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Stuart0000x
26-10-2011
A nice little tune, I can't enjoy how much the Shadows can envoke a lot of emotion with instruments alone. See, you don't really need a singer.

The Shadows - Midnight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8q1u35NRk0
mushymanrob
26-10-2011
Originally Posted by Gneiss:
“Have to say I prefer the Seekers version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrny8mK6gCg Judith's voice just takes this song to another level...”

no surprises there then! knowing you are a big jd fan....
Gneiss
26-10-2011
Originally Posted by mushymanrob:
“no surprises there then! knowing you are a big jd fan....”

Yes, possibly an element of bias with regard to Judith but if you listen to the two back to back there is no denying that the harmonies are also much tighter on the Seekers versions.
mushymanrob
26-10-2011
Originally Posted by Gneiss:
“Yes, possibly an element of bias with regard to Judith but if you listen to the two back to back there is no denying that the harmonies are also much tighter on the Seekers versions.”

... but thats why i prefer the springfields, its a little less polished, i like the rawer sound tbh. im not saying the seekers is crap though.... it is a good version.
mushymanrob
26-10-2011
continuing my year by year appreciation... 1963.

1 the shadows - atlantis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VycZVyApqew

2 jet harris tony mehan - diamonds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAUOnTaa_TE

3 herb alpert and the tijuana brass - the lonely bull
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16B5Xm8_IKw

4 jet harris tony mehan - applejack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqrnCmorWVU

5 skeeter davis - the end of the world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgcy-V6YIuI

6 hollies - searchin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-jtjwagaZY

7 beatles - from me to you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Jwfv8WQMA

8 freddie and the dreamers - if you gotta make a fool of somebody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgClgCmYgBI

9 billy j kramer and the dakotas - bad to me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKfnG4gya6k

10 andy williams - cant get used to losing you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E9XUkoJH5I

well..i liked instrumentals didnt i?...lol..

others i liked


11.Freddie and the Dreamers - Im telling you now
12. Cascades - Rhythm of the rain
13. Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas - Ill keep you satisfied
14. Johhny Kidd and the Pirates - Hungry for love
15. Hollies - Stay
16. Matt Monroe - From russia with love
17. Gerry and the Pacemakers - I like it
18. Gerry and the Pacemakers - How do you do it
19. Beatles - Please please me
20. Bobby Vee - The night has a thousand eyes
21. Tommy Roe - The folk singer
22. Ronettes - Be my baby
23. Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas - Do you want to know a secret
24. Rolling Stones - Come on
25. Gerry and the Pacemakers - Youll never walk alone
26. Cliff Richard and the Shadows - summer holiday
27. Billie Davis - Tell him
28. Kuyo Sakamoto - Sukiyaki
29. Del Shannon - Little town flirt
30. Surfaris - wipeout
31. Beatles - She loves you
32. Crystals - Then he kissed me
33. Freddie and the Dreamers - You were made for me
34. Rolling Stones - I wanna be your man
35. Dusty Springfield - I only wanna be with you
36. Foremost - Hello little girl
Gneiss
26-10-2011
Originally Posted by mushymanrob:
“2 kenny ball and his jazzmen - midnight in moscow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0xeETLadI4”

Not sure how I missed that earlier, but happy memories....
Vabosity
27-10-2011
Originally Posted by crazychris12:
“Roy Orbison - In Dreams. My fave song by The Big O
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPmhNJbhiBo”

Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“ 5. Roy Orbison - It's Over
Roy Orbison had two UK Number One singles in 1964: It’s Over, which I absolutely love, and the much more famous Oh, Pretty Woman, which I’m not too keen on. Give me Roy’s big emotional ballads over his more up tempo stuff any day of the week.”

Originally Posted by JohnnyForget:
“There's only one way for me to follow a post devoted to Elvis and that's with a post devoted to the man who Elvis called "the greatest singer in the world", the one and only (the lonely) Roy Orbison.


This is one of Roy's greatest and most popular songs, which surprisingly was only a minor hit over here when first released:-

Roy Orbison - Crying (1961)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88810...eature=related


This gem did a whole lot better, peaking at No. 2 on the British chart:-

Roy Orbison - Dream Baby (1962)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43H8WHeNM4c


Linda Ronstadt's cover of the following song is one of my favourite tracks of the seventies, but the original version is pretty wonderful too:-

Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dPBG...eature=related”


Some of Roy Orbison's tracks from back then were more than just mere pop songs, they were works of art!
Vabosity
27-10-2011
Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“I’ve decided to devote my first few posts to this thread to my favourite UK Number One singles from each year of the sixties.”

