Popular Songs Of 1967, Vol. 4

Last but not least, these Popular Songs Of 1967. Hope you've enjoyed this miniseries of posts at least a fraction as much as I have!  ~  JH

1)  The Monkees  ~  “Daydream Believer”

2)  The Turtles  ~  “She’d Rather Be With Me”

3)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “Baby, I Love You”

4)  Herman’s Hermits  ~  “There’s A Kind Of Hush”

5)  The Bar-Kays  ~  “Soul Finger”

6)  The Seekers  ~  “Georgy Girl”

7)  The Beatles  ~  “A Day In The Life”

8)  The Doors  ~  “People Are Strange”

9)  Tammy Wynette  ~  “I Don’t Wanna Play House”

10)  Merle Haggard  ~  “The Fugitive”

11)  Bobby Vee & The Strangers  ~  “Come Back When You Grow Up”

12)  Sandy Posey  ~  “I Take It Back”

13)  The Four Tops  ~  “Bernadette”

14)  Cream  ~  “Strange Brew”

15)  The Cowsills  ~  “The Rain, The Park, And Other Things”

16)  Neil Diamond  ~  “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon”

17)  The Association  ~  “Never, My Love”

18)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “I Say A Little Prayer”

19)  The Young Rascals  ~  “Groovin’”

20)  Sam & Dave  ~  “Soul Man”

21)  The Buckinghams  ~  “Mercy Mercy Mercy”

22)  Sonny James  ~  “I’ll Never Find Another You”

23)  The Supremes  ~  “Love Is Here And Now You’re Gone”

24)  The Tremeloes  ~  “Here Comes My Baby”

25)  The Grass Roots  ~  “Let’s Live For Today”

Popular Songs Of 1967, Vol. 2

The year was 1967. A year in which such future music stars as Dave Matthews, Kurt Cobain (Nirvana), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), John Popper (Blues Traveler), Harry Connick, Jr., Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, and Faith Hill would come into existence. Also the year that these great songs first came onto the scene. Part 2 of 4 of the Popular Songs of 1967 starts...NOW!  ~  JH

1)  Buffalo Springfield  ~  “For What It’s Worth”

2)  Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell  ~  “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”

3)  The Five Americans  ~  “Western Union”

4)  Donovan  ~  “Mellow Yellow”

5)  The Supremes  ~  “Reflections”

6)  Van Morrison  ~  “Brown-Eyed Girl”

7)  The Temptations  ~  “You’re My Everything”

8)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  “Somebody To Love”

9)  Scott McKenzie  ~  “San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)”

10)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Gentle On My Mind”

11)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “Chain Of Fools”

12)  The Jimi Hendrix Experience  ~  “Foxy Lady”

13)  The Hollies  ~  “Carrie Anne”

14)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “Alfie”

15)  Wynn Stewart  ~  “It’s Such A Pretty World Today”

16)  Robert Knight  ~  “Everlasting Love”  (This performance was obviously forty-some years after his song was a hit, so forgive Mr. Knight if his vocals got a little thin over time.)

17)  Bobbie Gentry  ~  “Ode To Billie Joe”

18)  Procol Harum  ~  “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”

19)  Jay & The Techniques  ~  “Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie”

20)  The Mamas & Papas  ~  “Dedicated To The One I Love”

21)  The Beatles  ~  “Strawberry Fields Forever”

22)  The Buckinghams  ~  “Don’t You Care”

23)  Janis Ian  ~  “Society’s Child”

24)  The Doors  ~  “Break On Through (To The Other Side)”

25)  Herman’s Hermits  ~  “No Milk Today”

Popular Songs Of 1965, Vol. 1

Fifty years ago, these songs were released and became big hits. Relive them here, or enjoy them for the first time. Groovy, baby!  ~  JH

1)  Tom Jones  ~  "It's Not Unusual"

2)  The Beach Boys  ~  "Help Me, Rhonda"

3)  The Beatles  ~  "Help!"

4)  The Kinks  ~  "All Day And All Of The Night"

5)  Herman's Hermits  ~  "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat?"

6)  The Righteous Brothers  ~  "Unchained Melody"

7)  Dave Clark Five  ~  "Catch Us If You Can"

8)  Four Tops  ~  "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"

9)  Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs  ~  "Wooly Bully"

10)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Satisfaction"

11)  We Five  ~  "You Were On My Mind"

12)  Petula Clark  ~  "Downtown"

13)  The Temptations  ~  "My Girl"

14)  Roger Miller  ~  "King Of The Road"

15)  Jewel Akens  ~  "The Birds And The Bees"

16)  Mel Carter  ~  "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me"

17)  Junior Walker & The All-Stars  ~  "Shotgun"

18)  Sonny & Cher  ~  "I Got You Babe"

19)  Gary Lewis & The Playboys  ~  "This Diamond Ring"

20)  The Supremes  ~  "Stop! In The Name Of Love"

21)   The Seekers  ~  "I'll Never Find Another You"

22)  Jay & The Americans  ~  "Cara Mia"

23)  The Byrds  ~  "Mr. Tambourine Man"

24)  Barry McGuire  ~  "Eve Of Destruction"

25)  The McCoys  ~  "Hang On Sloopy"

Songs About Daughters

Now that we know what we're having, I "had to" do a post like this one. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Pearl Jam  ~  "Daughter / It's OK"

2)  Vienna Teng  ~  "Daughter"

3)  Green Day  ~  "The Judge's Daughter"

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4)  Alanis Morissette  ~  "Unprodigal Daughter"

5)  Damien Rice  ~  "The Blower's Daughter"

6)  Demi Lovato  ~  "For The Love Of A Daughter"

7)  The Decemberists  ~  "Sons And Daughters"

8)  Ben & Ellen Harper  ~  "Farmer's Daughter"

9)  BRKN RBTZ  ~  "Marry Your Daughter"

10)  The Cardigans  ~  "Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)"

11)  The National  ~  "Daughters Of The Soho Riots"

12)  Martina McBride  ~  "In My Daughter's Eyes"

13)  Herman's Hermits  ~  "Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter"

14)  Loretta Lynn  ~  "Coal Miner's Daughter"

15)  Tonic  ~  "Soldier's Daughter"

16)  Beth Orton  ~  "Someone's Daughter"

17)  Paul Simon  ~  "Father And Daughter"

18)  Natalie Merchant  ~  "The King Of China's Daughter"

19)  Merle Haggard  ~  "The Farmer's Daughter"

20)  Agnes Obel  ~  "Sons And Daughters"

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21)  John Mayer  ~  "Daughters"

22)  Sarah Buxton  ~  "American Daughters"

23)  Stereophonics  ~  "Billy Davey's Daughter"

24)  Boney M.  ~  "Zion's Daughter"  (First Christmas song of the season for you!)

25)  Elvis Presley & Donna Douglas  ~  "Petunia, The Gardener's Daughter"

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26)  Molly Kate Kestner  ~  "His Daughter"