# Great Pop Hits from the 60s and 70s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576 "2009-08-15T23:43:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/1 "2009-08-15T23:43:13Z")
This is going to be \*really \*subjective, but I’m looking for great songs from the 60s and 70s that I might remember from my younger days. Why? Ok, so I caught a few minutes of a televised Neil Diamond concert the other night and remembered how much I like _Sweet Caroline_. I’m not a big Neil fan, but my folks were and I always liked that song. That made me want to make a mix of songs I may not own, but liked and have forgotten. Which led me to remember, search for, and download _(I Love You) More Today Than Yesterday_ by The Spiral Staircase. I remember it playing in my house whe I was a kid, and when I listened to a sample I still liked it. I’m happy to hear any suggestions, but since I’m mostly a classic rock guy, I’m really looking for pop hits, or one-hit wonders that might fall outside the realm of the Beatles/Stones/Who/Zep/Doors etc. Mostly I’m looking for songs that were popular enough to hear on the radio often as a kid and remember. Like _Tie a Yellow Ribbon_, by Tony Orlando and Dawn, that I wouldn’t normally own, but remember fondly. Of course I don’t expect anyone to know what I own or remember fondly, I just want my memory jarred… ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/2 "2009-08-16T00:04:24Z")
Having just finished working on a musical based entirely on [Neil Sedaka](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Sedaka) songs, I recommend looking at his catalog (both as performer and as songwriter). Before I started rehearsals, I had no idea how many of his songs I knew. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/3 "2009-08-16T00:06:39Z")
[Love grows where my rosemary goes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr6H1a7YUac) ---
**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:** [August 16, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/4 "2009-08-16T00:49:24Z")
[Judy in Disguise (with Glasses).](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0HxpFhRhv8) by John Fred and his Playboy Band. It has everything – a catchy hook, danceable bass line, horns, and a genuine one-hit wonder. The Four Seasons had a great run of pop hits, too. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/5 "2009-08-16T01:05:23Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > [Judy in Disguise (with Glasses).](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0HxpFhRhv8) by John Fred and his Playboy Band. It has everything – a catchy hook, danceable bass line, horns, and a genuine one-hit wonder. > > The Four Seasons had a great run of pop hits, too. \*Oh What a Night \*is exactly the type of thing I’m looking for! ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/6 "2009-08-16T01:07:10Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Having just finished working on a musical based entirely on [Neil Sedaka](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Sedaka) songs, I recommend looking at his catalog (both as performer and as songwriter). Before I started rehearsals, I had no idea how many of his songs I knew. and \*Love Will Keep us Together \*too! ---
**Author:** ![Myself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@Myself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myself)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/7 "2009-08-16T01:27:36Z")
Just about every other tune [on this list.](http://www.popculturemadness.com/Entertainment/Decades/60s-Music.html) Shocking Blue: Venus ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/8 "2009-08-16T01:34:26Z")
> [@Myself](#): > > Just about every other tune [on this list.](http://www.popculturemadness.com/Entertainment/Decades/60s-Music.html) > > Shocking Blue: Venus Excellent… thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/9 "2009-08-16T03:24:52Z")
I love 60’s, 70’s pop! Boyce and Hart: [I wonder What She’s Doing Tonight](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSMUtLHPH7Y) Paul Revere and the Raiders: [Kicks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP8G4clUJBY&feature=related) The Guess Who: [No Sugar Tonight](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJbFVJvRqOQ) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/10 "2009-08-16T03:26:43Z")
How about _The Night Chicago Died_? [wiki link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Chicago_Died) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/11 "2009-08-16T03:33:55Z")
[Have a Nice Decade!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_a_Nice_Decade:_The_70s_Pop_Culture_Box) And to give you a specific song: [One Tin Soldier](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7jHp7OchP0). ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/12 "2009-08-16T03:42:37Z")
Three Dog Night had a few hits in the Early 70’s: Old Fashioned Love Song Joy To The World Mama Told Me Not To Come Never Been To Spain ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/13 "2009-08-16T03:55:50Z")
[My contribution.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FMhnl0__Vo) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/14 "2009-08-16T04:43:48Z")
