You guys are awesome - so many memories - great thread -
My top ten late 60's early 70's artists *missing* from the lists so far - not in any order -

1 - Carole King
2 - Yes
3 - Harry Nilsson
4 - Judy Collins
5 - Jethro Tull
6 - Simon & Garfunkel
7 - Moody Blues
8 - Joni Mitchell
9 - ZZ Top
10 - Steely Dan

I like LD's artists so I'm adding my picks from his/her artists.

Carole King-So Far Away
Yes-Astral Traveller
Harry Nilsson-Coconut
Judy Collins-Chelsea Morning even if Joni might have sung it better.
Jethro tull-Cross Eyed Mary
Simon and Garfunkel-The Boxer
Moody Blues-Isn't Life strange
Joni Mitchell-Free Man in Paris
ZZ Top-Francine
Steely Dan-Pretzel Logic

Best part IMHO to growing up in the 50/60's was the music.

You guys are awesome - so many memories - great thread -
My top ten late 60's early 70's artists *missing* from the lists so far - not in any order -

1 - Carole King
2 - Yes
3 - Harry Nilsson
4 - Judy Collins
5 - Jethro Tull
6 - Simon & Garfunkel
7 - Moody Blues
8 - Joni Mitchell
9 - ZZ Top
10 - Steely Dan

I would only include three of these artists from this list. Jethro Tull, Moody Blues, and Joni Mitchell...the rest are well worth forgetting....

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Agreed. sorry, alot of people like Freebird but, not me.
The ending of Freebird, if you want to call half the song an ending, is a
garage band chord progression that got recorded and made millions of $$$.
I wish I would have done it.

To this day I have a hard time believing he was with the Jazz Messengers @ 1966.

I was unaware of that fact.

My list for today:
1. Tapestry....Carol King
2. You Never Even Called Me By My Name....David Alan Coe
3. Mercedes Benz....Janis Joplin
4. Ring of Fire....Johnny Cash
5. Grandpa Was A Carpenter....John Prine
6. Sunday Morning Coming Down....Kris Kristofferson
7. Universal Soldier....Buffy St. Marie
8. Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring....Modern Jazz Quartet's rendition
9. I Fall to Pieces....Patsy Cline
10. Everybody....John Prine

To this day I have a hard time believing he was with the Jazz Messengers @
1966.


I was unaware of that fact.

With Reggie Workman on Bass and Keith Jarrett on piano. I don't remember
the sax player at the moment. A passed friend of mine played with the
Messengers later in the 60's but he didn't record with them.

I would only include three of these artists from this list. Jethro Tull, Moody Blues, and Joni Mitchell...the rest are well worth forgetting....

Of course there are so many others that were already listed that made making this list very challenging - which is why i posted it - but come on papaOU - surely at least Simon & Garfunkel's "The Boxer" is one the all time greats - certainly *not* worth forgetting....

OK, I'm taking the challenge. It's LD's list of artists, my music choices.

1 - Carole King - So Far Away
2 - Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
3 - Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
4 - Judy Collins - Both Sides Now
5 - Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
6 - Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa
7 - Moody Blues - Knights in White Satin
8 - Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now
9 - ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
10 - Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years

Great list of artists, LD - how about the songs that they sing that you could listen to for the rest of your life?

Obviously the Boxer - S & G - i would go into why but do i need to?
For Judy C - it's "Song for Martin" - here's why -

As a kid my band played the Teen Club in Fort Sill routinely.

During the breaks i'd go out back to get some fresh air - they had cement block walls enclosing the place topped with razor wire - really made ya proud to be in the land of the free and the home of the brave ... Anyway, there was this troubled teen (imagine that!) out there by herself - she was kinda overweight and not too pretty. Since it was just the two of us out there we started up a conversation - we kinda hit it off and so every break - out i'd go. Next time we played there - look forward to seeing her - became a routine.

One time we go to play there - and no Candy. Asked around only to find she'd committed suicide. Her last name was Westmoreland - her daddy was a general - ring a bell? We had some really deep conversations about war and a lot of stuff.

Judy's song resonates my feelings about losing someone to suicide.

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Words and Music by Judy Collins
Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP)/ Rocky Mountain National Park Music, Inc.

