Melting Pot – Blue Mink -Went to #3 in the UK. The songwriting tandem here of Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway would go on to write “You’ve Got Your Troubles”, “I’ve Got You On My Mind” and “I’d Like To Teach the World To Sing”.[
Mercy – The Ohio Express-Sounds too much like “Alouette”
Mighty Joe – Shocking Blue-Aside from the worldwide smash “Venus” , this band had a heavy side to their sound which is on display here. Vocalist Mariska Veres is one of the truly unheralded great pop artists.
Mighty Mighty (Spade And Whitey) – The Impressions-Curtis Mayfield is the man. It’s a stone groove.
Monkey Man – Toots And The Maytals-The original and best version of the song.
Moody Woman – Jerry Butler-Ex-Impressions and rock and roll hall of famer-Nicknamed “The Iceman” for his cool soulful vocal delivery.
More Today Than Yesterday – The Spiral Starecase-Another one-hit wonder from this year, it still gets heavy rotation on the oldies stations.
Morning Girl – The Neon Philharmonic-Kind of a pseudo psychedelic-baroque pop number that was the only hit for this band.
Mother Popcorn – James Brown- James gets even funkier here, if that’s even possible.
Music For My Mother – Funkadelic-“Way back yonder funk” like the song says-Very heavy, almost a jam band kind of funk approach.
My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy – Dolly Parton-An amazing country song about a girl who travels to the big city with big dreams, but ends up as a prostitute. Quite the controversial subject matter for this or any time.
My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder-What struck me the most about listening to this closely is how it has drums AND bongos, plus strings, guitar bass and vocals. With all of those pieces, it doesn’t sound cluttered at all. One of Stevie’s masterpieces.
My Way – Frank Sinatra-Don’t sing this in the Philippines or you might get shot. Paul Anka acquired the rights to the melody for no cost, and wrote the lyrics about Frank, for Frank to sing.
My Whole World Ended – David Ruffin-Heard this one on the commute in to work this morning, and David Ruffin has got to be one of the great underappreciated soul singers of all time. Tremendous range with just the right amount of emotion and raspiness