My daughter just asked me about song titles in the 60’s.HELP.
umm, that one was the beatles, right?
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Only dangerous men.
Joe Cool
Yes, we did have song titles back in the 1960’s. Some were long (Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again) and some short (Help!), but they were there.
OK—ok I probably deserve that.
It’s a homework assignment
She is 12
ARe you lookng for any song tiles in the Sixties, from Marty Robbins’ 1960 El Paso (“Out in the West Texas town of El paso, I fell in lve with a Mexican girl…”) to Leavin’ On A Jet PLane, the 1969 Peter Paul & Mary tune (“All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go…”) ?
That could be a long list.
How about one song from each of the ten years?
1960 – * Theme From “A Summer Place”*, Percy Faith and his Orchetsra
1961 – Tossin’ and Turnin’, Bobby Lewis
1962 – Sherry, The 4 Seasons
1963 – Sugar Shack, Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs (note: this song was at #1 when yours truly was born)
1964 – I Wanna Hold Your Hand, The Beatles
1965 – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones
1966 – I’m A Believer, The Monkees
1967 – To Sir, With Love, Lulu
1968 – I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Marvin Gaye
1969 – In The Year 2525, Zager & Evans
Hope this helps!
- Rick
Thanks. Hope thats enough but I don’t know.
Er, mind if I ask what sort of lame-ass kind of school assignment this is and what it’s supposed to teach her? I assume there’s more to it than just coming up with song titles.
Now there’s nothing unexpected about the water giving out; “Land” is not a word we have to shout.
Here’s a few more:
1960 Roy Orbison “Only the Lonely”
1961 Elvis Presley “Can’t Help Falling in Love”
1963 The Chiffons “He’s So Fine”
1964 The Beatles “Twist & Shout”
1966 The Mamas & the Papas “California Dreamin’”
1967 Tommy James & The Shondells “I Think We’re Alone Now”
1969 The Fifth Dimension “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In”
I can’t figure it out either. They are supposed to design a Menu.Probably Home Ec or whatever they call it now days. She is really pretty creative and maybe that is getting in the way. Hell she designed a whole restaurant before she went to bed. I am convelessing from an operation so I had to lay down.She and her mother were still working on it when I left.
The song titles were to go on the menu.
If it’s for a restaurant menu, shouldn’t we be offering titles like “Mashed Potato,” “Gravy,” and for your really low-rent dives, “Do the Pony”?
When did they sing " DO the mash,Do the monster mash." 
OHHHHHHHHHHH! My apologies, that actually makes sense. But I’m not sure what sort of food they’d serve at a 60’s restaurant…are you sure it’s not supposed to be a 50’s diner or something?
Now there’s nothing unexpected about the water giving out; “Land” is not a word we have to shout.
“Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers was from 1962.
Doin’t forget the Beatles’ “Savoy Truffle.”
Why, they’d server the Lettuce Sandwich Deluxe, of course! With Shrooms, $.59 extra.
There are no dangerous weapons,
Only dangerous men.
Joe Cool