6 of the 60s: 12/5/12...
I'm back with another half-dozen nuggets from the golden age of rock music, and this week I'm back to 1969, the year the Beatles gave their last public performance on the roof of Apple Records.
The 5th Dimension - "Wedding Bell Blues"
from the album The Age Of Aquarius (1969)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1
I played this song at one of my organ recitals. It also will be played at my wedding. Deal.
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The Flying Machine - "Smile A Little Smile For Me"
from the album The Flying Machine (1969)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5
The Cuff Links - "Tracy"
from the album Tracy (1969)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #9
Ron Dante, the voice behind the Archies, strikes out on his own with a bubblegum pop nugget...
New Colony Six - "Things I'd Like To Say"
from the album Revelations (1968)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #16
Chicago local favorite soft-rock heroes scored their own baroque-pop charmer.
Spirit - "I Got A Line On You"
from the album The Family That Plays Together (1968)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #25
LA rockers' song was arranged by the legendary Marty Paich, who normally worked with the likes of Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand.
Lawrence Reynolds - "Jesus Is A Soul Man"
from the album Jesus Is A Soul Man (1970)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #28
Country-soul-gospel at its sweetest and most endearing.
That's it for this time out...Tomorrow I'll have 7 from 1979 and 8 from 1989, and tonight is this week's Aussie Sweep...
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