This is my tenth and final post devoted to my favourite UK Number One singles from each year of the sixties. I now need to decide whether my future posts will also have some sort of theme or will just be random tracks that I like.

In the meantime ...

Here, in order of preference, are my five favourite UK Number One singles from the year 1969 (with apologies for including any track that may have previously featured in the thread):-

1. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Fantastic track. Fantastic band.

2. The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
Their eighth and final UK Number One single. Eight number ones and each one an absolute gem!

3. The Beatles with Billy Preston - Get Back
A post I made on The Beatles Appreciation Thread about two weeks ago suggests that I prefer the B-sides of Beatles singles to the A-sides. While this is certainly true of most of their (non-double-A-sided) singles, it is certainly not true of this one. I think Get Back is a cracking track - I love it to pieces. As for the B-side, Don’t Let Me Down, well, quite frankly, I think it’s bloody awful!

4. Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
Fleetwood Mac’s only ever UK Number One single, and I’m so glad it was achieved during the Peter Green era.

5. Desmond Dekker and the Aces - Israelites
The first reggae single to top the UK charts and the first to reach the US top ten.



And here’s the full list of UK Number One singles from that year:-

Marmalade - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (4 January 1969 - 1 week at no. 1)

The Scaffold - Lily the Pink (11 January 1969 - 1 week)

Marmalade - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (18 January 1969 - 2 weeks)

Fleetwood Mac - Albatross (1 February 1969 - 1 week)

The Move - Blackberry Way (8 February 1969 - 1 week)

Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half as Nice (15 February 1969 - 2 weeks)

Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? (1 March 1969 - 4 weeks)

Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine (29 March 1969 - 3 weeks)

Desmond Dekker and the Aces - Israelites (19 April 1969 - 1 week)

The Beatles with Billy Preston - Get Back (26 April 1969 - 6 weeks)

Tommy Roe - Dizzy (7 June 1969 - 1 week)

The Beatles - The Ballad of John and Yoko (14 June 1969 - 3 weeks)

Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air (5 July 1969 - 3 weeks)

The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (26 July 1969 - 5 weeks)

Zager and Evans - In The Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus) (30 August 1969 - 3 weeks)

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (20 September 1969 - 3 weeks)

Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin - Je T'aime Moi Non Plus (11 October 1969 - 1 week)

Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall in Love Again (18 October 1969 - 1 week)

The Archies - Sugar, Sugar (25 October 1969 - 8 weeks)

Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys (20 December 1969 - 6 weeks)
brian91
28-10-2011
Just been catching up on this thread and some great songs already mentioned. Thought I would just list 10 of my favourites from the 1960's.

Marmalade – Reflections of my life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79NiN7ISW7E
Simply one of my favourite songs of all time, I think it just made the tail end of 1969.

Manfred Mann - Ragamuffin Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVdVnTCfCRc
Have always been a fan of them, and this is one you don’t hear much nowadays.

The Move – Blackberry Way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELRHD4UCo74
This one always brings back happy childhood memories.

Tremeloes - Call me number one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CZL3G43FOM
Not the coolest band from the ‘60s, but I always liked this track by them.

Cat Stevens - Matthew and son
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG7woCQkGUw
Another favourite from my ‘60s collection.

Pink Floyd - See Emily Play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F94vHO7okZQ
Can’t beat a bit of early Floyd.

Monkees - Alternate title
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iFEa7pRO1o
Not bad for a manufactured band.

Four Tops - Bernadette
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pVM00eoohI
My favourite track by the Four Tops.

Keith West - Excerpt from a teenage opera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rExhxkX-Ic
Great memories of this from 1967, a classic.

Love Affair - Bringing on back the good times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlfRq4FpYWA
Final one by one of the best if short lived artists from the late 1960’s.
mushymanrob
28-10-2011
Originally Posted by brian91:
“Just been catching up on this thread and some great songs already mentioned. Thought I would just list 10 of my favourites from the 1960's.

Marmalade – Reflections of my life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79NiN7ISW7E
Simply one of my favourite songs of all time, I think it just made the tail end of 1969.

Manfred Mann - Ragamuffin Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVdVnTCfCRc
Have always been a fan of them, and this is one you don’t hear much nowadays.

The Move – Blackberry Way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELRHD4UCo74
This one always brings back happy childhood memories.

Tremeloes - Call me number one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CZL3G43FOM
Not the coolest band from the ‘60s, but I always liked this track by them.

