# '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:** 7
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/121 "2019-06-26T20:16:50Z")
Sugarloaf’s [‘Don’t Call Us We’ll Call You’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4njPe2_rho) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/122 "2019-06-26T20:39:48Z")
[I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeVnbAfcwv8) by the Electric Prunes. ---
**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 26, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/123 "2019-06-26T20:52:53Z")
If I’m allowed, I post another Everly Brothers song. Their fame began to wane after the advent of the Beatles, ironically so as they were a big influence and idols for the fab four, but in my mind they still did their best work in the sixties. Here’s another beautiful single, 1964’s “[Gone, Gone, Gone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ5yUqK9ClE)”, only reaching reaching #36 on the US charts. I’ve never heard it play on the radio, I learned about the song first from Fairport Conventions’ cover on “[Heyday: BBC Radio Sessions](https://www.allmusic.com/album/heyday-bbc-radio-sessions-1968-1969-mw0000201000)”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/124 "2019-06-26T20:54:43Z")
> [@TimfromNapa](#): > > Skylark’s “Wildflower” is effing great. I think it found its way to the forgotten bin because few people, myself included, remember(ed) the real name of the song. The closest the lyrics come to the title is, of course, “She’s a free and gentle flower growing wild”. Brandy, by the way, was a hit for The Looking Glass (unless there is another, same-name song by Mirror Image). They later morphed into the group Starz. Thanks for the correction. I should have used Google. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/125 "2019-06-26T21:00:37Z")
There was a summer replacement show where different acts competed for a big contract. I thought this group should have won, they already had a single on the charts, but they came in 2nd and some group I had never heard of came in 1st. Like anyone ever heard of Sly and the Family Stone? [American Breed - Bend Me Shape Me](https://youtu.be/f3mUO268OkY) I had a terrible crush on a girl in Jr High [Grass Roots - Midnight Confessions](https://youtu.be/5nZnqtDdsws) There was this war… [Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place](https://youtu.be/t6gcxNFc1I0) These next two were on my set lists at the coffee house. Never both the same night. [Phil Ochs - Draft Dodger Rag](https://youtu.be/tFFOUkipI4U) [Tom Paxton - Vietnam Potluck Blues](https://youtu.be/Zfw_Tg7dUFk) ---
**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/126 "2019-06-26T21:44:21Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > There was a summer replacement show where different acts competed for a big contract. I thought this group should have won, they already had a single on the charts, but they came in 2nd and some group I had never heard of came in 1st. Like anyone ever heard of Sly and the Family Stone? > > [American Breed - Bend Me Shape Me](https://youtu.be/f3mUO268OkY) > > I had a terrible crush on a girl in Jr High [Grass Roots - Midnight Confessions](https://youtu.be/5nZnqtDdsws) > > There was this war… [Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place](https://youtu.be/t6gcxNFc1I0) > > These next two were on my set lists at the coffee house. Never both the same night. > > [Phil Ochs - Draft Dodger Rag](https://youtu.be/tFFOUkipI4U) > > [Tom Paxton - Vietnam Potluck Blues](https://youtu.be/Zfw_Tg7dUFk) Speaking of Vietnam and The Animals, their (minor) hit song that comes to mind is “Sky Pilot”. ---
**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/127 "2019-06-26T21:48:50Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > [I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeVnbAfcwv8) by the Electric Prunes. Great tune that I should have remembered from back in the day (I was a wee one, but I was there). I don’t think it got airplay in the Baltimore/Washington market. Thanks to Lenny Kaye’s “Nuggets”, I made its acquaintance in the late 70s and it became the first song I listened to while stoned. It was perfect 😃 ---
**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 27, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/128 "2019-06-27T03:43:38Z")
Always loved this one: [Long Tail Cat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yt0lGccooI), Loggins and Messina. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/129 "2019-06-27T13:34:52Z")
I hesitate to include songs like Wildfire, The O’Jay’s [Back Stabbers](https://youtu.be/hzTeLePbB08), and [In The Rain](https://youtu.be/ux8gZuvTVR8) by The Dramatics because they still get airplay on the radio-- but on “Urban” stations that are quite popular but very, very few on this message board listen to. Here’s a fav of mine that gets little airplay today: [I Can’t Stand The Rain](https://youtu.be/g5Rjo_imHDE) by Ann Peebles (although I do prefer [Graham Central Station’s cover](https://youtu.be/3ZCGDZzytBg) which, I think, just squeaks in under the time limit.) ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/130 "2019-06-27T14:38:11Z")
