instrumental by a very good British band.

Esther & Abi Ofarim - Morning Of My Life (1967)
This Israeli duo is best known for topping the UK singles chart in 1968 with Cinderella Rockefella, a novelty song that I have to confess is a bit of a guilty pleasure .
Esther and Abi were not, however, a novelty act. In fact, they were actually quite a talented twosome, especially Esther, who has a very good voice indeed. This track is a fine version of one of my favourite Gibb brothers compositions.

The original mostly instrumental version of Yeh Yeh from 1963 by Mongo Santamaria

Yeh Yeh - Mongo Santamaria

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D40_b7kHmIo

The Pleasure Seekers - Never Thought You'd Leave Me (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9WPr...eature=related

From Detroit and containing a young Suzi Quatro and her sister. The B side, 'What A Way To Die' has been covered a few times; I remember The Shop Asssistants doing a version in the mid eighties, but frankly I think it's a bit rubbish.

Little Richard famously sang the title song in the 1956 film "The_Girl_Can't_Help_It", a movie that also featured performances by other great Rock 'n' Roll acts of the era such as Fats Domino, The Platters, Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran. I like Rock 'n' Roll and there's lots of it in "The Girl Can't Help It", but my favourite song in that film is not Rock 'n' Roll at all, it's the Jazz classic "Cry Me A River" by the incredibly sexy Julie London. I'd love to include that brilliant track in this post, but it's from the wrong decade, so instead here's a very good Julie London track from 1960:-

Julie London - Black Coffee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJN4Oizw7uQ


Julie London was married to a songwriter called Bobby Troup, whose most famous composition was a song called "Route 66". The original 1946 version of this song by Nat King Cole was not in the Rhythm 'n' Blues style, but the song did eventually become a bit of an R'n'B standard. Here's a good version by the Stones:-

The Rolling Stones - Route 66
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyhkBg8wOBo


"Route 66" was also the title of a long forgotten early sixties American TV drama, whose theme tune is similarly long forgotten, which is a pity, because I think it's just about the coolest TV theme tune ever and here it is:-

Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra - Theme From Route 66
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBMESyjIkgs

From 1963 & in my opinion of the best version of Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be ) by by The High Keys

Que Sera Sera - The High Keys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd2j3...eature=related

Here's a few I can think of;

Mr. Zero by Keith Relf (the lead singer of the Yardbirds),

I Know A Man by Rolf Harris (far and away the best he ever made, and I don't usually like his records, yet it wasn't a hit and never appears on any of his compliations),

Rain On The Roof and Nashville Cats by The Loving Spoonful,

I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again by Buffy St. Marie,

Love Is Just A Four Letter Word by Joan Baez,

Last Train To Clarkesville by the Monkees (thier first record and only a very minor hit, but their best record in my opinion),

Don't Make Me Over by the Swinging Blue Jeans, hardly made the charts but a great record and one of their best.

I'm sure there are a lot more, but my brain needs to be more awake to think of them. I may post again later.

This was actually a very big hit, and got into the top ten.

John Walker RIP

The Walker Brothers - Love Her (1965)

The Walker Brothers - Walking In The Rain (1967)

John Walker - Annabella (1967)

I agree, very good song!