PETULA CLARKE "DOWNTOWN" This is sheer fabulousness…I've loved this song since the first time I heard it. It's very much of it's epoch, saturated with Swinging London in the Sixties…. innocent, joyous and celebratory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AElZEM7esWU 

CILLA BLACK "ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART" Most famous in the UK for the no 1 single "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (1964) which was the biggest selling single by a female artist in the 1960s. Cilla had eleven Top Ten hits on the British charts between 1964 and 1971. I've always...

Greetings pop pickers! Hope you enjoyed my late Sixties jukebox week. If you'd care for another personal selection please let me know..There's a fairly unlimited supply in my head...Maybe I'll focus on a band or an artist, or perhaps it'll be a mixed bag...My musical...

Thank you for sending so many suggestions as to what kind of music you might like me to post… I've decided to present some of the female singers who had a massive influence on me in the early Sixties, although I didn't realise it at the time because I was just a young...

THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND.. by French composer Michel Legrand with English lyrics written by Americans Alan and Marilyn Bergman. The song was used as the theme for the 1968 film,The Thomas Crown Affair. The opening two melodic sentences were borrowed from Mozart's...

ITCHYCOO PARK… THE SMALL FACES Released by Mod band The Small Faces in August 1967, together with " Tin Soldier" and "All or Nothing", the song was one of the band's biggest hits and has become a classic of it's time. Written and conceived by Ronnie Lane, the song's...

HOLE IN MY SHOE…TRAFFIC Reaching number 2 in the UK Singles chart in 1967, written by guitarist Dave Mason, who must have been under the influence of Lysergic Acid at the point of it's conception. Apparently it was disliked by the band's other three members who felt...

MACARTHUR PARK…RICHARD HARRIS Written by Jimmy Webb, it was initially rejected by The Association and Richard Harris was the first to record it in 1968. It was subsequently covered by numerous artists. The inspiration behind the song was the relationship break up...

WHERE DID YOU GO TO MY LOVELY?..PETER SARSTED An Indian born British singer-songwriter and multi- instrumentalist, Peter Sarsted is best known for this 1969 UK number one hit, a portrait of a poor-born girl who becomes a member of the European jet set. Set to a faux...

I'M A BELIEVER..THE MONKEES Written by Neil Diamond and recorded by The Monkees with lead vocals by Micky Dolenz, the single went to number 1 in the US chart on December 31st 1966 and stayed there for 7 weeks. It went gold within two days of it's release and has...

EVERLASTING LOVE..THE LOVE AFFAIR. Written by Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden who produced the original version recorded in Nashville by Robert Knight in 1967. Versions of "Everlasting Love" have appeared in the Top 40 in every decade between 1960 and 2010—with the...

I have a jukebox in my head…. Every day of next week I'm going to post a song I love from the late 60's …If you're as old as I am you'll love it and if you're younger then I'll introduce you to some great classics that you might not be too familiar with!