# Sixties song lyrics I can't identify **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 28, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254 "2002-05-28T22:58:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254/21 "2004-01-07T02:23:29Z")
dougie\_monty, I think you are referring to a song called Listen People by Herman’s Hermits. According to the Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn, it was #3 in February 1966. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254/22 "2004-01-07T12:24:11Z")
Thanks, Mona. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254/23 "2004-01-07T13:02:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fairblue \* > \*\*Okay then, **benson** , what are the lyrics to “Christmas time is here again”? > 😃 \*\* Just in case there are people who don’t get the joke, the lyrics consist of the title of the song repeated… over and over and over… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254/24 "2004-01-07T16:13:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mojo \* > \*\*Here’s a question for you, Benson- did Syd Barrett have anything to do with The Beatles _It’s a Shame, Mary Jane_? \*\* Hopefully this link should help clear things up. [http://support.hrz.uni-oldenburg.de/~floyd/english/echoes/beatles.html](http://support.hrz.uni-oldenburg.de/~floyd/english/echoes/beatles.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254/25 "2004-01-07T18:17:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by benson \* > \*\*#1: Funny How Love Can Be. There are at least two versions that I know of, the slower one is sung by Ivy League. \*\* Another version was recorded by Danny Hutton, who later was a member of Three Dog Night. I own this track, and it’s bizarre. Every cliche of 60’s pop is in it, from tubas, weird time changes, way too much percussion, flutes and affected vocals. It sounds like party music in an “I Dream of Jeannie” episode. [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/clipserve/B000002OQV001002/0/002-1116701-7292033](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/clipserve/B000002OQV001002/0/002-1116701-7292033) ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254/26 "2004-03-04T14:56:48Z")
> [@Mona Lott](#): > > dougie\_monty, I think you are referring to a song called Listen People by Herman’s Hermits. According to the Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn, it was #3 in February 1966. Thanks, Mona. 🙂 I looked for that record on eBay, bid successfully for it, and played it when it was delivered. That’s the one. dougie\_monty ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254/27 "2004-06-02T06:33:42Z")
I thank the Dopers who have answered my questions on this thread. 🙂 Lately I’ve listened to a tape of oldies I’ve recorded of KRTH 101-FM, an oldies station in Los Angeles. In order they are: 1. “Do You Believe in Magic” (Lovin’ Spoonful) 2. “You’ll Never Find…” (Lou Rawls) 3. ??? 4. “Little Deuce Coupe” (Beach Boys) 5. ??? 6. “Stand by Me,” Ben E. King 7. “Reflections,” Supremes Number 3 begins with a trumpeted phrase reminiscent of the old Marlboro cigarette commercials. The first verse is “Do you like good music”; there is “Oh, yeah” sung throughout, and verses begin “Spotlight on Otis Redding”; “Spotlight on James Brown,” etc. Number 5 is a “rain song”; it begins “Listen to the Rhythm of the Falling Rain”; it sounds like an upbeat male singing combo from the early 60s. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254/28 "2004-06-02T06:54:32Z")
1. Sweet Soul Music - Conley Arthur 2. Rhythm Of The Rain - Dan Fogelberg ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254/29 "2004-06-02T07:01:59Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > 1. Sweet Soul Music - Conley Arthur > 2. Rhythm Of The Rain - Dan Fogelberg Thanx 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254/30 "2004-06-02T07:32:47Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > 1. Sweet Soul Music - Conley Arthur > 2. Rhythm Of The Rain - Dan Fogelberg If it was an “oldies” station, it was more likely that #5 was the older version by the Cascades, which hit #3 in 1963. The Fogelberg version was much later. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254/31 "2004-06-02T07:47:45Z")
> [@MisterThyristor](#): > > If it was an “oldies” station, it was more likely that #5 was the older version by the Cascades, which hit #3 in 1963. The Fogelberg version was much later. Thanks, Mister. 🙂 And that Lou Rawls title leaves me wondering why it’s incomplete… ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254/32 "2004-06-02T11:49:19Z")
I’ll just tag along at the end here with a lyric I’ve been racking my brains about for a while now. It was a minor UK hit in the mid 60s, I think and the only lyrics I remember are: The Brandenberg Concerto, That’s what it was, I misunderstood the whole thing because… It had a kind of upbeat bubblegum feel to it. Any help appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254/33 "2004-06-02T12:05:53Z")
_"It ain’t been round since you know When…Christmastime is here again…O U T spells OUT_ :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254/34 "2004-06-02T14:24:55Z")
The Lou Rawls song is “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine” from 1976. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254/35 "2004-06-02T17:24:20Z")
> [@Exapno Mapcase](#): > > The Lou Rawls song is “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine” from 1976. Thanx 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254/36 "2004-06-03T00:16:50Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > 1. Sweet Soul Music - Conley Arthur Better known as Arthur Conley. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixties-song-lyrics-i-cant-identify/111254.md?page=1)