6 of the 60s: 11/21/12...

Hey gang, time now for this week's flashback to the 60s, and this time out it's a half-dozen more nuggets from 1967, the year the first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles (the Green Bay Packers won)...


The Seekers - "Georgy Girl"
from the album Georgy Girl (1966)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #2

 Dusty Springfield's brother Tom co-wrote this mod classic for the Australian group that were one of the last of the big folk groups...

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Soul Survivors - "Expressway To Your Heart"
from the album When The Whistle Blows Anything Goes (1967)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #4

The Philly group had the first big Gamble & Huff single with this half-Righteous Brother approximation...


Every Mother's Son - "Come On Down To My Boat"
from the album Every Mothers' Son (1967)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #6

New York group mashes the British Mod movement with California pop in this glorious "one-hit wonder" single...


The Tremeloes - "Here Comes My Baby"
from the album Here Comes The Tremeloes (1967)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #13

Cat Stevens gets the Mod treatment by way of these Essex boys...


The Easybeats - "Friday On My Mind"
from the album Friday On My Mind (1967)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #16

The Mod world even spread Down Under in 1967, with the Aussie group that featured the older brother of AC/DC's Angus & Malcolm Young...


The Innocence - "There's Got To Be A Word!"
from the album The Innocence (1967)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #34

Pop duo's third of four different monikers they recorded under had a slight, sweet, top-40 hit with this ditty in need of a thesaurus...

That's it for this 60s flashback....I'll have more from the 70s and 80s tomorrow, but before that, later tonight I'll bring you my Australian music recap...Cheers!