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One great song from 1969
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The 5Th Dimension
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Space Oddity ~ David Bowie
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Led Zeppelin- whole lotta love
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Oh Happy Day may have been the first Gospel song to make the Billboard Hot 100 charts. It was #93 in 1969.
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Oh yes, I liked that one, too!
I once saw a news story indicating the most memorable songs of our lives were on the air when we were 11 years old. Not sure how true this is, but I was 11 or 12 when all these songs came out and I love them all!
I'll add this one. Psychedelic and sexy!
I'll add this one. Psychedelic and sexy!
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Honky Tonk Women
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It's funny you posted that one Doug. I was going to post Crystal Blue Persuasion after giving others a chance to post. Both songs charted on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1969.
You may not realize that the Edwin Hawkins Singers also sang backup for another great song. RIP Melanie.
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I never hard the song before.
JBR
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Spirit of the times, I suppose. Type of thing half a million people were listening to, for a few days a few thousand miles to the east of me, on a farm near Woodstock. (Originally a Lennon & McCartney song.)
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Wow. I have not heard this in a very long time. Wondered who sang it, thanks for sharing.
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I believe that about our response to songs back then.
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Grazing In The Grass - The Friends Of Distinction {Stereo} 1969
“Grazing in the Grass” is an instrumental composed by Philemon Hou and first recorded by the South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. Released in the United States as a single in 1968, it reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, ranking it as the 18th biggest hit of the year.
A vocal version by The Friends of Distinction, in 1969, was also a Top Ten pop and R&B hit, reaching #3 on the former and #5 on the latter. One of the group's members, Harry Elston, wrote lyrics for the song and sang lead on the Friends Of Distinction's version of it.
Can you dig it?
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