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THE ABSOLUTE BEST SONGS FROM THE 1960’S THAT SHOULD HAVE TOPPED THE CHARTS!
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| Artist | Title | Label | Date | Origin | Comments |
| Bobby Fuller Four | Never To Be Forgotten | Mustang | 1965 | El Paso TX | Their single before "I Fought the Law" hit #9 on Billboard. |
| Hard Times | They Said No | World Pacific | 1967 | San Diego CA | Hit #97 on Billboard with "Fortune Teller." Bass Larry Byrom > Steppenwolf. |
| Grains of Sand | That’s When Happiness Began | Valiant | 1965 | Los Angeles CA | Wr: Don & Dick Addrisi of "Never My Love" fame. |
| The Cyrkle | The Words | Columbia | 1967 | Easton PA > New York NY | Hit #2 with "Red Rubber Ball" and #16 with "Turn Down Day." |
| Neil Diamond | The Boat That I Row | Bang | 1966 | New York NY | Flip to "I Got a Feelin’." A #6 hit in the UK for Lulu. |
| Monkees | Love is Only Sleeping | Colgems | 1967 | Los Angeles CA | Wr: Mann-Weil. Off Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd LP. |
| Betty Everett | I Can’t Hear You | Vee-Jay | 1964 | Chicago IL | #66 on Billboard. Took "It’s In Her Kiss" to #6 in 1964. |
| Velvelettes | Needle in a Haystack | VIP | 1964 | Western Michigan | #45 on Billboard. |
| Flirtations | Nothing But a Heartache | Deram | 1968 | SC > NYC > UK | #38 on Billboard. |
| Beatles | I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party | Capitol | 1965 | Liverpool UK | #39 on Billboard as flip to the #1 hit "Eight Days a Week." |
| Roulettes | Bad Time | Parlophone | 1964 | Hertfordshire UK | Russ Ballard & Robert Henrit variously to Unit 4+2, Argent, solo, Kinks. |
| Tony Jackson Group | You’re My Number One | CBS | 1966 | London UK | Former Searchers lead singer. |
| Shadows of Knight | Bad Little Woman | Dunwich | 1966 | Arlington Heights IL | Orig: Belfast’s Wheels. #91 on Billboard. Smash hit with "Gloria." |
| Mark Markham & the Jesters |
Goin’ Back to Marlboro Country | Power & RCA | 1968 | Fort Lauderdale FL | Later covered by Markham’s nephew in Charlie Picket & the Eggs. |
| The Gants | (You Can’t Blow) Smoke Rings | Liberty | 1966 | Greenwood MS | Had minor hit with "I Wonder." |
| Twilights | Time & Motion Study Man | Columbia | 1966 | Adelaide OZ | |
| Moody Blues | Leave This Man Alone | Decca | 1967 | Birmingham UK | Single stiffed just before "Days of Future Passed" was issued. |
| Frabjoy & the Runcible Spoon |
I’m Beside Myself | Marmalade | 1969 | Manchester UK | Proto-10cc. |
| Hollies | Have You Ever Loved Somebody | Epic | 1967 | Manchester UK | Off their Evolution LP. Covered by Searchers, Everly Brothers, more. |
| Cat Stevens | Lovely City (When Do You Laugh?) | Deram | 1968 | London UK | |
| Byrds | Lady Friend | Columbia | 1967 | Los Angeles CA | Hit #82 on Billboard. |
| Duprees | Around the Corner | Columbia | 1965 | Jersey City NJ | #91 on Billboard. Prod: Artie Ripp. Hit #7 in ’62 with "You Belong to Me." |
| The Knack | Freedom Now | Capitol | 1968 | Los Angeles CA | |
| Jackie & Gayle | Our Love’s Gonna Snowball | Decca | 1965 | SoCal | Ex-New Christy Minstrels, off the Wild, Wild Winter ST. |
| Jackie DeShannon | Dream Boy | EMI | rec 1964 rel 1994 | Hazel KY | Cowr with boyfriend, Jimmy Page, on gtr. |
| First Gear | Leave My Kitten Alone | Pye | 1964 | Barnsley South Yorkshire UK | Jimmy Page gtr. Prod: Shel Talmy. Orig: Little Willie John. |
| Zephyrs | I Can Tell | Columbia | 1964 | London UK | Jimmy Page gtr. Orig: Bo Diddley. |
| Male | You’re Playing With Fire | Quinvy | 1970 | Raleigh NC | Wr: Carter-Lewis of "Little Bit O’ Soul" fame. |
| Chuck Martin | It’s Too Late | Skatter | 1969 | Greensboro NC | |
| Young Ones | Too Much Lovin’ | Super-Cool | 1967 | Lumberton NC | AKA Psychic Motion, later The Cykle. |
| Beach Boys | Let Him Run Wild | Capitol | 1965 | Hawthorne CA | Off their Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) LP. |
| The Choir | Anyway I Can | Bomp | rec 1969 rel 1976 | Cleveland OH | Hit #67 on Billboard with "It’s Cold Outside." Players to Raspberries, Fotomaker. |
| Left Banke | Desiree | Smash | 1967 | New York NY | Topped out at #98 on Billboard. |
| Turtles | Makin’ My Mind Up | White Whale | 1967 | Westchester CA | |
| Thomas Group | Penny Arcade | Dunhill | 1967 | Beverly Hills CA | Danny Thomas’ son. Wr: Sloan-Barri. |
| Bo Gentry & Ritchie Cordell |
Stone Go-Getter | Columbia | 1969 | New York NY | Songwriters for Tommy James & the Shondells, Crazy Elephant, others. |
| Rolling Stones | Carol | London | 1964 | London UK | Orig: Chuck Berry. |
| Paul Revere & the Raiders |
Tighter | Columbia | 1967 | Idaho > Portland OR | |
| Herman’s Hermits | Got a Feeling | MGM | 1966 | Manchester UK | Flip to "Listen People." |
| Shanes | Faces, Faces | Columbia | 1968 | Kiruna Sweden | |