Artist	Song
Roy Orbison	Oh, Pretty Woman
from The Essential Roy Orbison (2006)
The Foundations	Build Me Up Buttercup
from The Very Best of the Foundations (2008)
The Box Tops	The Letter
from Best of the Box Top - Soul Deep (1996)
The O'Kaysions	Girl Watcher
from 20 Chart Toppers - Super Songs of the Seventies (Re-Recorded Versions) (2002)
Steam	Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
from 60's Gold (2006)
João Gilberto, Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto	The Girl from Ipanema
from Astrud Gilberto: Gold (2008)
The Cyrkle	Red Rubber Ball
from Red Rubber Ball (A Collection) (1991)
Glen Campbell	Wichita Lineman
from 20 Greatest Hits (2000)
Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs	Wooly Bully
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs (2003)
Little Eva	The Loco-Motion
from The Loco-Motion (2006)
Spanky & Our Gang	Sunday Will Never Be the Same
from Greatest Hits (2007)
The Buckinghams	Kind of a Drag
from Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (A Collection) (1991)
Harpers Bizarre	59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
from Feelin' Groovy - The Best of Harpers Bizarre (1997)
Jeannie C. Riley	Harper Valley P.T.A.
from Harper Valley P.T.A. (2007)
The Cowsills	Hair
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Cowsills (2001)
Brenton Wood	Gimme Little Sign
from Brenton Wood's 18 Best (1992)
Bobby Hebb	Sunny
from 60's Gold (2006)
José Feliciano	Light My Fire
from Light My Fire - The Very Best of José Feliciano (1980)
Gary Lewis & The Playboys	This Diamond Ring
from The Legendary Masters Series: Gary Lewis And The Playboys (1990)
The McCoys	Hang On Sloopy
from Hang On Sloopy - The Best of the McCoys (1995)
Lou Christie	Lightnin' Strikes
from 60's Gold (2006)
Little Anthony & The Imperials	Goin' Out of My Head
from The Best of Little Anthony & The Imperials (1996)
Len Barry	1-2-3
from Cameo Parkway: The Best of the Dovells, 1961-1965 (2005)
The Trashmen	Surfin' Bird
from Tube City - The Best of The Trashmen (1992)
The Happenings	See You In September
from Greatest Hits (2006)

Comment:

AM radio's good-guy DJs billed their sound as "hit after hit after hit," and they packed 'em in like sardines, three minutes (or less) at a time . . . so many, in fact, that we had to come back for a second helping. The Box Tops' leather-larynxed Alex Chilton was all of 16 when he delivered a chart-topping blue-eyed soul S.O.S. called "The Letter," kicking off a five-decade career that's left critics racking their thesauruses for superlatives. Songwriter Jimmy Webb and former Beach Boy Glen Campbell had already taken the high-lonesome sound of "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" into the lower reaches of the Top 40 when Webb pushed him a little farther east in a second ballad of highway heartbreak, "Wichita Lineman," giving Campbell his biggest hit of the '60s. And the Cyrkle rocked up an already bouncy "Red Rubber Ball" — you gotta dig the song's calliope-style organ — cowritten by then-obscure folkie Paul Simon and the Seekers' Bruce Woodley. From the flirty g-r-r-r-rowl of Roy Orbison to the goofy fun of the Trashmen, we've got a satchelful of hits from AM pop's golden era, iPod-ready for your listening pleasure.

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