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Best tracks of the SIXTIES that didn't make the charts...
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#46131
Best tracks of the SIXTIES that didn't make the charts... 16 Years ago  
I nominate PJ Proby's I Can't Make It Alone; one of my ten favourite ever records; produced by Jack Nitzsche, the man behind Spector's Wall of Sound - also recorded later by Dusty and Bill (Righteous Brother) Medley but never as good as Jim's superb version; only a very minor hit; deserved to be huge.
 
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#46135
Metal Mickey

Re:Best tracks of the SIXTIES that didn't make the charts... 16 Years ago  
OK, way too many to count, but here are the first 5 that popped into my head...

LOVIN' SPOONFUL - Do You Believe In Magic?
SPIRAL STAIRCASE - More Today Than Yesterday (both of these first two are perfect sunshine pop.)
SHANGRI-LA'S - I Can Never Go Home Any More (amazing over-the-top girlgroup melodrama)
LORRAINE ELLISON - Stay With Me (allegedly cut in a single take with Frank Sinatra's orchestra when he failed to turn up to a session)
DONOVAN - Wear Your Love Like Heaven (he had plenty of hits, but this is my favourite track of his.)

And it's hard to believe three of my favourite ever artists, LOVE, LAURA NYRO and NICK DRAKE, never had any hits... I'd nominate Alone Again Or, Wedding Bell Blues and River Man respectively...
 
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#46138
andrew

Re:Best tracks of the SIXTIES that didn't make the charts... 16 Years ago  
Shang A Doo Lang Adrianne Posta version is brilliant would really suit Spectors Wall of Sound. There are several singles of POsta on ebay but a Cd has never been released.
 
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#46139
Emma Bee

Re:Best tracks of the SIXTIES that didn't make the charts... 16 Years ago  
I don't think Grapefruit's 'Come down to the Station' made the charts. I think that was the A side.

Gosh. I'll have to find my copy and check.
 
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#46141
dixie

Re:Best tracks of the SIXTIES that didn't make the charts... 16 Years ago  
Tommy James & The Shondells - Crimson In Clover.

Was a No. 1 in the USA, but failed to chart here.

(I was recently reminded of the track as it's contained on the soundtrack CD of "The Boat That Rocks")
 
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#46143
MC MC

Re:Best tracks of the SIXTIES that didn't make the charts... 16 Years ago  
Totally agree - I heard this on Brian Matthew's Sounds Of The Sixties a few weeks ago. A titanic song and a titanic performance.

My nomination is a fairly obvious one - "Stay With Me" by Lorraine Ellison. Should have been a huge number one but didn't even make the Top 50 here.
 
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