Cat Stevens - Matthew and son
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG7woCQkGUw
Another favourite from my ‘60s collection.

Pink Floyd - See Emily Play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F94vHO7okZQ
Can’t beat a bit of early Floyd.

Monkees - Alternate title
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iFEa7pRO1o
Not bad for a manufactured band.

Four Tops - Bernadette
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pVM00eoohI
My favourite track by the Four Tops.

Keith West - Excerpt from a teenage opera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rExhxkX-Ic
Great memories of this from 1967, a classic.

Love Affair - Bringing on back the good times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlfRq4FpYWA
Final one by one of the best if short lived artists from the late 1960’s.”

a great selection there brian i particually like the marmalade, four tops and love affair tracks.
JohnnyForget
28-10-2011
Originally Posted by JohnnyForget:
“Here are three more very good tracks by Elvis, all from the year 1960.”

Originally Posted by JohnnyForget:
“There's only one way for me to follow a post devoted to Elvis and that's with a post devoted to the man who Elvis called "the greatest singer in the world", the one and only (the lonely) Roy Orbison.”


Bobby Vee is hardly in the same league as Elvis or Roy Orbison, but I like him a lot; his early sixties singles now sound very "quaint", and as far as I'm concerned "quaint" is good. So here are three of his biggest hit singles, all from the year 1961.


Let's start with a song that Leo Sayer also had a big hit with nearly twenty years later, although I definitely prefer Bobby Vee's version:-

Bobby Vee - More Than I Can Say (1961)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwIAEgP9gKc


This was Bobby Vee's only ever No. 1 single in the USA (it peaked at No. 3 over here), a fine Goffin and King song:-

Bobby Vee - Take Good Care Of My Baby (1961)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awNqLO6auQA


Let's finish with my favourite of the three; I love this track:-

Bobby Vee - Run To Him (1961)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz9SAf8Wpvc
swingaleg
28-10-2011
Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“2. The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
Their eighth and final UK Number One single. Eight number ones and each one an absolute gem!”


fantastic single, but as the years have passed I now prefer the 'country version' off the album.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0oqSeNpFu4

terrific fiddling !
Gneiss
28-10-2011
Originally Posted by brian91:
“Just been catching up on this thread and some great songs already mentioned. Thought I would just list 10 of my favourites from the 1960's.

Marmalade – Reflections of my life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79NiN7ISW7E
Simply one of my favourite songs of all time, I think it just made the tail end of 1969.

Keith West - Excerpt from a teenage opera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rExhxkX-Ic
Great memories of this from 1967, a classic..”

Two of my favourite clips from this thread so far....
mushymanrob
29-10-2011
Originally Posted by Gneiss:
“Two of my favourite clips from this thread so far....”

...id be interested to know what else you like from the 60's, besides the seekers and connie francis!
Gneiss
29-10-2011
Originally Posted by mushymanrob:
“...id be interested to know what else you like from the 60's, besides the seekers and connie francis! ”

Among many others I liked the Hollies, Rolling Stones, Hendrix , Janis Joplin - quite varied really.

That said, on the whole most my favourite music pre dates the 60s, some of it by over 100 years. I by far preferred pre 60s Elvis and was never a fan of the Beetles aside from a couple of songs.
swingaleg
29-10-2011
Another Bobby Vee..........Rubber Ball

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

and another couple of early 60s classics.......

Johnny Tillotson - Poetry in Motion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtPhjtjQ9cw

Mark Wynter - Venus in Blue jeans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_hleBDiBoQ
JohnnyForget
29-10-2011
Originally Posted by swingaleg:
“Another Bobby Vee..........Rubber Ball

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

and another couple of early 60s classics.......

Johnny Tillotson - Poetry in Motion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtPhjtjQ9cw

Mark Wynter - Venus in Blue jeans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_hleBDiBoQ”

"Rubber Ball" is my least favourite of all of Bobby Vee's hits, which is why I omitted it from my Bobby Vee post, although I cannot deny that it definitely falls into the category that I call "quaint", as do the other two tracks in your post.

Let me reiterate that as far as I'm concerned being "quaint" is good thing!
swingaleg
29-10-2011
Originally Posted by JohnnyForget:
“"Rubber Ball" is my least favourite of all of Bobby Vee's hits, which is why I omitted it from my Bobby Vee post, although I cannot deny that it definitely falls into the category that I call "quaint", as do the other two tracks in your post.

Let me reiterate that as far as I'm concerned being "quaint" is good thing! ”

I think Rubber Ball is probably the first pop song that I was aware of...........whilst it was a current hit, as it were.