[C’mon Marianne](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq1G1RXFqYQ) [Bus Stop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It75wQ0JypA) [Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x07oQVsFVDs) [I Was Made to Love Her](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pYux5-d1Es) [Time of the Season](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF9bQp717dE) [Sunny](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbUl_E-R91Q) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/15 "2009-08-16T05:17:40Z")
Some Choices from my iPod: The Association- Along Comes Mary Cherish Everything That Touches You Never My Love Windy Bachman Turner Overdrive Four Wheel Drive Free Wheelin’ Hey You Let It Ride Roll On Down The Highway Takin’ Care Of Business You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet Beach Boys- Barbara Ann Be True To Your School California Girls Fun, Fun, Fun Good Vibrations Help Me Rhonda I Get Around Sloop John B. Surfer Girl Surfin’ U.S.A. Endles Beatles tunes Blood, Sweat & Tears- And When I Die Go Down Gamblin’ God Bless The Child Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll) I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know Lisa, Listen To Me Lucretia’s Reprise Lucretia MacEvil Spinning Wheels You’ve Made Me So Very Happy Ok, there’s too many. How about artists that you pretty much cant go wrong with, with music from that period. Bob Seger Boston The Box Tops Bruce Springsteen Carly Simon Carole King Carpenters Cat Stevens Chicago Commodores Creedence Clearwater Revival Crosby, Stills & Nash Daryl Hall & John Oates Dave Mason David Bowie Ah,screw it, there’s too many artists even. I think it was possibly the most productive period in music history. If you wanna pm me an email address, I’ll send you my tunes list, 4000 songs with at least half from that period. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/16 "2009-08-16T05:35:55Z")
Brandy - the Looking Glass The Rapper - the Jaggerz anything, anything at all, by The Guess Who Build Me Up Buttercup - the Foundations anything by Blood, Sweat and Tears and… Make Me Smile - by Chicago. God. My friends and I were fresh out of school when that song was out, and we had the world by the tail and we believed our futures were shining and bright. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/17 "2009-08-16T05:54:07Z")
Here’s a [nostalgia double whammy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjhTBZaVYfA) classic cartoon, with classic 70s pop from Harry Nilssons “The Point” (Link plays a video) [Heres another](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2O3cUN8yWk) ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/18 "2009-08-16T06:10:20Z")
[Someone Saved my Life Tonight](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiuCk6_yEPw) [Smoke from a Distant Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4C32a723M8) - a GOOD disco song? Yeah, I think so. [We Just Disagree](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnsxq2YKyUo&feature=related) [Crazy on You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gpNqB4dnT4&feature=related) [Can’t You See](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoCmkXXuakE) - best “that woman done hurt me and I’m fixin’ to die” song ever. Blues and Modern Country artists WISH they could capture this feeling (and I’m a Blues lover). [Stealin’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iikY_nJrmNo&feature=related) [Keep On Smilin’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBM6Gbi8qTk) - how can you not, with the Allman Bros and the great Jimmy Hall? [Cool Change](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JPLJk-UOHc) [It’s a Long Way There](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDZyG0KJqik) - gotta listen to the full-length album cut. Nice guitar. [Chevy Van](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiEIToOWr64) - the seventies? You’re SOAKING in it! [Jim Dandy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPsaGPzCHkQ&feature=related) - I heart Ruby Starr, and Jim Mangrum is David Lee Roth’s spiritual father. [Long Long Time](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qrk3PkH9bw) - Hauntingly beautiful. [Scarborough Fair](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWyPhQkZNLw) - Awesome will be spilled all over the stage. [Falling](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LolHiUwYNwo&feature=related) [Assorted](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btyelrNYCtU) [Harry](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AzEY6ZqkuE) [Nilsson](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJvFM_5bKwE&feature=related) [Let Your Love Flow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKSNHcsqqKM) [In the Summertime](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc9wIzi96_E) Can’t find a link on Youtube but “Summer” by War is a great mellow tune. That was fun! ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/19 "2009-08-16T06:24:43Z")
Smoke from A Distant Fire is NOT a ‘disco song’. It is categorized as ‘blue-eyed soul’. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576/20 "2009-08-16T06:25:31Z")
Had to add this: [Hold Your Head Up](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5fYPz8dKbg) [Hello, it’s Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv90LpsdSnE) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pop-hits-from-the-60s-and-70s/506576.md?page=2)