6 of the 60s: 10/23/13 (1966)...

Hey gang, I'm ready to serve up a half-dozen more nuggets from the 60s, and this week I'm back to 1966, the year Bobby Seale and Huey Newton formed the Black Panthers...(I've included links to buy anything on either mp3 or CD in Amazon when available)...

The Rolling Stones - "Paint It, Black"
from the album Aftermath (US version) (1966)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1
Songwriters: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

The song I had identified as some sort of Russian folk song as a child was an experiment with rhythm patterns for the iconic rock band which ended up the lead on the American version of their Aftermath album after it shot to the top of the chart...

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Napoleon XIV - "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!"
from the album They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (1966)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3
Songwriter: Jerry Samuels

Jerry Samuels was a rather gifted studio musician, writing "The Shelter Of Your Arms" for Sammy Davis Jr. No wonder he used an alias for this rather un-PC descent into madness that went to #3 but only spent six measly weeks on the whole Hot 100...

Count Five - "Psychotic Reaction"
from the album Psychotic Reaction (1966)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5
Songwriters: Craig Atkinson, Sean Byrne, Roy Chaney, Kenn Ellner, John Michalski

This trippy single by the California garage rock band was inspired by guitarist Byrne's college classes in Health Ed.

The Beatles - "Eleanor Rigby"
from the album Revolver (1966)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #11
Songwriters: John Lennon, Paul McCartney


The most moving and dark of the Fab Four's pop singles, "Eleanor Rigby" remains in my top-five fave Beatles songs of all time..

 The Critters - "Mr. Dieingly Sad"
from the album Younger Girl (1966)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #17
Songwriter: Don Ciccone

The New Jersey bubblegum pop group moped up the charts with this little charmer...

Margaret Whiting - "The Wheel Of Hurt"
from the album The Wheel Of Hurt (1967)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #26
Songwriters: Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder

The pop star of the 40s became the country star of the 50 and then the easy-listening queen of the 60s as she topped the adult contemporary chart with this single. Later on, she would marry gay porn star Jack Wrangler.

That's it for today's trip to the 60s...I'll return tomorrow with seven more from 1976 and 8 from 1986...