Moka's 250 Favorite Songs of the 60's - A selection.

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I'm currently compiling my 250 favorite songs of every decade since the 60's. I'm clicking shuffle and choosing the first 50 songs that appear for this poll.

Note: This is poll 2 out of 6. The next ones will be done around January to not saturate the front page as I know how much you love polls.

Only one song per artist but covers/collabs/ghostwriting/sideprojects get a free pass.

I do not recommend listening to these as a playlist but here's the spotify link either way for the adventurous:

https://open.spotify.com/user/moteldemoka/playlist/1vXNTnAzULzwB9uakv2rlq

Poll Results

OptionVotes
The Velvet Underground;Nico - Sunday Morning 5
The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back 4
Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' 4
Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is? - 2003 - Remaster 3
The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year 3
The Stooges - No Fun 3
The Supremes - Come See About Me 3
Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam 2
Can - You Doo Right 2
Dr. John - I Walk On Guilded Splinters 1
Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me 1
Los Saicos - Demolición 1
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over 1
Os Mutantes - A Minha Menina 1
Joe Bataan - Subway Joe 1
Smith - Baby It's You 1
Brigitte Fontaine - Il Se Passe Des Choses 1
Soft Machine - A Certain Kind 1
John Holt - Ali Baba 0
Patty Waters - Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair 0
The Peddlers - On A Clear Day You Can See Forever 0
Tiny Tim - Livin' In The Sunlight, Lovin' In The Moon Light 0
Vashti Bunyan - 17 Pink Sugar Elephants 0
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - I'm Aware 0
The Phantom - Love Me 0
Ray Barretto - Acid 0
The United States Of America - Coming Down 0
Toots & The Maytals - Monkey Man 0
The Sonics - Have Love Will Travel 0
Silver Apples - Oscillations 0
Rufus Thomas - Walking The Dog 0
Marlena Shaw - Woman Of The Ghetto 0
Bettye Lavette - Let Me Down Easy 0
The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law 0
Buddy Rich Big Band - The Beat Goes On 0
David Bowie - Letter To Hermione 0
France Gall - Laisse tomber les filles 0
Fred Neil - The Dolphins 0
The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me 0
Irma Thomas - Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand) 0
The Inner Space - Kamerasong 0
Jacqueline Taieb - Le Cœur Au Bout Des Doigts 0
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - They Say It's Wonderful 0
Junior Wells - Snatch It Back and Hold It 0
The Kinks - Nothin' In the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl 0
Lee Dorsey - Ride Your Pony 0
Major Lance - Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um 0
Manfred Mann Chapter Three - One Way Glass 0
Margo Guryan - Sunday Morning 0
Aretha Franklin - I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face 0


dance cum rituals (Moka), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 21:16 (nine years ago)

This might be the most complete so far with 235 out of 250 songs:

