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 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. 3

Continuing with the Popular Songs Of 1967, here's Vol. 3 of 4. The hits just keep on coming! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Petula Clark  ~  “Don’t Sleep In The Subway”

2)  The Moody Blues  ~  “Nights In White Satin”

3)  George Jones  ~  “Walk Through This World With Me”

4)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “I Never Loved A Man”

5)  The Beatles  ~  “Hello, Goodbye”

6)  The Association  ~  “Windy”

7)  Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell  ~  “Your Precious Love”

8)  The Monkees  ~  “I’m A Believer”

9)  The Turtles  ~  “Happy Together”

10)  Lesley Gore  ~  “California Nights”

11)  The Young Rascals  ~  “How Can I Be Sure”

12)  Frankie Valli  ~  “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”

13)  Peter, Paul, And Mary  ~  “I Dig Rock And Roll Music”

14)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “I Was Made To Love Her”

15)  Johnny Rivers  ~  “Baby, I Need Your Lovin’”

16)  Sonny & Cher  ~  “The Beat Goes On”

17)  Marty Robbins  ~  “Tonight Carmen”

18)  Tommy James & The Shondells  ~  “I Think We’re Alone Now”

19)  Vikki Carr  ~  “It Must Be Him / All The Time”  (Only the first of these two songs was a 1967 hit. But they came as a package deal, so…)

20)  The Music Explosion  ~  “Little Bit O’ Soul”

21)  The Box Tops  ~  “The Letter”

22)  Martha & The Vandellas  ~  “Jimmy Mack”

23)  The Who  ~  “I Can See For Miles”

24)  Tom Jones  ~  “Green, Green Grass Of Home”

25)  The Fifth Dimension  ~  “Up, Up, And Away”

Popular Songs Of 1966, Vol. 3

One more round of the most Popular Songs of 1966, and then we'll move on. These may be last, but they're certainly not least. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Supremes  ~  “My World Is Empty Without You”

2)  The Lovin’ Spoonful  ~  “Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?”

3)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “Homeward Bound”

4)  Robert Parker  ~  “Barefootin’”

5)  The Marvelettes  ~  “Don’t Mess With Bill”

6)  Neil Diamond  ~  “Cherry, Cherry”

7)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “Message To Michael”

8)  Lee Dorsey  ~  “Working In The Coal Mine”

9)  The Sandpipers  ~  “Guantanamera”

10)  Wilson Pickett  ~  “Land Of 1,000 Dances”

11)  The Turtles  ~  “You, Baby”

12)  The Vogues  ~  “Five O’Clock World”

13)  The Beatles  ~  “Nowhere Man”

14)  Herman’s Hermits  ~  “Dandy”

15)  Gary Lewis & The Playboys  ~  “She’s Just My Style”

16)  Bobby Fuller Four  ~  “I Fought The Law”

17)  Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass  ~  “Zorba The Greek”

18)  The Statler Brothers  ~  “Flowers On The Wall”

19)  Lou Rawls  ~  “Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing”

20)  SSgt. Barry Sadler  ~  “Ballad Of The Green Berets”

Popular Songs Of 1965, Vol. 2

One last round of Swinging Sixties hits, then we take a break from this series for a little while. I think you'll find that you're at least somewhat familiar with most of these songs, if you've spent any time at all over the past couple of decades listening to "oldies" music. If you just happen to be old enough to remember them when they came out fifty years ago, then maybe this is a bit of nostalgia for you as well. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  James Brown  ~  "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"

2)  Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders  ~  "The Game Of Love"

3)  Barbara Lewis  ~  "Baby I'm Yours"

4)  Bob Dylan  ~  "Like A Rolling Stone"

5)  Freddie & The Dreamers  ~  "I'm Telling You Now"  (That "dancing," though...)

6)  Gerry & The Pacemakers  ~  "Ferry 'Cross The Mersey"

7)  The Yardbirds  ~  "For Your Love"

8)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Go Now"

9)  Billy Joe Royal  ~  "Down In The Boondocks"

10)  Glenn Yarbrough  ~  "Baby The Rain Must Fall"

11)  Marvin Gaye ft. Tina Turner  ~  "I'll Be Doggone"

12)  Jackie DeShannon  ~  "What The World Needs Now Is Love"  (Fifty years later, and it still does...)

13)  Martha & The Vandellas  ~  "Nowhere To Run"

14)  The Searchers  ~  "Love Potion No. 9"

15)  The Turtles    "It Ain't Me, Babe"

16)  The Zombies  ~  "Tell Her No"

17)  Peter & Gordon  ~  "I Go To Pieces"

18)  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles  ~  "The Tracks Of My Tears"

19)  Bobby Goldsboro  ~  "Little Things"

20)  The Fortunes  ~  "You've Got Your Troubles"

21)   The Animals  ~  "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place"

22)  The Lovin' Spoonful  ~  "Do You Believe In Magic?"