MY 60's & 70's PLAYLIST (Part 1)

THESE are my all-time favorite singles since the 60's up to wherever my memory takes me (with invaluable help from Google and Spotify).

60's 

•  "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (1962)/Procol Harum. Undying organ riff.
•  "Like a Rolling Stone" (1965)/Bob Dylan. Angst-driven rock.
• "Penny Lane" (1967)/Beatles. Meticulously orchestrated.
• "Turn, Turn, Turn" (1965)/Byrds. Spiritual message for believers.
• "Louie, Louie" (1963)/The Kingsmen. A mixture of rock and soul.
• "Don't Worry Baby" (1964)/Beach Boys. Groovy vocal harmonies.
• "Groovin' " (1967)/Young Rascals. Chill music while driving on traffic-free Sundays.
• "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (1966)/Simon & Garfunkel. Simple yet elegant plucking.
• "My Generation" (1965)/The Who. "Hope I die before I get old." Buhay pa ang lolo mong Pete Townshend.
• "All Day and All of the Night" (1965)/The Kinks. One of the earliest punk songs.
• "Soul Kitchen" (1967)/The Doors. Danceable groove.
• "Sunshine of Your Love" (1967)/Cream. Eric Clapton soloed on this.
• "The 59th Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" (1966)/Simon & Garfunkel. Good bass line on the break.
• "You Really Got Me" (1964)/The Kinks. Long before punk was born...
• "Dear Mr. Fantasy" (1967)/Traffic. Steve Winwood, one of their generation's best crooners.
• "Do You Believe in Magic" (1965)/Lovin' Spoonful. Enigmatic John Sebastian's group before going solo.
• "Sympathy for the Devil" (1968)/Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger's vocals did not disappoint as always.
• "Strawberry Fields Forever" (1967)/Beatles. Psychedelic John Lennon at his finest.
• "Drive My Car" (1965)/Beatles. Feel good vibes while cruising.
• "Dance to the Music" (1968)/Sly & the Family Stone. The inventors of funk.
• "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963)/Bob Dylan. Prophetic words indeed.
• "Here Comes the Sun" (1969)/Beatles. Good music to start the day right.

70’s

• "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (1971)/Marvin Gaye. A classic song like this never fades away.
• "Whenever I Call You Friend" (1978)/Kenny Loggins feat. Stevie Nicks. Their vocals complement each other.
• "Sweet Home Alabama" (1973)/Lynyrd Skynyrd. Good for head-bobbing.
• "Maggie May" (1971)/Rod Stewart. Before he sold out.
• "Running on Empty" (1977)/Jackson Browne. Another grizzled vet on the scene.  
• "What's Going On" (1971)/Marvin Gaye. Message galore for positivity.
• "Purple Haze" (1970)/Jimi Hendrix. The first song I learned to play in my guitar.
• "Take It Easy" (1977)/Eagles. Well-executed vocal harmonies.
• "Black Dog" (1971)/Led Zeppelin. The first heavy metal band.
• "Himig Natin" (1975)/Juan dela Cruz Band. The precursor, the conduit before the OPM invasion.
• "Midnight Rider" (1970)/The Allman Brothers Band. The wailing is unmistakably Gregg's.
• "Ventura Highway" (1972)/America. Another track for long drives.
• "Can We Still Be Friends" (1978)/Todd Rundgren. Multi-instrumentalist Todd's biggest hit.
• "What a Fool Believes" (1978)/Doobie Brothers. Michael McDonald never ceases to amaze.
• "Do It Again" (1972)/Steely Dan. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker's first foray into the scene.
• "Moonshadow" (1971)/Cat Stevens. Reminds me of "little people" dancing in a dimly-lit garden.
• "Time in a Bottle" (1973)/Jim Croce. Jim's song for his first-born.
• "Sultans of Swing" (1978)/Dire Straits. I first heard this one in Tagaytay.
• "Hummingbird" (1972)/Seals & Crofts. Intricately-crafted guitar lines.
• "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" (1970)/Creedence Clearwater Revival. A song everyone wants to have written by themselves.
• "Blinded by the Light" (1976)/Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Hypnotic organ-riffing.
• "Roxanne" (1978)/The Police. Rock treatise for the "red light" girls.
• "Fire and Rain" (1970)/James Taylor. His first plunge into immortality.
• "Lido Shuffle" (1976)/Boz Scaggs. Blue-eyed soul.
• "The Road" (1972)/Danny O'Keefe. An obscure act worth mentioning.
• "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" (1972)/Looking Glass. Another one of those one-hit    wonder groups.
• "Morning Has Broken" (1971)/Cat Stevens. Check out the piano accompaniment.

➽➽   Watch out for Part 2 of 60’s and 70’s favorites.

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