In Rough Rock, Arizona he lived for many years alone
A gangly kid from Colorada, who could sing the sweetest songs
I first heard Woody's songs from him in a cabin in the snow
Seems like it was yesterday but it was years and years ago

He moved to Arizona in nineteen sixty-one
Got a job at the Indian school - he was livin' in the sun
My life was movin' fast by now, I was always on the run
My country life was far behind and the circus had begun

Marty, I know it got lonely out there
Coyotes cryin' at midnight in the cold desert air
The heart that sorrow broke in you can never be repaired
Mart, I know I let you down somewhere

I knew that me and Marty, we should have been good friends
I always knew the paths we walked were meant to cross again
We talked on the telephone once or twice a year
His voice was so familiar, his memory was clear

I'll never know what brought him to where he finally stood
A shotgun pointed at his head in a cabin in the woods
But somehow I could hear it, it struck my heart as well
For the unknown man who needs a hand
For the friend I'll never know

Marty, I know it got lonely out there
Coyotes cryin' at midnight in the cold desert air
The heart that sorrow broke in you can never be repaired
Mart, I know I let you down somewhere
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I ain't forgetting that one, papaOU...

RealJimbo got my first picks for Steely Dan & Tull - so i'll change mine to Bodhisattva & Wind-Up - definitely second choice but good enough...

Yes - SouthSide of the Sky - i'm a southsider and proud of it - "were we ever colder on that day - a million miles away - it seemed from all of eternity"

okay - five down - five to go -

C King - Beautiful
Joni M - Woodstock - she summed up what being a hippie meant to me...
ZZ Top - Just Got Paid
Moody Blues - Question
Nilsson - Jump Into the Fire

The left behinds of a great society - those *not* in the first 100 or so other *great* songs y'all already listed...

Of course there are so many others that were already listed that made making this list very challenging - which is why i posted it - but come on papaOU - surely at least Simon & Garfunkel's "The Boxer" is one the all time greats - certainly *not* worth forgetting....

that's why this is an individuals opinion. Anything by S&G is well worth forgetting. I'll stick by Joni M. and the Moody Blues as the only two on the list.....

Back in the daze when I was a plum, 50's & 60's I didn't care what the
music was. If I liked it, then I liked it. Tutti Frutti, Battle of New Orleans,
Purple People Eater, Johnny Staccato, D-I-V-O-R-C-E, I Wanna Hold Your
Hand, I Feel Good, etc...

THEN...
I started liking minor sounding music. Paint It Black, Dirty Water, Hot Time
Summer in the City, White Rabbit, Norwegian Wood, Sock it to Me...

THEN...
came Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, late Beatles, Motown...

THEN...
Yes, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, and virtually every group that wasn't on the
top 40.

THEN...
Classical, classical and jazz, jazz and classical, jazz...

NOW...
that I'm a prune I don't care what the music is. If I like it, I like it. I
especially like it if it pays.

we are missing:
Paul Revere and the Raiders
The Monkees
The Archie's
The Cowsills
The Royal Guardsmen

That's all I can think of off the cuff.....(LOL)

we are missing:
Paul Revere and the Raiders
The Monkees
The Archie's
The Cowsills
The Royal Guardsmen

That's all I can think of off the cuff... (LOL)
That's because it's about 10 songs you'd want to hear for the rest
of your life.

Think about it.

My top ten for the day:
1. Roller Girl - Dire Straits
2. 999 - Keith Richards
3. Wicked As It Seems - Keith Richards
4. Eileen - Keith Richards
5. Will But You Wont - Keith Richards
6. Take It So Hard - Keith Richards
7. Time Has Come Today - Chambers Bros.
8. I Did It My Way - The Chairman Of The Board
9. I Almost Cut My Hair - CSN&Y
10. Hello Walls - Willie Nelson

