Leonard Cohen, “”So Long, Marianne”, 66. — Bonnie Stiernberg, Everyone from The Beatles to She & Him has covered this track, but no one can touch the original. In this performance from 1973—the first time the trio had performed together in years—their harmonies are ragged and the delivery unrehearsed, but regardless, just having these musicians playing together again, and more importantly, obviously enjoying it, was a cause for celebration. List of 100 Greatest Songs From 1960 plus 20 more songs worth mentioning and editors picks for an unheralded great record for the year 1960. They may have been beaten to the punch by Nina Simone and Bob Dylan, who both recorded versions of the song earlier, but it’s The Animals whose rendition dominated the hearts of listeners for decades to come. —Hilary Saunders. Here are some of the best rock songs of the earlier part of the decade! 27.08.2017 - Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. In 2015, the US Library of Congress added “Stand By Me” to the National Recording Registry, declaring that “it was King’s incandescent vocal that made it a classic.” —Danielle Ryan, It’s impossible to get a proper education on the Vietnam War without listening to this iconic and subversive song. Soul Brother Number One James Brown, Guitar Hero Number One Jimi Hendrix, This list contains artists known primarily for one hit song in the United States, who are described as one-hit wonders by the media. Oldies und Rocksongs , gerne auch Blues könnt ihr hier posten .Es hat sich von Anfang an bewährt in meinen Gruppen, 3 Songs als Notiz zu posten und weitere songs als Kommis aus Rücksicht der Gruppe . —Logan Lockner, David Ruffin’s smiling vocals, that bass hook and those pentatonic scales all make this feel-good track unforgettable. —Kurt Suchman, The early days of rock music found its many stars and wannabe stars digging through the treasure trove of folk and blues for inspiration. —Ron Hart, This song became a big deal even before the 13th state in the union officially decreed it the official state song in 1979. —Robert Ham, Just as “Umbrella” was kicked down to Rihanna after being rejected by Britney’s label, so too did a dozen or so other bands refuse to record “Happy Together” before it was offered to The Turtles in 1967. —Paste Archives, The Monkees didn’t form; the band was made – in this case for an American TV show inspired by The Beatles’ film A Hard Day’s Night. The Mamas & the Papas, “California Dreamin’”, 51. Some insist that punk rock started in the U.K. in the ’70s; the Sonics tell us otherwise. Sam Cooke, “A Change is Gonna Come”, 2. Those unforgettable power chords laid the groundwork for generations of hard rock bands to come. “A Day in the Life” is the consummate example of how perfectly their collaboration could work when the elements mashed. The English rockers hit No. The Sonics, “Have Love Will Travel”, 68. —Adam Vitcavage, The Byrds—a ‘60s group including the folks who went on to become Crosby, Stills, and Nash—are eclectic. Soul, blues, jazz, pop—put it in front of her, and she could sing it, breaking your heart on one track by sounding gritty, raw and broken before putting a big, stupid grin on your face on the next song with vocals that were smooth and pristine. The Blues rock genre that gained momentum in the 60s and early 70s made way for a whole new wave of musicians. It’s one of the better love songs of the ‘60s because of its doe-eyed simplicity, the ease of its melody, and, of course, the power of Valli’s voice when he belts the iconic “I LOVE YOU BABY!” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” will remain a classic until drunk grooms stop singing it at weddings, which is to say that it will always be a classic. Everybody look what’s going down…” The title of the song is perfect: “For What It’s Worth.” There is no bitterness, no dialectic…just description, and a word of unspoken advice: hold back from the battle—look around—we’ve already won the War. Sie verbreiteten diese Vibes, die einzigartig waren und immer noch nachklingen. Rock ’n’ Roll (kurz für Rock[ing] and Roll[ing]) ist ein nicht klar umrissener Begriff für eine US-amerikanische Musikrichtung der 1950er- und frühen 1960er-Jahre und das damit verbundene Lebensgefühl einer Jugend-Protestkultur. Otis Redding, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”, 17. In honor of the 50th anniversary of Monterey Pop Fest and the Summer of Love, here are the 50 best psychedelic rock records of 1967, from Jefferson Airplane to Love to … With 50 years of study, it’s easy today to see the song’s surrealistic lyrics for what they were—a knowing retort, but empathetic, to