One you never hear on oldies stations is Fire, by Arthur Brown (1968). I liked the whole album.
But it got rediscovered … Shake it
A great country song: “Ode To A Half A Pound Of Ground Round” by Tom T. Hall. A brilliant lyricist and a delightful story.
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan – Tennessee Bird Walk
John Mayall’s Room to Move. 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.
Book of Job by Seatrain. Their eponymous album was the first produced by George Martin after his work with The Beatles.
Games People Play by Joe South.
Wait. “Son of a Preacher Man” is a “forgotten” song? No way.
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.
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.
In the U.S. I’d say the entire output of Fairport Convention.
Dolly Parton’s Love is Like a Butterfly
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.
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.
Oliver, “Good Morning, Starshine”:
Donovan, "Jennifer Juniper":
Bob Lind, “Elusive Butterfly”:
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.A couple from The Marshall Tucker Band:
Gerry and the Pacemakers, “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying”:
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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)Ooooohhh, I’ve got another one: Green-Eyed Lady, by Sugarloaf.
Or another favorite much-underappreciated: I Still Love You Anyway, by Buddy Miles.
That whole damn Changes album, really.
“Law and Disorder”
Question Mark and the Mysterians - “96 Tears”
The Count Five - “Psychotic Reaction”
David Bowie - “Unwashed and Slightly Dazed”
And of course the obvious one:Cream - “Pressed Rat and Warthog”
