100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #79 The Electric Prunes – I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night

Released: 1966 You can argue all the interesting stuff about The Electric Prunes came after the success of I Had … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #80 Patsy Cline – I Fall To Pieces

Released: 1961 In a changing world, through Patsy Cline many people had found something to rely on. In possession of … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #81 The Belles – Melvin

Released: 1966 It might have been a man’s, man’s world so the song went, but given that in 1966 what … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #83 Four Tops – I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)

Released: 1965 What’s in a name change? the Four Tops – Renaldo Benson, Lawrence Payton, Abdul Fakir and Levi Stubbs … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #84 Big Brother and The Holding Company – Piece of My Heart

Released: 1968 Sometimes it’s said best when it’s not said at all, but Life’s Al Aronowitz did so anyway in … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #85 Marlena Shaw – California Soul

Released: 1969 What makes a version of an often recorded song the version? The obvious answer is many things, ignoring … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60′ #86 John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom

Released: 1963 John Lee Hooker knew his way around a catch phrase, and according to music writer and his biographer … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #87 The Castaways – Liar Liar

Released: 1965 The opening line to any song is always one of the most important, an opportunity to hook the … More

100 Greatest songs of the 60’s #88 Fairport Convention – Who Knows Where The Time Goes?

Released: 1969 It might have seemed heretical at the time, especially to those who favoured one mode or another, but … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #89 Silver Apples – Oscillations

Released: 1968 One of our common frames of reference is ancestry. Because (nearly) everyone comes from somewhere, understanding that point … More