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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD Some great artists have recorded this Isaac Hayes/David Porter classic, including Johnnie Taylor (who did it first) (see #191, 390, 979), Sam & Dave (see #844) and Sharon Tandy (see #371, 441-42, 741, 1,485), but only Wilson Pickett (see #1,397) and Al KooperContinue reading “Toe Hold Special Edition: Wilson Pickett — “Toe Hold”, Al Kooper — “Toe Hold”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 9, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,902) Wimple Winch — “Marmalade Hair” UK freakbeat/psych masters cut this amazing pop psych demo in ‘68. I may be wrong, but I think I’m right that the lyrics might be a bit touchy nowadays: “I may be wrong, I think I’m rightContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Wimple Winch — “Marmalade Hair”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 8, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,901) The Stingrays of Newburgh — “Fool” I pity the fool who doesn’t flip over this “cool piece of psych punk” (liner notes to the CD comp Tony the Tyger Presents Fuzz, Flaykes, & Shakes: Vol. 3: Stay Out of My World), thisContinue reading “The Stingrays of Newburgh — “Fool”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 7, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,900) Betty Everett — “1900 Yesterday” This was an out-of-leftfield #33 hit by the house band at the Hilton Hawaiian Village’s Garden Bar — but Betty Everett’s version is sooooo much better — “still an all-time fav”. (Otis, https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/103323), As pcno2832 puts it, “Wow.Continue reading “Betty Everett — “1900 Yesterday”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 6, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,899) Jeremiah — “Sweet Rebecca“ This insidiously catchy throwaway tune from ex-New Mix [see #1,184, 1,194] frontman David Brown “recall[s] those insidiously catchy throwaway tunes that McCartney [see #28, 132, 374, 521, 669, 779-81, 840] effortless[ly] churned out in the mid-1970s (complete with poundingContinue reading “Jeremiah — “Sweet Rebecca”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 5, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,898) Bill Plummer and the Cosmic Brotherhood — “The Look of Love” Dig this “[r]aga take” (Soul Strut, https://www.soulstrut.com/Archive/bill-plummer-cosmic-brotherhood) on Burt Bacharach’s chestnut by Bill Plummer and the Cosmic Brotherhood. Sitars keep falling on my head. Ouch!!! Jonny Zchivago’s reaction to the LP?Continue reading “Bill Plummer and the Cosmic Brotherhood — “The Look of Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 4, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,897) Bobby Womack — “More than I Can Stand” This majestic song by the great Bobby Womack (see #918, 919) only reached #90 (though it did reach #23 on Billboard’s R&B chart). Henriettaparks586 says “OH MY GOD!!! LAWD!!! HAVEN’T HEARD THIS!! IN DECADES!!!Continue reading “Bobby Womack — “More than I Can Stand”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 3, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,896) Philwit & Pegasus — “My, What a Lovely Day It’s Been” My, what a lovely song — it’s been such a lovely day, and, in apparent response to John Lennon’s interjection in “Getting Better”, “it couldn’t get much better”! As John PaulContinue reading “Philwit & Pegasus — “My, What a Lovely Day It’s Been”Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 2, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,895) Bob Dylan — ““Gypsy Lou” This rollicking folk song by Bob Dylan only exists as a publishing demo that was never taken up by other artists at the time (unlike so many other of his songs). Tony Attwood gives us the fascinatingContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Bob Dylan — “Gypsy Lou”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 1, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,894) The Living Daylights — “Jane” No, this is not A-ha’s theme song to the James Bond flick! Though it would make a great Bond song. The criminally neglected band “struts like a confident Kinks” (Tim Sendra, https://www.allmusic.com/album/lets-live-for-today-the-complete-recordings-mw0003736890) on this killer UK freakbeat/pop psychContinue reading “The Living Daylights — “Jane”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 28, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,893) The Flame — “See the Light” Here is an A-side from a South African band so Beatlesque that it “had people wondering aloud” as “it certainly sounded like the Beatles from their ‘Daytripper’ period and the vocals were a little McCartney-like. .Continue reading “The Flame — “See the Light”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 27, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,892) Bill Fay — “Goodnight Stan” British cult folk rock singer-songwriter Bill Fay (see #774, 953) passed away almost exactly a year ago. Here is a beautiful and haunting song from his first LP, possibly inspired by an uncle of his who wasContinue reading “Bill Fay — “Goodnight Stan”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 26, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,891) Jacqueline Taïeb — “Ce Soir Je M’en Vais”/”Tonight I’m Leaving” Here is JT’s love letter to Swinging London (where she recorded this and her other early songs), an “[e]xcellent song, delicate, moving, tender… and what a sublime rhythm, not to mention theContinue reading “Jacqueline Taïeb — “Ce Soir Je M’en Vais”/”Tonight I’m Leaving”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 25, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,890) The Family — “Scene Through the Eye of a Lens” “Someone coined the word groovy after hearing this” (john022560, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ9b3z65VXs) “[t]ranscendent . . . just brilliant” (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVLbBJ_j_90) “masterpiece” (Focus B, https://www.45cat.com/record/lbf15031), “a thrilling Eastern-tinged epic that introduced [a] unique combination ofContinue reading “The Family — “Scene Through the Eye of a Lens”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 24, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,889) The Chosen Lot — “If You Want To” Not only should this romantic ’66 garage rock B-side be on a thousand lists of the top thousand garage rock songs, it should have been a nationwide hit, it should have been covered aContinue reading “The Chosen Lot — “If You Want To”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 23, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,888) Barbara Lynn — “Sufferin’ City” This “[b]rass laden track[] . . . [is] a soulful blast” (David Bowling, https://www.dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=8450) It is indeed, but the lyrics are more downbeat. A woman done wrong by her man just wants to return to her homeContinue reading “Barbara Lynn — “Sufferin’ City”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 22, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,887) Sandy Salisbury — “I Just Don’t Know How to Say Goodbye” From another of the great lost albums of the 60’s, here is a gentle, bittersweet, and “breathtaking harmonica-led” (Stanton Swihart, https://www.allmusic.com/album/sandy-mw0000108193) ode to the end of a relationship written by SandyContinue reading “Sandy Salisbury — “I Just Don’t Know How to Say Goodbye”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 21, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,886) Curt Boettcher and Lee Mallory — “You Know I’ve Found a Way” Here is a gorgeous song written by Curt Boettcher [see #1,881] and Lee Mallory [see #18, 1,693, 1,885], “pure baroque pop of the highest caliber, and overall a very pretty loveContinue reading “Curt Boettcher and Lee Mallory — “You Know I’ve Found a Way”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 20, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,885) Lee Mallory — “Come On In (Ode to the Be-In)” This ingratiating love song is a demo written by Lee (see #18, 1,693) and produced by him along with Curt Boettcher. It contains some of the sweetest and most affecting lyrics IContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Lee Mallory — “Come On In (Ode to the Be-In)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 19, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,884) Gordon Alexander — “Windy Wednesday” Ethereal pop psych for gentle people from “an L.A. singer songwriter who once got mentioned in the same breath as Harry Nilsson [see #1,168, 1,298, 1,854] and Randy Newman [see #174] . . . [and] now rememberedContinue reading “Gordon Alexander — “Windy Wednesday”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 18, 2026”