{"id":338375,"date":"2025-12-09T05:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T05:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/338375\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T05:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T05:28:07","slug":"somebody-else-touts-the-best-and-worst-songs-of-the-sixties-with-bonus-choices-of-best-and-worst-songs-from-your-host-why-evolution-is-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/338375\/","title":{"rendered":"Somebody else touts the best and worst songs of the Sixties, with bonus choices of best and worst songs from your host \u2013 Why Evolution Is True"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the Honest Broker website, writer Ted Gioia has an article summarizing his friend\u2019s view of the bet and worst hit songs of the 1960s\u2014perhaps the best decade in the history of pop and rock music. The article is below, and I\u2019ll simply list a few songs from each category selected by his friend Chris Dalla Riva (he has a book on them, too). Dalla Riva also runs his own site, \u201cCan\u2019t get much higher<\/a>\u201c, which deals with a lot of interesting musical questions like \u201cThe greatest two-hit wonders\u201d, e.g., Pink Floyd, Jimmy Buffett, and \u201cWhich music stars [of the Sixties] are being forgotten the fastest?\u201d e.g., Peter & Gordon, jan & Dean.<\/p>\n

At any rate, here is an excerpt from Gioia\u2019s article and Dalla Riva\u2019s selection of best and worst hits (songs that made #1) of the Sixties.\u00a0 Quotations are indented, and my own comments are flush left. Click screenshot to read:<\/p>\n

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Excerpts:<\/p>\n

Chris Dalla Riva is a guru of data analytics on popular culture. He\u2019s been a longtime friend to The Honest Broker, and I\u2019ve learned a lot from his work.<\/p>\n

And now Chris has released a fun and fascinating book,\u00a0Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves<\/a>. This is the closest music writing gets to the freewheeling conversations ardent fans have among themselves about bands, songs, and rising or falling reputations.<\/p>\n

But\u00a0Uncharted Territory\u00a0also draws on the scrupulous research that is Chris\u2019s trademark. (You might have seen some of it on his Substack\u00a0Can\u2019t Get Much Higher<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

With his permission, I\u2019m sharing an extract below on #1 hit songs of the 1960s. The entire book deserves your attention. You can learn more at\u00a0this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is from Dalla Rivia\u2019s book:<\/p>\n

When I decided that I was going to listen to every song to ever get to number one on the\u00a0Billboard\u00a0Hot 100, I wasn\u2019t in a great spot. My mental health was suffering greatly, and I was working a job that I hated. Every waking moment outside of my job was spent with my guitar. Some nights I would literally fall asleep playing. Still, I did not feel good. And nothing seemed to help. Therapy. Medications. Exercise. Socializing. It was all a wash.<\/p>\n

For some reason, I decided that a musical quest might help. I set out to listen to every number one hit since the Hot 100 was started in August 1958. Why? Again, I was a musician. I thought it might help my songwriting. Maybe I could unlock some secret to writing a hit and use the knowledge to quit my job. At the same time, I thought it might be good for my sanity. I would only listen to one song a day. Listening to one song a day is an easy thing to accomplish. Maybe one little win could right my mind.<\/p>\n

And it kind of did. A friend soon joined me on my journey. Each day, I would text him the number one hit. We\u2019d both listen a few times. I\u2019d play along on my guitar. We\u2019d talk about it and rate the song out of ten. I started tracking those ratings in a spreadsheet. Slowly, that\u00a0spreadsheet began to balloon<\/a>\u00a0as I tracked a ton of other facts and figures. Trends began to emerge, and I started to write about them. My musings became\u00a0Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves<\/a>. It\u2019s a data-driven history of popular music that I wrote as I spent all those years listening to every number one song.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s an interesting task, and here are the author\u2019s highlights with a few of them giving his comments:<\/p>\n

