Top 10 60s Songs You Forgot Were Awesome

[@DYR]

Which 1960s hit song do you feel doesn't get enough airplay? 🤔

[@thegood9]

"Build me up, Buttercup" can never get enough air! How bout "Fire" by Arthur Brown? But the former should've DEF been on this list!

[@KeriLudwig1027]

California Dreamin' by the Mamas and the Papas, Walk Away Renee by The Lefte Bank, Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again by The Fortunes, You Showed Me by The Turtles...just to name a few :)

[@Spectre3724]

Here's one that never gets played enough, even though it did finish in theBillboard year end Top 100 for 1968 (barely, at #98): The American Breed's "Bend me, Shape Me." One of the few songs that is better in the verses than the chorus, with the short instrumental sections actually the most memorable part.

[@georgemcnair3647]

Jackie DeShannon's Put A Little Love In Your Heart is one of my favorites.

[@thrashpondopons2776]

'No Milk Today' Herman's Hermits 'Bus Stop' The Hollies 'This Diamond Ring' Gary Lewis & the Playboys 'You were On My Mind' We Five 'Bad to Me' Billy Kramer & the Dakotas

[@knightlyjamz13]

Not a single song on this list is forgotten. Not even close. Fire whoever made this list.

[@reallyfurious]

Also, is it really nostalgic if you weren't actually there? The copy in this video sounds like it was auto generated by some AI view bot. Ugh

[@planetarysolidarity]

Yeah. I can sing anyone of them from memory

[@carlc88]

Yep, House of RS is virtually the only Animals song that gets played today, even on SiriusXM

[@ValdezJu]

I know, right? Can't be forgotten no matter how hard you try!

[@dr.nightowl2486]

People have paid me to not sing. Would you fire me too?

[@larrybrown3910]

None of these songs are forgotten. The 60's and 70's are easily the best decades for music.

[@legendaryTMNICO]

The 80s are up there too. Today’s new music is garbage.

[@debraseymour1796]

Agree 💯

[@kevinmcconnell3641]

I quit music radio in 1981!

[@brentvance3958]

60s 70s and 80s is the best ever

[@ontheroof_2417]

@@kevinmcconnell3641and then you went to MTV?

[@wmgthilgen]

i'm 72 years old now; Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@Daniel_Antonio_Arellano782]

All these songs are still hits to people my age. Not forgotten at all.

[@donnebes9421]

I remember all of them. How could you forget when you lived it.

[@IvorPresents]

True, and there was so much to remember. Music was everywhere

[@tommystyx]

You know that they say if you remember the sixties you weren't there?

[@IvorPresents]

@@tommystyx That makes no sense, who said that?

[@tommystyx]

@@IvorPresents It only makes sense if you were there.

[@alexbrown1930]

I always heard "If you remember the 60's, you weren't there."

[@freedapeeple4049]

Nobody from the 60s ever forgot how awesome this music was. We've been missing it for over 50 years!

[@mikebunting7262]

Today's "music" can't compete with our grnre

[@pattymiller9040]

It's still alive!! A few of my grandchildren have discovered some great 60s songs & now know them!!

[@dawnjohnson8739]

Truth

[@westtexas7]

We rarely play anything past 75. The Deads Into the dark 87 is an exception among others.

[@susankern5449]

I know right 🤷🤦

[@waynestirling7231]

Best era of music ever. Still listen to them now,at 73 years of age.

[@lindainparis7349]

Me too. Try manic grasshopper , excerpts 60’s hits year by year . 1962 def my favorite, I was 16 , probably helps !

[@billinct860]

Hey, 72 here! 60s music was the best.

[@ribac007]

Also 73 She's not there, kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWPLiXWcZqmUoac by The Zombies Remember the TV show hullabaloo?

[@robertewalt7789]

Also 73, we got to hear early rock and roll, through the Beatles.

[@julieontology7214]

It's not only those of us who grew up in the 60s who think it was the most explosive and dynamic and eclectic music. And US Pop music history. Our offspring have adopted many of the groups that we listened to and agree that the music is classic and enduring.

[@sheilalindenstein8263]

I was born in 59, but i was the last of our family so i had brothers that taught me the love of music. From Boxcar Willy to Jefferson Airplane/ Starship. Im blessed to grow up in the prime time of the best music ever made.

[@tbascoebuzz4782]

I remember all of these songs well. I’m now 70..married my HS sweetheart 50 years ago. And The Turtles “So Happy Together” was, and still is, our song. We listen to it….and smile.

[@patrickdrazen8411]

Two of the Turtles--Mark Volman and Howie Kaylan--shifted gears in the 70s and hooked up with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention for a while; did some good work...

[@gavanwhatever8196]

@@patrickdrazen8411 That's how I came to find the Turtles!

[@stevew6138]

I'm a decade behind ya, but my older sister introduced me to this wonderful music. BTW, congrats to you and hubby.

[@donaldhartsfield196]

I don’t feel that these songs are forgotten.

[@jerryshunk7152]

Don you really want forgotten good 60's? Please check my reply to Even Twice's comment!

[@donaldhartsfield196]

@@jerryshunk7152 , found your post and some of those mentioned are classics that one does not hear anymore! Five I have never heard of!!??

[@jerryshunk7152]

@@donaldhartsfield196 Some are from the earlier 60's.

[@donaldhartsfield196]

@@jerryshunk7152 , I remember Bless You and several others! I only remember one by Hamilton Camp and it is different from the one you listed and the one by Annette is nothing I am familiar with! I remember Tall Paul and Pineapple Princess however! Lol!! And the Eddie Hodges one I don’t recall!!

[@donaldhartsfield196]

@@jerryshunk7152 , remember Sacred by the Castells and So This is Love??

[@Tsunami1972]

"Incense & Peppermints" - Strawberry Alarm Clock "For Your Love" and "Heart Full of Soul" - Yardbirds "She's Not There" - Zombies

[@rintintin8446]

First one (especially the ending), yes.

[@dougmontgomery1868]

I misheard that first one as "Incessant Peppermint."

[@gilliansl]

Hot Smoke and Sassafrass by Bubble Puppy!

[@charliejohn1]

Thank you. Is on my playlist.👍

[@nadogrl]

“She’s Not There”! ❤️❤️❤️

[@markkent4295]

Every song here brings back so many fantastic memories! It seems as if today's music simply cannot hold a candle to the 60's and 70's.

[@michaelmorgan4319]

Your absolutely right. To me the late 60’s and early 70’s were some of the greatest songs ever sang

[@debraseymour1796]

Agree 👍

[@georgecerulean70]

You're preaching to the choir here. The 1960s is my absolute favorite decade for music. From 1960 to 1969, from Rhythm and Blues, to Surf Rock, to Folk Rock, to the British Invasion, Psychedelia, Bubblegum Pop, Hard Rock, early Heavy Metal, and even early Electronic Rock, the sheer amount of quality music that came from that decade is incredible. ✌☮

[@mikebunting7262]

Some of the greatest tune-smiths since Beethoven

[@pattymiller9040]

The 60s decade really changed the direction of music and made it amazing!!

