I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like
It's got a basket, a bell that rings
And things to make it look good ...
Pink Floyd
#ThePiperAtTheGatesOfDawn (1967)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=POla...
A throwaway from Syd which doesn't half grow on you - #PsychCLASSIC #SixtiesCRACKER
At precisely eight-o-five
Doctor Frederick von Meier
Will attempt his famous dive ...
The United States Of America
#TheUnitedStatesOfAmerica (1968)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYAk...
L.A. based outfit which produced one album and that was it - #PsychCLASSIC #SixtiesCRACKER
"Gold And Silver"
Quicksilver Messenger Service
#QuicksilverMessengerService (debut LP, 1968)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmhT...
West Coast jam starring #JohnCipollina - #PsychCLASSIC #SixtiesCRACKER
You ask me if there'll come a time
When I grow tired of you ...
The Association (1967)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzgp...
A band that never had the recognition in the UK that they had in the US, an absurd situation when they produced singles like this - #SixtiesCRACKER
Come to my door, baby, face is clean and shining black as night ...
Janis Ian (1966)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QPF...
A record which was very controversial when it was released - one company (Atlantic) refused to take it - Janis was 15 at the date of release #SixtiesCRACKER
I can feel a new expression on my face
I can feel a glowing sensation taking place ...
The Searchers (1964)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcVc...
Written and first recorded by #JackieDeShannon (in '63) but I marginally prefer the Seachers' take - #SixtiesCRACKER #JingleJangle
Don't you have a word to show what may be done
Have you never heard a way to find the sun ...
Nick Drake
#FiveLeavesLeft (1969)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW2m...
#SixtiesCRACKER
Some words are best not spoken
Some things are best not said
Mouse And The Traps (1966)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q3D...
More of a cult track than a major hit (though it did have success in Texas and achieved low #Hot100), note the #Dylan pastiche from co-writer #Ronnie"Mouse"Weiss #SixtiesCRACKER
If I got on my knees and I pleaded with you
Not to go but to stay in my arms ...
The Drifters (1961)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iY2...
From before we'd really taken them to our hearts - a beaut of a song from #Bacharach & #Hilliard given a great treatment - #RudyLewis on lead vocal - #SixtiesCRACKER
Daytime just makes me feel lonely
At night I can only dream about you ...
The Byrds
#Mr.TambourineMan (1965)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLHM...
One of 5 songs credited to #GeneClark (with 2 as co-writes with #McGuinn) on the Byrds debut LP - #SixtiesCRACKER #Jinglejangle
When the deep purple falls
Over sleepy garden walls ...
Nino Tempo & April Stevens (1963)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGDb...
A cleverly refashioned oldie from the brother/sister pairing captured the world in mid/late '63 - number one in #Hot100 - #SixtiesCRACKER
I thought I could find
The kind of girl ...
Cliff Bennett
And The Rebel Rousers (1964)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_3I...
Originally from #TheDrifters with song written by #BertBerns & #JerryRagavoy, it was the first of two UK #TopTen entries for Cliff- #SixtiesCRACKER
See my friends,
See my friends,
Layin' 'cross the river ...
The Kinks (1965)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEc8...
One of the many gems seemingly tossed off with total ease by #RayDavies - #SixtiesCRACKER
I'm comin' home, baby now
I'm comin' home now, right away ...
Mel Tormé (1962)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBug...
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