# '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:** 9
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/161 "2019-06-28T21:27:18Z")
I think Google found him! [Adam Wade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Wade_(singer)) but both of his top ten hits were a few years too early for this thread. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/162 "2019-06-28T23:16:46Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > It amuses me. šŸ˜ƒ Here, then: The Poppy Family [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/y1-FQ4GGsRA/hqdefault.jpg "The Poppy Family ~ Which Way You Goin' Billy (1969) āœæāŠ±ā•®") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1-FQ4GGsRA) and Terry Jacks [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd_Fdly3rX8) ---
**Author:** ![Moris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moris/32/2846_2.png) [@Moris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moris)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/163 "2019-06-29T00:38:37Z")
From The Strawbsā€™ debut album, one of the most beautiful gems of the era, ā€œPieces of 79 and 15ā€ is not even on Youtube! Hereā€™s another forgotten beauty: Bead Game - [Sweet Medusa](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5V7nSNEv0Y) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/164 "2019-06-29T01:08:40Z")
If you want to remember records that are best forgotten, how about [Mill Valley](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GDkH5VWvh4)? ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/165 "2019-06-29T01:09:26Z")
[quote=ā€œcalifornia\_jobcase, post:162, topic:835992ā€] Here, then: The Poppy Family [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/y1-FQ4GGsRA/hqdefault.jpg "The Poppy Family ~ Which Way You Goin' Billy (1969) āœæāŠ±ā•®") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1-FQ4GGsRA) and Terry Jacks [/QUOTE] Okay, you asked for this: Enjoy! :p ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/166 "2019-06-29T01:12:33Z")
terentii and california jobcase, you guys are just looking for the worst cut on those PBS fund drive CDs and torturing everybody. I say if you can find it on a PBS fund drive CD, it isnā€™t forgotten. ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/167 "2019-06-29T01:14:21Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > If you want to remember records that are best forgotten, how about [Mill Valley](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GDkH5VWvh4)? Iā€™ll see your ā€œMill Valleyā€ and raise you ā€œI Get All Excited!ā€: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/o0-e3XItbQs/hqdefault.jpg "Joyce - "I Get All Excited" Clip!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0-e3XItbQs) Iā€™m not sure ā€œā€¦ and heā€™s coming again, heā€™s coming again!ā€ was the best choice of lyrics. :dubious: ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/168 "2019-06-29T01:15:25Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I say if you can find it on a PBS fund drive CD, it isnā€™t forgotten. You wanna bet? šŸ˜› ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/169 "2019-06-29T01:17:33Z")
Anyone hear [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZMc0-ZAUeY) much anymore? (I Love the Flower Girl, the Cowsills.) ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/170 "2019-06-29T01:20:46Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Anyone hear [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZMc0-ZAUeY) much anymore? (I Love the Flower Girl, the Cowsills.) I \*love \*that song! A DJ who knew I did once dedicated it to me on-air. Itā€™s a permanent fixture on my late-night YouTube surfs. :o ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/171 "2019-06-29T01:28:33Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Iā€™ll see your ā€œMill Valleyā€ and raise you ā€œI Get All Excited!ā€ I just realized who Joyce reminds me of: Lurleen Lumpkin! :cool: ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/172 "2019-06-29T01:44:13Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I think Google found him! [Adam Wade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Wade_(singer)) but both of his top ten hits were a few years too early for this thread. So which one were you trying to remember? :dubious: šŸ˜• ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/173 "2019-06-29T01:54:14Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Anyone hear [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZMc0-ZAUeY) much anymore? (I Love the Flower Girl, the Cowsills.) After watching this video I, too, love the flower girl. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/174 "2019-06-29T02:00:44Z")
On a recent roadtrip, I heard two songs that I hadnā€™t heard for decades, both of which I unaccountably loved even though I was a Stones/Zeppelin kind of teen. How ā€œforgottenā€ they are I donā€™t know. They were: [Billy Paul: Me And Mrs Jones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWOTdt9Bovk) and [Roger Miller: King Of THe Road](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrhAC0dFis0) ---
**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 29, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/175 "2019-06-29T02:17:40Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > On a recent roadtrip, I heard two songs that I hadnā€™t heard for decades, both of which I unaccountably loved even though I was a Stones/Zeppelin kind of teen. How ā€œforgottenā€ they are I donā€™t know. > > They were: > > [Billy Paul: Me And Mrs Jones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWOTdt9Bovk) > > and > > [Roger Miller: King Of THe Road](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrhAC0dFis0) Huh! I never knew there was a ā€œPhilly soul scene.ā€ šŸ˜• You learn something new every day! :o This oneā€™s from Motown: "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" ---
**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 29, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/176 "2019-06-29T02:28:09Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > [Roger Miller: King Of THe Road](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrhAC0dFis0) For some reason, Roger Miller reminds me of Jimmy Dean: "Big Bad John." Apparently a few years earlier than the specified period, but I always associate it with third grade ('63--'64). ---
**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 29, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/177 "2019-06-29T02:54:43Z")
[ā€œLife Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)ā€ ā€“ Reunion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15wq1Yg_Ac4) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/178 "2019-06-29T03:12:26Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Anyone hear [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZMc0-ZAUeY) much anymore? (I Love the Flower Girl, the Cowsills.) That, plus a bunch of other songs mentioned in this thread, get regular play on my current go-to station for Oldies. [WVLI](http://www.wvli927.com/)ā€™s [Web feed](https://tunein.com/radio/WVLI-927-s101785/). > [@terentii](#): > > So which one were you trying to remember? :dubious: šŸ˜• That part Iā€™m still not sure about; probably the one that hit #7. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/179 "2019-06-29T04:42:55Z")
My favorite early Who song: [Call Me Lightning](https://youtu.be/XCvs5pqsMEA). ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-songs-from-the-60s-i-e-1964-to-1974ish/835992/180 "2019-06-29T09:55:51Z")
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