6 of the 60s: 3/6/13 (1969)...

It's this week's turn to dole out another half-dozen nuggets from the 60s, and this time out I'm back to 1969, the year Judy Garland died of a drug overdose in London.

Tommy Roe - "Dizzy"
from the album Dizzy (1969)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1

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The Youngbloods - "Get Together"from the album The Youngbloods (1967)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5

This minor hit from 1967 got a big boost from a public service announcement using the record for the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

Tony Joe White - "Polk Salad Annie"
from the album Black and White (1968)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #8

The most Cajun of songs to make the top-10, Tony Joe injects a deep frog-like vocal into his po-folk record.

Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd. - "Black Pearl"
from the album Love Is All We Have To Give (1969)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #13

One of the few African-American men under Phil Spector's wing, Charles and the multi-racial Checkmates were discovered by vocalist Nancy Wilson.

The Arbors - "The Letter"
from the album The Arbors (1969)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #20

The white-bread vocal group from Ann Arbor Michigan seems like it would be rubbing elbows with the Romneys while sanitizing soul classics like this one.

Mama Cass Elliot - "Make Your Own Kind Of Music"
from the album Make Your Own Kind Of Music (1969)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #36

Love her. Love this song. Love this dress. An anthem for the next generation from a woman who unfortunately wouldn't last through it.

That's it for this week's 60s flashback - I'll be back tomorrow with 7 from 1979 and 8 from 1989.