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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.
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...
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.
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.