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Someone on some other thread referred to 'Those Were the Days' and it got me thinking about Mary Hopkin's version. I love that tune.

Post your favourite pop song(s) from the 1960s or 70s, no matter how cheesy. This might include anything from Cat Stevens to Boney M, just as long as it had mainstream radio-play.

Rules:

1. They must be actual pop songs; not just some obscure personal favourite, or metal (unless the tune got mainstream play).
2. Ideally, post one from each of the two decades.
3. Feel free to post more than one from each, but keep the decades even (e.g. 1 60s + 1 70s, or 2 60s + 2 70s etc.)

1960s

1970s


 
Posted : 06/02/2017 4:00 pm
 DezB
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60s

70s

Pop that kids listened to, not their parents.


 
Posted : 06/02/2017 4:14 pm
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Used to hear this song played regularly on Radio Luxembourg, but it never did much in the charts:

Until a couple of years or so later, when this version did:

[i]It's a Game[/i], original version by String Driven Thing, chart version by The Bay City Rollers.


 
Posted : 06/02/2017 8:18 pm
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60,s

70,s


 
Posted : 06/02/2017 8:20 pm
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Posted : 06/02/2017 8:22 pm
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From 1964, always loved this song, still do:

Pet Clarke [i]Downtown[/i]

From the 70's, another song I've always loved, later made into a really crappy sort-of cover:

John Kongos [i]He's Gonna Step On You Again[/i]


 
Posted : 06/02/2017 8:34 pm
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Pop Music you say? Well 1979 was good:


 
Posted : 06/02/2017 9:39 pm
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Never fails to get me bouncin', just so funky.


 
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Petula Clark is headlining Cropredy for one night this year. God only knows where that came from...


 
Posted : 06/02/2017 9:42 pm
 DezB
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60s

70s


 
Posted : 06/02/2017 9:48 pm
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Posted : 06/02/2017 10:03 pm
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some 60s for balance;

Wasted on us kids.


 
Posted : 06/02/2017 10:08 pm
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The answer is how the f should I know where Vic is


 
Posted : 06/02/2017 10:14 pm
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The singer is from fife you know


 
Posted : 06/02/2017 10:20 pm
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Hey I'm not 'that' old.


 
Posted : 06/02/2017 10:23 pm
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50s (yeah, I know you said 60s onwards)


 
Posted : 06/02/2017 10:25 pm
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The Zombies vastly underrated IMO


 
Posted : 06/02/2017 10:27 pm
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Woof woof! as Flasheart might say

Here's two for one from the 60's (come on, they are only two minutes long)


 
Posted : 06/02/2017 10:28 pm
 DezB
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Here's one from 1961 that my dad had in his singles box

and one from the late 70s he had


 
Posted : 06/02/2017 10:58 pm