Artist	Song
Strawberry Alarm Clock	Incense and Peppermint
from Incense & Peppermints (1990)
Paul Revere & The Raiders	Kicks
from Greatest Hits (2000)
The Blues Magoos	(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet
from Kaliedescope Compendium - The Best of the Blues Magoos (1992)
Spiral Starecase	More Today Than Yesterday
from Pop Classics of the 60's (1989)
Mel & Tim	Backfield In Motion
from Good Guys Only Win In the Movies (1996)
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66	The Look of Love
from Greatest Hits (1985)
Richard Harris	MacArthur Park
from A Tramp Shining (1993)
Three Dog Night	Easy to Be Hard
from The Complete Hit Singles (2004)
Ohio Express	Yummy, Yummy, Yummy
from The Best of the Ohio Express (2001)
The Edwin Hawkins Singers	Oh Happy Day
from Oh Happy Day: The Best of the Edwin Hawkins Singers (2007)
The Grass Roots	I'd Wait a Million Years
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Grass Roots (2001)
R.B. Greaves	Take a Letter Maria
from R.B. Greaves (2005)
Bobby Goldsboro	Honey
from The Very Best of Bobby Goldsboro, Vol. 1 (2007)
The Cowsills	The Rain, the Park and Other Things
from The Best of the Cowsills (1994)
Hugh Masekela	Grazing in the Grass
from Still Grazing (2004)
The Lemon Pipers	Green Tambourine
from Green Tambourine - The Best of The Lemon Pipers (2001)
1910 Fruitgum Company	Simon Says
from The Best of the 1910 Fruitgum Co. (2001)
John Fred and His Playboys	Judy In Disguise
from Rockin' 50's and 60's (2006)
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass	This Guy's In Love With You
from The Beat of the Brass (2005)
Billy Joe Royal	Down In the Boondocks
from Greatest Hits (1989)
Jay & The Techniques	Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
from The Sunshine Collection (2002)
The Friends of Distinction	Going In Circles
from The Best of Friends of Distinction (1996)
Tommy Roe	Dizzy
from Tommy Roe: Greatest Hits (1993)
Hugo Montenegro	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
from Music from "A Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars More" & "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1995)
Mary Hopkin	Those Were the Days (Re-Recorded)
from Mother's Golden Memories - Classic Songs from the 50's-70's (Re-Recorded Versions) (2007)
The Vogues	Turn Around and Look At Me
from Turn Around, Look At Me (2005)
Cliff Nobles	The Horse
from Philly Steps (2007)

Comment:

One-hit wonders, budding record moguls, made-up bands, even actual families: you could find 'em all jumbled together on the AM dial like so many commuters on the Last Train to Clarksville. . . or the next train to stardom — [i]way[/i] too many for a single playlist. With their tri-cornered hats and Revolutionary War garb, Paul Revere & The Raiders [i]looked[/i] liked they stepped out of the salon, but they [i]sounded[/i] like they came out of the garage — and never more so than in "Kicks," a switchblade-tough anti-drug anthem that fuses the Seeds' stripped-down proto-punk with the Byrds' lush psychedelia. Bossa nova meets hot-cha-cha when Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 hijack Burt Bacharach's "The Look of Love" from James Bond — it was featured in the original [i]Casino Royale[/i] — and sex it up into their biggest hit. And Three Dog Night vocalist Chuck Negron wrenches the ache from [i]Hair[/i]'s "Easy to Be Hard" and slathers it across its groovy, soulful grooves. From the Edwin Hawkins Singers to the Strawberry Alarm Clock, we've got all the picks to click from the AM radio chart of your heart . . . right here.

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