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Subject: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 01/01/14 at 2:55 am

The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eab_beh07HU

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: warped on 01/01/14 at 7:34 am

Beatles ~ Eleanor Rigby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Itt02QOO0

I have always appreciated the beauty and sadness of this song.

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 01/01/14 at 10:36 am

The Outsiders - Time Won't Let Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yQERVphWhY

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 01/01/14 at 3:17 pm

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

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Working My Way Back to You

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: yearofthemonkey on 01/01/14 at 4:19 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3bjMtqpGBw

The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 01/01/14 at 5:02 pm

Lou Christie - Lightnin' Strikes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyRqdzF8swY

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: warped on 01/01/14 at 6:26 pm


The Outsiders - Time Won't Let Me



Lou Christie - Lightnin' Strikes



Oh yeah, 2 awesome songs, Al. 

Bobby Hebb ~ Sunny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubvYQxTXO3U

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Paul on 01/02/14 at 5:58 am

Is it just me, or was there a classic being released every other week this year?

America preferred the other side, but we went big-time for this, and rightly so...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkPy18xW1j8


With its high-octane garage rock sound, blistering freakout middle and strange shifts in tempo, this didn't stand a chance here...but wow! What a performance!

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

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 01/02/14 at 6:43 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NfSN0akFtw

FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS- opus 17 (don't you worry bout me)

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 01/02/14 at 6:45 am


Lou Christie - Lightnin' Strikes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyRqdzF8swY


love this song.

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: CatwomanofV on 01/02/14 at 2:51 pm

My favorite songs when I was a kid back in the '60s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5UGzAHeRBE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdVVLbe1rfY



Cat

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 01/03/14 at 7:13 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH9CzRSYqxg

THE FOUR SEASONS - I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Paul on 01/04/14 at 3:43 pm

Many have tried, but nothing comes close to this reading...her signature song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBrUysbp4fU

(In glorious mono, on a flat, spinning, plastic-y thing! Marvellous!)

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: warped on 01/04/14 at 3:57 pm


Many have tried, but nothing comes close to this reading...her signature song!

Dusty Springfield You Don't Have to Say You Love Me

(In glorious mono, on a flat, spinning, plastic-y thing! Marvellous!)


I agree, no one has come close to her version. Such an outstanding voice. She is often forgotten (at least over here) when there is a list of best female vocalists.

Another British vocalist popular in the 1960s

Petula Clark ~ I couldn't live without your love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2t5koeY3XU

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: nally on 01/04/14 at 6:52 pm

Sergio Mendes formed his band, the Brasil '66, that year, and released their debut album Herb Alpert Presents... featuring songs such as "One Note Samba", "Going Out Of My Head", and this one, "Mas Que Nada":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05w5ch9l6zI

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/04/14 at 9:00 pm

Garage Band rock  8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJR_KGZO4U0

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 01/05/14 at 3:04 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDKIs0v120s

The Happenings - See You In September

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: whistledog on 01/05/14 at 5:46 pm

Lots of good stuff in here.  I really love God Only Knows by Beach Boys.  Great song!


Here's a trio of hits from the British invasion that I really enjoy! ...

Gerry and the Pacemakers - La La La
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVD78sqbVz4

Crispian St. Peters - The Pied Piper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q41a-2AN3Uo

Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames - Get Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuF0WG3wZdo

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: whistledog on 01/05/14 at 6:26 pm

More golden greats from the British invasion ...

Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmPxwFeji_A

Chris Farlowe - Out of Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpDjbul0WyE

Crispian St. Peters - Changes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzUUj13t4UE

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 01/06/14 at 6:23 am

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

STEVIE WONDER- "UPTIGHT (EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT)

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: warped on 01/07/14 at 6:52 pm

More British Invasion stuff. I don't know what's in the air or in the water in England, but they put out better music back then than the rest of the planet combined.

The Who ~ Substitute

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eswQl-hcvU0

Rolling Stones ~ Lady Jane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XirG-qwMCMc

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: XYkid on 01/08/14 at 6:09 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bHFXAtXzlY

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 01/08/14 at 7:05 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnX7uRTaEWg

WORKING IN THE COAL MINE - LEE DORSEY

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 01/12/14 at 5:40 pm

The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYYTLJ8YHi4

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: loki 13 on 01/12/14 at 6:02 pm

love light... Chants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOo5e1iBssc

Why would I post this you ask? The session drummer for the song is a 16 year old Carl Palmer.