[@yootoobsuks4210]

My favorite for everything.

[@paulshallbetter1080]

When you wrote "electronic rock," I was ready to argue... until I remembered that Emerson Lake and Palmer's "Lucky Man" was released in 1969. Thanks for the reminder!

[@joebruno8785]

@@paulshallbetter1080 yeah EL&P with MOOG Synthesizer! Their piano work has no equal, none...

[@victoriaballard7354]

No one who lived it had forgotten any of these songs.

[@YorickWell]

Well, drugs or alcohol could easily have contributed to forgetting some of these songs....

[@thomaslockwood8870]

You're correct dear. I was drunk and stoned the whole time, still remember all that. Oh and that Gerry and the Pacemakers song was gay. Choose over.

[@JRLyden]

"How can i forget you if you never go away?" I disagree with this guy, these songs are closer to Iconic versus forgotten. "You'll Never Walk Alone" maybe but the rest you are going to hear sooner than later.

[@alyceclover]

I kept waiting for a forgotten song ~ it was You'll Never Walk Alone ~ I had one Gary & the Pacemaker 45RPMs, but would remember many of their songs, like Ferry Across the Mercy, that I did not like. I was frustrated getting a usable password for an account when I heard "try 96 tears" and that became & still is my password to this day.

[@YorickWell]

@@alyceclover now that you have told me (us?) you're going to have to kill me. You'll Never Walk Alone wasn't exactly forgotten; The Tremelos did a song that directly referenced it. Cf music.kzbin.info/www/bejne/eX7cZ4OXj7lqlck&feature=share at 1:12.

[@Johnoftheshire]

“C’mon people now, smile on your brother, everybody get together n’ try to love one another, right now” If ever we needed it, this is the time. . .

[@adorabledeplorable5105]

Especially since harris and biden are in .

[@davidlynnmorehead4783]

My favourite "All time" ~ ❤️

[@alanross3435]

John, Right on bro!☮

[@toddmcintosh83]

Pretty sure that was by The Youngbloods.😊👍

[@edd7812]

"Get Together" spectacular pick! Timeless and perfectly covered by The Youngbloods...👍👍👍

[@jeffburnham6611]

90% of these songs are not forgotten, it's just that they're being discovered by people who weren't around in the 1960's to enjoy them.

[@eggsmann594]

and they'll chime in that it's underrated because they never heard if before. Especially the platnum hits

[@Greenballoffire]

I don't understand how nobody from our time doesn't know them, they're so famous!

[@DouglasJWilkening]

High school kid in the mid 60’s. Fell asleep with a transistor radio under my pillow every night listening to all of these. (Millennials ask, “Dude, what’s a transistor radio?”)

[@mammaj7574]

Oh my, me too. That was the BEST decade in music. Don’t have music like that anymore!! But I have NOT forgotten the BEST MUSIC ever recorded!!! I Still listen to it!!!!

[@k.b.tidwell]

Me and my old Sony take great offense at any commentary from millennials. That little silver radio was one of the best gifts of my life. Way less strings attached than a cell phone.

[@シロダサンダー]

40 year olds asking what's a transistor radio? Not likely.

[@taco2k3]

I remember going through 9V batteries like crazy because of my transistor radio. Lots of trips to Radio Shack.

[@lurking2182]

transistor sister, playin on the radio

[@tjvanpopta]

The amount of great music that evolved during the 60,s was unbelievable. I remember when all these songs came out. It was the greatest music era ever and still strong today and will be in years and years to come !

[@patrickreilly7256]

"Ferry cross the Mersey", "Don't let the sun catch you crying", my very first album I ever bought.

[@diannespalding6542]

None of these songs or bands have been forgotten by those of us who were teens in the 60s. Still hear many of them on Jukebox Oldies on Stingray.

[@birdsfan57]

RIP Gerry Marsden, lead singer of Gerry and the Pacemakers, who died last week at the age of 78...

[@sherrybirchall8677]

I'm so sad about that. I love Gerry and The Pacemakers.

[@imanonattorneyspokesperson]

Didn't know that...Thanks for the info!... ...Was just reminiscing his "Ferry" song last week! In another piece of RIP news, Phil Spector passed today...Not really weeping for him tho...Sorry!

[@JeffChase]

Sorry to hear that. I met him in Manila in 2011 - a nice guy and not stuck on himself at all.

[@hudois]

@@imanonattorneyspokesperson Not weeping for him either, BUT he will always be a great force and name in musical history. We need to separate the man from the artistic creations.

[@imanonattorneyspokesperson]

@@hudois You're absolutely correct 👏 Sometimes "life" happens beyond one's ability to manage let alone control. After all is said and done, He was just a human being.

[@disneylana]

The Turtles “Happy Together “I have spent 25 years as a Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse singing Happy Together to my preemies. A whole generation will love this song.

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

Here's hoping! Maybe we can bring some common sense back to music, huh?

[@josephmartinez8803]

Forgotten?? Not to those whose life's soundtrack, these songs are a part of!

[@davidbezer5011]

I know every song better than today I was an 80's music child

[@lisadavenport476]

Maybe he thinks we all have Alzheimer's

[@jerryshunk7152]

You want obscure, check my reply please to Even Twice's comment!

[@beachgirl48]

I know all these songs by heart! By they don't play them any more :(

[@joesheridan5562]

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[@danytoob]

"Incense & Peppermints" - by The Strawberry Alarm Clock. A true one hit wonder band. This single was released with little airplay. (I heard it and went crazy, and annoyed it didn't catch). Some months later it was re-released and bang! This time not to be ignored. Great days !

[@taiwanjohn]

Thanks for the reminder. I hadn't heard that song in decades!! ;-)

[@kathymassey4356]

Never needing more cowbell!!

[@RichardMetcalf-gz8iu]

"Incense and Peppermints " received substantial airplay. It was a #1 record in 1967.

[@michaellearmonth3412]

Strawberry Alarm Clock had a second song that charted about 3 months later: Tomorrow made it to 23 on the Billboard Top 100.

[@dcterr1]

I totally agree! The first time I heard "Incense and Peppermints" I fell in love with it! Easily one of the greatest psychedelic songs from the late 60s. Altough you don't hear it much anymore, it did go to #1 in 1967 and became one of the biggest hits of the year.

[@shelleyreid680]

"Expressway To Your Heart" - Soul Survivors, "Western Union" - The Five Americans, "I've Been Lonely Too Long" - The Rascals.