a privileged woman who has had her comeuppance. (“This album is eclectic?) “There’s something happening here; what it is ain’t exactly clear. List of 100 Greatest Songs From 1960 plus 20 more songs worth mentioning and editors picks for an unheralded great record for the year 1960. The Divers. The arrangement of this song is flat out ridiculous with those incessant castanets and the string section that dips and dives through the song like an excited bird. —Steve Rosen, It’s telling that, 40-plus years after its initial release, “Space Oddity” remains a weird, weird song. —Hilary Saunders, As a song about endurance, it is fitting that “The Boxer” remains a powerful and lasting anthem. —Kurt Suchman, “The Weight” remains The Band’s most well-known song to date, and who can complain with that? The Sonics were uglier, louder and scarier than anything that had floated this way during the British Invasion. Turn!, _said. Other acts have since recorded “Wild Thing,” including Jimi Hendrix, The Runaways, X, Cheap Trick, Liz Phair, Sam Kinison and, of course, Animal from The Muppet Show. One of many Lynn songs banned for their candor, the Kentuckian singer lobs a perky opening salvo at the bigmouth homewrecker. Hendrix exudes soulful swagger, dripping with leering bravado and uncoiled sexuality. Secret Agent Man war einer seiner größten Songs, ein Rock’n’Roll-Hammer, der jede 60s-Party sprengt und sich ebenfalls gut in einem Tarantino-Film machen würde – das Gitarrenriff am Anfang erinnert jedenfalls stark an Pulp Fiction. The real story is that the song had been around for about a decade before The Righteous Brothers decided to record it for their 1967 album Just Once In My Life. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for 60's Greatest Rock & Roll Hits - Various Artists on AllMusic - 1998 - Madacy's three-disc set 60's Greatest Rock &… Though Simon admitted later to being inspired to write that lyric after turning off the bathroom light during a songwriting session (for the bathroom often has the best acoustics), the song is a perceptive commentary on people’s inability to communicate. 2013 Preview SONG TIME I Want A Baby Like You. Though hailing from Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit, the song has been covered by everyone from The Beatles to The Carpenters to The Saturdays. —Robert Ham, There is a reason everyone in the karaoke booth fights over covering this classic tear-jerker and if we have to tell you, well, you just wouldn’t understand. Country: Germany • Genre: Jazz, Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop, Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen • Style: Big Band, Pop Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Vocal, Doo Wop For a hopeful and everlasting sentiment, the song’s final line reads, “I am leaving, I am leaving / But the fighter still remains.” —Laura Stanley, Has there been any song from the ‘60s that has been more watered down and neutered by its continued use in commercials, TV shows, and films than “Born To Be Wild?” There are likely arguments to be made for a lot of tunes from that decade, but the unbound spirit and thudding oomph of this song has lost all its meaning as a result. The song is vocally percussive, yet smooth and swaying; its bold lyrics are both timely for the era, yet utterly timeless in an age where Black Lives Matter. It’s impossible. They were also playing what was essentially punk rock in the small town of Tacoma, Wash. one year before bands like The Seeds and the 13th Floor Elevators had done anything, three years before the Brits gave us The Pretty Things or The Deviants, and almost five years before The Stooges and MC5 blew up Detroit. Smokey Robinson, “Tears of a Clown”, 58. (But don’t worry, you can just click here to find our best-of lists for some of those bands like The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Kinks, and The Velvet Underground.) Fogerty gave the people a voice so unique and honest that you couldn’t ignore it. Divested of any visual accompaniment, “Born” still sounds as fierce as ever with a searing guitar hook and growling vocal performance by John Kay that laid the template for hard rock and heavy metal. But the prominence of the form undermines our knowing anything about all that. Nina Simone, “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black”, 40. But its titular song stands today as an immortal girl-group pop hit, a nuanced juxtaposition of little-girl sweetness and adult tragedy. Who’s your daddy?” gives the song an added risqué allure. — Bonnie Stiernberg, The first of two appearances James Brown made on The Ed Sullivan Show included this