Using the "Wayback" machine. I was born in 1960. Radio or Albums during the day and TV during and after dinner. Watching Walter Cronkite on the news. I started school in 1967. Got to see the moon landing and the return of the astronauts. Seeing the orange and white parachutes was amazing. NASA was great for sending pictures and info to school kids. In a lot of ways Music defined the times. Nowadays what is called music is not interesting. Older groups like Fleetwood Mac still keep me interested. I am 63 and am not a driving force in anything. I have fond memories of music and not so fond of tragic events. Watch the nightly news with reporters on the frontline in Vietnam. The one common thread was music. As Don Mclean said, "can music save your mortal soul." I have the same question. I think differently. Music marked the time and created the history. Sometimes the music makes me cry. Just a profound loss. As if we are only hearing echos of time long past. A time that was and will never be again. Sometimes I believe that if we forget the times they will disappear like smoke in a breeze.
I was only 3in 1965, but I had close cousins 7, 10 and 14 years older who were huge music and Beatles fans. My oldest cousin even cut a record at 17 in '64 that became a small local hit called " Just a little bit sweeter" (he recorded as Danny Boyd)but When the Beatles came out, he said "That's it;I'm done!" and went back to school ! I remember these tunes even though i was just a little boy, they were so big and radio was all we had back then! Thanks for the memories!😊
"This Diamond Ring", "Help Me, Rhonda", "Turn, Turn, Turn" and "I Got You Babe" all feature backing from the LA area session musicians known as The Wrecking Crew. Another thing they share is the same drummer: veteran session ace Hal Blaine. Bass player Carol Kaye plays on at least two of the songs, and future superstar Leon Russell plays keyboards on at least two of them as well.
I'm almost sorry I loved these times back when I was younger, it was a time of freedom and joy. Now things are horrible. I'm 75 and I miss the good days when we had a decent president.
I'm Henry the VII, I Am - I Remember in the late 70s, this song was used in games us girls would play. Can you blink before the first verse was completed! It was really lots of fun. Old Memory. Love this video!
12 yo in 62’. School bus was station wagon driven by an off-duty Newark cop who made it his mission to make sure we all knew exactly what the songs were talking about and how to checkout girls at the crosswalks.
Honestly every single one of these is in my Spotify favorites. Along with stuff from the 30's through the later 80's...with a few more modern stuff my late girlfriend and my stepkids introduced me to. But. Beyond my late girlfriend and stepkids, i doubt many under 40 would even have a clue just how much great music they are missing
I was just being born in 1965, so I wasn't listening to any of these when they first came out, unless my mom was listening to them while I was in the womb. A lot of garage bands sprang up in the 60s, young musicians who barely knew how to play three chords, but yeah, a lot of the hits were recorded by seasoned session musicians like the Wrecking Crew, with little involvement by the actual artist or band. I'm not sure that's necessarily better than today's music, although it did allow for a certain consistent quality. How many hit songs has Max Martin been involved in? Anyway, I'll stick to my favorites, like Genesis, Pat Metheny, Steely Dan, Christopher Cross, etc.
I was in my early teens in 1965 and I think that I had nearly all of these songs on a "45" . I would later join a record club and I became a STEREOPHILE searching for TRUE STEREO recordings of the hit songs !
NUMBER ONE HITS IN 1965 : @00:25 : "THIS DIAMOND RING" by GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS @01:21 : "STOP ! IN THE NAME OF LOVE" by SUPREMES @02:01 : "I'M TELLING YOU NOW" by FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS @03:05 : "GAME OF LOVE" by WAYNE FONTANA AND THE MINDBENDERS @03:53 : "MRS. BROWN , YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER" by HERMAN'S HERMITS @04:38 : "HELP ME RHONDA" by BEACH BOYS @05:22 : "I CAN'HELP MYSELF ( SUGAR PIE , HONEY BUNCH ) " by FOUR TOPS @06:30 : "( I CAN'T GET NO ) SATISFACTION" by ROLLING STONES @07:10 : "I'M HENRY VIII , I AM" by HERMAN'S HERMITS @07:53 : "I GOT YOU BABE" by SONNY & CHER @08:39 : "HELP ! " by BEATLES @09:45 : "HANG ON SLOOPY" by MCCOYS @10:18 : "TURN ! TURN ! TURN ! " by BYRDS @10:57 : "SOUNDS OF SILENCE" by SIMON & GARFUNKEL @11:35 : "WE CAN WORK IT OUT" by BEATLES
I liked every one of these Songs! I was 13 years old in 1965.
One of the best years ever for music.