\u201cGeorgia on My Mind\u201d by Ray Charles\u00a0(November 14, 1960)\u2014The reason this song has been recorded hundreds of times is because the melody sounds like it was delivered from the high heavens. That\u2019s not a shock. That melody was written by Hoagy Carmichael, the man behind classics like \u201cStardust\u201d and \u201cHeart and Soul.\u201d But the reason you know this version of \u201cGeorgia on My Mind\u201d rather than any other comes down to a different person: Ray Charles.<\/p>\n

To state the obvious, Ray Charles was a talented piano player. You can hear that talent shine on the jazzy fills he sprinkles throughout this song. But his greatest instrument was his voice, a voice whose subtle slides and slurs could make Georgia feel like your home even if you\u2019d never been within a thousand miles of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cRunaway\u201d by Del Shannon\u00a0(April 24, 1961)<\/p>\n

\u201cRunning Scared\u201d by Roy Orbison (June 5, 1961)<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a Rebel\u201d by The Crystals (November 3, 1962<\/p>\n

\u201cMy Girl\u201d by The Temptations (March 6, 1965)\u2014When Smokey Robinson wrote \u201cMy Guy\u201d for Mary Wells, I imagine he thought he\u2019d never write a better song. \u201cMy Guy\u201d is just so expertly crafted that burgeoning songwriters should study it. But then a year later, he decided to write a response to \u201cMy Guy\u201d for The Temptations. Response songs were very common during the 1960s. Chubby Checker hits it big with \u201cThe Twist.\u201d Joey Dee jumps on the bandwagon with the \u201cPeppermint Twist.\u201d Only one name made sense for Smokey\u2019s response: \u201cMy Girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy Girl\u201d is not just the greatest response song of all time, it might be the greatest song period. I\u2019d go so far as to argue that if a random DJ in the twenty-first century cut off whatever booty-shaking track they were playing at the club on Friday night and put on \u201cMy Girl,\u201d nobody would complain. Decades later, the ascending guitar riff and finger-snapping rhythm that drive this track remain as fresh as ever.<\/p>\n

\u201cTicket to Ride\u201d by The Beatles (May 22, 1965)<\/p>\n

\u201cYou Keep Me Hangin\u2019 On\u201d by The Supremes (November 19, 1966)<\/p>\n

\u201c(Sittin\u2019 On) The Dock of The Bay\u201d by Otis Redding (March 16, 1968)<\/p>\n

\u201cI Heard It Through the Grapevine\u201d by Marvin Gaye (December 14, 1968)\u2014This song is about humiliating heartache. It\u2019s about finding out your lover is done with you indirectly, through rumors circulating on the streets, rumors you are the last to be privy to.<\/p>\n

That rumor starts with the keyboard playing a circular riff in its lower register. Then it moves to the drums, a soft thump, your heartbeat. Then it finds its way to the guitar and strings echoing the initial whisper of the keyboard. With each step, the truth becomes more apparent. Then Marvin Gaye arrives, the pain dripping from his voice, a voice whose range and control are nearly inhuman. He knows the truth, and even if \u201ca man ain\u2019t supposed to cry,\u201d he can\u2019t hide his pain.<\/p>\n

Sadly, I don\u2019t have time to look at the #1 songs myself, though I have to say that there are better songs by these groups or singers, but they may not have made #1. For instance, Otis Redding\u2019s \u201cTry a Little Tenderness\u201d is, to me, a lot better than \u201cThe dock of the bay,\u201d and \u201cStop! In the name of love\u201d by the Supremes beats \u201cYou keep me hanging on.\u201d\u00a0 There are others, but let\u2019s go on to the worst songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Battle of New Orleans\u201d by Johnny Horton (June 1, 1960)<\/p>\n

\u201cItsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini\u201d by Brian Hyland (August 8, 1960)\u2014This song is about a girl who is embarrassed by the yellow polka dot bikini she is wearing and runs from place to place to stay covered up. She starts in a changing room, then runs to a blanket, and then into the water. While in the water, she\u2019s described as \u201cturning blue\u201d before the final line declares that there isn\u2019t anywhere else for her to go. Call me crazy, but I think this irritating song might have a sinister, deathly undertone that everyone else has missed. And even if I\u2019m imagining it, it still makes me feel sick.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoody River\u201d by Pat Boone (June 19, 1961)<\/p>\n

