60s music

[The Old Mixer]

It's time to turn on, tune in, and drop out...the Greatest Decade of Music Ever has its own thread!

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoF-7VMMihA[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qQ6_RV4VQ[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XBcsunPIL8[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t08ejaQqWjY[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJV81mdj1ic[/yt]

 

[Merry Hissmas]

Heck yea!

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGVGFfj7POA[/yt]

 

[The Old Mixer]

Welcome! I know it's a holiday weekend, but it's been pretty slow here.

Now, lest my opening post should give the impression that the decade's music began with the Beatles...here's a fun look at what the reigning sovereign was up to around the Kennedy era:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3nusNBikl8[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqhMopq5r6I[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU5xxh5UX4U[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GanoEE7VUc[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucubLr3ZLbw[/yt]

 

[J.T.B.]

The grooviest:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DohS6aHc9nk&feature=kp[/yt]

Cynthia & Jerry got a message, they're sayin': All the squares, go home!

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn2PNlhvy8E&feature=kp[/yt]

 

[Santa Kang]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDIBMaCTwFw[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcrbDYe4qL4[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnHj_Ei_3BE[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptxwWt2JeGQ[/yt]

 

[Surfin' Santa]

This New Jersey band nailed the Beatles' sound to a tee, right down to the lead vocal sounding just like John Lennon!

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n03a7cLf0M[/yt]

 

[Melakon]

One of the first songs I ever heard after getting an AM radio in 1962, an early hit for Ray Stevens.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwQERrdrRhE[/yt]

 

[The Old Mixer]

Now the party's starting!

Possibly my favorite movie of all time is about to turn 50 this year:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag8_cfmjdD4[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nq-GyLrtHc[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goX9dESxLnU[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifxXNGBr4qc[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00n5GoYWEa0[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uk4ikyGFfk[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QREeweMWTZk[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d834SzBm8m8[/yt]

 

[Davros]

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Vs37KtNpE[/yt]

 

[Agent Richard07]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY9PY4r83p8[/yt]

 

[The Old Mixer]

Now this is the iconic Dylan video that I'd wanted to include in the original post...don't suppose there's a way to embed from that site...?

Too bad this clip isn't in color:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8QypoBpQqI[/yt]

I was used to Superman being referenced in song in my lifetime...but when I first heard this song on an oldies station in the 80s, it blew my mind that Green Lantern was being referenced alongside him:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v4P7kqaeUM[/yt]

And just give me half an excuse to post this is these parts:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXQFtjRG_jE[/yt]

 

[J.T.B.]

One of the greatest vocal interpreters of the decade:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qMsiGMKHJ8k[/yt]

A deservedly huge country hit:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4qoymGCDYzU[/yt]

A great track, and one of the most memorable album covers:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC38-qqiVgg[/yt]

 

[Santa Kang]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=594WLzzb3JI[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afam2nIae4o[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GmzyeeXnQ[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4DV-5d6a5g[/yt]

 

[The Old Mixer]

I have a special connection to this fuzzy piece of cheese...it was the #1 song in the country the week that I was born:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP0ZdZ3RS9A[/yt]

My sister got a somewhat cooler birthday song--#401 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5bUmx-hk-c[/yt]

Of course, if Mom had gone into labor as little as 5 days sooner, I could have had #91:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBmAPYkPeYU[/yt]

You can play this game at home: http://www.birthdayjams.com/

 

[Santa Kang]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRhHDS69iU0[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYYCiaHhnx4[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKKLIrOGfUo[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCBo3lWXDqw[/yt]

 

[The Old Mixer]

Of course, the BirthdayJams site can be used for more than birthdays. For example, I got curious as to what the #1 songs was on my parents' wedding day....

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzUICBMQBNU[/yt]

(Sorry for the period-inauthentic video. )

Or you an look up the #1 song on key dates in history.

#1 for all but the last day of the Cuban Missile Crisis:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNuVifA7DSU[/yt]

#1 on the day that JFK was assassinated:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYsuXwJrnso[/yt]

#1 on the day that the Beatles landed in America:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MHkgwA8t-g[/yt]

(Well, duh, I didn't need a website to tell me that...!)

 

[Surfin' Santa]

The Sixties were a great decade for novelty songs.

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jjiWS__Mp0[/yt]

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge9Ou3-YyqU[/yt]

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fn36l_z3WY[/yt]


For music trivia buffs: Jerry Samuels (aka Napoleon XIV) also wrote "The Shelter of Your Arms," which was a hit for Sammy Davis Jr. in 1963.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Did somebody say novelty song...?

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGF5ROpjRAU[/yt]

 

[AgentCoop]

Since no one appears to have mentioned them yet, I present my favorite 60's band:

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOpQjD-rX0g&app[/yt]

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLAr-WlxMZY&feature=kp&app[/yt]

 

[The Old Mixer]

I would have gotten around to it...they're one of my favorites as well.

The Stones begrudgingly clean up their act for Sullivan and the CBS sponsors:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h4E9X4mfWM[/yt]

The Doors choose the "never come back" option:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MifWlrkEBD4[/yt]

My favorite Beatles song and favorite album cover:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGufQk9QOdM[/yt]