# '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:** 2
**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 25, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/21 "2019-06-25T01:06:45Z")
One you never hear on oldies stations is [Fire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en1uwIzI3SE), by Arthur Brown (1968). I liked the whole album. ---
**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, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/22 "2019-06-25T01:12:43Z")
But it got rediscovered … [Shake it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZR3ZfesIIw) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/23 "2019-06-25T01:18:10Z")
A great country song: [“Ode To A Half A Pound Of Ground Round”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgwNJZw8qAs) by Tom T. Hall. A brilliant lyricist and a delightful story. ---
**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 25, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/24 "2019-06-25T01:22:19Z")
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan – [Tennessee Bird Walk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-OrVQaqkg0) ---
**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, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/25 "2019-06-25T01:29:58Z")
[Dusty… Enough said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjydOI4MEIw) ---
**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, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/26 "2019-06-25T01:35:28Z")
John Mayall’s [Room to Move](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLp0AsKXMEs). It probably wasn’t going to be a hit, being from someone known for the blues, but damn it’s good. The groove on the album in our radio station turned white from overuse. Also, a very early example of what is now called beatboxing (he called it “mouth percussion”). Mayall probably wasn’t the first, but this really got attention. BTW, there are no drums on the album. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/27 "2019-06-25T01:41:07Z")
[Book of Job](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnJNT_xzDMA) by _Seatrain_. Their eponymous album was the first produced by George Martin after his work with _The Beatles._ [Games People Play](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WJmg9xCukM) by _Joe South_. ---
**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 25, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/28 "2019-06-25T01:54:56Z")
> [@ThisSpaceForRent](#): > > [Dusty… Enough said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjydOI4MEIw) Wait. “Son of a Preacher Man” is a “forgotten” song? No way. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/29 "2019-06-25T01:59:32Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > 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) I saw the movie this song is from, “Buster and Billie” on a double bill with another movie that featured Carroll O’Connor and Ernest Borgnine. “Buster and Billie” haunted me for years, while the other movie, even though that was the movie I had gone to see, I can’t even remember what its name was. And I’m good at movie names. ---
**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, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/30 "2019-06-25T02:16:18Z")
I was a big fan of the group Kak. They actually got good promotion from their record company, but their cover design was a mistake, since the font wasn’t easy to read. They don’t even have a Wikipedia entry, but the music was excellent. Here’s [Electric Sailor.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGEqnRv_EME) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/31 "2019-06-25T02:17:12Z")
In the U.S. I’d say the entire output of Fairport Convention. Dolly Parton’s [Love is Like a Butterfly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWwENHbUcdI) ---
**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, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/32 "2019-06-25T02:22:18Z")
I’ll also mention Renaissance. Not the group you might know, but a precursor and the _other_ band that was formed by members of the Yardbirds when the broke up. But instead of doing blues rock, they did a melding of baroque classical and rock. Here’s [Kings and Queens](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrkk6nCDIgQ). The group went through all sorts of changes and by the third album, they were the version that hit it big – which had none of the original members. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/33 "2019-06-25T02:37:36Z")
Oliver, “Good Morning, Starshine”: Donovan, "Jennifer Juniper": [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/l-7LgSy6cT0/maxresdefault.jpg "Jennifer Juniper DONOVAN (with lyrics)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-7LgSy6cT0) Bob Lind, “Elusive Butterfly”: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_L4rkIibtE) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/34 "2019-06-25T02:44:35Z")
Jonathan King, “Everyone’s Gone to the Moon”: Peter and Gordon, Chad and Jeremy, so many others I don't consider "lost" or "forgotten." I listen to them all the time on YouTube. I don't even bother with commercial radio these days. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/35 "2019-06-25T02:46:36Z")
A couple from The Marshall Tucker Band: [Can’t You See](https://youtu.be/-48Za7VZR_c) [24 Hours At A Time](https://youtu.be/Li-7vCagtxw) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/36 "2019-06-25T02:50:39Z")
Gerry and the Pacemakers, “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying”: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LKta_gRc2gA/hqdefault.jpg "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry and The Pacemakers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKta_gRc2gA) ---
**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, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/37 "2019-06-25T02:51:25Z")
[quote=“terentii, post:34, topic:835992”] Jonathan King, “Everyone’s Gone to the Moon”: Bob Lind, "Elusive Butterfly": [/QUOTE] These are amazingly right. ETA: As is this: Gerry and the Pacemakers, “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying”: And this: BJ Thomas - [I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCtVdI2EP8M) ---
**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 25, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/38 "2019-06-25T02:54:26Z")
Ooooohhh, I’ve got another one: [Green-Eyed Lady](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVhtytqr3VA), by Sugarloaf. Or another favorite much-underappreciated: [I Still Love You Anyway](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9yKRciymb0), by Buddy Miles. That whole damn Changes album, really. ---
**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 25, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/39 "2019-06-25T02:58:03Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I saw the movie this song is from, “Buster and Billie” on a double bill with another movie that featured Carroll O’Connor and Ernest Borgnine. “Buster and Billie” haunted me for years, while the other movie, even though that was the movie I had gone to see, I can’t even remember what its name was. And I’m good at movie names. “Law and Disorder” ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/40 "2019-06-25T03:07:16Z")
Question Mark and the Mysterians - “96 Tears” https://www.youtube.com/embed/R7uC5m-IRns?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLt6swLxjyFncx6OSTWzUGNh5SY8z8PHti&start=0 The Count Five - “Psychotic Reaction” https://www.youtube.com/embed/fBTT3VPriV8?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLt6swLxjyFncx6OSTWzUGNh5SY8z8PHti&start=0 David Bowie - “Unwashed and Slightly Dazed” And of course the obvious one: Cream - “Pressed Rat and Warthog” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6fHO5cCfI04/hqdefault.jpg "Cream - Pressed Rat and Warthog") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fHO5cCfI04) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992.md?page=3)