[@WrenFaithBridger]

I LOVE "Western Union"! I remember hearing it on the radio when I was a small child. I have 5 older siblings (the oldest was 13 when I was born) so I heard a LOT of popular music as a baby & toddler. It's funny. when I'm listening to "Golden Oldies On Demand" (my 15-year-old daughter loves oldies) and a song strikes a "happy chord" in me, I look at the year...inevitably, it's either 1967 or 1968...when I was from 2 to 4. Heck: my all-time favorite song is, was, and probably ever will be is "To Sir, With Love" by Lulu. My brother told me that, when that song came on, I'd always run straight to the stereo.

[@artdeco5464]

The Legend of Xanadu by Dave, Dee, Dozie, Mitch and Tich, Judy in Disguise with Glasses by John Fred and his Playboy band, Israelites by Desmond Dekker and the Aces, Pretty Ballerina by the Left Banke, Go Go Round by Gordon Lightfoot

[@petechau9616]

Expressway to your heart is one that I still have on my burned CDs. "lonely to long" is one of my favorite Rascal songs.

[@KillrMillr7]

We watched the Ed Sullivan show every week. One of my favorite episodes was the Temptations in 1967 singing, I've got Sunshine. My older sisters were rock and rollers, but I loved the Motown sound. Great memories

[@flosolano9965]

The name of the song was “My Girl”.

[@debbiederosa7250]

I loved Motown sound, but was also big fan of Simon & Garfunkel ! But Motown was in it's hay-day back then...so many wonderful songs !!!

[@arguingwithstupidpeople2047]

Love, "7 and 7 Is," Small Faces, "Itchycoo Park," Yardbirds, "Shapes Of Things," Standells, "Dirty Water," Troggs, "Wild Thing," Electric Prunes, "Too Much To Dream," Grass Roots, "Live For Today," Kinks, "All Of The Night," Count Five, "Psychotic Reaction," Strawberry Alarm Clock, "Incense and Peppermints," Doors, "Light My Fire."

[@petechau9616]

"Dirty water" by the Standells is one that would fit well in this video.

[@nynthworld4152]

@@petechau9616 That song rocks.👍

[@wayniebob1948]

You forgot ? and the Mysterians, LOL!

[@toddmcintosh83]

I love all of those! Great memories!😉👍

[@gschu123]

Great suggestions!!

[@deronmays2102]

These are all great songs. They’re not forgotten. You can hear them on oldies stations all the time, especially House of the Rising Sun.

[@eugenecarle5619]

Boots, Crimson, and especially House are not forgotten. I hear them all the time. Now if you want to know the most under rated group from the 60s, that would be the Grass Roots. They had hit after hit. Their music exploded out of the radio. I turn it up every time I hear one of their songs because they were meant to be played/heard loud!

[@johnalbert6900]

I got Rob Grill’s autograph after a concert in 1992! Made 12 year old me’s year! 😁

[@anthonycecil7070]

Along with Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.

[@brucelang1201]

Grassroots were incredible live for to day and midnight confession among others really awesome band.

[@ValdezJu]

Although it was, more or less, bubblegum.. I have to confess that I did 'turn em up' all the way when I was alone in my car.🎹🎶🔊 "Things I Should Have Said" kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6S2dWSHqtWcn5I

[@nycdweller]

Grass Roots had the best 1-2-3-4 countdown ever

[@brianduncan2793]

If you were a teenager in the 60's and 70's you remember everyone of these songs not sure why you think we would forget them

[@laurencefraser]

I was born in 1986... I've still heard about half of these, and heard of most of the rest. Despite my taste in music including basically none of the relevant genres.

[@mariefellensteinhalerealto6263]

So true!

[@glennso47]

I forgot about them on purpose. Most of the songs in the 60s I despised. Especially Nancy Sinatra because she hates veterans and she is a flaming liberal.

[@nene3857]

Well, you know how it is with us old folks. The memories tend to go...

[@nene3857]

@@glennso47 I can't STAND Snotra. She can't sing. Horrid song. Most of the hits I LOVE tho.

[@hillelschenker2504]

As a graduate of the 60s, none of these songs have been forgotten by my generation. Maybe they don't get much airplay today in the States, but they get a lot of You Tube play, by those who remember them. And here in Israel, most of them are played regularly on the quality 88FM station.

[@tommissouri4871]

Corporate Radio. Check the WKRP episode of "The Consultant" for both a good laugh and a view of the downfall of radio.

[@joannajamerson35]

I am 1975 and I heard these songs all the time

[@Bruce15485]

Agree ! I believe these songs are very well known ! I listen to many on line radio stations and this selection are played consistently !

[@pennyjohnson6095]

I agree that’s all I listen to the oldies station💛💚❤️💙🤍🧡❤️

[@yisraelforeman904]

Shalom to all in Israel, and Shabbat Shalom. I'm glad at least some folks enjoy our 1960s music in Israel. God bless you all.

[@paulmartin7332]

Most of these songs are actually very well-known and often played on reaction channels. Some songs that have sadly disappeared and need to be heard and heard often would be Love is All Around by theTroggs, What theWorld Needs Now by Jackie DeSannon, Darlin BE Home Soon by Lovin Spoonful, and Easy To Be Hard by Three Dog Night, a powerful ballad important and as relevant today as it ever was.

[@dalehood1846]

@paulmartin, WELL SAID. Thank you.

[@timshannon9878]

could not agree more love all those song. What the World Needs now is one of my all time favs

[@SweetThing]

"Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum

[@karma432]

Easy to be Hard was also a song from Hair

[@bjarneberglund7485]

I'm glad that I was born in the mid-50s and got to be a part of the explosive development of music that happened in the late 50s-70s when I was young. It was a mix of everything before and brand new music. My daughter is jealous of me having experienced this. And I think it has shaped me in my broad view and experience of music today. When you were a teenager in Europe in the 60s and interested in music, it was the radio we listened to. And I listened a lot to "Radio Luxemburg" which played new music from the world late at night. I had a small mono earphone in my ear so not disturb my sisters who were sleeping in the same room. Most of the time I fell asleep quickly because it was so late, school was waiting the next day. I was 13 years old when I heard "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" for the first time. It was with a group called The Hounds and that song has stayed with me through the years and still remain in my head with text and only good memories with positive experiences. I listened to The Ventures and The Shadows a lot and still do today. Another group like The Kinks with songs Lola, Sunny Afternoon, Waterloo Sunset, Come Dancing was also important songs that many forget.

[@christopheranderson601]

Hello

[@WILTALK]

Your response reminded me of the song " When I was Young".

[@eliseintheattic9697]

I never forgot any of these songs and I dont think anyone else did either. They are all sixties classics.

[@heidibee501]

The sixties were the best time for EVERYTHING. I really like GROOVY KIND OF LOVE.

[@marionward5958]

Yes I remember sitting in a steamy forecasting for my date. Rain pouring down outside and he was late. Groovy kind of love came on and I was lost I it. 16 years old

[@patrickreilly7256]

Crimson and clover is still one of the best songs ever recorded. It's on my Pandora station that I play EVERYDAY.

