Sixties song lyrics I can't identify

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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.

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Thanks, Mona. :slight_smile:

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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… :slight_smile:

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Hopefully this link should help clear things up. http://support.hrz.uni-oldenburg.de/~floyd/english/echoes/beatles.html

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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

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Thanks, Mona. :slight_smile: I looked for that record on eBay, bid successfully for it, and played it when it was delivered. That’s the one.
dougie_monty

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I thank the Dopers who have answered my questions on this thread. :slight_smile:
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.
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  1. Sweet Soul Music - Conley Arthur
  2. Rhythm Of The Rain - Dan Fogelberg
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Thanx :slight_smile:

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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.

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Thanks, Mister. :slight_smile:
And that Lou Rawls title leaves me wondering why it’s incomplete…

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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!

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"It ain’t been round since you know When…Christmastime is here again…O U T spells OUT :rolleyes:

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The Lou Rawls song is “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine” from 1976.

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Thanx :slight_smile:

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Better known as Arthur Conley.