All these songs are played still every single day
These tracks are right on 💯%
Using the "Wayback" machine. I was born in 1960. Radio or Albums during the day and TV during and after dinner. Watching Walter Cronkite on the news. I started school in 1967. Got to see the moon landing and the return of the astronauts. Seeing the orange and white parachutes was amazing. NASA was great for sending pictures and info to school kids. In a lot of ways Music defined the times. Nowadays what is called music is not interesting. Older groups like Fleetwood Mac still keep me interested. I am 63 and am not a driving force in anything. I have fond memories of music and not so fond of tragic events. Watch the nightly news with reporters on the frontline in Vietnam. The one common thread was music. As Don Mclean said, "can music save your mortal soul." I have the same question. I think differently. Music marked the time and created the history. Sometimes the music makes me cry. Just a profound loss. As if we are only hearing echos of time long past. A time that was and will never be again. Sometimes I believe that if we forget the times they will disappear like smoke in a breeze.
I was only 3in 1965, but I had close cousins 7, 10 and 14 years older who were huge music and Beatles fans. My oldest cousin even cut a record at 17 in '64 that became a small local hit called " Just a little bit sweeter" (he recorded as Danny Boyd)but When the Beatles came out, he said "That's it;I'm done!" and went back to school ! I remember these tunes even though i was just a little boy, they were so big and radio was all we had back then! Thanks for the memories!😊
"This Diamond Ring", "Help Me, Rhonda", "Turn, Turn, Turn" and "I Got You Babe" all feature backing from the LA area session musicians known as The Wrecking Crew. Another thing they share is the same drummer: veteran session ace Hal Blaine. Bass player Carol Kaye plays on at least two of the songs, and future superstar Leon Russell plays keyboards on at least two of them as well.
I'm almost sorry I loved these times back when I was younger, it was a time of freedom and joy. Now things are horrible. I'm 75 and I miss the good days when we had a decent president.
I'm Henry the VII, I Am - I Remember in the late 70s, this song was used in games us girls would play. Can you blink before the first verse was completed! It was really lots of fun. Old Memory. Love this video!
Who was Henry the VII? He's not as well known as Henry the VIII.
these songs are infinitely better than the songs of 1963
12 yo in 62’. School bus was station wagon driven by an off-duty Newark cop who made it his mission to make sure we all knew exactly what the songs were talking about and how to checkout girls at the crosswalks.
Honestly every single one of these is in my Spotify favorites. Along with stuff from the 30's through the later 80's...with a few more modern stuff my late girlfriend and my stepkids introduced me to. But. Beyond my late girlfriend and stepkids, i doubt many under 40 would even have a clue just how much great music they are missing
Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter is the title song from a movie starring Herman's Hermits. It is about a racing greyhound and her pup.
The song originally came from a 1963 UK TV programme, The Lads, sung by actor Tom Courtney. This was where Peter Noone first heard it.
Of course I did the Freddy. It was so much fun.
Blue velvet remember this one
I can see for miles, the who
I was just being born in 1965, so I wasn't listening to any of these when they first came out, unless my mom was listening to them while I was in the womb.
A lot of garage bands sprang up in the 60s, young musicians who barely knew how to play three chords, but yeah, a lot of the hits were recorded by seasoned session musicians like the Wrecking Crew, with little involvement by the actual artist or band. I'm not sure that's necessarily better than today's music, although it did allow for a certain consistent quality. How many hit songs has Max Martin been involved in?
Anyway, I'll stick to my favorites, like Genesis, Pat Metheny, Steely Dan, Christopher Cross, etc.
I was in my early teens in 1965 and I think that I had nearly all of these songs on a "45" .
I would later join a record club and I became a STEREOPHILE searching for TRUE STEREO
recordings of the hit songs !
NUMBER ONE HITS IN 1965 :
@00:25 : "THIS DIAMOND RING" by GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS
@01:21 : "STOP ! IN THE NAME OF LOVE" by SUPREMES
@02:01 : "I'M TELLING YOU NOW" by FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS
@03:05 : "GAME OF LOVE" by WAYNE FONTANA AND THE MINDBENDERS
@03:53 : "MRS. BROWN , YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER" by HERMAN'S HERMITS
@04:38 : "HELP ME RHONDA" by BEACH BOYS
@05:22 : "I CAN'HELP MYSELF ( SUGAR PIE , HONEY BUNCH ) " by FOUR TOPS
@06:30 : "( I CAN'T GET NO ) SATISFACTION" by ROLLING STONES
@07:10 : "I'M HENRY VIII , I AM" by HERMAN'S HERMITS
@07:53 : "I GOT YOU BABE" by SONNY & CHER
@08:39 : "HELP ! " by BEATLES
@09:45 : "HANG ON SLOOPY" by MCCOYS
@10:18 : "TURN ! TURN ! TURN ! " by BYRDS
@10:57 : "SOUNDS OF SILENCE" by SIMON & GARFUNKEL
@11:35 : "WE CAN WORK IT OUT" by BEATLES
Gosh! Missed out the Beatles classic ballad Yesterday!
Righteous Brothers' You've Lost That Loving Feeling is also left out.
Great songs but too much talking!