[@skygazer6898]

A massive hit selling over 5 million records for Tommy James and the Shondells. Prince did a great cover of this classic

[@modernwriter]

This made me think of a lot of bands that today's teens never heard of; the Zombies, Beau Brummels, Manford Mann, Herman's Hermits, The Archies, and many more! It was the best time to be alive!

[@ppierquet1]

Wow, I remember each one of those bands...what a time!

[@JQ127-c4e]

Manfred Mann.

[@edwardkrzynowek241]

I still like The Association, to name just one in the 60's. Several members have died since then. Too many things change too much, too fast, to suit me.

[@ahdowns]

I feel sorry for these kids, because they didn’t experience what we did.

[@lisagulick4144]

Also the Vogues. "5 O'Clock World" is awesome!

[@ErwinBrady]

As a 65 years old guy, I remember a lot of these.

[@scottgreenberg551]

If you listen to any 60's oldies station, most (if not all) of these can be heard. Hardly forgotten.

[@beachgirl48]

We don't have an "oldies" station in Jacksonville Florida. I rely on iHeart and SiriuxXM60's. I rarely, if ever, hear these wonderful songs.

[@scottgreenberg551]

@@beachgirl48 I live in Clearwater. I, too, rely on SiriusXM. The 60's station plays these songs. I've heard them many times.

[@tracye9534]

I can only get NPR in SE Michigan.

[@captaincarl8230]

@@beachgirl48 I listen to the "I Love the Sixties" and the "True Oldies Channel" on iHeart. Occasionally I hear them along with songs like "In The Ghetto" by Elvis Presley and "Abraham, Martin and John" by Dion. The True Oldies Channel will also play songs from the pioneers of rock and roll.

[@randysandford4033]

If you lived through that era you never forget any of these songs. It was the Golden Era of rock and roll that will never be matched.

[@harryp1665]

I could have watched hours of this, every song on here brought back my youth.

[@martinxiamen10]

White Bird, by Its a Beautiful Day

[@ronkirk5099]

I was born in 1950 in So Cal so the 60's was the sound track for everything we did from surfing to M/C racing to partying and even spending my last teen year in Vietnam. A lot of this music is timeless.

[@inkey2]

I envy you so much growing up in SO CAL during the American Graffiti era......the cars, the beach, just the whole package

[@jiwbink]

INKEY2 YOU LEFT OUT NAM!

[@roberttraphagan3572]

@@jiwbink Most of us got the "Greetings from the President of the United States" letter just after graduation, but Yeah the music was good.

[@oldermusiclover]

me too

[@polarbear353]

I too was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley during the 60’s and 70’s. It was absolutely magical, cruising to Bob’s Big Boy while listening to the greatest era of music ever made. Anyone have a Time Machine?

[@jjeherrera]

Loved them all! Love them all! I would add "Downtown" with Petula Clark, "Georgy Girl" with the Seekers and "Those were the days" with Mary Hopkins. They are all part of the soundtrack of my life.

[@tomunderwood238]

Lazy Day - Spanky and Our Gang

[@robertcuminale1212]

I have seen British movies from the early 1940s with Clark as a teenager. The Seekers still play, Judy Durham joins once in a while. She's almost 80 y/o and still sounds the same.

[@adamtarleton1537]

Those are some good ones to add.

[@wolfgangscorset2855]

Those were the days is a russian folk song.

[@goosewhisperer6275]

"Georgy Girl" was my favorite song the summer before I started 7th grade. I remember playing it over and over every day. I'm surprised I didn't wear that record out! 😂

[@leman19851]

I know the 60s were great, but for me it started in the late 50s. Elvis, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash and all of the others got going. American Bandstand went nationwide around 1957/58 and having a transistor radio was all you needed. No, we haven't forgotten, KZbin, LPs, CDs keeps us going with our music from the past.

[@connierichmond6906]

Anyone who was a teen aged in the 60s remembers every one of theses songs.

[@13SIXTEEN]

Exactly, I remember everyone

[@lilajagears8317]

I was in elementary school in the 60's and I remember all of thse songs!

[@catcher2473]

Born in 73, I remember them.

[@christopherwhite8933]

I was born in 1964 and remember every single one of them!

[@bluecollarlit]

I was in grade school in the Sixties, and I remember them all, too. This was a nice video, I enjoyed it.

[@roberfaubus3455]

I still remember all those songs when I was a kid and now I am 63 years old.

[@jmichna1]

Whippersnapper! ;)

[@petermenningen338]

I'm now 69 and those are all in my playlists along with 100''drs of others from the Birds, Simon & Garfunkel, Monkeys, Herman's Hermits. Peter, Paul,& Mary Stones, Beatles, Doors, Chicago, Dillon, When I play it in the shop and someone younger comes in they are blown away by the breath and quality of the selections.

[@goldtopazasylum]

me too, i'm 62

[@sandranorman5469]

I am 73 and still remember all these songs.

[@jamesdaniel3326]

You youngsters!

[@Classicrocker6119]

Time Won’t Let Me by The Outsiders is a very underrated track.

[@Boldorion1958]

That got a lot of airplay and jukebox play in the spring of '66."

[@GaryAa56]

Time won't let me, what a great song, I'm showing my age.

[@meauxjeaux431]

Yeah, that was an awesome song , and definitely belongs on the forgotten list.

[@sethralavode9012]

Cool. I was born in ‘81 and it’s not underrated unless you feel the ‘60’s were underrated.

[@imkluu]

Yeah, great song.

[@gdw967]

So much great music from the '60s that a lot of it has sort of fallen through the cracks. Here's a couple that came to mind. Little Red Riding Hood, and Wooly Bully, both by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs.

[@valarieelliott515]

To hard to NOT remember these tunes,,The Seeds, Zombies, The Circle, hell I can't even tell you the list would be SOO long,,we had it all, before AM and FM/ SOUL split Thier separate ways,,hell before Route 70/75 connect we had it all,,, wouldn't trade it.

[@sylvisterling8782]

@@valarieelliott515 Yes! "Pushin' Too Hard" by the Seeds, "She's Not There" by the Zombies and "Red Rubber Ball" by the Cyrkle (correct spelling).

[@1xsnrg]

The Zombies, The Kinks. Stones. Beatles. Tommy Roe. James Brown. Etc. Definitely not forgotten for those of us who grew up during that time.

[@mikewallis2987]

Zappa The Floyd Jimi

[@JustForFun-mt9og]

How about The Cream, Credence Clearwater Revival, Three Dog Night and Blood, Sweat and Tears? And although the song One Moire Mountain To Climb was made famous in 1972 by Doctor Music, it was written and first recorded by Neil Sedaka in 1967.

