The early 60's

One of my favorite Motown acts weren't typical of the breed - The Isley Brothers were an esthablished name before they joined the label, and were successful after they left it. And I think they employed a certain Jimi Hendrix in the backing band at one time.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yiOqTG9Nno&feature=related"]YouTube- Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine

 

The Motown house band was also integrated. They called the 3 man guitar section the Oreo Cookie Guitar section because there was a black man on each end and a white man in the middle.

Peace Out,
Rev J

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9G90h-ay2U&feature=related"]YouTube- The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsRNCvHXHHU&feature=related"]YouTube- Patsy Cline-Walkin' After Midnight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmLS_jkxPRs&feature=related"]YouTube- Patsy Cline - Crazy


PAX

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPVmLSA5C0U&feature=related"]YouTube- fever - peggy Lee


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpLVyZVRw3w"]YouTube- Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Mickey's Monkey


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zAX5StHD6A"]YouTube- The Shirelles - Foolish Little Girl


PAX

 

Here are a couple of songs that I believe were the start of the hippie movement.
There are probably more than these: but these are the ones that I remember .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4KzGKnuUuc"]YouTube- Hedgehoppers Anonymous - It's Good News Week


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLsElbW9Xo"]YouTube- Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction


PAX

 

Omg ... we could go on and on with these great old songs. Myself, I was fanatically in love with Ricky Nelson when I was 12 years old ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLkCWT2neuI"]Ricky Nelson

 

And I had the hots for Marianne Faithfull

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO_LcE9c57Q&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube - 'Summer Nights' - Marianne Faithfull

PAX

 

Did you see her in "Irina Palm"? She played a grandmotherly prostitute. Very well, too.

 

Far too young to remember that far back of course but an early example of Brit psychedelia/hippie [1967] that you dont seem to hear much nowadays - suprisingly in my view...it's weathered the years well.

I'm sure I read somewhere that the band hated this song, they were primarily a blues band and the record label made them record it in order to jump on the zeitgeist [so to speak...].



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbS2KmEecTo"]YouTube - Simon Dupree - Kites

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h1oRP7FfBw&feature=related"]The Kinks