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1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 310 to 301
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1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 320 to 311
Orbison detonated a small emotional explosion
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 330 to 321
“Sittin’ here in la la/Waitin’ for my ya ya.”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 340 to 331
Alexander is the only songwriter whose material was covered by Bob Dylan (“Sally Sue Brown”), The Beatles (“Anna (Go to Him)”), The Rolling Stones (“You Better Move On”), and Elvis Presley (“Burning Love”)
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 350 to 341
“That’s why I left. I was so alone. They gave me everything – coats, cars. But not love.”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 360 to 351
The Rolling Stones learned the song from Irma Thomas
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 370 to 361
the first female artist to be signed to a Motown related label
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 380 to 371
He worked construction. He hauled sugar cane. He bought a truck; he’d haul scrap iron, he worked at a service station.
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 390 to 381
A strange, tormented sermon
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 400 to 391
“I was just a painted doll, nobody could ever reach me.”
“Outlaws & Armadillos: Country’s Roaring ‘70s” Reviewed
hits the mark for the abiding attributes of lovable losers and no account boozers
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 410 to 401
“money for old rope!”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 420 to 411
“I wrote ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ in 10 minutes”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 430 to 421
“Success” was Loretta’s first Top Ten single
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 450 to 441
“it’s not you, it’s me; breakup song.”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 460 to 451
fuzzy, dirty, live, filthy
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 500 to 491
the moment when Brown fully moved from soul to funk
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 510 to 501
doesn’t contain a single rhyme, yet nothing sounds forced in its structure
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 530 to 521
too heavy for The Supremes
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 540 to 531
an amazing simulation of Elvis
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 550 to 541
beginning his rise as an international superstar
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 560 to 551
another beginning, musically and professionally
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 570 to 561
Townshend developed the concept album
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 590 to 581
represents Vegas well
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 600 to 591
Michael Martin Murphy and I Monkee around.
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 610 to 601
an almost inconceivable 95% supertax during 1966
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 620 to 611
a perfect pop confection
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 630 to 621
Resulted in his touring band being named The Strangers
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 640 to 631
her best work has a timeless quality that continues to be influential
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 650 to 641
Otis Redding took the song from Wright in the same way that Aretha took “Respect” from Otis
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 660 to 651
“we pinched from the very first Velvet Underground album”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 670 to 661
they evolved into the pop band
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 680 to 671
inspired by an innocent event
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this forlorn look at departure
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 700 to 691
given the last name “Checker” by Dick Clark’s wife Barbara
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 710 to 701
a variation on the concept that the more things change
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 720 to 711
a playful number that evolved into the de facto “Peanuts” theme song
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 730 to 721
Vegas sex appeal image
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 740 to 731
A new kind of imagery
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 750 to 741
‘What about this then?’
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 760 to 751
“Shirley Owens was the leader of the girl group to lead all girl groups”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 770 to 761
those were simpler times
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 780 to 771
If you’ve ever wondered what Burt Bacharach and Hal David would have sounded like working at Motown
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 790 to 781
The tale of the mislabeled lad who hated his deadbeat dad.
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 810 to 801
“Those wailing horns, lushly expanding and contracting, would be the basis for many a Motown song”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 820 to 811
“Who’s the fag guitarist over there?”
Steve Crawford’s Top 25 Songs of 2017
Free pithy commentary
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 830 to 821
Alpert crooning to his wife
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 840 to 831
I’m only interested in Yoko and peace
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 850 to 841
where a drunken truck driver plays the horses