\u201cWooden Heart\u201d by Joe Dowell (August 28, 1961)<\/p>\n

\u201cGo Away Little Girl\u201d by Steve Lawrence (January 12, 1963)\u2014My sister Natalie was walking through the room while I was listening to this song. 27-year-old Steve Lawrence crooning the words \u201cGo away, little girl \/ I\u2019m not supposed to be alone with you\u201d stopped her dead in her tracks. \u201cIs this by a pedophile?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n

Despite how creepy that couplet might sound, the lyrics are not anything criminal. The song was composed by Carole King and Gerry Goffin about a man tempted to cheat on his lover. Albeit patronizing, the term \u201clittle girl\u201d was common fare in pop songs at the time. In this era alone, it\u2019s used in five additional songs, including The Beatles\u2019 \u201cI Feel Fine\u201d (e.g., \u201cI\u2019m so glad that she\u2019s my little girl\u201d) and Tommy Roe\u2019s \u201cSheila\u201d (e.g., \u201cMan this little girl is fine\u201d). But when you need this many words to explain why a creepy-sounding song actually isn\u2019t creepy, you\u2019re probably not going to have people lining up to listen to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cMrs. Brown, You\u2019ve Got a Lovely Daughter\u201d by Herman\u2019s Hermits (May 1, 1965)<\/p>\n

These last three are real stinkers, and they\u2019re on my own personal list:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ballad of the Green Berets\u201d by SSgt. Barry Sadler (March 5, 1966)\u2014When looking back at the 1960s, we often remember the scores of artists who wrote songs in protest of the Vietnam War. But there really were people who supported it. \u201cThe Ballad of the Green Berets\u201d is proof of that. Topping the charts for five weeks on its way to becoming the tenth best-selling single of 1966, SSgt. Barry Sadler\u2019s military march is an unabashed celebration of the armed forces, the soldier in his song dying with only one final request for his wife, namely that their son also serve. Now knowing about the endless, pointless destruction of the Vietnam War, this musical wish is hard to stomach.<\/p>\n

\u201cHoney\u201d by Bobby Goldsboro (April 13, 1968)\u2014Telling the story of a man whose wife died, \u201cHoney\u201d falls within the maudlin tragedy song tradition. But what makes this sappy song stand out is that it\u2019s not clear whether the narrator ever really liked his wife. He describes her as \u201cKind of dumb and kind of smart,\u201d while also recounting how he laughed himself to tears when she almost hurt herself falling in the snow. With lines like, \u201cShe wrecked the car and she was sad \/ And so afraid that I\u2019d be mad, but what the heck,\u201d the only thing you should feel after \u201cHoney\u201d is hope that you\u2019ll never be in a relationship like this.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)\u201d by Zagar and Evans (July 12, 1969)\u2014In Dave Barry\u2019s novel\u00a0Tricky Business, he describes a band that is forced to work the party circuit after they fail to make it big. When the group is asked to play a song that they don\u2019t like, Barry describes how they then perform a retaliation song to punish the audience. \u201cIn the Year 2525\u201d is described as the \u201chydrogen bomb\u201d of retaliation songs. While I don\u2019t know if I\u2019d go that far, it\u2019s a strange song that predicts the future in thousand-year increments. If Zager and Evans are correct, then in the year 4545 you\u2019ll no longer need your teeth because \u201cYou won\u2019t find a thing to chew.\u201d Dentists, please beware!<\/p>\n

And, just to supplement this list (actually, \u201cMrs. Brown\u201d isn\u2019t so bad), here\u2019s my own personal list, compiled over decades, of the worst pop\/rock songs ever. The \u201cbest\u201d list is pages long, so I won\u2019t include it. But if you can find \u201cAn open letter to my teenage son, list to it. Remember, many of these songs were after the sixties, so it\u2019s not comparable.<\/p>\n

