6 of the 60s: 11/14/12...

Hey gang, I'm back with another half-dozen nuggets from the sixties, and this time out I'm back to 1966, the year Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India (only the second elected female leader of a nation - c'mon America!)...

Lou Christie - "Lightnin' Strikes"
from the album Lightnin' Strikes (1965)
Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1

After Frankie Valli and the Bee Gees, the best falsetto ever, in one of the best retro songs of the late 60s...

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The Statler Brothers - "Flowers On The Wall"
from the album Flowers On The Wall (1966)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #4

The Brothers have the most rockin' of country songs with this ditty about a man convinced that being dumped is a good thing...

The Capitols - "Cool Jerk"
from the album Dance The Cool Jerk (1966)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #7

This was originally meant to be called "Pimp Jerk", since the pimps would be too "cool" to dance at the club.


Bob Kuban & The In-Men - "The Cheater"
from the album Look Out For The Cheater (1966)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #11

Classic one-hit wonder sung by Walter Scott, who ended up being killed by his second wife's lover in 1983.


Sam & Dave - "Hold On, I'm Comin'"
from the album Hold On, I'm Comin' (1966)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #21

 This classic #1 R&B jam didn't even make the top-20 on the pop chart. What the hell?


The Leaves - "Hey Joe"
from the album Hey Joe (1966)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #31

The first hit version of this dark folk-rock classic was originally released a year before Hendrix and two before Cher.


Well that's a rap for this flashback to the 60s...Tomorrow I'll bring you 7 more from 1976 and 8 more from 1986. But tonight I'll have this week's "Aussie Sweep"...