Blogs about: 1969 Top 20 Singles
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[1] Glen Campbell, 'Wichita Lineman'
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[1] Glen Campbell, 'Wichita Lineman'
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jukeboxjunior wrote 1 month ago: And you thought we’d forgotten. You try launching two websites in a month. The good news is, o … more →
[2] Marvin Gaye, ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’
jukeboxjunior wrote 2 months ago: General consensus paints this as the perfect pop record, but it’s dark, isn’t it? It’s not sun … more →
[3] Jackie Wilson, '(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher'
jukeboxjunior wrote 2 months ago: Junior greets Jackie Wilson’s warm hug of a record the way everyone should – with finger cli … more →
[4] Desmond Dekker & The Aces, 'The Israelites'
jukeboxjunior wrote 2 months ago: Plenty of 1969’s biggest hits are hard-wired into the cultural hive-mind – whatever in Chris … more →
[5] Smokey Robinson And The Miracles, 'The Tracks Of My Tears'
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jukeboxjunior wrote 2 months ago: Robinson always hit big at his most lachrymose – take this and the more sprightly, but no less woe … more →
[6] Sly & The Family Stone, ‘Everyday People’
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jukeboxjunior wrote 3 months ago: And on the more circumspect side of the fence, funkmaster Sly and friends deliver the message with s … more →
[7] Blue Mink, ‘Melting Pot’
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jukeboxjunior wrote 3 months ago: Having praised Junior’s sense of rhythm recently, I might be forced into a rethink. She approached … more →
[8] David Bowie, ‘Space Oddity’
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jukeboxjunior wrote 3 months ago: Some records have been absolutely battered, but still sound fresh. I always think I’m tired of ‘ … more →
[9] Diana Ross & The Supremes, ‘Someday We’ll Be Together’
jukeboxjunior wrote 3 months ago: Heart-stopping, heart-rending and band-rending, the final single from Diana Ross & The Supremes … more →
[10] The Beatles, ‘Something’/’Come Together’
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jukeboxjunior wrote 3 months ago: It’s 7.21 in the morning and Junior is wearing pink fairy wings and carrying a plastic wand that m … more →
[11] Thunderclap Newman, ‘Something In The Air’
jukeboxjunior wrote 4 months ago: The hopeful strumming and coaxing bass that opens this one-off gem is as enticing to a Noughties two … more →
[12] Stevie Wonder, ‘For Once In My Life’
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jukeboxjunior wrote 4 months ago: There are few more ecstatic records than this in the pop canon, and few better singers to express it … more →
[13] Bob Dylan, ‘Lay Lady Lay’
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jukeboxjunior wrote 4 months ago: Usually possessing the vocal warmth of a crow with a bandaged beak, Nashville Skyline found Dylan re … more →
[14] Elvis Presley, ‘Suspicious Minds’
jukeboxjunior wrote 4 months ago: Boil it all down and I’m ambivalent about Elvis. I shouldn’t be so bloody ungrateful, what with … more →
[15] Creedence Clearwater Revival, ‘Bad Moon Rising’
jukeboxjunior wrote 4 months ago: CCR had been knocking around for donkey’s years under various names, but only tasted real success … more →
[16] Fairport Convention, 'Si Tu Dois Partir'
jukeboxjunior wrote 6 months ago: Aged 15 and in the throes of a short-lived U2 obsession – The Joshua Tree was the best album ever … more →
[17] Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg, ‘Je T’Aime…Moi Non Plus’
jukeboxjunior wrote 6 months ago: Perhaps not an ideal track to play to a two-year-old, but Junior appeared to be more embarrassed at … more →
[18] Bobbie Gentry, ‘I’ll Never Fall In Love Again’
jukeboxjunior wrote 6 months ago: Country girl turned pop crooner, Gentry took this tidy, sweetly judged Bacharach and David song to t … more →
[19] Dusty Springfield, ‘Am I The Same Girl?’
jukeboxjunior wrote 6 months ago: When Junior heard we were about to put a record on, she was expecting something a little more nurser … more →
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