Over the last several weeks, we started our first AudioJourneys Project by using Music League. This was a group of 26 people with great taste in music celebrating the decade together. We would submit songs a year at a time and make sure that nobody submitted duplicate artist. That would result in wonderful playlists, and there was a lot of engagement. We have since started the 1970s, and all 26 people re-joined, which is a great sign. It wasn’t hard to get four more and we now have a round number of 30.
Below are the playlists, but first here are the top 50 songs in terms of votes. There are quite a few ties.
1. (1964) The Zombies, She’s Not There – 52
2. (1965) Otis Redding, I’ve Been Loving You Too Long – 51
3. (1969) David Bowie, Space Oddity – 50
4. (1960) The Drifters, Save the Last Dance for Me – 49
5. (1969) Joni Mitchell, Both Sides Now – 47
6. (1968) Glen Campbell, Wichita Lineman – 44
7. (1961) Ben E. King, Stand By Me – 43
7. (1964) Nina Simone, Mississippi Goddam – Live At Carnegie Hall – 43
9. (1960) Etta James, A Sunday Kind of Love – 42
9. (1962) The Miracles, You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me – 42
9. (1969) Isaac Hayes, Walk On By – 42
12. (1963) The Ronettes, Be My Baby – 41
12. (1966) The Beach Boys, Wouldn’t It Be Nice – 41
12. (1967) The Beatles, A Day In The Life – 41
12. (1968) The Beatles, While My Guitar Gently Weeps – 41
16. (1961) Roy Orbison, Crying 40
16. (1961) Patsy Cline, I Fall To Pieces – 40
16. (1964) Dionne Warwick, Walk on By – 40
16. (1966) The Beatles, Tomorrow Never Knows – 40
16. (1966) Count Five, Psychotic Reaction – 40
16. (1967) Cream, Sunshine Of Your Love – 40
16. (1968) Cream, White Room – 40
16. (1968) Otis Redding, (Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay – 40
16. (1968) I’d Rather Go Blind, 40
16. (1969) The Beatles, I Want You (She’s So Heavy) – 40
16. (1969) Nick Drake, River Man – 40
27. (1961) Del Shannon, Runaway – 39
27. (1964) The Kinks, You Really Got Me – 39
27. (1968) Ray Barretto, Soul Drummers – 39
27. (1969) Led Zeppelin, Good Times Bad Times – 39
27. (1969) Chicago Transit Authority, Questions 67 and 68 – 39
32. (1960) Sister Rosetta Harpe, Take My Hand Precious Lord – 38
32. (1964) Chuck Berry, You Can Never Tell – 38
32. (1964) Sam Cooke, A Change is Gonna Come – 38
32. (1964) Stan Getz, The Girl from Ipanema – 38
32. (1965) The Rolling Stones, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – 38
32. (1965) Nina Simone, Sinnerman – 38
32. (1965) The Beatles, Nowhere Man – 38
32. (1966) Norma Tanega, You’re Dead – 38
32. (1968) Eli’s Coming, Laura Nero
41. (1960) Joan Baez, Donna Donna – 37
41. (1960) Maurice Williams, Stay – 37
41. (1961) The Shirelles, Will You Love Me Tomorrow – 37
41. (1961) John Coltrane, Like Someone In Love – 37
41. (1962) Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Green Onions – 37
41. (1967) Jefferson Airplane, Somebody to Love – 37
41. (1968) Sly & the Family Stone, Everyday People – 37
41. (1958) Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty Springfield
49. (1969) The Stooges, I Wanna Be Your Dog – 36
50. (1960) Aretha Franklin, Today I Sing the Blues – 35
50. (1962) The Beatles, Love Me Do – 35
50. (1962) Little Eva, The Locomotion – 35
50. (1969) Frank Zappa, Peaches En Regalia – 35
50. (1962) Dave Brubeck, The Real Ambassador – 34
50. (1968) Janis Ian, Sweet Misery – 34
50. (1968) Nina Simone, Feeling Good – 34
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1960s Forgotten Ones
AudioJourneys.com is a website that we plan to launch after the CineJourneys.com website is finished. We are working on a dashboard now and a couple other things, so we hope to get it online soon.