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 01/13/14 at 6:29 am

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

ROBERT PARKER - BAREFOOTIN

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 01/14/14 at 5:48 pm

Chris Montez - Call Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL415U9wVuw

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: warped on 01/14/14 at 6:19 pm

Herman's Hermits  ~ No Milk Today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuGWNshGM64

My wife and I both love this one. Love the music in the mid to late 60s.  If I only heard music from the mid to late 60s for the rest of my life, I'd be happy.

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 01/14/14 at 6:26 pm

The Yardbirds - Over, Under, Sideways, Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4DdAs0PddQ

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 01/15/14 at 6:22 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcdPPd9nEwQ

Red Rubber Ball - Cyrkle

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 01/17/14 at 9:58 pm

The Byrds - Eight Miles High

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH6UnvSlahc

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 01/18/14 at 3:12 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu4lb6rXhnw

Jackie Lee - The Duck

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/14 at 3:28 pm


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu4lb6rXhnw

Jackie Lee - The Duck
The same Jackie Lee that sang "White Horses" (1968) and "Rupert" (1971)?

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Paul on 01/18/14 at 3:38 pm


The same Jackie Lee that sang "White Horses" (1968) and "Rupert" (1971)?


Not quite - this Jackie Lee was a black male singer, who was one half of Bob & Earl ('Harlem Shuffle')...

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/14 at 3:40 pm


Not quite - this Jackie Lee was a black male singer, who was one half of Bob & Earl ('Harlem Shuffle')...
Many thanks!!

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Paul on 01/18/14 at 3:45 pm


Many thanks!!


It does tend to throw people who are aware of one, but not the other!

'Wow! He/she sounds a bit different, there!'

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/14 at 3:48 pm


Not quite - this Jackie Lee was a black male singer, who was one half of Bob & Earl ('Harlem Shuffle')...
I tend not to play YouTube clips on my tablet when other people are watching television.

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 01/18/14 at 8:55 pm

A couple from Paul Revere and the Raiders:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhbU_n62ePY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnxa6QUqrOQ



Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 01/19/14 at 3:40 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It75wQ0JypA

Bus Stop- The Hollies

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 01/20/14 at 7:43 pm

The Shades Of Blue - Oh How Happy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF5m59gy1P8

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 01/21/14 at 6:59 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2apquxKKQ

Wilson Pickett - 634-5789

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: nally on 02/11/14 at 7:38 pm

One from Johnny Rivers...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbX6LNDayqk

"Poor Side of Town"

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 02/12/14 at 6:43 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqAh1dQu_pg

Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Paul on 02/13/14 at 12:59 pm


love light... Chants

Why would I post this you ask? The session drummer for the song is a 16 year old Carl Palmer.


And who were The Chants? Uniquely, they were a Merseybeat band with all-black members. They struggled right through the sixties with no success until 1976 came along (by then they were know as 'The Real Thing'), hitting massively with 'You To Me Are Everything', which I'm pretty sure Carl Palmer didn't play on!


A couple from Paul Revere and the Raiders:


Excellent group who just couldn't cut it at all in Britain - perhaps the 'revolutionary' outfits went over our heads completely! But most of their songs were quality.

The British equivalent were this lot - producing a string of all-original singles, but meaning nothing Stateside...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADTSfaApGF8

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 05/04/14 at 1:35 am

The Animals - Don't Bring Me Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FZU4JVOmro

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 05/04/14 at 3:26 pm

The Capitols - Cool Jerk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27PydomerjM&feature=kp

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 05/05/14 at 2:06 am

Frank Sinatra - Summer Wind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug8cBIbxDaY

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 05/05/14 at 6:30 am

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

ROGER WILLIAMS - "Born Free"

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 05/06/14 at 3:33 am

Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQywZYoGB1g

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 05/06/14 at 6:38 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oSYhNVaHwY

The four tops - Standing in the shadows of love

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/14 at 6:04 am

The Highway Code by The Master Singers

The Master Singers were a British vocal group in the 1960s produced by George Martin. Comprising four schoolmasters, they specialised in comedic recordings of mundane documents and announcements such as the radio weather forecast and Highway Code, performed a cappella as Anglican chant.

