Name: Rock & Roll: The First 50 Years/The Late '60s: 25 Top 10 Hits
Brand: Universal Music Distribution
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Rock & Roll

The First 50 Years/The Late '60s: 25 Top 10 Hits

By Various Artists (Recorded By)

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CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Release Date

1 March 2005

Album: Rock & Roll: The First 50 Years/The Late '60s: 25 Top 10 Hits
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Mony Mony - Tommy James & the Shondells
2)	Kind of a Drag - The Buckinghams
3)	Backfield in Motion - Mel & Tim
4)	Get Together - The Youngbloods
5)	Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In - The 5th Dimension
6)	Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye - The Casinos
7)	Horse, The - Cliff Nobles & Company
8)	Spooky - Classics IV
9)	Hooked on a Feeling - B.J. Thomas
10)	Love (Can Make You Happy) - Mercy
11)	Gimme Little Sign - Brenton Wood
12)	Little Woman - Bobby Sherman
13)	Happy Together - The Turtles
14)	If I Were a Carpenter - Bobby Darin
15)	Western Union - The Five Americans
16)	Sugartown - Nancy Sinatra
17)	Expressway to Your Heart - The Soul Survivors
18)	Soulful Strut - Young-Holt Unlimited
19)	Skinny Legs and All - Joe Tex
20)	Groovin' - The Young Rascals
21)	Color Him Father - The Winstons
22)	Time of the Season - The Zombies
23)	Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
24)	Venus - Shocking Blue
25)	You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat & Tears

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Album: Rock & Roll: The First 50 Years/The Late '60s: 25 Top 10 Hits
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Mony Mony - Tommy James & the Shondells
2)	Kind of a Drag - The Buckinghams
3)	Backfield in Motion - Mel & Tim
4)	Get Together - The Youngbloods
5)	Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In - The 5th Dimension
6)	Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye - The Casinos
7)	Horse, The - Cliff Nobles & Company
8)	Spooky - Classics IV
9)	Hooked on a Feeling - B.J. Thomas
10)	Love (Can Make You Happy) - Mercy
11)	Gimme Little Sign - Brenton Wood
12)	Little Woman - Bobby Sherman
13)	Happy Together - The Turtles
14)	If I Were a Carpenter - Bobby Darin
15)	Western Union - The Five Americans
16)	Sugartown - Nancy Sinatra
17)	Expressway to Your Heart - The Soul Survivors
18)	Soulful Strut - Young-Holt Unlimited
19)	Skinny Legs and All - Joe Tex
20)	Groovin' - The Young Rascals
21)	Color Him Father - The Winstons
22)	Time of the Season - The Zombies
23)	Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
24)	Venus - Shocking Blue
25)	You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat & Tears

EAN

0030206663723

Writer

Various Artists (Recorded By)

Producer

Cary E. Mansfield (Compilation), Steve Massie (Compilation)

Country

USA

Studio/Live

Studio

Label

Universal Music Distribution

Dimensions

12.7 x 14.6 x 0.9 centimeters (0.11 kg)

Performer Notes

Liner Note Author: Bill Dahl.
To most observers, the title of Varese's The Late '60s: 25 Top 10 Hits installment of their ongoing Rock & Roll: The First 50 Years series would suggest that the 2005 collection would be filled with trippy psychedelia and acid rock. After all, the late '60s were when rock got heavy and serious, both in sound and sentiment, so it would only make sense that a compilation chronicling that time would also be heavy and serious. However, the late '60s were also the time of light, swinging, cheerfully trippy sunshine pop, bubblegum, pop-soul, and folk-pop, and those are the sounds that hit the charts, so it makes sense that this disc concentrates on this area. The closest this comes to psychedelia is the Youngbloods' "Get Together," the Turtles' "Happy Together" and the Zombies' "Time of the Season," with most of this concentrating on mainstream pop from the likes of Tommy James, Bobby Darin, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Bobby Sherman, and the Buckinghams. There's a surprisingly heavy dose of soul -- including Joe Tex's funky "Skinny Legs and All," the Soul Survivors' hard-hitting "Expressway to Your Heart," and Brenton Wood's "Gimme Little Sign," which is as perfect as music gets -- and is not only a welcome balance to the breezy sunshine pop and lite MOR here, but it helps draw a greater picture of the era. Most of the songs here are quite familiar and easy to find on other collections -- the exceptions are Mercy's "Love (Can Make You Happy)," which rarely shows up anywhere, and "Gimme Little Sign," which isn't on nearly as many comps as it should be -- but this is a well-selected, highly enjoyable set regardless. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine