NFT: For the 60-plus BBIers: the guilty pleasure pop songs...

You Got What it Takes - Dave Clark 5
I Saw Her Again - Mamas & Papas
Hey Baby - Buckinghams
Rain, the Park and Other Things - Cowsills
Hair - Cowsills
Daydream Believer - Monkees
Get Off My Cloud - Rolling Stones

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Don't remember who did them

"Do the Freddie"
and my all time favorite

"7 girls sitting in the back seat with Fred"

!!!!

Come Softly to Me Fleetwoods

Mr. Blue Fleetwoods

It’s all in the Game Tommy Edwards

It’s only Make Believe Conway Twitty

Wonderful Wonderful Johnny Mathis

Stuff by the Platters

Maybe The Chantels

Tapioca Tundra - The Monkees
Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrcles
It's My Life - The Animals
Sky Pilot - The Animals
Birthday - The Beatles
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - The Beatles
Outside Woman Blues - Cream

To name a few

"MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris

"Love is Blue" by Paul Mauriat

"You're Gonna Miss Me" by The Thirteenth Floor Elevators

Not sure who sings it

Here's another one I couldn't stop singing:

The Hollywood Argyles: "Alley Oop"

And he can knuckle your head before you count to four.

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man she was smoking as a young girl

Band of Gold - Freda Payne
Midnight Confessions - Grass Roots
Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
Happy Together - Turtles
Anything by Donna Summer and the Supremes

In comment 14790798 Chris in San Diego said:

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Not sure who sings it

Marty Robbins.

In comment 14790785 MadMax said:

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Tapioca Tundra - The Monkees Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrcles It's My Life - The Animals Sky Pilot - The Animals Birthday - The Beatles You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - The Beatles Outside Woman Blues - Cream To name a few

Funny story about "The Cyrkle."

A friend of my wife lived out on Long Island and one spring day she was working in the backyard and her mother had the window wide open.

My wife's friend could here the radio (or maybe it was the record player) blasting "Red Rubber Ball" over and over again, so she yells into the house for her Mom to turn it off.

Her Mom eventually comes out and tells her the music is coming from the garage next door. Sure enough, it was members of the Cyrckle jamming their new hit song.

My wife's friend knew the guy next door loved to play the guitar but had ZERO idea he had formed a group and launched a hit song!!!

Lightin Strikes
The Gypsy Cried Lou Christi

Only Love can Break a Heart
It Hurts to be in Love - Gene Pitney

Hey Baby - Buckinghams

This Girl is a Woman now Gary Puckett and the Union Gap

Carrie Anne the Hollies

So many more.

was by Freddie and the Dreamers

The Silkie had a hit with the Beatles' You've Got to Hide Your Love Away. I believe it was their only hit.

Now I have Band of Gold repeating in my head. Damm you.

Cool story! That's the only song that I remember from them. Were they "One Hit Wonders" or did they do anything else of note?

Telstar, Topsy Part 2, and Green Onions.

In comment 14790837 MadMax said:

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Cool story! That's the only song that I remember from them. Were they "One Hit Wonders" or did they do anything else of note?

"Turn Down Day" was their other top 40 song

In comment 14790828 Gman11 said:

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was by Freddie and the Dreamers The Silkie had a hit with the Beatles' You've Got to Hide Your Love Away. I believe it was their only hit.

Well, I've always been a dreamer!

Thanks 'G'

The Five Americans - Western Union
I Saw Her Again - Mamas & Papas
Rain, the Park and Other Things - Cowsills
Dooley - The Dillards
Five O'Clock World - The Vogues
Does Your Mother Know - Abba
Magic - The Cars
I Feel Love - Donna Summers

So many more ....

The guy was like an opera singer, but singing 1960s rock.

Pipeline - the Chantays - THE BEST surfing record EVER. Hear the giant waves roll down 4,000 miles of the North Pacific and break on the north shore of Oahu (Wiamea Bay).

Since I Don't Have You - the Skyliners - Back seat music at its best.

Twilight Time - the Platters - Back seat music at its best, part II.

I Only Have Eyes For You - the Flamingos. The record to just sit back, unload your mind, relax, and listen closely to. Amazing stress reliever. And the song was actually written in 1912!