[@davidiand7]

I was a drummer in a band in the sixties, we had a girl singer and we dis a cover version of These Boots Were Made for Walking. I am 74 and still playing drums playing songs which are a mixture of sixties, seventies and eighties, the sixties seem like yesterday!

[@poohbearsauntie]

Right ON, David Hammett!!

[@jeffreyscott7126]

Don't know if you will get this David, but as a drummer I think you might appreciate a female drummer in Germany named Sina. She covers a lot of 70s music. You can find her on youtube under Sinadrums. Enjoy.

[@amyy2403]

what a great story! id love to hear you drumming!! :)

[@russellcampbell9198]

One of the best decades?! Best by a long, long way. So good that "forgotten" hits have never been forgotten.

[@bellavancise5801]

Mama & the Pappas, Judy Collins, Janis Joplin....so many! One of the greatest generations of music...even if much of it was before I was born! Oh...and The Supremes.....a bountiful plethora......

[@samuelpajoa215]

Being a "BABY BOOMER" , as kid during the sixties I remember my older brothers playing these classic all the time. Thanks for posting ✌☺

[@ntxmt]

Hey Joe -The Leaves. Sit With The Guru - SA Clock. Friday On My Mind - Easybeats. Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group. Gimme Little Sign - Brenton Wood. And, the list goes on.

[@petechau9616]

I love Spencer Davis Group lead by Stevie Winwood, yes that one, he went on to fame as a solo artists and with the groups Traffic and Blind Faith. We're showing our age here.

[@danieltrickey9285]

Hey Joe by the Leaves is one not played at all on the oldies channels. Had the 45.

[@Ebrun618]

Good list!

[@susansecorfranco2651]

Daydream Believer by the Monkees, Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You by Frankie Valli, and My Girl by the Temptations! I loved the '60's. I was a young teenager and have all of the 45's of the songs in this video. If you were alive then it's very hard to forget any of these songs.

[@latachia_2981]

How true!

[@JustForFun-mt9og]

I had a love for the Frankie Valli song from then called "My Eyes Adored You" when I broke up with my girlfriend from Montreal. I lived in Ottawa and commuted to be with her most weekends. But that song MAY have come out in the mid-70s.

[@Faeriewylde]

oh I had such the crush on Davy Jones! Me and every other 13 year old girl in the country lol

[@JustForFun-mt9og]

@@Faeriewylde - He was great, as was the whole group. I was surprised when he passed away so young.

[@nankerphelge3771]

Let's Live for Today- The Grass Roots.

[@gaylasmith5279]

Was only 8, 9, 10 in the 60's, but have an amazing sister who let me into her world. She was a teen and we would listen to lots of music. She had quite the album collection. Plus, we would listen to what was then referred to as "underground" radio. Very clandestine. I was also one of those kids with the transistor radio with the one earplug plugged in late at night in bed listening to music when I should have been sleeping. But the music was just so excellent in the 60's. You had the California sound, Motown, the British Invasion, etc. What was a kid to do?

[@AlDano]

"Don't let the sun catch you crying." "Georgey Girl" "World without love"

[@porkbelly0713]

world without love now escapes me, was that Peter & Gorden or who ? Anybody mention Lay Lady Lay ? I'm pretty sure that B side was Maggie's Farm

[@kimberlytyrcha5930]

@@porkbelly0713 ...World without Love was Peter & Gordon. It was written by Paul McCartney.

[@blahblahblah2699]

I love ‘world without love’ my Dad used to sing it beautifully, he had a lovely voice.

[@imamorninglory]

Yes, and Don’t walk away Renea! Love the songs you mentioned too!

[@JRLyden]

@@imamorninglory "Just Walk Away Renee" - good one.

[@PlusSizedMama10]

I was born in the late 70’s , and I remember all these songs, and I still listen to them today ! I even got my 10year old daughter enjoying these songs. The oldies are soooo much better than what is out these days.

[@grinhambernardwalker6314]

The music is so touching, I hope you enjoyed it?

[@bobtrudel4839]

Totally agree. I was a boomer 1946 and totally lived the 60’s and my granddaughter 15 today knows all of these songs ❤️

[@douglasschuler8120]

amen

[@arthuroconnor4300]

Crystal Blue persuasion. Wipeout. Little bit-o-soul. Nobody but me.

[@ontogeny6474]

All good. Add Don't Walk Away Renee and maybe In the Year 2525 to the mix.

[@nadogrl]

Ooo, Little Bit O’ Soul by Music Explosion was great!

[@grandpar468]

The Seeds Pushing to Hard / Electric Prunes Had too much to Dream

[@ktcarl]

'Judy In Disguise' John Fred and his Playboy Band.

[@paqmococu]

Ahh Man this is good stuff! 2525, Wipeout and Little Bit of Soul...and all the others in this feed bring back such good memories! Y'all made my Day😎

[@Tbone51]

As a teenager in the mid and late 60s, "96 Tears" is a song that really conjures up feelings from that era.

[@jongibson4599]

The Searchers', "I'll Never Find Another You". Also, "You're Just Too Good to be True", and, "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted."

[@Berndswenz]

So close - the Searchers were terrific, but this one was by the Seekers...😀 Cheers

[@jongibson4599]

I screwed up; couldn't tell Searchers from Seekers. = (

[@Berndswenz]

@@jongibson4599 Search, Seek, hardly a difference. But you seem to have eclectic tastes, long way from the Seekers to Jimmy Ruffin - cool. And I am sorry if I came across like an ahole, I just was struck by that similarity in names and the mix-up. My bad.

[@stephenandrews8419]

Sir Wellington Boot. Hey sir Wellington. If you came across like an Arsehole, then I must also be a very big one. I am just so pedantic about that sort of stuff. I would also have had to point out that not only had the two groups got muddled, but they shouldn't really be confused at all as they are from totally different ends of the planet ! 🌍🌏. You can even hear it in the voices. The Searchers are clearly 'Scousers' from Liverpool here in the U.K. While the Seekers were from down under in Australia. Oh well that's enough of my 'Arse-holing' for this evening

[@jimsullens5540]

@@jongibson4599 How about 'Needles and Pins' by the Searchers?

[@carolshorekirkakacshoresto5289]

60's Music there is nothing like it... the Best Music came from that Decade!!!!

[@budlewis721]

The music of the '60s was the soundtrack of my high school/coming of age period, unmatched until the Punk, New Wave and Ska of the' 80s became the soundtrack of my growing up. Both periods introduced some of the best music of my life.

[@mbargemann1686]

No it was the 50s

[@budlewis721]

@@mbargemann1686 Big Joe Turner, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James, Elmore James, Big Mama Thornton, Albert Collins, B.B.(the)King, John Lee Hooker, Big Bill Broonzy, Albert King, more than I can list... These '50s blues iconoclasts were an essential ingredient in later rock.

