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Maybe not the best, but here are some of my favorites:

1. Blue Monday - Fats Domino
2. You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry
3. Scotch and Soda - Kingston Trio
4. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Bob Dylan
5. Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
6. In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
7. King of the Road - Roger Miller
8. Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry
9. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
10. A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harem
11. Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender

What are some songs you like a lot?

Gordon Lightfoot
If You Could Read My Mind
Song for a Winter Night
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgearld

Bob Dylan
Tangled Up in Blue
Like A Rolling Stone
With God on our Side
Things Have Changed

The Boxer-Paul Simon
Poncho and Lefty-Townes Van Zant
Levelland-Jame McMurtry
Gallo Del Cialo-Tom Russell

Some of my more well-known favorites:

The Wall - Kansas
Can't Get Enough - Bad Company
Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Rain - The Beatles
Come, Sail Away - Styx
Light My Fire - The Doors
Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano
No Matter What - Badfinger
Hello, It's Me - Todd Rundgren
Sara Smile - Hall and Oates
Black Magic Woman - Santana

planosteve wrote:Gordon Lightfoot
If You Could Read My Mind
Song for a Winter Night
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgearld

Bob Dylan
Tangled Up in Blue
Like A Rolling Stone
With God on our Side
Things Have Changed

The Boxer-Paul Simon
Poncho and Lefty-Townes Van Zant
Levelland-Jame McMurtry
Gallo Del Cialo-Tom Russell

You listed a couple I'd call favorites:
If You Could Read My Mind and Poncho and Lefty.

He stopped loving her today - George Jones

Heart Break Hotel - Elvis

Swinging Doors - Merle Haggard

Act Naturally - Buck Owens

Waterloo Bridge - The Kinks

Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

I'm so lonesome I could cry - Hank Sr.

Less well-known (or unknown) favorites:

Can I Change My Mind - Roy Buchanan
Theme For an Imaginary Western - Leslie West w/ Jack Bruce
Leavin' For Good - Raw Sugar
Astronomy - Blue Oyster Cult
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad - Derek and the Dominoes
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Jeff Healey
Europa - Santana

I didn't list any Motown, because, frankly, where do I start? 60s Motown was simply amazing. I could listen to Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, etc... all day long every day and never get tired of it. Dusty Springfield, too.

There is so much great music, how do you choose just a few songs ?

It is great to see Roy Buchanan and Badfinger mentioned.

Red Oak wrote:He stopped loving her today - George Jones

Heart Break Hotel - Elvis

Swinging Doors - Merle Haggard

Act Naturally - Buck Owens

Waterloo Bridge - The Kinks

Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

I'm so lonesome I could cry - Hank Sr.

Wichita Lineman was on the radio yesterday, and I was mentioning to my wife how much I love that song.

jellowrestling wrote:Less well-known (or unknown) favorites:

Can I Change My Mind - Roy Buchanan
Theme For an Imaginary Western - Leslie West w/ Jack Bruce
Leavin' For Good - Raw Sugar
Astronomy - Blue Oyster Cult
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad - Derek and the Dominoes
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Jeff Healey
Europa - Santana

I didn't list any Motown, because, frankly, where do I start? 60s Motown was simply amazing. I could listen to Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, etc... all day long every day and never get tired of it. Dusty Springfield, too.

I like a lot of 60s Motown- Supremes, Four Tops, Temptations.

It doesn't get much better than Jimmy Webb lyrics and Glen's performance of them.

Red Oak wrote:It doesn't get much better than Jimmy Webb lyrics and Glen's performance of them.

I never was much of a Glen Campbell fan. I read that he's in pretty bad shape with Alzheimer's.
I always stayed pretty low to the ground with my country favorites- Acuff, Ernest Tubb, Carl Smith, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells and the early Johnny Cash were pretty much it.

Glen transcended one musical type or style, his work with the Wrecking Crew and the Beach Boys is an example of this, he was a great guitarist.

Webb Pierce and Lefty Frizell favorites of mine, along with E.T.

Red Oak wrote:Glen transcended one musical type or style, his work with the Wrecking Crew and the Beach Boys is an example of this, he was a great guitarist.

Webb Pierce and Lefty Frizell favorites of mine, along with E.T.

Yeah, I forgot Lefty Frizzell. He was a great. I never could place Roger Miller- he covered the board, but I liked him.

Lots of good memories in this thread. It is amazing to think about the music when we were kids. I will add Glenn Yarborough performing rod mckuen songs, Tom T Hall , and Whitney Houston and I Will Always Love You.

BillB wrote:

Red Oak wrote:It doesn't get much better than Jimmy Webb lyrics and Glen's performance of them.

I never was much of a Glen Campbell fan. I read that he's in pretty bad shape with Alzheimer's.
I always stayed pretty low to the ground with my country favorites- Acuff, Ernest Tubb, Carl Smith, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells and the early Johnny Cash were pretty much it.

Jim Reeves?

One of the best.
Little old dime is my favorite of his.

Don't forget Bob Lumen, Don Gibson, and George Hamiltion IV.

Yep, lots of good stuff...........'cept for Elvis. I'm not, nor have I ever been, an Elvis fan.

My very favorite song of all time is Summertime from Porgy & Bess.
Almost anything from Peter, Paul, & Mary
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
Somewhere

Agree about the transcendence of Glen Campbell. My favorite of his songs Wichita Lineman