# 'Forgotten' songs from the 60's (i.e. 1964 to 1974ish) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992 "2019-06-24T21:04:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/1 "2019-06-24T21:04:59Z")
There is no shortage of underappreciated tracks from this era. Some seem to have been totally forgotten. (Sure, not ‘totally’, but I think you know what I mean). What track would you include in a list of forgotten cuts? Let me start with Spirit’s [Nature’s Way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvQa04JP73o) from their _Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus_ Oh yes, there are more . . . but for anyone who might want to add, please no more than one or two tracks per post. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/2 "2019-06-24T21:37:20Z")
Perhaps “[Caroline No](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w7ZeSIC6K0)” from the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds album. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/3 "2019-06-24T21:39:18Z")
Paul Davis – [Ride 'em Cowboy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1u_v68uPWw) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/4 "2019-06-24T21:44:40Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > There is no shortage of underappreciated tracks from this era. Some seem to have been totally forgotten. (Sure, not ‘totally’, but I think you know what I mean). > > What track would you include in a list of forgotten cuts? > > Let me start with Spirit’s [Nature’s Way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvQa04JP73o) from their _Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus_ > > \ I loved that whole album. Still a favorite. My personal choice for this thread with little to no thought: [Red Rubber Ball by the Cyrkle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbDKN0dk54M). ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/5 "2019-06-24T22:46:36Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I loved that whole album. Still a favorite. > > My personal choice for this thread with little to no thought: [Red Rubber Ball by the Cyrkle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbDKN0dk54M). What a great one. (You know who gave them their name, eh?) ETA: Oh, and [Hole in my Shoe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a77yHpjdUtU) (Traffic) ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/6 "2019-06-24T23:07:21Z")
Jesse Colin Young’s (formerly of the Youngbloods) _Song for Juli_ (1973) comes immediately to mind: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/csdMA8M2bLU/hqdefault.jpg "Jesse Colin Young - Song For Juli") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csdMA8M2bLU) ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/7 "2019-06-24T23:10:02Z")
How about “[Sweet City Woman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IRjl3SWC2U)” by the Stampeders? Pretty much qualifies as a one hit wonder too, I guess. “[A Summer Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcx6UeOyZhQ)” by Chad and Jeremy is one of my favorite forgotten tunes. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/8 "2019-06-24T23:13:55Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > “[A Summer Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcx6UeOyZhQ)” by Chad and Jeremy is one of my favorite forgotten tunes. Oh, outstanding! Bet you also like [Didn’t Want to Have Do](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfqwx7pMsqs) It by the Lovin Spoonful. John Sebastian was a genius. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/9 "2019-06-24T23:14:28Z")
Nick Drake’s Pink Moon album:[Pink Moon - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Moon) Bill Fay’s self titled album: [Bill Fay (album) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Fay_(album)) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/10 "2019-06-24T23:17:45Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I loved that whole album. Still a favorite. > > My personal choice for this thread with little to no thought: [Red Rubber Ball by the Cyrkle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbDKN0dk54M). I don’t know if that one is that forgotten. I definitely still hear it from time to time, and my exposure to it was in the late 80s/early 90s (I was born in '75). So it survived well enough that I’m more-than-familiar with it, and know it’s often mistaken for a Simon & Garfunkel tune (and with good reason, as it was written by Paul Simon. ETA: And Bruce Woodley, I guess, after looking it up.) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/11 "2019-06-24T23:22:39Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Nick Drake’s Pink Moon album:[Pink Moon - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Moon) Pink Moon is an interesting one. Perhaps not anywhere near as well-known as it should be, but [a VW ad](https://www.boston.com/culture/music/2016/07/21/four-boston-ad-professionals-volkswagen-shed-light-almost-forgotten-music-career) renewed interest in his work around 2000. Still, he deserves much more exposure. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/12 "2019-06-24T23:41:01Z")
From 1973 – Michael Stanley [Rosewood Bitters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWjS-FW-SDw) IIRC that is fellow Clevelander Joe Walsh on the slide guitar. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/13 "2019-06-24T23:47:39Z")
One that I encountered watching Netflix originals that I didn’t remember at all was "Anyone (who knows what love is) by Irma Thomas. I thought I knew my sixties music like the back of my hand, but somehow I missed this one. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/14 "2019-06-25T00:02:29Z")
Well, it’s time to once more drag out my favorite song nobody knows, the Everly Brother’s _[I’m On My Way Home Again](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41f8AFx1TDM)_. A 1968 single that totally tanked, but a beautiful piece of classic country rock, accompanied by mates Clarence White and Gene Parsons. Formidable. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/15 "2019-06-25T00:06:21Z")
Carole King’s [So Far Away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mms6zcUmmJ8), from her epic album _Tapestry._ ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/16 "2019-06-25T00:08:42Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Well, it’s time to once more drag out my favorite song nobody knows, the Everly Brother’s _[I’m On My Way Home Again](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41f8AFx1TDM)_. A 1968 single that totally tanked, but a beautiful piece of classic country rock, accompanied by mates Clarence White and Gene Parsons. Formidable. Here’s another beautiful ‘country’ song that’s also forgotten, regrettably. Hoyt Axton’s mournful ‘[Billie’s Theme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNcnFo5R5O4)’ (1974) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/17 "2019-06-25T00:10:39Z")
The Chad and Jeremy reference brought to mind Peter and Gordon: The song is “I go to pieces”. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UBeKPJ4rpSo/hqdefault.jpg "Peter and Gordon I Go to Pieces") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBeKPJ4rpSo) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/18 "2019-06-25T00:37:54Z")
I agree on Spirit; _12 Dreams_ is filled with great underappreciated songs. I’ll go with Emitt Rhodes, whose self-titled album is just perfect pop. Only the incompetence of his record company kept him from being a hit. You can pick several songs from that album, but I’ll go with “[With My Face on the Floor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADK3RAtveY8).” ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/19 "2019-06-25T00:48:52Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I agree on Spirit; _12 Dreams_ is filled with great underappreciated songs. > > I’ll go with Emitt Rhodes, whose self-titled album is just perfect pop. Only the incompetence of his record company kept him from being a hit. You can pick several songs from that album, but I’ll go with “[With My Face on the Floor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADK3RAtveY8).” A fate he shared with the similarly great pop masters Big Star. Here’s their [Ballad Of El Goodo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn1t6l7UUPc), a song that’s not played very often. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/20 "2019-06-25T00:58:01Z")
[Crazy 1961](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbnrdCS57d0) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992.md?page=2)