Abner Jay - I´m so Depressed
Antônio Carlos Jobim - Look To The Sky
Aretha Franklin - I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face - Remastered
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Blue Lace
Baden Powell;Vinícius de Moraes - Canto de Xangô
Barbara Lewis - Hello Stranger
Barbara Lynn - Why Can't You Love Me
Bernard Estardy - Cha tatch ka
Bert Jansch;John Renbourn - The Time Has Come
Betty Everett - You're No Good
Bettye Lavette - Let Me Down Easy
Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna
Bobbie Gentry - Papa, Won't You Let Me Go To Town With You
Bobby Hebb - Sunny
Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step - Original V-Tone 45 Rpm Version
Bobby Womack - California Dreamin'
Brigitte Fontaine - Il Se Passe Des Choses
Bruce Channel - Hey! Baby
Buddy Holly - Slippin' And Slidin' - Undubbed Fast Version
Buddy Rich Big Band - The Beat Goes On - Live;Remix
Caetano Veloso - London, London
CAN - You Doo Right
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Autumn's Child
Charles Mingus - Moanin'
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - I'm Aware - Remastered Version
Chico Hamilton - A Trip
Chris Clark - Love's Gone Bad - Single Version
Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Wooden Ships - Remastered
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Hold Tight!
David Axelrod - Holy Thursday
David Bowie - Letter To Hermione - 2015 Remastered Version
Del Shannon - Gemini (pilooski edit)
Derrick Harriott - Solomon
Desmond Dekker - Beautiful And Dangerous
Dick Dale and his Del-Tones - Misirlou
Docteur Nico;l'African Fiesta Sukisa - Zadio
Don Covay - Mercy, Mercy
Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto
Dr. John - I Walk On Guilded Splinters
Dusty Springfield - Spooky
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guébrou - The Homeless Wanderer
Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well - Part 1
France Gall - Laisse tomber les filles - Remastered
Frank Alamo - Sylvie
Frank Sinatra - Wandering
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Beggin'
Fred Neil - The Dolphins
Friend & Lover - Reach Out Of The Darkness
Fripp;Giles - I Talk to the Wind (2)
Funkadelic - I'll Bet You
Gabor Szabo - Gypsy Queen
Gal Costa;Caetano Veloso - Baby - Original Album
Gary Shearston - Faded Streets, Windy Weather
Gene Clark;The Gosdin Brothers - Echoes
Ginny Arnell - Dumb Head
Graham Gouldman - Who Are They
Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' - From "Midnight Cowboy"
Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island - 1999 Digital Remaster;Rudy Van Gelder Edition
Herbie Mann - Comin' Home Baby - Live at the Village Gate
Homer Banks - A Lot Of Love
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
Irma Thomas - Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)
Isaac Hayes - Walk On By
Jackson C. Frank - Blues Run the Game
Jacqueline Taieb - Le Cœur Au Bout Des Doigts
Jacques Dutronc - Hippie Hippie Hourrah
James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
James Carr - The Dark End Of The Street
Jim Sullivan - U.F.O.
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
Jimmy Scott;Arif Mardin;Lewis Hahn - Unchained Melody
Joe Bataan - Subway Joe
John Coltrane;Johnny Hartman - They Say It's Wonderful
John Holt - Ali Baba
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire - Mono Version
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over
Jorge Ben Jor - Chove Chuva
Joseph Byrd;Dorothy Moskowitz;The United States Of America - Coming Down
Junior Wells - Snatch It Back and Hold It
Kaleidoscope - The Sky Children
Karen Dalton - Little Bit Of Rain
Kenny Burrell - Moon And Sand
Kenny Rogers - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
King Crimson - The Court Of The Crimson King
Komeda Quintet - Astigmatic
Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki - Original Hit Version
Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
Lee "Scratch" Perry - I Am The Upsetter
Lee Dorsey - Ride Your Pony
Les McCann - With These Hands
Linda Lyndell - What A Man
Lloyd Robinson - Cuss Cuss
Los Bravos - Black Is Black
Los Saicos - Demolición
Los Zafiros - Bossa Cubana
Louis Armstrong - Hello, Dolly!
Love - My Little Red Book - Stereo Version
Magic Sam - All Of Your Love
Major Lance - Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um
Mal Waldron - Warm Canto
Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Manfred Mann Chapter Three - One Way Glass
Margo Guryan - Sunday Morning
Marie Laforêt - Tu fais semblant
Mark Murphy - My Favorite Things
Marlena Shaw - Woman Of The Ghetto
Marmalade - I See The Rain - Original recording
Marty Robbins - Big Iron
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Single Version (Mono)
Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs - Stay
Max Roach - Driva' Man