My top ten for the day:
1. Roller Girl - Dire Straits
2. 999 - Keith Richards
3. Wicked As It Seems - Keith Richards
4. Eileen - Keith Richards
5. Will But You Wont - Keith Richards
6. Take It So Hard - Keith Richards
7. Time Has Come Today - Chambers Bros.
8. I Did It My Way - The Chairman Of The Board
9. I Almost Cut My Hair - CSN&Y
10. Hello Walls - Willie Nelson
A lot about nothing: You mentioned Hello Walls by Willie Nelson!! You probably already know he wrote this song but Faron Young made it a hit!! I was watching a cable channel yrs ago before Faron Young committed suicide and in his interview he said Willie was broke and wrote this song and offered it to him for $20.00!! They were good friends and Faron told him it would be a big hit etc. etc. and gave him $50.00 for it!! Just thought I would pass that on.....Why? I don't know...LOL

What about some good country songs????
1. Oklahoma Hills:.........Hank Thompson
2. A Tear in my beer:.......Both Hanks....Sr/Jr
3. Right or Wrong:.............Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan
4. "Dusty Roads";................Norma Jean
5. Carroll County Accident:...Porter Waggoner/Dolly Parton
6. Running Bear:....Prinepicker.....No, it was Sonny James
7. "Out in the Parking Lot":.........Brad Paisley
8. Small Town Southern Man:......Alan Jackson
9. I don't need your Rocking Chair:.......George Jones
10. He stopped loving her today:.........George Jones


True American Country:.................And there are plenty more:.....

I see lots of Leon Russell and Elton John on these lists. Hold on to your hats, folks! A possibly amazing record is in the works, Leon, Elton, Bernie, and T-Bone working together. I hope it happens...one never knows about these things.


12.31.09
New Album Update
Bernie and Elton will return to the studio in mid-January to record a collaborative album with the iconic Leon Russell. Russell, who has always been one of Elton’s musical heroes and influences when it comes to piano styling, will be featured on a 50/50 basis - writing and performing his own material for the project, as well as writing with both Bernie and Elton, and performing and singing on the pair's own songs.

A marathon writing session in Los Angeles last November saw the trio pen a vast wealth of material that ranges far and wide and covers many musical genres.

The sessions will be overseen and produced by Henry (T-Bone) Burnett whose work on roots-based records over the last several years have turned this multi-Grammy winning musician and producer into the go-to-guy for unique projects.

We advise all not familiar with Leon or T-Bone to Google and learn more about these extraordinary individuals.

Don’t forget to keep checking for new postings by Bernie on his blog as we’re hoping he’ll be reporting some of his own personal feelings on this exciting new chapter in his storied career.

That's because it's about 10 songs you'd want to hear for the rest
of your life.

Think about it.

If these were the songs heard for the rest of my life, I would really be in need of redemption!

If these were the songs heard for the rest of my life, I would really be in need
of redemption!
That was the original question, that has been ignored.
If you had a make a CD of TEN (and only TEN) rock/pop songs
that you would listen to for the rest of your life, what would they
be? It's harder that you think.
I had a hard time with it.

As far as redemption goes try My316.com - Take it personally (http://www.my316.com/)

That was the original question, that has been ignored.
If you had a make a CD of TEN (and only TEN) rock/pop songs
that you would listen to for the rest of your life, what would they
be? It's harder that you think.
I had a hard time with it.

Which is why almost everyone said that their list would change week to week, if not day to day.

This weeks list:

1. Darlin' Be Home Soon - Lovin' Spoonful
2. Monster - Steppenwolf
3. Rumble - Link Wray
4. 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
5. Cat's Squirrel - Jethro Tull
6. Oh, Well! Parts 1&2 - Fleetwood Mac
7. Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman (Had it on a previous list, but I never get tired of it)
8. Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix Experience
9. Stella Blue - Grateful Dead
10. It's All Too Much - Beatles

Which is why almost everyone said that their list would change week to week, if not day to day.

This weeks list:

1. Darlin' Be Home Soon - Lovin' Spoonful
2. Monster - Steppenwolf
3. Rumble - Link Wray
4. 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
5. Cat's Squirrel - Jethro Tull
6. Oh, Well! Parts 1&2 - Fleetwood Mac
7. Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman (Had it on a previous list, but I never get tired of it)
8. Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix Experience
9. Stella Blue - Grateful Dead
10. It's All Too Much - Beatles Spoonful, Monster, Little Wing, and Stella Blue--Yeah!!...

Darlin' Be Home Soon - 21st Century Schizoid Man - Cat's Squirrel - Oh, Well! Parts 1&2
wow
Peter Green shoulda been on my list of missing artists...

