Popular Songs Of 1968, Vol. 2

And the hits just keep on coming! Part 2 of the most Popular Songs of 1968 starts NOW! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Joni Mitchell  ~  “Both Sides Now”

2)  Louis Armstrong  ~  “What A Wonderful World”

3)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Mama Tried”

4)  John Fred & His Playboy Band  ~  “Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)”

5)  Archie Bell & The Drells  ~  “Tighten Up”

6)  Tammy Wynette  ~  “Take Me To Your World”

7)  Kenny Rogers & The First Edition  ~  “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)”

8)  Cliff Nobles & Co.  ~  “The Horse”

9)  Creedence Clearwater Revival  ~  “Suzie Q.”

10)  Status Quo  ~  “Pictures Of Matchstick Men”

11)  Mary Hopkin  ~  “Those Were The Days”

12)  Tom Jones  ~  “Delilah”

13)  Sam And Dave  ~  “I Thank You”

14)  Gary Puckett & The Union Gap  ~  “Over You”

15)  The Beatles  ~  “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”

16)  Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra  ~  “Some Velvet Morning”

17)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”

18)  The Temptations  ~  “I Wish It Would Rain”

19)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Folsom Prison Blues”

20)  The Impressions  ~  “We’re A Winner”

21)  The O’Kaysions  ~  “Girl Watcher”

22)  Janis Joplin  ~  “Piece Of My Heart”

23)  The American Breed  ~  “Bend Me, Shape Me”

24)  The Turtles  ~  “Elenore”

25)  The Chambers Brothers  ~  “Time Has Come Today”

Popular Songs Of 1968, Vol. 1

I'll bet you thought I forgot about continuing these Popular Songs Of..." posts this year, didn't you? Well, you were right! I kinda did forget. But not anymore! Here's part 1 of 4 featuring the best and/or most Popular Songs Of 1968. If you remember these songs when they came out, I'm sorry to tell you that you might be old. But that's alright. Some really great classics in these sets. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Beatles  ~  “Hey Jude”

2)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone”

3)  Gary Puckett & The Union Gap  ~  “Woman, Woman”

4)  Tammy Wynette  ~  “Stand By Your Man”

5)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “Scarborough Fair”

6)  The Grass Roots  ~  “Midnight Confessions”

7)  Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell  ~  “Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing”

8)  Canned Heat  ~  “Going Up The Country”

9)  The Foundations  ~  “Baby, Now That I’ve Found You”

10)  Dusty Springfield  ~  “Son Of A Preacher Man”

11)  Iron Butterfly  ~  “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”

12)  O.C. Smith  ~  “Little Green Apples”

13)  Tiny Tim  ~  “Tiptoe Through The Tulips”

14)  The Delfonics  ~  “La-La (Means I Love You)”

15)  Paul Mauriat Orchestra  ~  “Love Is Blue”

16)  Spanky And Our Gang  ~  “Like To Get To Know You”

17)  Richard Harris  ~  “MacArthur Park”

18)  People!  ~  “I Love You”

19)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day”

20)  The Doors  ~  “Hello, I Love You”

21)  Friend & Lover  ~  “Reach Out Of The Darkness”

22)  Waylon Jennings  ~  “The Chokin’ Kind”

23)  The Box Tops  ~  “Cry Like A Baby”

24)  Jerry Butler  ~  “Hey, Western Union Man”

25)  Joe Cocker  ~  “With A Little Help From My Friends”

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 1977, Vol. 4

You know how MANY good songs there were in 1977 when THESE are the last ones. Think you've already seen/heard the best songs? Think again. One more time for old time's sake (literally), the Popular Songs of 1977. And...GO!  ~  JH

1)  Bill Conti  ~  “Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)”

2)  The Jacksons  ~  “Enjoy Yourself”

3)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Don’t Stop”

4)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “So Into You”

5)  Barry Manilow  ~  “Looks Like We Made It”

6)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “I Wish”

7)  Crystal Gayle  ~  “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue”

8)  Kansas  ~  “Carry On, Wayward Son”

9)  James Taylor  ~  “Handy Man”

10)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  “What’s Your Name”

11)  Tammy Wynette & George Jones  ~  “Near You”

12)  Andrew Gold  ~  “Lonely Boy”

13)  Billy Joel  ~  “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)”

14)  Eagles  ~  “Hotel California”

15)  Debby Boone  ~  “You Light Up My Life”

16)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Wonderful Tonight”

17)  KC and the Sunshine Band  ~  “Keep It Comin’ Love”

18)  Bob Seger  ~  “Night Moves”

19)  Barbra Streisand ft. Chris Botti  ~  “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)”

20)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “Slip Slidin’ Away”

21)  Meco  ~  “Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band”

22)  Ted Nugent  ~  “Cat Scratch Fever”

23)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Blue Bayou”

24)  Kenny Rogers  ~  “Lucille”

25)  Queen  ~  “Somebody To Love”