Best Songs

[BillB]

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?

[planosteve]

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

[jellowrestling]

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

[BillB]

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.

[Red Oak]

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.

[jellowrestling]

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.

[Red Oak]

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

It is great to see Roy Buchanan and Badfinger mentioned.

[jellowrestling]

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.

[BillB]

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.

[Red Oak]

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

[BillB]

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.

[Red Oak]

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.

[BillB]

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.

[grouchy]

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.

[grouchy]

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?

[Red Oak]

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

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

[millergrovesue]

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