6 of the 60s: 6/12/13 (1969)...

Hey gang, it's time for another half-dozen nuggets from the 60s, and this time I'm back to 1969, the year Blind Faith played their first concert in London, drawing 100 thousand people.

The Cowsills - "Hair"
from the album The Cowsills In Concert (1969)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #2
Songwriters: Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni

Fresh off Sunday's Tony Awards, here's one of the biggest showtunes of the rock era, done by the real-life Partridge Family inspiration.

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Brooklyn Bridge - "Worst That Could Happen"
from the album Brooklyn Bridge (1968)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3
Songwriter: Jimmy Webb

One of my certified top-ten favorite songs of all time, this is the 60's "Someone Like You" done originally by the Fifth Dimension but perfected by this neo-doo-wop group from New York.

The Winstons - "Color Him Father"
from the album Color Him Father (1969)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #7
Songwriter: Richard Lewis Spencer

Just in time for the holiday this Sunday, the Grammy-winning R&B song by the Washington DC  group also responsible for "Love Of The Common People"....

Spiral Starecase - "More Today Than Yesterday"
from the album More Today Than Yesterday (1969)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #12
Songwriter: Pat Upton

The Sacramento pop band's moment in the sun is one of the decade's best-known non-top-10 one-hit-wonders, thanks to Upton's blue-eyed soulful voice, reminiscent of Stevie Wonder's...

The Rascals - "A Ray Of Hope"
from the album Freedom Suite (1969)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #24
Songwriters: Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere

A band spotlighted at last Sunday's Tonys from their show Once Upon A Dream, their ambitious Freedom Suite album produced this nugget lamenting the death of Robert Kennedy while optimistic over the propsects of brother Ted.

(Harry) Nilsson - "I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City"
from the album Harry (1969)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #34
Songwriter: Harry Nilsson

The song Harry wrote for the movie Midnight Cowboy in the style of his cover of "Everybody's Talkin'", only for the director to use the other record, this song seems apt in light of New York's upcoming pride with marriage equality in full bloom.

That's it for this week's 60s flashback...I'll return tomorrow with seven more from 1979 and 8 from 1989...