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

The Highway Code is a guide book for road users in the United Kingdom, prepared by the Department for Transport and the Driving Standards Agency, and published by The Stationery Office. It is a publication of rules and guidelines designed to promote road safety.

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Paul on 06/09/14 at 9:24 am


The Highway Code by The Master Singers

The Master Singers were a British vocal group in the 1960s produced by George Martin. Comprising four schoolmasters, they specialised in comedic recordings of mundane documents and announcements such as the radio weather forecast and Highway Code, performed a cappella as Anglican chant.


Ever-so-slightly 'off the wall', but a superb arrangement and these guys had pedigree!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-25324969

The Highway Code is a guide book for road users in the United Kingdom, prepared by the Department for Transport and the Driving Standards Agency, and published by The Stationery Office. It is a publication of rules and guidelines designed to promote road safety.


Which makes it all the more bizarre when you add the fact that this very record was released in the US and Canada at the time!

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/14 at 9:50 am

The other hit from the Master Singers, The Weather Forecast from 1966.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z2jwDcb9wI

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 06/09/14 at 3:22 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsjFi4KkOZc

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 06/14/14 at 3:34 am

Walter Wanderley - Summer Samba

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

(Perhaps best known to younger people as the song that Austin Powers takes a crap to while he's on Dr. Evil's lunar base.  :D)

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 06/14/14 at 6:36 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6qHUWmFow

mercy mercy wilson pickett

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 06/16/14 at 12:59 am

The Mothers Of Invention - Hungry Freaks, Daddy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rhRhSx_jbM

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 06/16/14 at 3:24 pm

The Miracles
The Tracks of My Tears

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNS6D4hSQdA&feature=kp

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: nally on 02/26/15 at 7:27 pm

A possible forgotten hit from The Turtles:

"You Baby"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvV5vC9NP2E

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/13/15 at 7:37 am

"Spicks and Specks" is a song by the Bee Gees, It was written by Barry Gibb. When the song released in September 1966, The single reached No. 4 on the Go-Set Australian National Top 40, and when the song was released in the other countries in Europe on February 1967, it reached No. 28 in Germany, No. 2 in Netherlands, No. 1 in New Zealand.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/13/15 at 12:08 pm

"A Man Without Love" was the British entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, performed in English by Kenneth McKellar. For the performance of the song in Luxembourg, McKellar wore the traditional Scottish kilt. "A Man Without Love" peaked at no. 30 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1966.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/13/15 at 12:12 pm


"A Man Without Love" was the British entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, performed in English by Kenneth McKellar. For the performance of the song in Luxembourg, McKellar wore the traditional Scottish kilt. "A Man Without Love" peaked at no. 30 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1966.

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Not to be confused with the 1968 song "A Man Without Love" by Engelbert Humperdinck, it is totally a different song with the same title.

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 04/11/15 at 2:25 am

Neil Diamond - Solitary Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s4RfuS_cms

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 05/12/15 at 3:29 am

Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc8fdHYMLT4

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/15 at 7:03 am

"Dandy" is a 1966 song from The Kinks, appearing on their Face to Face album.

"Dandy" became a hit single in North America in 1966 as recorded by fellow UK group Herman's Hermits in that same time frame, reaching #1 in Canada on the RPM national singles chart and #5 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100. It also made #3 in New Zealand. This version was not released as a single in the UK.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/15 at 3:25 am

"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" is a pop song written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by Nancy Sinatra. It was released on February 22, 1966, and hit No. 1 in the United States Billboard Hot 100 and in the UK Singles Chart.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 05/30/15 at 4:04 am

^^^ Apparently My mom and two of her friends did that song "These boots were made for walking" for their high school talent show in 1966.