song and “Papa’s Got A Brand New Back” (see below) back in 1966. “I Got You (I Feel Good)” is his highest-charting single, though, lead by Brown’s squeals, yelps, and shaking hips. The news went everywhere…I was overwhelmed by it.”, This song incorporates so many important elements of R&B in the ‘60s—the call and response of “All you wanna do is ride around Sally” and “Ride, Sally, ride,” the 12-bar blues, and the brass funkiness. “I turned 21 in prison doing life without parole / No one could steer me right, but mama tried—mama tried” may not have been strictly autobiographical—Haggard never served a life sentence, after all—but he did his share of hard time for offenses beginning in his teenage years. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for 100 Golden Jukebox Oldies of the 50s, 60s & 70s - Various Artists on AllMusic - 2006 And over which, Dylan’s strange lyrics seem triumphant, yet also full of warning, as his unglamorous voice brimming with attitude, holds onto syllables as if they were gleeful riders on a hurtling-downward roller-coaster. All Rights Reserved, 100. —Robert Ham, Being of a certain age, this song will forever be cemented in my mind as the one that soundtracks Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore getting all sensual with clay in Ghost. Here you will find songs from the 60's which saw the evolution of rock and it's many variants including pop rock, folk rock, blues rock, beat and psychedelic rock to name a few. That voice—sounding pissed and possessed—lit up the band’s two releases, 1965’s Here Are The Sonics and Boom, released the following year. Turn! - - For Links to - - Rock, Reggae, Prog, and more music lists, Click "Main Music Page". 1 singles by the time this single was released in 1968, but the country star’s incarceration a decade earlier gives this rueful number a particular authenticity. Wo man auch ist auf der Welt: So spielte Bob Dylan anfangs Stücke von Woodie Guthrie, die Beatles übernahmen Songs von Little Richard und Carl Perkins, die Rolling Stones spielten Blues von B. The Rolling Stones, “Gimme Shelter”. —Laura Stanley, The King of Soul was known at times as a gospel prodigy, a pop star, and a stirring soul singer, but with this song, he cemented his place as a voice in the Civil Rights Movement. Whether the lyrics implied drug consumption (as listeners suspected) or a foggy-brained love song (as Hendrix claimed) is irrelevant. He sings phrases like “Mystery tramp?” “Chrome horse with your diplomat?” “Napoleon in rags?” as if they were a new language, a secret code, masquerading as popular song. —Robert Ham, The key to loving this song is to falling hard for the very end when lead Angel Peggy Santiglia moves past the restraint she’s exhibited for the rest of the song and starts singing for the rafters. Various – Heartbreaker (Die Schönsten Lovesongs Der 50er Und 60er Jahre) Und am Wochenende trampten halberleuchtete Zeitgenossen Garage rock was a raw form of rock music, particularly prevalent in North America in the mid-1960s and is called such because of the perception that many of the bands rehearsed in a suburban family garage. Even if its demarcation of “soft rock” is a bit belittling, this sing-along has endured over the decades. Singles were everywhere, played on radio, put onto jukeboxes and, more importantly, bought in their millions by fans. —Logan Lockner, A hauntingly beautiful tale of unrequited love, “Pale Blue Eyes” is about recognizing you’re being used and allowing it to happen anyway. It wasn’t the record’s first single, but it’s no doubt the most enduring, and a permanent soundtrack to late-’60s counterculture. Here are the 100 best songs from the ‘60s. The Crystals, “Then He Kissed Me”, 92. Though seemingly saccharine thanks to Bobbie Gentry’s sweet soprano and the song’s repetitive structure, the lyrics actually detail a violent scene, as “Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge.” Even still, the song spent four weeks at No.1 in 1967. —Hilary Saunders, King and Queen, consisting of duets between Stax stars Otis Redding and Carla Thomas, was the last album Redding would release in his lifetime. — Bonnie Stiernberg, No one wonders why bands still love to cover “I Wanna be Your Dog” in 2014. