Artist	Song
The 5th Dimension	Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) [From the American Tribal Love Rock Musical "Hair"]
from The Fifth Dimension: Master Hits (1999)
Marvin Gaye	I Heard It Through the Grapevine
from Motown 1's (2004)
The Archies	Sugar Sugar
from Doogal (Music from the Motion Picture) (2006)
The Monkees	Daydream Believer
from The Birds, the Bees, & the Monkees (2004)
Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
from The Very Best of Otis Redding (2007)
Tom Jones	What's New Pussycat? (From "What's New Pussycat?")
from Reloaded - Greatest Hits (2003)
Ben E. King	Stand By Me
from Rhino Hi-Five: Ben E. King - EP (2006)
The Beach Boys	Wouldn't It Be Nice
from Sounds of Summer - The Very Best of The Beach Boys (2003)
Elvis Presley	Suspicious Minds
from Elvis: 30 #1 Hits (2002)
Nancy Sinatra	These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
from Boots (2006)
The Foundations	Build Me Up Buttercup
from The Very Best of the Foundations (2008)
The Drifters	Under the Boardwalk (Single/LP Version)
from Under the Boardwalk (2005)
Neil Diamond	Sweet Caroline
from The Neil Diamond Collection (1999)
The Four Tops	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
from The Ultimate Collection: Four Tops (1997)
Strawberry Alarm Clock	Incense and Peppermint
from Incense & Peppermints (1990)
Dionne Warwick	Do You Know the Way to San Jose
from The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits (2005)
Petula Clark	Downtown
from The Ultimate Petula Clark (2003)
The Youngbloods	Get Together
from Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods (2002)
Blood, Sweat & Tears	Spinning Wheel
from Blood, Sweat & Tears: Greatest Hits (1999)
Sonny & Cher	I Got You Babe
from The Beat Goes On: Best Of (2005)
Simon & Garfunkel	Mrs. Robinson
from The Best of Simon & Garfunkel (1999)
The Tokens	The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)
from Wimoweh - The Best of the Tokens (1993)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	The Tracks of My Tears
from Ooo Baby Baby: The Anthology (2002)
The Turtles	Happy Together
from Happy Together (2005)
The Mamas & The Papas	California Dreamin'
from The Mamas & The Papas Greatest Hits (1998)
The Supremes	Where Did Our Love Go
from The Ultimate Collection: Diana Ross & The Supremes (1997)
The Box Tops	The Letter
from Best of the Box Top - Soul Deep (1996)
Linda Ronstadt	Different Drum
from Linda Ronstadt: Greatest Hits (2009)
Bob Dylan	Like a Rolling Stone
from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (1983)
The Temptations	My Girl
from My Girl: The Very Best of the Temptations (2002)
The Lovin' Spoonful	Do You Believe In Magic?
from Platinum & Gold Collection: The Lovin' Spoonful (2003)
The Byrds	Mr. Tambourine Man
from Mr. Tambourine Man (1994)
Sly & the Family Stone	Everyday People
from Anthology (1989)
The Grass Roots	Let's Live for Today
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Grass Roots (2001)
Dusty Springfield	Son of a Preacher Man
from Dusty In Memphis (Deluxe Edition) (2007)
Harpers Bizarre	59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
from Rhino Hi-Five: Harpers Bizarre - EP (2006)
Donovan	Mellow Yellow
from The Essential Donovan (2004)
The Rolling Stones	Time Is On My Side
from Hot Rocks 1964-1971 (2005)
The Impressions	It's All Right
from Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions: The Anthology, 1961-1977 (1992)
Roy Orbison	Oh, Pretty Woman
from The Essential Roy Orbison (2006)
Van Morrison	Brown Eyed Girl
from T.B. Sheets (1990)
Three Dog Night	One
from The Complete Hit Singles (2004)
The Righteous Brothers	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
from The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (1991)
Sam Cooke	Cupid
from Greatest Hits (1997)
Peter, Paul & Mary	Leaving on a Jet Plane
from The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary (2005)
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap	Young Girl
from Young Girl - The Best of Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (2004)
Chubby Checker	Let's Twist Again
from Chubby Checker Classics (Re-recorded Version) (2003)
Lulu	To Sir, With Love
from Movie Music: The Definitive Performances (1999)
Spiral Starecase	More Today Than Yesterday
from Pop Classics of the 60's (1989)
The Rascals	People Got to Be Free (Single Version)
from Essentials: The Rascals (2010)
Tommy James & The Shondells	Crystal Blue Persuasion
from Crimson & Clover (2005)
Manfred Mann	The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)
from Chapter Two: The Best of the Fontana Years (1994)
Herman's Hermits	Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
from Herman's Hermits Retrospective (2005)
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass	This Guy's In Love With You
from The Beat of the Brass (2005)
Harry Nilsson	Everybody's Talkin' (From "Midnight Cowboy")
from Harry Nilsson: Greatest Hits (2002)
Bobby Vinton	Roses Are Red (My Love)
from The Best of Bobby Vinton (2004)
The Everly Brothers	Cathy's Clown
from Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers 1960-1969 (2007)
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons	Big Girls Don't Cry
from The Very Best of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (2005)
Neil Sedaka	Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
from The Very Best of Neil Sedaka (2001)
Jay & The Americans	This Magic Moment
from The Best of Jay & The Americans (2002)
Lesley Gore	It's My Party
from It's My Party: The Mercury Anthology (1996)
American Breed	Bend Me Shape Me
from 60's Gold (2006)
Scott McKenzie	San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers In Your Hair)
from The Graduate (2002)
Little Eva	The Loco-Motion
from The Loco-Motion (2006)
The Hollies	Bus Stop
from The Hollies' Greatest Hits (2002)
The Cyrkle	Red Rubber Ball
from Red Rubber Ball (A Collection) (1991)
Zager And Evans	In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
from Nipper's Greatest Hits 60's, Vol. 2 (1999)
Peter & Gordon	A World Without Love
from The Ultimate Peter & Gordon (2003)
Ricky Nelson	Travelin' Man
from Greatest Hits (2005)
Little Anthony & The Imperials	Goin' Out of My Head
from The Best of Little Anthony & The Imperials (1996)
The Searchers	Love Potion No. 9
from The Very Best of... The Searchers (2008)
Brian Hyland	Sealed With a Kiss
from Brian Hyland: Greatest Hits (1994)
The McCoys	Hang On Sloopy
from Hang On Sloopy - The Best of the McCoys (1995)
The Cowsills	The Rain, the Park and Other Things
from The Best of the Cowsills (1994)
Bobby Hebb	Sunny
from 60's Gold (2006)

Comment:

These are the sounds that defined the AM airwaves — the sounds that made the '60s arguably the greatest decade for pop music. Yes, the era that gave us psychedelia; garage rock; folk; and yearnin', burnin' soul quite possibly delivered its greatest gift not in the form of protest music or sonic mind-expansion, but in the pure, unfettered joys of Krazy Glue-catchy melodies, radiant harmonies, and more hooks than a tackle box. From the pleasant valley Sundays of the Monkees and the Archies to spit-polished sweet soul sensations like the Supremes and the Miracles . . . and even the adult sounds found in mom and dad's hi-fi console (Tom Jones; Blood, Sweat & Tears), our [i]'60s Pop[/i] Essentials reveals, once and for all, why the buoyant strains of '60s pop have remained with us for decades.

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