D-Sides, Orphans, and Oddities

The top female artist by sales might be Connie Francis.

A potpourri guaranteed to please you! From George Burns to Mike Curb, The Partridge Family to Chuck Berry!

Two songs pervaded almost every singer's song-list in the late 60's. "Aquarius" and "Light My Fire", sometimes to embarrassing effect, but sometimes spectacularly! Enjoy a few dozen with me.

Ella Fitzgerald - Sunshine of Your Love (1969) Recorded live. This took guts. 

Leathercoated Minds - Sunshine Superman (1967)

Johnny Price - Marijuana, The Devil Flower (1971)

Roger Nichols and the Small Circle of Friends - Our Day Will Come (1968)

Roger Nichols and the Small Circle of Friends - The Drifter (1968)

The Free Design - You Are My Sunshine (1971)

The Herd - Sunshine Cottage (1968)

Leo's Sunshipp - Gimme the Sunshine (1978) Awesome, very obscure soulful offering from a short-lived group. 

Kool Mo Dee (1981) Bob Burtman didn't like this AT ALL. This is historical, anyhow. 

Funkadelic - Good to Your Earhole (1975)

Gilbert Neal - Confessional (2016)

FM Jackson - Confessional (Insides Drippin' Remix) (2016)

Mariachi Brass Featuring Chet Baker - (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo (1966)

O V Wright - I've Been Searching (1973)

The Shepherd Sisters - I've Got a Secret (1964)

Jerry Lee Lewis - I've Been Twistin' (1962)

Teri & The MSR Singers - I've Found My True Love (?)

Fanny - Young and Dumb  (1971)

Barbi Benton - Stayin' Power (1976)

Chuck Brown - B.A.D. (1987)

Renaissance - Can You Understand? (1973)

Scott Walker - Cossacks Are (2006)

Dave Clark 5 - Julia (1970)

Doris - Beatmaker (1970)

Doris - Did You Give The World Some Love Today, Baby? (1970)

Les Humphries Singers - The Writing is On The Wall (1974)

The Beatles and their success inspired, and terrified, old showbiz. I really like Fats Domino's versions here.

One-hit wonders singing feel-good songs that really marked a generation's transition from nascent flower-power to corporate phajaan to commercial obedience. And some VERY rarely heard Arthur Brown. 

 

Brotherhood of Man - Where Are You Going To My Love (1969) Their big hit was "United We Stand".

Brotherhood of Man - Love One Another (1969)

Brotherhood of Man - This Boy (1973)

Hillside Singers - Old Fashioned Love Song (1972)

Paul Williams - Old Fashioned Love Song (1971)

Brotherhood of Man - Reach Out Your Hand (1970)

Hillside Singers - We're Together (1971) Recognize that melody? People of a certain age will. 

Kingdom Come & Arthur Brown - Sunrise (1971) That's the guy that had a big hit with "Fire" in the late 60's. He fronted Kingdom Come. Kingdom went. 

Arthur Brown and Vincent Crane - Storm (1980) Vincent Crane was in Atomic Rooster. I can't say I like them. 

Arthur Brown - Helen With The Sun (1974)

The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A  Friendly Card (1980)

The Meditation Singers - A Change Is Gonna Come (1971) The Meditation Singers pre-date Rock, being formed in the 40's. Did you ever watch "Touched By An Angel"? What a sentimental so-and-so you are. Er...I mean Della Reese was in that show, and she was also in this group, but she left before this was released. 

Zoot Money - Just A Passing Phase (1968) Andy Summers of The Police was Zoot's partner in crime. Zoot tried everything. You've never heard of Zoot Money? Well... One thing: When you look at Andy Summers on a video of The Police playing to 1000,000,000 people, try to remember that he had seen it all by then, done it all by then, and probably never imagined he'd be that big, even after being in Eric Burdon's Animals. 

Average White Band - Work To Do (1974) Cuts the Isley Brothers original to pieces. 

Be Bop Deluxe - New Precision (1978) 

The Beach Boys - Rollin' Up To Heaven (1971? or 1974?) Sources disagree. All you need to know is that Brian Wilson was one messed-up dude in the 70's. 

Gary S. Paxton - Fat, Fat Christians (1978) (From Wikipedia) Beyond his early work as part of Skip & Flip, Paxton is best known for his involvement in two novelty hits: the 1960 No. 1 smash "Alley Oop" — written by Dallas Frazier and cut quickly with a group thrown together by Paxton's roommate Kim Fowley, The Hollywood Argyles — and a 1962 No. 1 hit inspired by the Mashed Potato dance craze, "Monster Mash", which Paxton produced and recorded with its author Bobby "Boris" Pickett and another assembled group billed as The Cryptkickers.

Gary Lewis and the Playboys - Doin' The Flake (1965) (Kellogg's Corn Flakes promo release)

Gary Lewis and the Playboys - New in Town (1967)

George Duke - Uncle Remus (1975)

Captain and Tennille - God Only Knows (1975)

The Burtons - MacArthur Park (1979)

Marvin, Welch, and Farrar - Throw Down A Line (1971) Marvin and Welch were in The Shadows, Farrar wrote lots of hits for Olivia Newton John, including "You're The One That i Want" and "Magic". 

Olivia Newton John - Me and Bobbie McGee (1971)

? - Ring Dang Doo Can anyone divine the version? I tried Shazam, but Shazam just laughed. There's a baby voice interpolating. 

Stronium 90 - Electron Romance (1977) 

The Family Dogg - Like Janis (1972)

The Clash  - Radio Clash (1980)

Wayne Newton - Love Of The Common People (1967) 

Zoot Money's Big Roll Band - Big Time Operator (1966)

This show combines two things that naturally go together. The crazy prog band Gong and American songs about the Ayatollah. Also, a crazy version of "Takin' Care of Business" by Kurtis Blow. 

 

Vince Vance and The Valiants - Bomb Iran (1980)

Gong - Flying Teapot (1973)

Steve Dahl & Teenage Radiation - Ayatollah (1979)

Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible (1973)

Kurtis Blow - Takin Care Of Business (1980)

Gong - Isle of Everywhere" (1974)

Steve Dahl & Teenage Radiation  - Skylab (1979)

Gong - I Never Glid Before (1973)

Uriah Heep - Sympathy (1976)

Orange Coloured Sky - Mr. Peacock (1969)

Bunny Brunel - You (1979)

When you're kickin' it with Tom Bosley, it's natural to get a big head and think you're a rock star.

April Wine - 21st Century Schizoid Man

Anne Murray - Buffalo in the Park 

Anne Murray - Paths of Victory

Gilbert Neal/Ken Ray Wilemon - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Gilbert Neal/Ken Ray Wilemon - Sundown

Bachman Turner Overdrive - Down to the Line

Gino Vanelli - Mama Coco

Gino Vanelli - Appaloosa

Gino Vanelli - Love Me Now

Gilbert Neal/Ken Ray Wilemon - Takin’ Care of Business

Gilbert Neal/Ken Ray Wilemon - You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet

Gilbert Neal/Ken Ray Wilemon - You Needed Me

Ian Thomas - Goodnight Mrs. Calabash

Ian Thomas - Come The Sun

Ian Thomas Band - Small Talk

Gilbert Neal/Ken Ray Wilemon - How I Spent My Fall Vacation

Max Webster - Hangover

Max Webster - High Class in Borrowed Shoes

Max Webster (with Rush) - Battle Scar