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Rock 'n' Roll Jukebox: Hits from the '50s & '60s - Various Artists on AllMusic View (or listen) to the best hits from the '60s here! —Robert Ham, We once designated this song as one of 10 songs people need to stop covering. When R&B legend, pianist, singer, and songwriter Ray Charles covered this old tune from the ‘30s, it leapt to the top of the charts in 1960. A simple tune, not full of the vocal theatrics that he so often performed, it could easily start conversations about the Otis Redding that could have come. Furthermore, the track introduces the arrival of John Entwistle as the undisputed king of his instrument and perhaps the most memorable stutter in all of rock history. Love is right when it’s simple, and it is in the simplicity of “Be My Baby” that makes it so ingenious. What started out as a folk-rock style on the first album has been turned, via repetition, into a form. Wahnsinn . In den 60er Jahren wandelte sich die Musik vom leicht konsumierbaren Dreiminutensong in politischen Tiefgang. That’s what the guy on the back of their second album _ Turn! 1. There were points during that time when, despite the ire of rock ‘n’ roll hipsters, the so-called pre-fab four outsold their Liverpudlian predecessors, thanks in large part to the bouncing pop of 1966’s single “I’m A Believer.” Ultimately, The Monkees enjoy a kind of iconic pop culture status both because of and in spite of the unusual and even existential way the group came to be. It was a call to liberation. —Robert Ham, California, land of Ronald Reagan and P. F. Sloan, deserves the credit for latching on to these four wanderers long enough to record them and turn them into superstars. —Max Blau, The Shangri-Las’ 1965 album Leader of the Pack never performed as well on the charts as the singles it spawned. Progressive rock strengthened its roots and the Canterbury scene which emerged saw jazz-rock and jazz fusion elements used creatively and innovatively. Noel Redding’s bass bobs and weaves around howling guitar leads. “Have Love Will Travel” isn’t as in-your-face as “The Witch” or “Strychnine,” but it’s still a primal slab of garage rock (the skronky sax solo rips, too). And Cooke, whose sweet, smooth voice flows as easily as the river he sings he was born by, embodies each of these former selves at once. The term may also be applied to an artist who is remembered for only one hit despite other successes. Die Musik war wild und gefährlich und bewußtseinserweiternd. —Bryan C. Reed, Condense everything that made the Stax sound so gritty into one three-minute capsule, and you’ll get “Green Onions.” The label’s most recognizable melody—inspired, allegedly, by Ray Charles—came from Booker T. and the MG’s, Stax’s long-time house band and one of the most racially integrated soul groups of all time. —Marcus J. Moore, If you were to round up a team of the world’s finest scientists, mathematicians and pollsters to determine the most instantly recognizable guitar riff of all time and came back with anything other than the pure bliss of Keith Richards’ fuzzed-out “Satisfaction” intro, we’d tell you to throw out all your data and go back to the drawing board. This was only a prelude to the true greatness to come. Led Zeppelin, “Dazed and Confused”, 76. And the vocal is framed with precision and love by the instrumental solos: guitar at the opening, electric violin and flute in the middle of the song. —Tyler Kane, Starr was given the chance to record this snarly, iconic protest song after it was decided that it was too controversial for The Temptations. However, whether he liked it or not, “Brown Eyed Girl” has since become his reluctant calling card, the one Van Morrison song everyone seems to know about due to its firm place on classic rock radio, its appearance in such acclaimed films as The Big Chill and Born on the Fourth of July and the fact its a song in regular rotation in the iPods of no less than two American presidents. Turn! By the time MacLean completed it, though, Love was already working on their seminal 1967 record Forever Changes. Big Brother and the Holding Company, “Piece of My Heart”, 29. Pop/Rock » Foreign Language Rock » French Rock France had a subculture of musicians who performed hard-driving rock & roll. Apparently the Sinatra gene runs strong. The soft layer of sound created by Simon’s guitar is pierced by fierce beats on a snare drum that makes one of the best instrumental moments from any Simon & Garfunkel song. —Doug Heselgrave, I remember the exact moment I found the deeper meaning to “I Want To Hold Your Hand.” I sat in a London hotel room too fancy for two college freshmen to inhabit and babbled to my best friend about how electric the most common tactile gestures become when you fall in love. James Brown, “I Got You (I Feel Good)”, 16. But, the Godfather of Soul’s performance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1966 helped secure this song’s importance simply because of the fancy footwork he showcases here. But within the band’s own history, “Crimson and Clover” served as the turning point for more conceptual work. Even though he’s gone on to write literally thousands of great songs since then, nothing has ever surpassed the sincerity and passion the 21- year-old musician poured into every track on the record. 