Blue Moon - the Marcells - Truly incredible story behind this awesome song and record would take a whole long post to tell. So just enjoy Do-Wop music at its best.

Island of Dreams - the Springfields - Worldwide hit that didn't make it in the US except in Chicago. Features the awesome vocals of Dusty Springfield before she went on her own.

Don't Worry Baby - the Beach Boys - girls, cars, and racing, and in fabulous harmony - what more could you want?

Poor Side of Town - Johnny Rivers - His record company didn't want him to record it, but it became the best record he ever made.

Remember Then - the Earls - What this is all about.

And there's a lot more where these came from.

In comment 14790794 Jeever said:

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"MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris "Love is Blue" by Paul Mauriat "You're Gonna Miss Me" by The Thirteenth Floor Elevators

My coworker had her ringtone to love is blue. I heard it and remembered it. Now have downloaded it.

Sir with love, Lulu

Eve of Destruction (1965) Barry McGuire
Ballad of the Green Berets (1966) Sgt Barry Sadler

May god bless all those who serve and protect.

In comment 14790950 Spider56 said:

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Eve of Destruction (1965) Barry McGuire Ballad of the Green Berets (1966) Sgt Barry Sadler May god bless all those who serve and protect.

In comment 14790961 Spider56 said:

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In comment 14790950 Spider56 said: Quote: Eve of Destruction (1965) Barry McGuire Ballad of the Green Berets (1966) Sgt Barry Sadler May god bless all those who serve and protect.

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The Doors

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Always loved to listen to him. My favorite was Summer Rain.

but what the heck. Here are a few pop hits from when I was a kid that I like to hear when I'm flipping stations:

Day After Day - Badfinger
If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
Just Walk Away Renee - Left Banke
Go All The Way - Raspberries

but if you like this kind of music, Little Steven's Underground Garage plays a ton of it among other great music on Sirius XM. They do an incredible job weaving old pop with new.

In comment 14790837 MadMax said:

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Cool story! That's the only song that I remember from them. Were they "One Hit Wonders" or did they do anything else of note?

They had one other catchy tune: "It's a Turn Down Day"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khOXYrK90Gk

In comment 14791073 Dr. D said:

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but what the heck. Here are a few pop hits from when I was a kid that I like to hear when I'm flipping stations: Day After Day - Badfinger If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot Just Walk Away Renee - Left Banke Go All The Way - Raspberries

That Left Banke song is a tear-jerker.

Your name and mine inside a heart on the wall
Still find a way to haunt me though they're so small...

Gordon Lightfoot
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"This Diamond Ring" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
"Willie and the Poor Boys" - CCR
"Walking in the Rain" - Ronettes

Willie and the Poor Boys should read "Down on the Corner"

plus

"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" - Dusty Springfield
"Little Star" - the Elegants

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The Singing Nun - Dominique - ( New Window )

In comment 14790750 Fred-in-Florida said:

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Don't remember who did them "Do the Freddie" and my all time favorite "7 girls sitting in the back seat with Fred" !!!!

Paul Evans (altogether now, one , two, three...) :)

Poor side of town - Johnny Rivers
Bend me shape me - The American Breed
Patches - Clarence Carter
Smile a little smile for me - The Flying Machine

when I was growing up. Always had a soft spot for the pop music of the 50s and 60s.

"Walk Away Renee" has been mentioned, but it's a great one.
"Angel of the Morning" by Merrilee Rush comes to mind.
"First Cut is the Deepest" by Cat Stevens - his version is best.
"Runaway" by Del Shannon
"The Wanderer" by Dion
"Groovy Kind of Love" by Wayne Fontana

So many classics...

Brandy - Looking Glass
Bad Time for Falling in Love - Grand Funk
Spill the Wine (dig that girl) - War w/Eric Burdon

In comment 14792878 PatersonPlank said:

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Brandy - Looking Glass Bad Time for Falling in Love - Grand Funk Spill the Wine (dig that girl) - War w/Eric Burdon

And
The Lion sleeps Tonight - Tokens & Blue Suede

That song and other Beach Boys songs would ring in my ears through out all those New York winters. During that horrible winter of 1978 I swear WNEW-FM must have played a Beach Boys song every 15 minutes.

I look back and I wonder of that one song is the reason I wound up out here.