Michael Chapman - No-One Left To Care - 2011 Remaster
Moby Grape - 8:05
Moondog - 'Lament 1, Birds's Lament'
Nancy Sinatra - Some Velvet Morning
Nancy Wilson;Cannonball Adderley - Save Your Love For Me
Neil Diamond - Holly Holy - Single Version
Neil MacArthur - She's Not There
Neil Young - Down By the River
Neville;Allen Toussaint - Go Back Home
Nick Drake - River Man
Nico - These Days
Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
Os Mutantes - A Minha Menina
Pat Kelly - Somebodys Baby
Patty Waters - Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
Paulo Diniz - Ninfa Mulata
Pedro Laza Y Sus Pelayeros;Mario Gareña - Rito Esclavo
Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is? - 2003 - Remaster
Pentangle - Light Flight
Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go to (My Lovely)
Pharoah Sanders - The Creator Has A Master Plan
Phil Cordell - Red Lady
Phil Ochs - Pretty Smart On My Part
Pink Floyd - See Emily Play
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Black and Crazy Blues
Ray Barretto - Acid
Roberta Flack - Compared To What
Roger Miller - King Of The Road
Rufus Thomas - Walking The Dog
Ruthann Friedman - Morning Becomes You
Sacha Distel - Allez donc vous faire bronzer
Sandy Denny - Two Weeks Last Summer
Scott Walker - Duchess
Serge Gainsbourg - Requiem pour un c... - BOF "Le pacha"
Shocking Blue - Venus
Silver Apples - Oscillations
Sly & The Family Stone - Dance to the Music
Smith - Baby It's You
Soft Machine - A Certain Kind
Sugar Pie DeSanto - I Don't Wanna Fuss
Sun Ra - Space Mates
Takeshi Terauchi;Blue Jeans - Tsugaru Jongarabushi (Aomori)
Tammi Terrell - Baby Don't Cha Worry - Single Version
Tenorio Jr. - Nebulosa
Terry Callier - 900 Miles
The 13th Floor Elevators - (It's All over Now) Baby Blue - Mono LP Version
The Band - The Weight - 2000 - Remaster
The Beach Boys - I Just Wasn't Made For These Times - Mono
The Beatles - For No One - Remastered
The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law
The Box Tops - Neon Rainbow - Remastered
The Caravelles - Don't Blow Your Cool
The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today
The Coasters - Love Potion # 9
The Creation - Making Time
The Cyrus Erie - Get the Message
The Dells - I Can Sing A Rainbow / Love Is Blue - Single Version
The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko
The Easybeats - Sorry
The Equals - Police on My Back
The Five Stairsteps - Danger! She's A Stranger - Buddha Remastered 2001
The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache
The Free Design - Kites Are Fun
The Gants - I Wonder
The Harvey Averne Dozen - You're No Good
The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me
The Impressions - I'm Loving Nothing
The Inner Space - Kamerasong
The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
The Kinks - Nothin' In the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl
The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the City - Remastered
The McPeake Family - Eileen Aroon
The Monkees - Goin' Down (45 Version)
The Monks - Oh, How To Do Now
The Paragons - The Tide Is High - Stereo Version
The Peddlers - On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
The Phantom - Love Me
The Poppy Family - Shadows on the Wall
The Pretty Things - Come See Me
The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb
The Seeds - Can't Seem To Make You Mine
The Shadows Of Knight - Shake
The Shaggs - My Pal Foot Foot
The Shangri-Las - Give Him A Great Big Kiss
The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The Sonics - Have Love Will Travel
The Standells - Dirty Water (Stereo)
The Statler Brothers - Flowers On the Wall
The Stooges - No Fun
The Supremes - Come See About Me
The Tammys - Egyptian Shumba
The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg
The Uniques - My Conversation
The Valentines - Blam Blam Fever
The Velvet Underground;Nico - Sunday Morning
The Who - I Can't Explain - Stereo Version
The Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul
The Young Rascals - Groovin' - Single Version
The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year
Tim Buckley - So Lonely
Tim Hardin - How Can We Hang On To A Dream
Tiny Tim - Livin' In The Sunlight, Lovin' In The Moon Light
Titus Turner - Hey Doll Baby
TNT Band - Musica Del Alma
Tommy James & The Shondells - Crystal Blue Persuasion
Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie
Toots & The Maytals - Monkey Man
Townes Van Zandt - Kathleen
Travel Agency - Lonely Seabird
Trini Lopez - If I Had A Hammer
Van Morrison - Ballerina
Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On
Vashti Bunyan - 17 Pink Sugar Elephants
Wanda Jackson - Let's Have A Party
Willie Bobo - Evil Ways
Yes - Yesterday And Today - Remastered
Yusef Lateef - The Plum Blossom - Rudy Van Gelder Remaster
Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Here Comes My Baby