Itchycoo Park by Small Faces - It’s on my playlist, but I don’t think I’ve heard it anywhere else in ages. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14ViwvgtvbA) ---
**Author:** ![MsJinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@MsJinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsJinx)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/131 "2019-06-27T23:55:22Z")
This one doesn’t get much airplay even on oldies stations or Sirius, and I love it: The Critters ‘Mr. Dieingly Sad’ [The Critters - Mr. Dieingly Sad - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h27rFCiL96Y) ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/132 "2019-06-28T02:57:39Z")
> [@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). That’s a Paul Simon tune, BTW… Simon & Garfunkel sing it [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy0ja70jz8E) Speaking of[Simon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbtdqmcz8hY) [&](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CpccUo13KE) [Garfunkel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf0RrF6KsI8)… and my Uncle John’s [favorite](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=only+living+boy+in+new+york) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/133 "2019-06-28T03:18:10Z")
[Patches](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_LQ4_MhDu4) by Clarence Carter. This song won a Grammy, but I don’t hear it much, even on satellite radio. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/134 "2019-06-28T03:45:23Z")
[“Tighten up on that bass, now.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wro3bqi4Eb8) Archie Bells still get a good amount of airplay, though. A lot of the songs list here I still hear on the local oldies stations, which really has a comprehensive playlist, but it stops in the early 70s. However, I recently had a few songs come up kind of randomly in a YouTube playlist that I literally hadn’t heard since the 70s. These all date from 1975, though. Warning: Bad 70s Fashions Ahead! [Sky High by Jigsaw.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjtD8A-MWBc) [Magic by Pilot.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzlK0OGpIRs) [Make Me Smile by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptFegqTOYYc) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/135 "2019-06-28T05:09:39Z")
Oh, Sky High! I remember being young enough to hit that note. As for Clarence Carter’s Patches-- the less anyone is subjected to that dreck, the better. ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/136 "2019-06-28T14:27:37Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > 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. And the many other songs that JK did under pseudonyms, such as \*Nemo \*and _The sun has got his hat on_. No doubt played much less after JK got convicted. ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/137 "2019-06-28T14:28:39Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > [Patches](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_LQ4_MhDu4) by Clarence Carter. This song won a Grammy, but I don’t hear it much, even on satellite radio. Be grateful. That song makes me want to barf. I am probably not the only one to feel that way about it. ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/138 "2019-06-28T14:30:04Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > Itchycoo Park by Small Faces - It’s on my playlist, but I don’t think I’ve heard it anywhere else in ages. > > [https://youtu.be/14ViwvgtvbA](https://youtu.be/14ViwvgtvbA) Wait for some sort of replay of the hits of the psychedelic era. And this was one of the weakest ones. ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/139 "2019-06-28T14:37:20Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I’ll nominate Mac and Katie Kissoon’s [Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrMyM2xj8xk) which was the most-played single on our junior high cafeteria’s juke box. Was that the original? The UK knew of the version from Middle of the Road. The singer looked as brain-free as the lyrics she sang. ---
**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 28, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/140 "2019-06-28T14:47:28Z")
It’s very rare to hear “[The Relay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jW9d3bbsYU)” by the Who. It was only released as a single, and didn’t do particularly well on the charts. Their other single of that time, “Join Together,” gets some reasonable airplay, but “The Relay” does not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992.md?page=8)