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/15 at 11:23 am

"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" is the second single by American singer-actress Cher from her second studio album The Sonny Side of Chér. The song was written by Cher's then-husband Sonny Bono and released in 1966. The song reached number three in the UK Singles Chart and number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for a single week (trapped behind (You're My) Soul and Inspiration by The Righteous Brothers), eventually becoming one of Cher's biggest selling singles of the 1960s.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/15 at 11:26 am

Also in 1966, Nancy Sinatra released her version of "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" is on her album How Does That Grab You?. It featured tremolo effect guitar (played by Billy Strange) and melancholy singing. This version remained relatively obscure until it was used during the opening credits of the 2003 film Kill Bill Volume 1.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/15 at 11:26 am


"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" is the second single by American singer-actress Cher from her second studio album The Sonny Side of Chér. The song was written by Cher's then-husband Sonny Bono and released in 1966. The song reached number three in the UK Singles Chart and number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for a single week (trapped behind (You're My) Soul and Inspiration by The Righteous Brothers), eventually becoming one of Cher's biggest selling singles of the 1960s.

Also in 1966, Nancy Sinatra released her version of "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" is on her album How Does That Grab You?. It featured tremolo effect guitar (played by Billy Strange) and melancholy singing. This version remained relatively obscure until it was used during the opening credits of the 2003 film Kill Bill Volume 1.
I prefer the Nancy Sinatra version.

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/15 at 1:43 pm

The "Alabama Song" (also known as "Whisky Bar," "Moon over Alabama," or "Moon of Alabama") was originally published as a poem in Bertolt Brecht's Hauspostille (1927). It was set to music by Kurt Weill for the 1927 "Songspiel" Mahagonny and used again in Weill's and Brecht's 1930 opera Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.)

The song was recorded in 1966 by the rock group The Doors, listed as "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar).". The lead singer of The Doors, Jim Morrison, changed the second verse from:

"Show us the way to the next pretty boy" to "Show me the way to the next little girl". Although on the 1967 Live at the Matrix recording, he sings "... next little boy".

In addition, the verse from the original, "Show me the way to the next little dollar" is omitted. The melody of the verses is also changed. Keyboardist Ray Manzarek plays the marxophone on this song along with the organ and keyboard bass.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/16 at 4:44 am


The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eab_beh07HU
February 18th 1966 - Beach Boy Brian Wilson recorded the future classic song 'Good Vibrations', which went on to become the band's third US number-one hit. As a child, his mother told him that dogs could pick up "vibrations" from people, so that the dog would bark at "bad vibrations" Wilson turned this into the general idea for the song.

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 03/11/16 at 12:20 am

The New Vaudeville Band - Winchester Cathedral

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKc1OCJ7iXk

This was actually a Number One hit in the US in 1966.

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/24/16 at 12:45 pm

In 1966, Simon and Garfunkel made their UK singles chart debut with 'Homeward Bound.' Simon is said to have written the song at Farnworth railway station, Widnes, England, while stranded overnight waiting for a train. A plaque is displayed in the station to commemorate this, although memorabilia hunters have stolen it many times. The song describes his longing to return home, both to his then girlfriend, Kathy Chitty in Brentwood, Essex, England, and to return to the United States. The song was also a No.5 hit in the US.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: ralfy on 04/07/16 at 9:11 pm

"50 songs turning 50 in 2016"

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bal-50-songs-turning-50-this-year-20160120-htmlstory.html

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/16 at 7:50 am


Many have tried, but nothing comes close to this reading...her signature song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBrUysbp4fU

(In glorious mono, on a flat, spinning, plastic-y thing! Marvellous!)
Fifty years ago today (April 26th) in 1966. Dusty Springfield was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'You Don't Have To Say You Love Me', the singers only UK No.1. When recording the track, Springfield was not satisfied with her vocal until she had recorded forty-seven takes.

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AmericanGirl on 04/26/16 at 7:22 pm

I've recently started getting more into this U.K. group - their minor hit from 1966:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crxIMGlBDT4

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/16 at 1:40 am

"Black Is Black" is a song by rock band Los Bravos, released in 1966 as the group's debut single for Decca Records. Produced by Ivor Raymonde, the song reached number two in the UK, number four in the U.S., and number one in Canada. With the song's success, Los Bravos became the first Spanish rock band to have an international hit single. A dance remix of the song was released as a single in 1986.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/16 at 1:19 am


Beatles ~ Eleanor Rigby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Itt02QOO0

I have always appreciated the beauty and sadness of this song.
On October 10th 1939, The real Eleanor Rigby died in her sleep of unknown causes at the age of 44. The 1966 Beatles' song that featured her name wasn't written about her, as Paul McCartney's first draft of the song named the character Miss Daisy Hawkins. Eleanor Rigby's tombstone was noticed in the 1980s in the graveyard of St. Peter's Parish Church in Woolton, Liverpool, a few feet from where McCartney and Lennon had met for the first time in 1957.

