Another very long homemade playlist suitable for long journeys or as a radio alternative, imaginatively titled ‘Some Great Singles’. Predominantly 50s/60s/70s, with no Beatles or Stones. Plus it includes the most exciting single of the 60s (not opinion – it’s fact!) in ‘Jenny Take A Ride’ by Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels.
Some Great Singles
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This is excellent. Saved, thank you. That’s the playlist, not me. Although…
You spoil us yet again! 741 songs to enjoy! I was immediately attracted to this gem by the title! It’s a treat!
Slightly more modern, here’s Nellie Mckay singing of the joys of walking her dog.
Norma Tanega was, among her other achievements, Dusty Springfield’s other half for many years.
The stuff you know @mikethep! I’d never heard of her.
Norma was a rather extraordinary character in many respects!
https://xtramagazine.com/culture/music/norma-tanega-folk-music-retrospective-22198444
Several great anecdotes in that article:
Producer Herb “Bernstein heard potential in one of Tanega’s tunes, one based on her experience living in a New York apartment that did not allow dogs. To counter this, she adopted a cat named “Dog,” whom she proudly walked on a leash. Bernstein added a few Motown-inspired flourishes, and the song raced up the charts in the U.S. and U.K., hitting #3 in Canada.”
This song was featured in What we do in the shadows.
Taika Waititi is another director with an excellent record collection.
Rave On is the perfect encapsulation of popular music for me and would be one of my Desert Island Discs…and it doesn’t even last two minutes
True. Ever heard the Watersons version? Proves that point all over again.
I’ve not, Moose, but will have a listen
Watersons! Surely you mean Steeleye Span.
Magnificent, Hubert….emphasises the pure joy of the song
Sorry, I knew it was one of them old finger-in-the-ear mobs.
Edit. A Google search reveals that the ‘sons did used to do Rave On, according to the Carthymeister. Of course for all I know it could have been a later Happy Mondays cover. I can just imagine Lal giving it “Penis! You shouldn’t be in here!”
I saw it performed at Carthy’s 60th at Oxford Town Hall complete with stamping on the floor when the ‘record’ got stuck.
Can’t find a link to the Watersons doing it though, but you Hullites would defend each other.
The Brotherhood of Patties.
My top 5 singles
Shapes of Things – Yardbirds
Keep on Running – Spencer Davies Group
Steve Miller Band – The Joker
Gnarls Barkrley – Crazy
Rolling Stones – Paint it Black
Listening to that playlist was all going very well indeed until it came to the execrable remake of “Needles And Pins” that The Searchers must have made at some low point.
I had to stop listening, there and then.
THIS is their “Needles And Pins” featuring the 12-string sound that inspired The Byrds, not that ’80s-sounding monstrosity.
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..and surely this is their defining single, anyway.
This has just reminded me of how much I miss Brian Matthews on a Saturday morning. Sounds of the Sixties was a must in my house until Blackburn got involved and it started too early for breakfast
…and became more predictable than the content of a Sixties Hits CD from a petrol station.
Indeed, Moose. Brian Matthews introduced me to loads of stuff I was previously ignorant of, such as Robin Gibb’s solo albums.
15/20 years ago, for a very limited time – blink and you missed it – Radio 2 had 5 hours a week worth listening to.
SOTS, and the numerous Lamarr shows including a Rock ‘n’ Roll hour (no, really… one whole hour a week of the most important era in popular music) … superb.
However, as we know, dodgers don’t do Rock ‘n’ Roll – although they ALWAYS pretend to – Brian died, Lamarr rightly thought “What a crock ‘o shite,” and BBC 6 Music took over (in theory a good thing, actually complete bollocks) which provides the soundtrack to the shite-fest that is 2022.
Triffic!
I don’t think John Peel would like BBC 6 Music.
@Mike_H. I hate those re-recordings and try to weed them out from my playlists. I must have missed that Searchers monstrosity. I’ll go back and correct my heinous error.
Soul compos are often riddled with such fraudulent tosh. Sam and Dave with guest backing from John Shuttleworth. Nope.
You’ve got it all wrong, Moose! Sam and Dave feat John Shuttleworth playing a medley of hits like Soul Man and I can’t go back to savoury now. I would pay serious money to hear that!
I meant his rhythm tracks, not his soulful and melodious voice.
“Grab a rope and I’ll pull you in ..
We could stop at a carvery”
I can so easily imagine Sam and Dave going back to their roots and joining John for a walk round the garden centre..
Never mind. All too easy to accidentally pick one from the Genus Heinous when putting such a huge list together.
“Genus Heinous” – I like that!
(*tucks away in inside pocket, intending to reproduce it elsewhere later as example of own brilliance*)
My 1962 UK Top Ten Singles, in order of arrival:
Love Letters – Ketty Lester
Hey! Baby – Bruce Channel
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do – Neil Sedaka
Let There Be Love – Nat King Cole
Sealed With A Kiss – Brian Hyland
The Loco-Motion – Little Eva
You Don’t Know Me – Ray Charles
It Might As Well Rain Until September – Carole King
Desafinado – Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
Return To Sender – Elvis Presley
Top list. I know this isn’t a competition, but here’s another from the same year:
The Wanderer – Dion
Twist and Shout – The Isley Brothers
Crying in the Rain – Everly Bros
Green Onions – Booker T
I’m Blue – The Ikettes
Town Without Pity – Gene Pitney
Uptown – The Crystals
Sherry – Four Seasons
What’s Your Name – Don & Juan
I Know – Barbara George