ROCK-N-ROLL’S GREATEST HITS OF ALL TIME LATE 60s Volume 3 [2-CD Set]

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Rock-N-Roll’s Greatest Hits Of All Time Late 60’s Volume 3 is part of a 5-volume series. I’ve never seen any of the other volumes. Volume 3–focused on the late 60s–delivers a mixed bag of songs. There’s the instrumental “Hawaii Five-o” rubbing shoulders with The Human Beinz’s “Nobody But Me.” Then there’s Jackie DeShannon’s “Put A Little Love in Your Heart” hit from 1969 along with Jay & The Americans’ “This Magic Moment.”

Many of the songs included in this set are One-Hit Wonders. Take The Royal Guardsmen’s “Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron,” Bob Lind’s “Elusive Butterfly,” and The Classics IV’s “Spooky.” I do like The Spencer Davis Group’s classic “Gimme Some Lovin'” and Canned Heat’s “On the Road Again.”

And what did they throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge? Do you remember these songs? Any favorites? GRADE: C+

TRACK LIST:

1-1The Music Explosion–Little Bit O’ Soul2:19
1-2Jackie DeShannon–Put A Little Love In Your Heart5:35
1-3Dion (3)–Abraham, Martin & John3:18
1-4Glen Campbell–Wichita Lineman3:06
1-5Bobby Goldsboro–Honey3:57
1-6Jay & The Americans–This Magic Moment3:03
1-7Vikki Carr–It Must Be Him2:48
1-8People (4)–I Love You4:33
1-9Ian Whitcomb & Bluesville–You Turn Me On (Turn On Song)2:42
1-10The Ventures–Hawaii Five-o1:51
2-1The Human Beinz–Nobody But Me2:16
2-2The Spencer Davis Group–Gimme Some Lovin2:52
2-3The Outsiders (5)–Time Won’t Let Me3:01
2-4Bob Lind–Elusive Butterfly2:46
2-5Bobbie Gentry–Ode To Billie Joe4:15
2-6The Classics IV–Spooky3:32
2-7Canned Heat–On The Road Again3:22
2-8The Hollies–Bus Stop2:54
2-9Cher–Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)2:40
2-10The Royal Guardsmen–Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron2:43

29 thoughts on “ROCK-N-ROLL’S GREATEST HITS OF ALL TIME LATE 60s Volume 3 [2-CD Set]”

  1. Todd Mason

    I’ve heard all of them, one way or another, though I did have to listen to he Vicki Carr to confirm that (and, along with the Gentry, which remains catchy, and the Campbell, perhaps a bit more so, the most null-rock song here…at least the not-quite-finished song “Wichita Lineman” was one of his best “countrypolitan” records…the Carr is straight-up MOR pop, and OK for that), and the somewhat bland and overproduced Bob Lind, and what I take to be a piss-take by Ian Whitcomb, with that adenoidal falsetto, and the Hermits-like Bluesville…I see it managed to be a minor hit in the US, and I might’ve heard it on the DR. DEMENTO SHOW or college radio or a Pickwick anthology. While People! I hadn’t heard of at all…the dread shadow of L. Ron Hubbard broke them up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People! …apparently, their slightly slower but otherwise pretty sedulous cover of the Zombies’ original recording of “I Love You” was their biggest hit…the primary unScientological member went on to become a wheel in gospel music. AFAIK, fellow singer/Repressive Personality Gene Mason is/was no relation.

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      1. Todd Mason

        The blithe sexism of “Spooky” and “Bus Stop” is certainly more of its time…musically still pretty solid…GREATEST HITS OF ALL TIME or even of its decade is a sad title to saddle this antho with.

      1. Todd Mason

        As I’ve mentioned in the past, my parents inexplicably gave up on real music and started listening almost exclusively to “easy listening” in the early ’70s (happily, their record collection was a lot better than that)…when they could tear themselves away from the 101 Strings or Percy Faith, the difficult listening stations would go wild and play a Vicki Carr or Mel Torme pop song from time to time. So, it has been about 50 years for me, too, I guess. (As ez wallpaper started dying as a format, they snapped out of it.)

  3. Dan

    Well, I have 4 songs from the CD set on my playlist, but I can see good reasons for including any/all of these in a “Best of…” collection.

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  4. Deb

    Another weird mish-mash—none of which really stand out, with the possible exceptions of “Gimme Some Lovin’” and “On the Road Again”. Plus, any collection that dubs the execrable “Honey” and the melodramatic “It Must Be Him” as being one of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Greatest Hits is probably a thesis in search of an audience.

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    1. Todd Mason

      Ah. I was thinking of Bobby Hebb’s bouncy “Sunny” rather than Bobby Goldsboro’s lachrymose “Honey”…yeah, that drags down the curve…and is also null-rock.

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  5. Fred Blosser

    I remember all but one. Great nostalgia. The Royal Guardsmen were two-hit wonders, counting “Snoopy’s Christmas,” which we’re sure to hear on the 24/7 Christmas-music stations again this year.

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  9. Wolf

    I essentially agree with Beth but would add Billie Joe and Cher’s Bang Bang.
    Most of the other songs I don’t remember at all-

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  10. Jeff Meyerson

    Greatest Hits of ALl Time? Hardly. Snoopy vs. The Red Baron? Right. It Must Be Him? Yikes! I defer to Jackie and Deb, both of whom hate this song. Honey? WTF? That was in Dave Barry’s Top 5 of The WORST songs of all time, surely.

    I do agree with you about “Gimme Some Lovin'” (we saw Steve Winwood perform it live) and “On the Road Again.” But otherwise, thin pickings.

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  11. Cap'n Bob

    I have a soft spot for Jackie DeShannon and there are several songs in here I like! Some clinkers, too! I’ve seen and heard enough of Cher to last me three lifetimes, for example!

    Off topic, but my CPAP arrived a couple of days ago! At the same time I was getting communiques from the VA asking me to call because they couldn’t get in touch with me about the CPAP! LIARS!!! I called them, got voicemails, left my name and number, and they never called back! They’re doing the same game with Podiatry, which I don’t need!

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  12. Wolf

    I saw and heard Steve W around 10 times – the last concert was open air in Munich with Eric Clapton.
    And I had followed him on a tour through Texas after my first wife had died – GAFIA!

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