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/16 at 1:23 am


On October 10th 1939, The real Eleanor Rigby died in her sleep of unknown causes at the age of 44. The 1966 Beatles' song that featured her name wasn't written about her, as Paul McCartney's first draft of the song named the character Miss Daisy Hawkins. Eleanor Rigby's tombstone was noticed in the 1980s in the graveyard of St. Peter's Parish Church in Woolton, Liverpool, a few feet from where McCartney and Lennon had met for the first time in 1957.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Rigby.jpg

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Howard on 10/10/16 at 2:24 pm


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Rigby.jpg


That's so sad.  :\'(

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 02/28/17 at 2:54 am

The Critters - Mr. Dieingly Sad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeN0I-sxP9k

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/17 at 1:25 am

"Georgy Girl", written by Tom Springfield (music) and Jim Dale (lyrics), is the title song performed by The Seekers for the British film of the same name starring Lynn Redgrave and James Mason. Across late 1966 and early 1967, the song became a #1 Australian hit and a #3 British hit. In the United States, it proved to be the Seekers' highest charting single, reaching #1 on the "Cash Box Top 100"; #2 on the Billboard Hot 100; and, prompting the Seekers' British album Come the Day to be retitled Georgy Girl for its American release. It was listed at #36 on Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Pop Songs of all time" issued in 2002.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/17 at 8:32 am

"Mother's Little Helper" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones. It first appeared as the opening track to the United Kingdom version of their 1966 album Aftermath. It was released as a single in the United States and peaked at #8 on the Billboard Singles Charts in 1966. The B-side "Lady Jane" peaked at #24. The song deals with the sudden popularity of prescribed calming drugs among housewives, and the potential hazards of overdose or addiction. The drug in question is variously assumed to be meprobamate or diazepam (Valium).

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/17 at 8:44 am

"Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'bout Me)" is a song composed by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell and recorded by The Four Seasons in 1966 for their album Working My Way Back to You. The song was released as the official followup to the title song of the album and reached the #13 position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. This was the first hit with new full-time bassist/bass vocalist Joe Long. As was the case with another Linzer-Randell contribution to the Four Seasons catalog, "Let's Hang On!", "Opus 17" features a rhythmic vocal hook within each verse, but, unlike in most Four Seasons singles, falsetto singing is muted except in the Coda section by Frankie Valli.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: annimal on 08/18/17 at 10:34 am

black is black  I;m feeling blue's the fact?

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/17 at 7:43 am


black is black  I;m feeling blue's the fact?


"Black Is Black" is a song by rock band Los Bravos, released in 1966 as the group's debut single for Decca Records. Produced by Ivor Raymonde, the song reached number two in the UK, number four in the U.S., and number one in Canada. With the song's success, Los Bravos became the first Spanish rock band to have an international hit single. A dance remix of the song was released as a single in 1986.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/17 at 7:46 am

"There Goes My Everything" is a popular song written by Dallas Frazier and published in 1965. The song is best known in a 1966 version by Jack Greene whose version spent seven weeks at the top of the US country music chart, with a total of twenty-one weeks on the chart. It peaked at 65 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also won several awards, including "Single of the Year" and "Song of the Year" at the very first CMA Awards presentation. In addition, the accompanying album of the same title won "Album of the Year", and Greene won "Male Vocalist of the Year". "There Goes My Everything" is now considered a country music standard, covered by many artists. In 1967, Engelbert Humperdinck hit #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 with his version of the song, #2 on the UK Singles Charts and #2 in Ireland.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Bab2781 on 09/11/17 at 7:01 pm

My Top 15 Favorite Songs Of 1966

The Temptations -
Ain't Too Proud To Beg

The Beach Boys
Good Vibrations

The Mamas & The Papa
California Dreamin'