[@loriwalsh2353]

None of these songs are forgotten. Trust me.

[@valarieelliott515]

We had such great tunes all the way around,Eve of destruction gave me to much to think about at 10 years old

[@glennso47]

Wanna bet?

[@davidcogburn6725]

Sugar Sugar and bubblegum music always brings me a smile at 68 years old. The summer of 69 is alive and well with me.

[@rafanifischer3152]

Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In was my favorite song from 1968. I used to wait to hear it on an oldies station but now with YT and other platforms I can hear it anytime. Also The Beatles Hey Jude brings back fond memories.

[@1940limited]

I liked Go Where You Wanna Go better.

[@jerryshunk7152]

Nefarious, the Scumshine !

[@eds7455]

None of these so called "lost songs" are even close to being lost. Most of them are played where they should be played: on ''60s stations and on Classic Rock stations. If you sau you never hear them any more, you are listening in the wrong place. The only exception may be "You'll Never Walk Alone" and then cop out saying it's still popular in the UK. Well it's not popular in the US because it never really was. Only #48 on Billboard. If you wanted to use a Gerry and the Pacemakers song, how about "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying."

[@latachia_2981]

Very good song indeed!

[@smitskee]

Many have been needle dropped on TV Commercials for decades. Boomer targeting.

[@tonytymoszek4049]

I could not agree more

[@desotofiresweep58]

Or Ferry cross the mersey

[@bobair2]

@@desotofiresweep58 "I like it"

[@jaciej9227]

The Grass Roots. Live for today... great song!

[@cwsmith56]

or Midnight COnfessions (which was originally recorded by Ever-Green Blues). The music was almost identical, it was the vocals that made the difference

[@daviddavis-vanatta1017]

The cynical republicans to be, the stock traders yet to become, of those times rewrote the lyric line, "While others plan their future, I'm busy loving you." to be "While others plan their future, we're busy sniffing glue."

[@galoon]

Their "Where Were You When I Needed You" was a good one too!

[@JRLyden]

@@galoon Considering all the hits they had in a short amount of time,they might be THE Forgotten band of hte 60s. Wait a Million Years, Heaven Knows, Temptation Eyes - several other Top 10 types besides the one's listed above

[@whateverlolawants]

As a little kid, I sang "Live for Today" and "Midnight Confessions" all the time, my parents say. Funny choices for a little kid, especially in the early 1990s, but hey, I knew good music when I heard it!

[@keithprice5208]

I can hear most of these recordings virtually every day on Gold UK. There's no way they can be forgotten.

[@doristhomson3082]

The Righteous Brothers hit of "Unchained Melody" is my personal all tie favorite hit. I sing it at least once every day.

[@gertp11]

My husband would dance with me every time he heard this song, hold me close and quietly sing it in my ear. Makes me cry remembering this.

[@paulleckner9148]

A man facing the death penalty. Looking out the barred window and seeing the rivers rolling slowly to the sea.

[@peopleskarmasquad1042]

A Masterpiece

[@sharidyer4332]

Google "Song reactions". It's probably the most reacted song on the list. That and You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling. It's fun to watch the young minds being blown by Bobby Hatfield!

[@conn0rth]

Actually sung solo by Bobby Hatfield but credited to Righteous Brothers

[@susanmcclure9686]

Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth”. Excellent message

[@markschulte274]

True that. That song is a fav and then e

[@AlexandertheGreat99]

But the DemonRats tainted it by using it for their evil, twisted, liberal commie snowflake agenda...

[@timcline8472]

If you want a forgotten Buffalo Springfield tune, try "On the way home". Probably the best song they ever recorded but it gets no recognition because of the sentiment of FWIW.

[@GlynnWilsonAustin]

My all time favorite song. I want it played at my funeral.

[@j-bob_oreo]

that song is just as true now ... if not more so

[@c181jtd]

The Lion Sleeps Tonight by the Tokens; Get Together by the Youngblood’s

[@BuzzLOLOL]

If I ever run for president, Get Together will be my theme song... LOL!

[@debturcott6800]

You should read the history of The Lion Sleeps Tonight. It’s amazing!

[@nicoleknight9412]

Incense and Peppermints by the Strawberry Alarm Clock Love the One You're With (don't remember who did it, though)

[@shauntrailskinner9645]

@John Daniel "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is played a million times. Now, I am sick and tired of it!!! 😡

[@shauntrailskinner9645]

@QuadRaSphere Records and Radio Check out my lengthy post of "REAL" forgotten songs. Just scroll down.

[@AusNetFan13]

I’m into the Easy Listening music genre but loved the 1960s. During that time I was in the single digits as a kid. There was a tremendous amount of music during that time that which became great easy listening music. I didn’t get into some serious music listening until about 1975. Now, even though it’s the 2020s, I still love the songs from the 1960s. Some of those songs are still relevant today. Petula Clark, Jackie DeShannon, and others are so precious.

[@teresaw9668]

House of the rising sun will never be forgotten The Animals were just cool.

[@SamofCR]

Everyone loved the guitar but the organ was just baddass.

[@sethheron-vanta1383]

I'm cryin by the Animals. The Animals were a damn good band!!!

[@lorriesmith6290]

Did you know you can sing Amazing Grace with the same song? It's actually pretty awesome!

[@jenniferlang1393]

I loved their version of Bring It On Home To Me.....❤❤❤

[@gracieg7601]

Love house of the rising sun!

[@johnsmith-rb2yz]

Very cool songs played the airwaves in the 1960’s. Great decade for music.

[@vane7604]

What?? These songs are definitely NOT forgotten! I’m 23 and I know all these songs. Also, a lot of these songs are in a bunch of movies or shows.

[@bluefm7370]

I am 65, and I would not qualify any of these songs as forgotten. In fact, these songs are, in my view, UNFORGETTABLE! Enjoy the channel, and stay safe❤

[@jerrycny5519]

Jimmy Ruffin "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted", Sam and Dave "You Don't Know What You Mean to Me", Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"

[@gschu123]

Also by Sam & Dave: “You Don’t Know Like I Know”

[@bruceclevenger9800]

Liked Jimmy's follow-up "I've Passed This Way Before" even better.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

'60s were an absolute fabulous age for Motown as well as for (mostly) white pop music.

[@peopleskarmasquad1042]

Good stuff!

[@Russell1971]

"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying", "Ferry 'Cross the Mercy" (Gerry & the Pacemakers). "Crystal Blue Persuasion" (Tommy James & the Shondells). "Lady Willpower" (Gary Puckett & the Union Gap). "Merry-Go-Round", "Kentucky Woman", "Sunday Sun" (Neil Diamond). "La, La Means I Love You" (The Delfonics, later covered by The Jets in 1985 and subsequently Swing Out Sister in 1994). Thing is, though, I already have most of these songs above in my collection, some still on 45-RPM, but most on MP3 format ripped from cassettes, CD's, or LP's.

