Tonight's Play List: The 1960s. From a melody/harmony point of view.

[Taverner]

Everything That Touches You The Association
Do You Believe In Magic? The Lovin' Spoonful
Monday, Monday The Mamas & The Papas
Never My Love The Association
Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) The Mamas & The Papas
You Didn't Have To Be So Nice The Lovin' Spoonful
Cherish The Association
I Saw Her Again (Single Version) The Mamas & The Papas
59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) Harpers Bizarre
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? Chicago
Watch The Flowers Grow The Wonder Who?
Safe in My Garden The Mamas & The Papas
We Love The Association
Daydream The Lovin' Spoonful
Get Together The Youngbloods
Creeque Alley (Single Version) The Mamas & The Papas
New World Coming Cass Elliot
Summer In The City The Lovin' Spoonful
Make Your Own Kind Of Music Mama Cass
Up, Up and Away The 5th Dimension
Darlin Be Home Soon The Lovin' Spoonful
Darkness, Darkness The Youngbloods
It's Getting Better Mama Cass
C.C. Rider The Youngbloods

[kwassa]

1. What? No rock 'n roll?

[Taverner]

2. Oh not dissing the Stones.

Just not part of tonight's soundtrack

Only harmony/melody stuff

[kwassa]

3. Temptations, Supremes, Four Tops, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Gladys Knight and the Pips,

Isley Brothers ...

The Beach Boys. The 5th Dimension.

[Taverner]

4. Yeah yeah and yeah

But that isn't the same sub-sub-sub genre as The Association, Gary Puckett, etc....

You see, at this time there was no Blue Eyed Soul if you can believe it...

[kwassa]

9. you need to define your paramaters

A lot happened in the 60s, with different major musical movements. Harmony/melody is too broad.

[Taverner]

18. I'm kind of going with the whole Pre-Blue Eyed Soul thing...

So actual real soul couldn't be on this list

It would blow the blue eyed variety away

Sam and Dave were, like all of Stax and Motown, years ahead of everything else.

There's an SNL skit with Ray Charles writing for a typical proto-blue-eyed soul band that's hilarious

[kwassa]

20. Most of your choices aren't blue-eyed soul.

as they are harmonic traditions that have nothing to do with soul music. Close harmony singing is universal in American musical heritage; there is no singular link to the African-American singing traditions.

The Righteous Brothers are blue-eyed soul. Stevie Winwood, with the Spencer Davis group, and Van Morrison are blue-eyed soul. David Bowie at times is blue-eyed soul.

The difference is that there are white singers singing in an African-American style. To some degree, all the blues rockers of the 60s and 70s were blue-eyed soul singers, imitating black bluesmen.

Currently, Robin Thicke and Justin Timberlake are blue-eyes soulsters.

Back in the day, Wild Cherry, the Average White Band, the Bee Gees, Hall & Oates, and more recently, Amy Winehouse, Joss Stone, Duffy, and Adele qualify.

[elleng]

5. THANKS for ALL the earworms!!!

[Wounded Bear]

6. Simon & Garfunkel...

The Sounds of Silence album.

Sounds of Silence
Kathy's Song
April, Come She Will

[Taverner]

7. Those three would definitely make the cut

Peter Paul and Mary, dog I love 'em, would not

[pipi_k]

8. From the virtual princes

of harmony (IMO)...

lots of songs in the 1960s by the Everly Brothers...

Let It Be Me

Like Strangers

All I Have To Do Is Dream

and more...




Then there's Connie Francis, who sometimes harmonized with herself...

My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own

Breaking In A Brand New Broken Heart

[Iggo]

10. Damn good list.

[Boomerproud]

11. Here's more to add to your great list.

"This Boy" would also make the grade.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. Wonderful list - I grew up in the 60s and I especially loved the Seekers

I played in rock and blues bands and was a true Hendrix fanatic and saw three of his performances. But I had a special place in my heart for The Seekers and the golden voice of their angelic singer Judith Durham. These Aussies were in a class by themselves and to me were the best vocal group of the era. In my estimation, there was no one who had the power, the sweetness, the range, and the expressiveness of Judith Durham, not even the great Mama Cass or the wonderful blue-eyed soul of Dusty Springfield.

[Taverner]

19. The 60's-70's were a rennisance in Rock

The 80's - not so much so

Sure, there were Talking Heads, The Clash, etc...

But it was the marriage of the folk scene coming out of the village with the acid scene coming out of SF

Throw in some blues, some LA, some Beach Boys harmonies and John Sebastian somewhere. That cat always has to be somewhere.

[Trailrider1951]

13. Wonderful collection, everyone! Lots o' memories

How about one from the Hollies?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

14. I was jealous of the Hollies when I was a kid in the 60s

My Junior high girlfriend Priscilla was head over heels in love with Tony Hicks of the Hollies and I hated him (although I still loved this song). I remember girls arguing over who was cuter to them, Paul McCartney or Tony Hicks (I'd tell my girlfriend I thought he looked like a girl). He sings the second verse. It's interesting that the Hollies would have three different guys singing verses of this song.

[graham4anything]

15. Great song list, but add some Pet Clark & Turtles & Union Gap. nt.

[Tom Ripley]

16. The Walker Brothers "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"

[olddots]

17. Sam & Dave , Sam & Dave

oh and Sam & Dave