Tho' it was probably the Marty Wilde cover version........

I remember the back room in our house where the radio was and hearing this song and thinking about a rubber ball bouncing around the room.............

It's the only song that I can associate with that house as we moved shortly after............
Gneiss
29-10-2011
Hopefully I'm the first to post this...

Napoleon XIV - 'They're coming to take me away' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4
mushymanrob
30-10-2011
Originally Posted by Gneiss:
“Among many others I liked the Hollies, Rolling Stones, Hendrix , Janis Joplin - quite varied really.

That said, on the whole most my favourite music pre dates the 60s, some of it by over 100 years. I by far preferred pre 60s Elvis and was never a fan of the Beetles aside from a couple of songs.”

who?....

and to think you were chiding me over my grammar!

i like traditional folk, thats over a hundered years old!
Vabosity
30-10-2011
As the Beatles once so rightly (or, to be more precise, so wrongly) pointed out, there are Eight Days A Week, so here’s a track for each of those eight days (with a very slight bias towards Saturday).

The Small Faces - Lazy Sunday (1968)
Any song that includes the line “Gawd Blimey! ‘Allo Mrs Jones, ‘ows your Bert’s lumbago?” is a winner with me!

The Mamas and the Papas - Monday Monday (1966)
The group’s first ever top ten hit in the UK and their only ever Number One single in the USA. Great song.

The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday (1967)
The first slow song that the Stones released as a single, albeit as a double A-side with the up-tempo Let’s Spend The Night Together. Good track, although I actually prefer the seventies cover by Melanie Safka.

Simon and Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning 3 A.M. (1964)
You can’t really have a sixties thread without Simon and Garfunkel, so here’s the title track from their debut album. Although imho this is not one of their better songs, it’s pleasant enough and its title does fulfil the main criterion of the post.

Country Joe and the Fish - Thursday (1967)
Such an obscure track should really be on the Rare 60’s Classics thread rather than this one, but I couldn’t think of any popular sixties songs with Thursday in the title so I’ve chosen this one as I like it a great deal. This track doesn’t start off too well, but it does get considerably better. Beautiful and ethereal.

The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind (1966)
Classic track by an excellent Australian band.

The Cougars - Saturday Nite At The Duckpond (1963)
The previous year B. Bumble and the Stingers topped the UK singles chart with Nut Rocker, a rock ‘n’ roll version of an extract from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. Its huge success must have inspired the Cougars to try their luck with a bit of Tchaikovsky too, as here they give us a Shadows-style version of an extract from Swan Lake. Not as successful as Nut Rocker, but a great track nonetheless.

Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night (1963)
I’m a massive fan of Sam Cooke, and although this track is not one of my favourites by him, I still think it’s pretty darn good, so here it is.
mushymanrob
31-10-2011
on to 1964 now....

1 the hollies - we're through
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUvrfT4fmWk

2 dusty springfield - i just dont know what to do with myself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA48IL6bQQU
i wish modern days artists would HOLD THE NOTE, employing melisma doesnt equate to emotion as dusty here clearly demonstrates!

3 the supremes - where did our love go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izzKUoxL11E

4 billy j kramer and the dakotas - little children
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3yO6eUvJAA

5 cilla black - its for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqwUz4RQETg

6 honeycombes - have i the right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-juca-sFWBU
i must admit i much prefer this groups 'hardcore' beat to the dave clarke 5's... a stonking track!

7 searchers - when you walk in the room
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XWQCLqab4o
such a happy uplifting track filled wityh the promise of new love... lol..

8 kinks - you really got me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GmzyeeXnQ

9 the animals - im cryin'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVsS91Nqwqg

10 gerry and the pacemakers - ferry cross the mersey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08083BNaYcA

no instrumentals now, a new wave of groups start to make chart impact
Gneiss
31-10-2011
Originally Posted by mushymanrob:
“and to think you were chiding me over my grammar! ”

I think most accept the difference between a simple typo and downright poor, lazy English...
swingaleg
31-10-2011
Early 60s girl band The Ronettes knew how to lay down a Christmas song............well, Phil helped a bit..........

Here's Sleigh Ride.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5An7yylpdUU

and my all time favourite Christmas tune...........I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus..........I love it !........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFj4D11Wmn4
Barney06
31-10-2011
As Vobosity included this record in the Number 1 hits from 1968 , but was not included in his pick , thought I would rectify that .

Love Affair - Everlasting Love

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