Simon & Garfunkel
The Sound Of Silence

? & The Mysterians
96 Tears

The Rolling Stones
Paint It, Black

Paul Revere & The Raiders
Kicks

The Righteous Brothers
(You're My) Soul And Inspiration

Donovan
Mellow Yellow

The Rascals
Good Lovin'

Percy Sledge
When A Man Loves A Woman

The Troggs
Wild Thing

The Surpremes
You Keep Me Hangin' On

The Lovin' Spoonful
Summer In The City

Lou Christie
Lightin' Strikes



Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/18 at 12:52 pm

"I Only Have Eyes for You" is a romantic love song by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin, written for the film Dames (1934) where it was introduced by Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler. The song is a jazz standard, and has been covered by numerous musicians. Successful recordings of the song have been made by Ben Selvin (in 1934), The Flamingos (in 1959), The Lettermen (in 1966) and Art Garfunkel (in 1975), among others. The vocal group The Lettermen released a version in 1966 that charted in the United States and Canada, and reached #4 on the US Billboard Easy Listening chart.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/18 at 3:43 pm

"Ever See a Diver Kiss His Wife While the Bubbles Bounce About Above the Water?" by Shirley Ellis from 1966. No real info on this song, but I was curious of this title. But who is that singing with her?

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/18 at 11:23 am

"Anything Goes" is a song written by Cole Porter for his musical Anything Goes (1934). The Dave Brubeck Quartet recorded the song on their 1966 album, Anything Goes! The Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter; Brubeck and his quartet recorded their version of the song between December 8, 1965 and February 17, 1966 with Columbia Records.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/19 at 8:21 am

"Happy Jack" is a song by the British rock band The Who. It was released as a single in December 1966 in the United Kingdom, peaking at No. 3 in the charts. It peaked at No. 1 in Canada. It was also their first top 40 hit in the United States, where it was released in March 1967 and peaked at No. 24. It was included on the American version of their second album, Happy Jack, originally titled A Quick One in the UK. The song features Roger Daltrey on lead vocals with John Entwistle singing the first verse, making it one of the few songs composed by Pete Townshend to feature Entwistle on lead vocals.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/17/20 at 6:09 am

"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" is a song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was originally released as a single credited to Frankie Valli as a solo artist in 1965. This version met with much greater success than Valli's. It topped the UK Singles Chart, and also became their highest charting song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S., where it peaked at #13. The single also hit the Top 10 in Canada, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Norway.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/20 at 7:22 am

"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" is a 1966 novelty record written and performed by Jerry Samuels (billed as Napoleon XIV), and released on Warner Bros. Records. The song became an instant success in the United States, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 popular music singles chart on August 13, No. 1 on the Cash Box Top 100 charts, No. 2 in Canada, and reaching No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. Continuing the theme of insanity, the flip or B-side of the single was simply the A-side played in reverse, and given the title "!aaaH-aH ,yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT" (or "Ha-Haaa! Away, Me Take to Coming They're") and the performer billed as "XIV NAPOLEON". Most of the label affixed to the B-side was a mirror image of the front label (as opposed to simply being spelled backward), including the letters in the "WB" shield logo. Only the label name, disclaimer, and record and recording master numbers were kept frontward.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/20 at 2:19 pm

"A Hazy Shade of Winter" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on October 22, 1966, initially as a stand-alone single, but subsequently included on the duo's fourth studio album, Bookends (1968). It peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1987, the Bangles recorded a cover version for the Less Than Zero soundtrack, which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: robby76 on 08/16/20 at 12:06 pm

Used to sing this in the school choir lol.

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Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/20 at 12:08 pm


Used to sing this in the school choir lol.

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The film was on television last week, I very nearly watched it.

Subject: Re: 1966: The Year In Music

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/21 at 1:20 am

"Wild Thing" is a song written by American songwriter Chip Taylor and popularized by the English rock band The Troggs. It was originally recorded and released by the American rock band the Wild Ones in 1965, but it did not chart. The Troggs' single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK Singles Chart in 1966. Their version of "Wild Thing" was ranked at number 257 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It has also been performed by many other musicians.

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