100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #21 The Shangri-Las – Leader of The Pack

Released: 1964 More often than not it isn’t the greatest musicians that are the most influential; nobody for instance wants … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #23 Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth

Released: 1966 Traffic jams play their part in American culture, and none more so than in Los Angeles, a city … More

100 Greatest Song of the 60’s #25 The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog

Released: 1969 As with any success, punk rock has many fathers. Famously notable in it’s lineage are Bowie, the New … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #26 James Brown – Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag, Part I

Released: 1965 Writing in The Observer in 1990, profiler Cynthia Rose was barely into the first paragraph before she was … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #27 The Shirelles – Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Released: 1960 Women having trust issues with men and vice versa goes as far back as the Garden of Eden … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #28 The Byrds – Eight Miles High

Released: 1966 Let he who is without sin, or words to that effect. Speaking at a $100 a plate dinner … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #29 The Ronettes – Be My Baby

Released: 1964 Everyone loves a story. Writing in the Record Mirror in the wake of Be My Baby’s success, Peter … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #30 Stan Getz & João Gilberto – The Girl From Ipanema

Released: 1964 One of, if not the most powerful quality music has is the power of evocation, just a few … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #32 Glenn Campbell – Witchita Lineman

Released: 1968 It’s easy to misread Witchita Lineman as a halfway house, an unfulfilling piece of MOR long before the … More

100 Greatest Songs of The 60’s #33 The Small Faces – Itchycoo Park

Released: 1967 It can be a tough old game, music. Frequently you don’t get what you deserve, victims of shifts … More