6 of the 60s: 9/19/12...

It's time for another trip back to the flower power decade, and this time it's 1968, the year this lil' ol' cub was born...


Mary Hopkin - "Those Were The Days"
from the album Those Were The Days (1972)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #2

Welsh folks songstress was the first output of the Beatles' Apple label, with a record eventually played over an execution of alleged coup conspirators in Equatorial Guinea.

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Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"
from the album The First Edition (1967)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5

Before he was the country ladies man, Kenny Rogers was a good old hippie.


Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart - "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite"
from the album I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite? (1968)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #8

Songwriters for the Monkees strike out on their own with this pre-bubblegum nugget.


The Foundations - "Baby, Now That I Found You"
from the album From The Foundations (1967)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #11

 One of my all-time favorite 60's pop songs, by a London soul group with the best melody hook ever. Ever.


The Moody Blues - "Tuesday Afternoon (Sunny Afternoon)"
from the album Days Of Future Passed (1967)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #24

When I was a child, the album (well, 8-Track) is this mesmerized me. Emotions swirl still hearing this song.


The Equals - "Baby Come Back"
from the album Baby Come Back (1968)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #32

Before he went down to "Electric Avenue", Eddy Grant fronted this awesome island-mod outfit that would be just as relevant in 1982 as 1968.