[@desperateambrose5373]

That's "Ferry 'Cross the Mersey".

[@michaelsegur6810]

@@desperateambrose5373 corect a river in Liverpool

[@carlosa9422]

The Merry Go Round's song was "You're A Very Lovely Woman" (I have the 45 and I still listen to it every chance I get).

[@DHRGrafix]

"Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire. #1 on August 12, 1965.

[@jerryshunk7152]

VERY STRONG /// BUT 68 YRS PREMATURE!!!

[@JJStetson]

Barry McGuire went on to record songs with Mathew Ward & his sisters in the Christian band 2nd Chapter of Acts. Heavenly vocals

[@Boldorion1958]

"Eve of Destruction" demands an answer--like '"Dawn of Correction" by the Spokesmen (1965) or "Day of Decision" by Johnny Sea (1966).

[@Boldorion1958]

@@JJStetson I saw them perform at the Community Church in Whittier many years ago.

[@paulettemackenzie-dubuc6927]

Peace is just as desirable today, but there's no money in it, as one general put it.

[@donnagadde5152]

You are so right. The 60s and 70s did produce some of the best music ever created! As a young teen in the late 60s, I was able to hear this wonderful music, often live in concert for a $3 ticket. One of my favourites was In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Iron Butterfly. I got to see them live in concert and my mom bought me the album.

[@margricks]

I have the album by Iron Butterfly and absolutely LOVE the drum solo!

[@farleyfox1840]

"I fought the Law" The Bobby Fuller Four.

[@vincesarmento4854]

Great pick!!!

[@glendooer6211]

@@vincesarmento4854 Had to remove the cop siren from the song as drivers paniced,

[@JasonKTerry]

That group was very underrated. Great musicians.

[@billycizek9460]

Many of their lesser known songs were also excellent.Both the ballads and upbeat songs had great lyrics and guitars.He left us at such a young age as did Buddy Holly.They had a similar sound and I believe bright futures and more talent to share.

[@berlinsaintclair9100]

I was born in the 70s but had parents who came of age in the 60s and I haven't forgotten ANY of these songs. I still listen to a lot of them now! The Animals are one of my favorites.

[@christopherlussier4383]

Yes. Same. Moody Blues is one of my Faves. My parents were "Greasers" then "Hippies" and then they just became Blue Collar raising four kids.. Parents are gone now but the music they loved is the music I love...and now sharing this music with my Grand Baby 👧

[@johnbaker4847]

Old singers/musicians die, you suddenly remember them, no fanfare, no parties, no celebration, but you look up and play a coupla their songs or albums and remember what/where you were then, and smile, or cry for the memory of that time. THAT is what music is all about. Thank you Lord for allowing us to develop this art. 👍🥰🙏❤ 'nuff said, DROP THE MIKE!

[@rickkalman5540]

Well said....thank you

[@melissaknox7484]

Green Tambourine by the Lemon Pipers , And When I Die by Blood, Sweat and Tears, Spinning Wheel by Blood, Sweat and Tears... So many I could name!!

[@petechau9616]

I remember "Green tamborine" the Lemon Pipers reached the top spot in Miami, Fl back in the day too bad the boys never had another hit.

[@antoniodelrey585]

They did lots of Laura Nyro (sp?) songs.

[@crashoppe]

wasnt it green mescaline? lol trip`in

[@melissaknox7484]

@@crashoppe maybe it sounded like that to you... Lol

[@racketman2u]

good call on "Greeen Tambourine"! absolutely fits the criteria.

[@iDONTdoFacebook]

Here’s one for you... Zager and Evans: Their song “IN THE YEAR 2525” which was released by RCA in the year 1969 reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks commencing July 12, 1969. What was once so #1 Hot has become one of the forgotten gems of the ‘60s.

[@davidmiller9485]

i hear it all over the place. It's not as rare as you make it out to be.

[@iDONTdoFacebook]

@@davidmiller9485 At age 62 now, the only stations I listen to are oldies - primarily ‘60s/‘70s focused stations. If 2525 is going to be played ANYWHERE, it would be played on the stations I listen to. I hardly ever hear it. It’s rarely played. And it sure isn’t being played any on today’s hit stations. My hat’s off to the station you’re hearing it regularly played on. I wish I could tune in to it. On another note...have you ever lived in Sacramento CA? Decades ago I had a friend who grew up there whose name was Dave Miller. I know the odds are astronomical that you’d be him, but I had to ask.

[@davidmiller9485]

@@iDONTdoFacebook Nope, born in California (Salinas) but i live in NY. :)

[@iDONTdoFacebook]

@@davidmiller9485 Thanks for taking the time to answer. I myself was born in Harbor City CA and lived my first year and a half in Downey CA then in Buena Park in Orange County. Our home in BP was in a neighborhood just across the street from Knott’s Berry Farm. At age 10 my dad moved our family out to the country in rural Arkansas. I missed Buena Park and the big city for a few months until I realized I was in the middle of a green shady natural paradise with unlimited miles around me to explore. My eyes had quit burning and my lungs quit hurting and the smell of the woods smelled so much better than the hot asphalt and dirty exhaust of the Los Angeles area. And the peace and quiet punctuated by the songs and calls of birds was rest to my ears which had been assaulted for 10 solid years by the constant roar of traffic and the near constant wailing of emergency vehicles. My best to you David. Be safe in this increasingly hostile world. It’s only going to get worse before it gets better. There’s real trouble ahead - it’s gonna get bumpy for a few years.

[@davidmiller9485]

@@iDONTdoFacebook my grandparents were prune pickers, moved from Indian land in Oklahoma to Salinas. I was born their then they moved back in the 60's. I lived with them from about 10 to 18, i loved living of the farm. I met my wife in Texas and we moved to NY to be near her family. Best of luck to yourself and stay safe.

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

“Eve of Destruction” Perfect for today.

[@Nerdlife4589]

So is bobby Darins "simple song of freedom "

[@manichairdo9265]

Had the privilege of getting to know Barry McGuire and his wife through my late husband, a professional musician, after they first met in the 70's.

[@DrChaad]

"Look at all the HATE there is in Red China…" We never hear about "RED" China anymore. Our mainstream media are too politically correct to shine light on the evils of communism. This very day, the RED Chinese are vivisecting prisoners without anesthetic, to sell their organs. When nobody cares about the scores of millions of people communism has killed, We truly _are_ on the eve of destruction.

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

@@DrChaad Please cite where Chinese are performing vivisection on unanesthesized human beings. I won’t be holding my breath on this one. But I see where the cult right would love to HEAR your story. Anything to keep them dumbfounded and full of hatred!

