JimCT Posted January 2 In our several-years-running theme of 50 years ago, here's 1969, the final year of a decade with oh-so-much change and evolution. My source for all the information I post on this topic is here New this week, then - The Foundations, Build Me Up, Buttercup 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted January 2 Although this song wasn't on the releases until August, so the post is officially out of sequence, this was in my head and seemed better here than elsewhere, as this gives it better context. The band was from not far from where I went to boarding school. I heard this song at a dance one night and spent months trying to track it down (as radios, etc. were not allowed for my year). Later recorded by Hootie and the Blowfish for Me, Myself and Irene so some of you might recognize it from that. Can't Find the Time to Tell You - Orpheus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted February 3 I'm a little behind - this went in the one-hit wonders before. It was released the week ending 18 Jan 1969. Will You Be Staying After Sunday - The Peppermint Rainbow Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted February 3 Dionne Warwick, This Girl's In Love With You (see also Aretha, Eydie Gormé, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Ella Fitzgerald, Liza ) By Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted February 23 this was on the radio the other day, Tommy Roe, Dizzy - new for the week ending 2/1/69 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted February 23 week of 2/8 = The Zombies, Time of the Season 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted February 23 Traces, the Classics IV 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted February 23 week ending 2/22 - Neil Diamond, Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted March 10 week ending March 1 - Glen Campbell, Galveston (yet another Jimmy Webb masterpiece) 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted March 10 week ending March 8 - 5th Dimension, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (from Hair) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr winston oboogie Posted March 10 And this : - 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riverdude2 Posted March 10 26 minutes ago, dr winston oboogie said: And this : - Have you heard the accapella, isolated vocal version - quite amazing. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted March 17 a week after the 5th Dimension drop Aquarius, the Cowsills drop the title track, Hair! It was the 60s ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted March 17 also released that week, The Pledge of Allegiance by Red Skelton, first performed on his TV show in January Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted May 25 I've been remiss for a while, so I'll try to catch up with notables. The Cowsills joined the 5th Dimension and others with covers from the musical HAIR! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted May 25 Francis Albert Sinatra released this, written by Paul Anka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted May 25 The Who released Pinball Wizard the week ending April 5, the first single from the album that would be released 6 weeks later. Anyone else here play a whole bunch of "metal ball" with flippers that summer with this blasting on the jukebox? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted May 25 Simon and Garfunkel released The Boxer - just so beautiful 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted May 25 An RIAA "Song of the Century," Oh, Happy Day. Dorothy Morrison-Combs featured in an Edwin Hawkins arrangement, recorded in a church. Gospel with a black chorus breaks through, globally. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted May 25 Elvis continued his comeback, with this single written by Mac Davis - In the Ghetto. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted May 25 Joan Baez gave us another Dylan tune, one he has never released himself - Love is Just a Four-Letter Word Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted May 25 The Beatles with Billy Preston released a single of Get Back / Don't Let Me Down Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted May 25 Now we're up to the release of Tommy. I can't say how many hours I spent with this album thru the years. And it's impossible to explain how the sweeping arc of that "rock opera", the first of its kind, affected how I would hear, see, understand, and absorb rock music after that. Around late 84 I was really excited to get a bootleg of The Who performing this in its entirety at the Royal Opera House in Amsterdam (thank God for radio broadcasts!). Remember dropping the needle on this for the first time? How many "hooks" in this one piece? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted May 25 Yet another song from HAIR! - Good Morning Starshine by Oliver 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimCT Posted May 25 Sly and the Family Stone unleashing their power - I Want to Take You Higher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