dance cum rituals (Moka), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 21:17 (nine years ago)

France Gall - Laisse tomber les filles

I love this song so much

altony rightano (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 21:32 (nine years ago)

voted smith because smith never gets enough love

increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 01:20 (eight years ago)

this is a good playlist.

Treeship, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 01:26 (eight years ago)

once i was blind

a but (brimstead), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 02:45 (eight years ago)

I think this might be the only decade that works as a playlist... there's some freejazz that breaks the flow but it's overall pretty good.

dance cum rituals (Moka), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 06:25 (eight years ago)

Went for Os Mutantes - absolutely love that song. Yeah this is a great playlist. There are always some hidden gems in these things I've never heard before.

Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 08:59 (eight years ago)

I'm probably voting for Jacqueline Taieb but my current obsession is "come see about me" I must've heard it 10 times today. So many great moments in such a simple and short song.

dance cum rituals (Moka), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 09:53 (eight years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Friday, 30 December 2016 00:01 (eight years ago)

"Everybody's Talkin'."

clemenza, Friday, 30 December 2016 00:07 (eight years ago)

I don't know a lot of these but I can't really imagine how popular music can reach the pinnacle that is "I Want You Back," so voted for that.

Tom Violence, Friday, 30 December 2016 04:25 (eight years ago)

Joe Bataan vs Peggy Lee

Josefa, Friday, 30 December 2016 05:38 (eight years ago)

"This Will Be Our Year"

Bee OK, Friday, 30 December 2016 05:50 (eight years ago)

Joe Bataan vs Peggy Lee

― Josefa, viernes 30 de diciembre de 2016 5:38 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I love this contrast.

dance cum rituals (Moka), Friday, 30 December 2016 08:30 (eight years ago)

a lot of tempting choices here but the mono mix of "I Fought The Law" is one of the most electrifying recordings ever created

24K Maggots (crüt), Friday, 30 December 2016 13:07 (eight years ago)

Feels like Nobody But Me at the moment

Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Friday, 30 December 2016 13:15 (eight years ago)

C'mon you guys, someone wants to make a you tube playlist of this!

Iago Galdston, Friday, 30 December 2016 14:21 (eight years ago)

Thought for sure it was 'Walk on Gilded Splinters' until I saw 'Sunday Morning' and 'A Minha Menina' and 'Baby It's You' and now I don't know what to think.

what is the lever disease? (Old Lunch), Friday, 30 December 2016 14:39 (eight years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Saturday, 31 December 2016 00:01 (eight years ago)

one month passes...

my vote for I Fought The Law wasn't counted :[

example (crüt), Monday, 6 February 2017 04:28 (eight years ago)

four months pass...

This one is practically complete but here's some additions since the poll ended:

Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation Double Lovin´
Howlin' Wolf Spoonful
Bettye Swann (My Heart Is) Closed For The Season
Mireille Darc Helicoptère
La Lupe La Tirana
Ella Jenkins Who's Gonna Be Your Man?
Sands Listen To The Sky
Magic Sam My Love Will Never Die
The Shirelles Mama Said
The Staple Singers Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Simon & Garfunkel April Come She Will

dance cum rituals (Moka), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 06:09 (eight years ago)

Only 7 more songs and it's complete... unless I end up deleting or switching something with the passing years... so apologies for spamming these lists on ILM since I'm sort of using them as archives.

dance cum rituals (Moka), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 06:12 (eight years ago)

Rong for the sake of it

quet inn tarnation (darraghmac), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 21:37 (eight years ago)

What? The results?

dance cum rituals (Moka), Thursday, 29 June 2017 05:28 (eight years ago)

Some Velvet Morning clearly the unadorned champion

Unchanging Window (Ross), Thursday, 29 June 2017 05:31 (eight years ago)


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