Posted October 5, 200915 yr lennon/mc cartney, jagger/richards, ray and dave davies, motown, seemed to dominate the 60's with their creative songwriting, but putting them aside, who else would YOU cite as 'the other' creative artists of the 60's whos work is well known but often overlooked? ill start with graham gouldman, in his pre-10cc days, he wrote some classics (well i would say that wouldnt i, as he wrote for the yardbirds! lol)... from wiki he wrote a string of million-selling hit songs: as well as "For Your Love" he penned "Heart Full of Soul" and "Evil Hearted You" for The Yardbirds, "Bus Stop" and "Look Through Any Window" for The Hollies, "No Milk Today" and "Listen People" for Herman's Hermits, "Pamela, Pamela" for Wayne Fontana, "Behind the Door" for The St. Louis Union and Cher, "Tallyman" for Jeff Beck theres only 'behind the door' that i dont know, the rest are first class quality pop songs.
October 5, 200915 yr Graham Gouldman wrote some good catchy songs. Some others that spring to mind are... Carole King & Gerry Goffin, they wrote loads, here are a few Shirelles - Will you still love me tomorrow Bobby Vee - Take good care of my baby Little Eva - The Locomotion Everly Brothers - Crying in the rain Drifters - Up on the roof The Animals - Don't bring me down Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday Holland - Dozier - Holland wrote lots of the motown classics in the 60's for The Supremes, Marvin Gaye,Martha & Vandellas,Four Tops, R Dean Taylor, Chairman of the board & Freda Payne. Neil Diamond wrote for... The Monkees - I'm a believer, A little bit me a little bit you Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller wrote songs like... Elvis Presley - Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock Drifters - There goes my baby Coasters - Searchin, Poison Ivy Ben E King - Stand by your man Exciters - Tell him
October 6, 200915 yr Author Graham Gouldman wrote some good catchy songs. Some others that spring to mind are... Carole King & Gerry Goffin, they wrote loads, here are a few Shirelles - Will you still love me tomorrow Bobby Vee - Take good care of my baby Little Eva - The Locomotion Everly Brothers - Crying in the rain Drifters - Up on the roof The Animals - Don't bring me down Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday Holland - Dozier - Holland wrote lots of the motown classics in the 60's for The Supremes, Marvin Gaye,Martha & Vandellas,Four Tops, R Dean Taylor, Chairman of the board & Freda Payne. Neil Diamond wrote for... The Monkees - I'm a believer, A little bit me a little bit you Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller wrote songs like... Elvis Presley - Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock Drifters - There goes my baby Coasters - Searchin, Poison Ivy Ben E King - Stand by your man Exciters - Tell him 'a little bit me a little bit you' was actually a re-working of his (n d ) earlier 'miss' 'cherry cherry'.
October 12, 200915 yr Steve Marriott/Ronnie Lane (Small Faces) "Hey Girl" 1966, UK No. 10 a8gtjMVWjec "All Or Nothing" 1966, UK No. 1 3QcYL5lI9yw "My Mind's Eye" 1966 , UK No. 4 btRpt6LsSxY "I Can't Make It" 1967, UK No. 26 2uBFdkp5oG4&feature=related "Here Come the Nice" 1967, UK No. 12 Mg2xisovwwo&feature=related "Itchycoo Park" 1967, UK No. 3 kDH0H-tos9A&feature=related "Tin Soldier" 1967, UK No. 9 wcKZoFRpZCI&feature=related "Lazy Sunday" 1967, UK No. 2 yhyEMZkfLMo&feature=related "The Universal" 1968, UK No. 16 Uf-WIgiQj7o LP "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake" 1968, UK No. 1 (for 6 weeks) rm4klQeCbsM&feature=related IMHO underrated as hell, brilliant band, great song writing duo, and Marriott was a brilliant singer! And personally I think that these singles by no means show their songwriting abilities in full potential. IMHO all their albums (especially from Immediate label) are amazing written, full of interesting ideas with great blend of R&B, psych rock, folk, cockney East End of London music-hall sound, humour, beautiful melodies etc. Edited October 12, 200915 yr by FireWoman
October 13, 200915 yr Author Steve Marriott/Ronnie Lane (Small Faces) IMHO underrated as hell, brilliant band, great song writing duo, and Marriott was a brilliant singer! And personally I think that these singles by no means show their songwriting abilities in full potential. IMHO all their albums (especially from Immediate label) are amazing written, full of interesting ideas with great blend of R&B, psych rock, folk, cockney East End of London music-hall sound, humour, beautiful melodies etc. cant argue against that!.... indeed a great group all to often remembered for 'ichycoo park' which was only 1 classic. they are often uncredited by the britpop brigade who cite the kinks as the godfathers of britpop whilst i reckon the small faces come a very close second... 'lazy sunday' is imho possibly the defining britpop track...
October 17, 200915 yr lennon/mc cartney, jagger/richards, ray and dave davies, motown, seemed to dominate the 60's with their creative songwriting, but putting them aside, who else would YOU cite as 'the other' creative artists of the 60's whos work is well known but often overlooked? ill start with graham gouldman, in his pre-10cc days, he wrote some classics (well i would say that wouldnt i, as he wrote for the yardbirds! lol)... from wiki he wrote a string of million-selling hit songs: as well as "For Your Love" he penned "Heart Full of Soul" and "Evil Hearted You" for The Yardbirds, "Bus Stop" and "Look Through Any Window" for The Hollies, "No Milk Today" and "Listen People" for Herman's Hermits, "Pamela, Pamela" for Wayne Fontana, "Behind the Door" for The St. Louis Union and Cher, "Tallyman" for Jeff Beck theres only 'behind the door' that i dont know, the rest are first class quality pop songs. I saw Graham Gouldman in concert (as 10CC) in Southport in May - he (and the band) was (were) brilliant. Loved listening to Hollies & 10CC stuff again. They performed 'For Your Love' fab! Norma
October 23, 200915 yr Small Faces were an awesome band! Itchycoo Park got me into them, however there biggest hit Lazy Sunday is not one of their best imo. Afterglow is a superb track as is there version of Every Little Bit Hurts.
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