Coyne\u2019s Worst Songs Ever<\/p>\n

Green Berets\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sgt. Barry Sadler<\/p>\n

An Open Letter to My Teenage Son\u00a0 Victor Lundberg<\/p>\n

Spill the Wine (Dig that Girl)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eric Burdon<\/p>\n

I Got a Brand New Pair of Rollerskates\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Melanie<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve Never Been to Me\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Charlene<\/p>\n

Octopus\u2019 Garden\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Beatles<\/p>\n

Macarthur Park\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Richard Harris<\/p>\n

Old Rivers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Walter Brennan<\/p>\n

Take the Money and Run\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Steve Miller<\/p>\n

Muskrat Love\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Captain and Tenille<\/p>\n

The Name Game\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shirley Ellis<\/p>\n

Drops of Jupiter\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Train<\/p>\n

Oh hell, I\u2019ll also add my BEST list, but only between 1962 and 1969. Surely some of these made #1, but they\u2019re not in the list above. They also don\u2019t include soul music, of which I\u2019ve kept a separate list. And THAT one is awesome (perhaps I\u2019ll put it up some time). I have added \u201cGod only knows\u201d by the Beach Boys, which came out in 1966.<\/p>\n

Coyne;\u2019s best non-soul songs, 1962-1969<\/p>\n

Light My Fire\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Doors<\/p>\n

Nowhere Man\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beatles<\/p>\n

Eleanor Rigby\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beatles<\/p>\n

In My Life\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beatles<\/p>\n

Got to Get You into My Life\u00a0 Beatles<\/p>\n

Please Please Me\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beatles<\/p>\n

A Day in the Life\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beatles<\/p>\n

Louie Louie\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Kingsmen<\/p>\n

Sweet Judy Blue Eyes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Crosby, Stills & Nash<\/p>\n

49 Reasons\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Crosby Stills & Nash<\/p>\n

Bluebird\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Buffalo Springfield<\/p>\n

Rock & Roll Woman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Buffalo Springfield<\/p>\n

On the Way Home\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Buffalo Springfield<\/p>\n

Feel a Whole Lot Better\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Byrds<\/p>\n

Eight Miles High\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Byrds<\/p>\n

Mr. Tambourine Man\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Byrds<\/p>\n

Turn! Turn! Turn!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Byrds<\/p>\n

Touch Me\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Doors<\/p>\n

Honky Tonk Woman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Rolling Stones<\/p>\n

Venus in Furs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Velvet Underground<\/p>\n

Heroin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Velvet Underground<\/p>\n

California Dreaming\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mamas & Papas<\/p>\n

I Saw Her Again\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mamas & Papas<\/p>\n

Younger Girl\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lovin\u2019 Spoonful<\/p>\n

Summer in the City\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lovin\u2019 Spoonful<\/p>\n

Groovin\u2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Young Rascals<\/p>\n

Wouldn\u2019t It Be Nice\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Beach Boys<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Worry Baby\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Beach Boys<\/p>\n

God Only Knows\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Beach Boys<\/p>\n

Little Deuce Coupe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Beach Boys<\/p>\n

Badge\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cream<\/p>\n

Positively 4th Street\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bob Dylan<\/p>\n

Angel\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jimi Hendrix<\/p>\n

I Only Wanna Be With You\u00a0\u00a0 Dusty Springfield<\/p>\n

Take Another Little Piece of My Heart\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Big Bro. & Holding Co.<\/p>\n

Along Comes Mary\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Association<\/p>\n

Israelites\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Desmond Dekker<\/p>\n

You Don\u2019t Have to Say you Love Me\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dusty Springfield<\/p>\n

I Only Want to be With You\u00a0 Dusty Springfield<\/p>\n

These choices are subjective, of course, so feel free to weigh in on either my choices or Dalla Rivia\u2019s:<\/p>\n

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