6 of the 60s: 9/5/12...

Hey folks, time to bring you another half-dozen nuggets from the 60s. This week it's six from 1966, the year Indira Gandhi was elected Prime Minister of India, the second woman ever elected a head of government.

? & the Mysterians - "96 Tears"
from the album 96 Tears (1966)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1

Prince owes a big chunk of his stage persona to "?" (aka Rudy Martinez), who hid his Spanish roots to score a psychedelic charttopper that apexed the age of garage rock.

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The Vogues - "Five O'Clock World"
from the album Five O'Clock World (1966)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #4

Slyly hidden in the business-day dreamy number is the worksong yelps as its percussive base. Drew Carey loves it too.


The Left Banke - "Walk Away Renee"
from the album Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina (1967)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5

"Baroque-pop"'s finest moment, by a New York band that gave the British dandies a run for their money.


The Temptations - "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
from the album The Temptations with a Lot O' Soul (1967)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #8

The Motown classics were often prophetic, as David Ruffin's years were waning in this paranoiac and epic number.


The Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon"
from the album Face To Face (1966)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #14

In the Beatles/Stones battle, Ray Davies was always given short shrift. This one's from their most British and most creative period.


Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - "Spanish Flea"
from the album Going Places (1965)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #27

The bachelor's official theme song, courtesy of the Dating Game.

That's it for this week...stay tuned later on for the newest down under on Aussie Sweep. Cheers!