27.08.2017 - Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Columbia Records was more than happy to bring in members of the Wrecking Crew for session work to help supplement their meager earnings from Berry Gordy. Zu den besten Rock-Liedern! And that’s very strange and also very sad. Robinson remarked that it “sounded like a circus,” and the rest, as they say, is history. Top 200 Rock Songs der 60er, 70er, 80er, 90er Ike & Tina Turner, “River Deep – Mountain High”, 73. There was also the onset of the British Invasion with the ever popular Beatles and Rolling Stones. — Bonnie Stiernberg, This song is the consummate piece of early ‘60s pop. The Animals, “House of the Rising Sun”, 26. Shop Vinyl and CDs and complete your collection. Mitch Mitchell’s drums go off like funky firecrackers. Fun fact: On drums is none other than Marvin Gaye. It may have been a hard left turn away from the blues-based rock and pop the group was doing up to that point, but that doesn’t diminish the song’s power one iota. 100 Greatest Songs of the 60s and 70s. —Josh Jackson, Supposedly, this ballad was written as a response to the turbulent times when the Civil Rights Movement and anti-war protests were reaching their peak temperatures. The Mamas and the Papas are extremely sensitive to their material and to the impact of their finished product (producer Lou Adler probably deserves quite a bit of the credit here); their whole gimmick, if you want to call it that, is complex harmonies, each group member singing on one or several tracks which, when all mixed together, produce a new sort of harmony, not at all choral. “A Change is Gonna Come” was released during the end of a tempestuous 1964. True to the title and the song’s worshipful spirit, it moves up into the stratosphere with each passing minute with the help of Jackie Wilson’s unbound falsetto and a bridge section that lets the horns burst out like a heavenly call to action. — Bonnie Stiernberg, This 1964 single maybe have been the last time Roy Orbison reached the top of the charts in the U.S., but the impact it had on the pop music world was marked. — Bonnie Stiernberg, “Hello, darkness, my old friend / I’ve come to talk with you again.” Arrested Development jokes aside, this lyric from “The Sound of Silence” is one of the most iconic song openers in music. The track was a fresh take from Dylan’s stripped folk version. I was an unknown songwriter at the time and it was just an idea I had. Peter, Paul and Mary, “If I Had A Hammer”, 43. Including rock ‘n’ roll, itself. But with “Gimme Shelter,” the Stones—those Satanic majesties—go full-tilt to the dark side, reflecting all the apocalyptic anxiety of the Vietnam era without ever directly referencing the conflict that defined their generation. Rather, Like a Rolling Stone”’s intended audience saw themselves as the subject, the “you,” at the same time they were being shaken by their country’s violence in the mid- to late-1960s. Rock-, Beat- und POP-Gruppen Diese Seite enthält eine (unvollständige) Liste bekannter Bands der 60er-Jahre. The very concept of the song (“California dreamin’ on such a winter’s day”) is evocative; but it is the execution of the song that makes it a masterpiece. She was thrilled. Merry Clayton’s wailing vocal solo is positively chilling, but in the end, there’s a glimmer of hope that reminds us that maybe this song and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” aren’t so different after all: “Love, sister, is just a kiss away.” — Bonnie Stiernberg, This was one of the first pop songs to include “God’ in its name. —Robert Ham, Covered by the likes of Calexico and The Damned, “Alone Again Or” was written by Love guitarist Bryan MacLean, and intended for the band’s 1965 debut. Paste compiled the 100 best songs of the 1960s by whittling down a list of more than 500 songs. I think it’s time we stop, children, what’s that sound? The Zombies, “Time of the Season”, 19. Marty Balin and Grace Slick’s harmonization remains one of the first important guy/gal pairings that has influenced countless bands through the decades. hinauf zum Grand Canyon, einzig und allein bekleidet mit Schlafsack und einem Buch von Hermann Hesse. I said “hi” to Caroline, said a few words, and then I told her the story about how the song title came from a photo I’d seen of her and her little pony.
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