[@eandsm4620]

@ Dr. James :-)

[@jameswitt605]

Here in Western Australia, I listen to a community radio station instead of the big commercial stations, and still hear all of these regularly with the exception of 96 tears. As such, I think their playlists mostly from the 50's, 60's and 70's is of music with minimal royalty payments required. Most of their presenters are also retired broadcast people that donate their time to keep busy doing something they know and love.

[@donaldcarr7513]

60's was the best time for everyone.

[@brock2k1]

Never ever heard Gerry sing "Walk On" before, but two of his other songs (Ferry Cross the Mersey and Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying) are among my all-time faves.

[@daisyflowers9334]

Me too. I love "Ferry across the Mersey" and "Don't Let the Sun Catch you Crying".

[@normanpearson8753]

Their first 3 records went to No. 1, here in the U.K.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

Ditto... wasn't familiar with Walk On... and not as good as the other two...

[@roustus66]

Really? Whenever I hear "You'll Never Walk Alone" I immediately associate it with Gerry & The Pacemakers as their top hit (to my mind). "Girl On A Swing" is also a favourite along with the others mentioned here.

[@normanpearson8753]

@@roustus66 How do you do it ,and I like it were no. 1's ,also .Like Frank Ifield ,both had their first three releases going to No.1 .

[@cenzgullo3097]

The Rythm of the Rain is another classic.

[@marlenestockton2269]

The Cascades - Rhythm Of The Rain - 1962

[@robinblankenship117]

Not forgotten by those who lived when music was real and imagination & creativity knew no bounds. ❤

[@curtislowe4577]

May 1962 - Mr. Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore September 1962 - Booker T and the M.G.'s - Green Onions June 1963 - Kyu Sakamoto - Sukyaki November 1963 - Village Stompers - Washington Square February 1964 - Al Hirt - Java and The Rip Chords - Hey Little Cobra April 1965 - Freddie and the Dreamers - I'm Telling You Now August 1965 - Vogues - You're The One

[@michaelgmoore5708]

I play all those great songs on CDs and 45 RPM records alot sometimes.

[@rintintin8446]

First three, yes. Last four, no.

[@shantihealer]

I remember Acker Bilk's Stranger On The Shore being played over and over again on TV and radio that year. I was only 4 but it still made a huge impression.

[@prelives51]

I was a teenager through most of the 60s. I remember every single one of these. Most are monster songs which I still play often today. The 60s had the greatest popular music of all time.

[@katebregman3164]

I was a teenager in the'70s but, thank G!d for Oldies Radio & older brothers & sisters! I knew all of these.

[@johnbrennan3779]

What ever music waG popular when you 'Came of Age" , is the best music of all time. Thank God for music.

[@heinleinreader]

Speaking of monsters, there was the Monster Mash. And Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, Shaving Cream and They're Coming to Take Me Away. Tie Me Kangaroo Down and quit a bit by Shel Silverstien. He was the genius behind many of the lyrics associated with Dr Hook and the Medicine Show. Puff, The Magic Dragon also comes to mind. And Joni Mitchell was a genius writer of the 60s and 70s. Paul Simon as well, and Bob Dylan and Harry Chapin as well. These were the people I grew up with.

[@TwirlinMartha]

"Silence is Golden" The Tremeloes

[@morriswilson2274]

I’m a musician from the 60 s my band and I are still playing music from the sixties! This was a great time to be a musician

[@jingles7117]

The 60s were amazing, rock & roll exploded and mixed with other genres and gave birth to some incredible vocalists and groups. I still go back and listen to some really early classics, like: Red Rubber Ball, Just Dropped In, He’s So Fine, Walk Away Renee, Johnny Angel, Bread and Butter, and so many more great forgotten classics…but I still listen, lol.

[@neverforget6523]

It seemed to be one spirit that came over the world und united people more than ever before and in following decades.

[@briseboy]

Hard to fit ANY phenomenon into a single decade. 60s produced long songs, and FM radio and concerts using the jazz improvisation, as Hendrix and Carlos Santana embodied (both riffing at length on others' songs, including some jazz greats). Smokey Robinson's 60s works were objects of grabbing and running with it by others. Garage bands were a SoCal surf music phenomenon, since 50's end, and FEW of you have heard the true surf music arising from those jazz guitarists innovators (Les Paul, the Stratocasters, etc. electric guitars). THAT genre, quickly extending vie guitar stores as far as Colorado and Western Europe BEFORE teen-girl-swoon beatles even emerged from Liverpool. Gerry & Pacemakers and other Liverpool bands had many hits. Northern Ireland's Van Morrison began in "Them" then perhaps following his manager's advice to imitate Jagger until his SECOND breakout , "Brown-eyed girl" proved he should follow his OWN creative explosion into the Mystic-folk Astral Weeks and Moondance, both of the 1960s, into evolutions still not known to young musicians of the present. He's still scat singing and rockin' into his 80s though he lost all his command of upper vocal register before most of us were born.

[@jingles7117]

@briseboy haha, you're no youngster... written by someone who experienced the era and appreciates the talented artists who blazed new directions in sound and composition. Few realize how the development of the technology and the marketing of high fidelity stereo equipment satiated the public's ever expanding desire to have access to popular music.

[@sylvisterling8782]

@@briseboy You want EARLY? Les Paul & Mary Ford "How High The Moon"

[@jimcharb4230]

"Along Comes Mary" The Association.

[@haircole]

Wendy

[@jimcharb4230]

@@haircole Excellant song!

[@1jcouncil]

Cherish

[@haircole]

I was fond of almost anything the Kinks put out🎶🎵🎶🎼🎸

[@fmlogic]

Yeah, Mary - wanna.

[@missgmoma]

“The letter “ by the Box Tops & “ Leaving on a jet plane “ by Peter, Paul & Mary & “ Puff, the magic dragon “

[@jamescarrington5521]

YES....I love all of those; they all told different yet very poignant stories.

[@missgmoma]

@@jamescarrington5521 Hi, my dad made his living playing in a band & they played these songs a lot. I never realized until I grew up how much I do love story telling songs. You’re absolutely correct about that aspect of each of these 🎯

[@henkbax8105]

"Green Tambourine" by the Lemon Pipers.

[@missgmoma]

@@henkbax8105 Hi, I never heard this one before but I just gave a listen to it. Pretty good song, I really liked it. Thanks for suggesting it ☮️

[@doristhomson3082]

I sang PUFF to my baby daughter!!!! She had a stuffed dragon. I loved that song.

[@joelcopeland3018]

I'm older than my wife and her friends... We wee out one New Years eve and got to arguing over music. I made the m a bet that most of their favorite music was from people from the 60s and 70s, they are from the 80s, If the song they like was from a band or singer from my time, 60s and 70s, I got a point... If it was from someone in the 80s they got a point... I won hands down... It was no contest... the 60s and 70s were the pinnacle of great music... throw in the 50s and you have the perfect trifecta... No other three decades will ever come close...

[@teresahiggs4896]

I totally agree!