6 of the 60s: 2/26/13 (1968)...

Hey gang, I'm back with another half-dozen nuggets from the 60s, and this week I'm back to 1968, the year Mattel starts making Hot Wheels cars...

Paul Mauriat - "Love Is Blue"
from the album Blooming Hits (1967)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1

While "flower power" was in full effect in 1968, the "alright" kids' parents were still buying easy-listening fodder like this by the truckload. The only Frenchman to top the American chart, Mauriat would have the last "big" true orchestral hit.

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The Intruders - "Cowboys To Girls"
from the album Cowboys To Girls (1968)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #6

This Gamble & Huff classic topped the R&B charts, the only time for this Philly vocal group.

 Georgie Fame - "The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde"
from the album The Third Face Of Fame (1968)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #7

This Randy Newman-esque storysong is sung convincingly by Brit Clive Powell who played on Van Morrison's albums.

Leapy Lee - "Little Arrows"
from the album Little Arrows (1968)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #16

You'd think "who'd change their name to 'Leapy Lee'", but consider his birth name is Graham Pulleyblank. Ah, the English. He's one of the few British singers to reach the American country chart.

Gene & Debbe - "Playboy"
from the album Hear And Now (1968)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #17

The Texas country/pop duo had a hit with this Everly-sounding  charmer.

The Magic Lanterns - "Shame Shame"
from the album Shame Shame (1968)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #29

This band from Warrington, further down the Mersey River in England, had their big moment with this radio-ready morsel that features the bass of "Oz" Osborne, but not the Ozzy you know.

That does it for today's flashback, I'll be back tomorrow with 7 more from 1978 and 8 from 1988...