Y'all seem really on top of it - who did the first prog rock song? 21st Century Schizoid Man seems like a contender ???maybe???

1. Tumblin' Tumbleweeds....Sons Of The Pioneers
2. Cool Water....Sons Of The Pioneers
3.Great Balls of Fire....Jerry Lee Lewis
4. Smile....Nat King Cole
5. Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
6. Fever....Peggy Lee
7. Is That All There Is....Peggy Lee
8. Twilight Time....The Platters
9. Only You....The Platters
10. Great Pretender....The Platters

What about some good country songs????
1. Oklahoma Hills:.........Hank Thompson
2. A Tear in my beer:.......Both Hanks....Sr/Jr
3. Right or Wrong:.............Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan
4. "Dusty Roads";................Norma Jean
5. Carroll County Accident:...Porter Waggoner/Dolly Parton
6. Running Bear:....Prinepicker.....No, it was Sonny James
7. "Out in the Parking Lot":.........Brad Paisley
8. Small Town Southern Man:......Alan Jackson
9. I don't need your Rocking Chair:.......George Jones
10. He stopped loving her today:.........George Jones


True American Country:.................And there are plenty more:.....
Are you saying you like "Running Bear" by Sonny James and NOT Johnny Preston who first came out with this song and made it a hit?????????

How about "Some where over the Rainbow" by, "The Killer"...Jerry Lee Lewis?...

any steppenwolf fans in here?

any steppenwolf fans in here?

Monster, Steppenwolf's best song. Sam Stone on 96.1 KOCY-FM (Under Oklahoma City), would play it when he had to take an extended (ahem) break.

i saw john kay about 5 or 6 years ago with my dad in alma, arkansas, and it was great. he still put on a hell of a show.

any steppenwolf fans in here? The fira ttime I took Acid was in 1

967WHEN.. Your drunk and in the Alley..There's a light on you..Eyes.. That I can See.... Let's:white flag and see the rest...

Are you saying you like "Running Bear" by Sonny James and NOT Johnny Preston who first came out with this song and made it a hit?????????
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You know, like you, I like just about all kinds of music but Heavy metal and"Rap".

Remember, I was country when Country wasn't Cool....I was listening to KLPR and WBAP Ft. Worth, Texas when you guys (including my wife) were listening to Bad Finger, Steppenwolf, Creedence Clearwater revival, The Who, and all of the other LOUD nusic players....they were good though....And I DO LIKE John Prine.......(Rita Ballou).....

I put peanuts in my RC Cola............Have to use Coke now though (coca-Cola)....

HOWEVER, IF I REALLY HAD TO PICK 10 SONGS TO LISTEN FROM NOW ON.....IT WAS BE A MEDLEY OF SCOTT JOPLIN SONGS...ISN'T THAT WHAT THIS "FUN" THREAD IS ALL ABOUT?...yee-haw

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You know, like you, I like just about all kinds of music but Heavy metal and"Rap".

Remember, I was country when Country wasn't Cool....I was listening to KLPR and WBAP Ft. Worth, Texas when you guys (including my wife) were listening to Bad Finger, Steppenwolf, Creedence Clearwater revival, The Who, and all of the other LOUD nusic players....they were good though....And I DO LIKE John Prine.......(Rita Ballou).....

I put peanuts in my RC Cola............Have to use Coke now though (coca-Cola)....

HOWEVER, IF I REALLY HAD TO PICK 10 SONGS TO LISTEN FROM NOW ON.....IT WAS BE A MEDLEY OF SCOTT JOPLIN SONGS...ISN'T THAT WHAT THIS "FUN" THREAD IS ALL ABOUT?...yee-haw
WHAT IN THE HELL WAS ALL THAT ABOUT? I SIMPLY ASKED YOU A QUESTION!~! By the way, you got the wrong character on the artist I listen or listened to!! I think you've been in the medicine cabinet again!!

Which is why almost everyone said that their list would change week to
week, if not day to day.
Including myself. I was telling papaOU what the original post said.

By the way, you got the wrong character on the artist I listen or listened to!
I think you've been in the medicine cabinet again!
Possibly beer, lollytabs and more beer.

This has been a tough question. Now I'm on Country, but of course this is
only for the rest of my life providing I die tomorrow!

Hey, Ray Price is still singing great! I played with his pianist a couple of
months ago. Great player.

This list is in case I have to be with Gen64 for an extended length of
time bootlegging... which we hope never... mind... LOL!

Country
Hey, Good Lookin' - Hank Williams
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
Walkin' after Midnight - Patsy Cline
Heartaches by the Number- Ray Price
Your Cheatin' Heart - Hank Williams
Mean Mama Blues - Ernest Tubb
For the Good Times - Ray Price
The Race is On - George Jones
I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles
I'm So Doggone Lonesome - Ernest Tubb

Special Mention
(The Ballad of) Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum
The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton
Anything else recorded by Ray Price, Hank Williams & Ernest Tubb
My Horse is Dead and now I'm Doomed Forever - Prunepicker

What did Ernest Tubb say when he got a splinter in his finger?


Ohhhh, pick it Billy Bird!

Here are some Rock 'n' Roll hit's, not pop, I remember on the radio from the
50's. This doesn't include Patti Page, who I got to stand next to and get
my mug in a newspaper photo with her! I think she wanted to marry me.

Ain't That a Shame - Fats Domino
Earth Angel - The Penguins?
Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins? I know he wrote it. Gary Lewis?
I Found My Thrill - Fats
Wake Up Little Suzy - Everly Brothers
I'm Walkin' - Fats Yes, I was a Fats Fan!
Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte
Yakety Yak - The Coasters
Donna - Richie Valens I think he was singing about Donna Loren. She'd
have married me if she'd met me, as would Grace Kelly, Doris Day, Grace
Kelly, Patsy Cline, Grace Kelly, Myrtle Snodgrass and Grace Kelly.

My top ten for the day:
1. Playing In The Band - Grateful Dead
2. U.S. Blues - Dead
3. Mexicali Blues - Dead
4. Me And My Uncle - Bob Weir
5. Pipeline - The Chantays > Dick Dale > The Ventures > SRV (anyone of em will do)
6. Walk Don't Run - The Ventures
7. Taco Wagon - Dick Dale
8. Mr. Eliminator - Dick Dale
9. Doom Box - Dick Dale
10. Green Onions - Booker T and The MG's

10. Green Onions - Booker T and The MG's
That was a great cruisin' tune!

That was a great cruisin' tune! Yeah, and I think some of the Allman Bros. tunes are good cruiser's too.

Todays Top Ten: Only a few will remember these, I think! PaPa and Usg60

Dear One...................................Larry Finnegan

Party Lights................................Claudine Clark

Sorry (I ran all the way home)........The Impalas

Sweet Soul Music.........................Arthur Conley

It Will Stand................................The Showmen

Money Honey...............................Clyde McPhatter

Green Door...................................Jim Lowe

Mary Lou......................................Young Jessie

Ain't Got No Home..........................Clarence (Frogman) Henry

Transfusion...................................Nerv ous Norvous

Honorable Mention to Stan Freberg: Christmas Dragnet and The Lone Psychiatrist (my personal favorites)

Todays Top Ten: Only a few will remember these, I think! PaPa and Usg60

Dear One...................................Larry Finnegan

Party Lights................................Claudine Clark

Sorry (I ran all the way home)........The Impalas

Sweet Soul Music.........................Arthur Conley

It Will Stand................................The Showmen

Money Honey...............................Clyde McPhatter

Green Door...................................Jim Lowe

Mary Lou......................................Young Jessie

Ain't Got No Home..........................Clarence (Frogman) Henry

Transfusion...................................Nerv ous Norvous

Honorable Mention to Stan Freberg: Christmas Dragnet and The Lone Psychiatrist (my personal favorites)

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Hey:....I remember those...remember, I'm older than you are.....

From the Beginning by EL&P for sure. . .I still have a memory of waking up about 3 am one night in 74 and hearing that being played on a decent stereo. Still a moving memory 50 years later!

From the Beginning by EL&P for sure. . .I still have a memory of waking up about 3 am one night in 74 and hearing that being played on a decent stereo. Still a moving memory 50 years later!

Still a good song on my playlist.

You sir are a man of impeccable taste!