Which are your favourite records from your younger years?

Any mid-late 60s music, particularly the Beatles, brings it all back to me.

Jane43 thanks. That video is lovely, however the one I can't find is the choir singing with him. But thank you for posting. Very thoughtful.

Fennel Thank you for posting that link. Brought tears to my eyes too.

Darling Be Home Soon / Lovin Spoonful
Nutbush City Limits / Ike & Tina Turner
God Only Knows/Beach Boys
Lola/Kinks
Dance Me to the End of Love/Leonard Cohen

Annepl. Is this the video you were thinking of?

m.youtube.com/watch?v=ENblHOxi1c4

How could I have forgotten Dion’s ‘Runaround Sue’.

Oh wow. Now that is a memory

I was in New York. It was so humid. Watching some amazing street performers who had massive pink bird puppets on their arms

One of them approached me and dragged me into the circle where I danced away with this bird wrapped round my neck/waist.

I was much younger then

Thanks for the reminder!

How could I have forgotten Dion’s ‘Runaround Sue’. There is a video On Y T of him singing it on a Jools Holland show relatively recently and it is a very different performance but great in its own way. Dion married in 1963 and stayed married, quite an achievement.

Thank you for this thread Dynamo, it’s lovely to escape from the present for a while and indulge memories of my youth. Since your viewing of a Carol King programme started the thread you may be interested to know that there is a wonderful video on You Tube from a show where Carol King is receiving an award and Aretha Franklin comes on stage and starts singing You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman. Not only is it a wonderful performance, the joy on Carol King’s face is wonderful to watch, she is beside herself with happiness. I watch it a lot, if you can’t find it and want to see it send me a message and I will send you the link.

I should have included Carol and Aretha in my favourites but there are so many. I love Oh Carol by Neil Sedaka too.

Have I the Right / The Honeycombs
Runaround Sue / Dion DiMucci
American Pie / Don McLean
Oh Carol / Neil Sedaka

Everlasting Love. Love Affair
Rainbow Valley. Love Affair
Young Girl. Gary Puckett
Lady Willpower. Gary Puckett
Walk Away Renee. Four Tops.
Pictures of Matchstick Men. Status Quo
Daydream Believer. The Monkees
All or Nothing. Small Faces.
Yesterday has Gone. Cupid’s Inspiration.
Can’t Help Myself. Four Tops
This Old Heart of Mine. Isley Brothers........Just to name a few.

I couldn't possibly choose a favourite or even a few favourites. 1964-1970 were fantastic years. I am so glad I was a teenager in the 60s.(born 1951)
Still love listening and watching on YouTube. Unfortunately can't find a video of Grocer Jack on it with the little girl singing "Is it true what mummy says you won't come back"

ps and talking about Carol King, this one always brings tears to my eyes:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdPAjKkU8u0

I'm a lot older than most of you so grew up on radio - mostly American big bands. a subject in itself.
And the Inkspots.
I got caught up on youtube in the last few years and agree with many about the Beachboys. The Beatles were good, and they were ours, but I bet they learned a lot from the Beachboys.

We always had the radio on when I was younger and I grew up listening to the Beatles et al; was a fan of Marc Bolan/ T. Rex as a teenager, but my first music purchase was 'Come up and see me (make me smile) by Steve Harley. Still gives me goosebumps when I hear it!

Puppy love Donny Osmond.
Let me in The Osmonds.
Bohemium Rhapsody Queen.
Merry Christmas everybody Slade.
Mother of mine Neil Reid.

Talking of instrumentals, does anyone remember Image, Part One, by Hank Levine and his Orchestra?

Ridge top, Jesse Colin Young.

BBbevan you have reminded me that I had a phase of going to jazz clubs, they were very popular in the early sixties. Traditional Jazz was very good to dance to. Our favourite was Hiawatha Rag and I remember buying an LP by Ball, Barber and Bilk.

I liked instrumentals too, I remember Duane Eddy, and Telstar was very popular by The Tornadoes. I also remember Nut Rocker by B Bumble And The Stingers.

Although they went out of fashion when Rock and Roll arrived some of the old singers were very good and DH and I have Dickie Valentine (The Finger Of Suspicion) and Frankie Laine (I Believe) on our playlist of favourites.

Harvest Moon, Neil Young.

Yes, Lady Gracie, Passing Strangers!

Everytime we say goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald
Passing Strangers - Sarah Vaughan and Billy Epstein
Time to say goodbye - Sarah Brightman
Dedicated to the one I love - Mamas and Papas
What becomes of the broken hearted - Jimmy Ruffin
Go Now - Moody Blues

Also anything by the Beach Boys, Four Seasons, Fortunes, Kinks, Fifth Dimension, Kinks, Dire Straits, Earth, Wind and Fire, Carpenters, John Denver, Donovan, Whitney Huston.

I could go on, 60’s music is my real passion though!

I had all the Monkee LP's too Esther. The first single record I bought was Black is Black by Los Bravos.

So many favourites, the list keeps on growing. I'd forgotten about Jose Feliciano so went onto You tube - several versions by him at different ages. Trouble is you can get hooked on it very easily. At the moment, I'm trying to do some work and have been watches various recordings of Rhiannon and am about to move on to Brian Ferry in Lyon a few years ago. Lets Stick Together - fantastic.

If you haven't discovered You tube (I'm sure most of you have) it's great for remembering one's youth.

Red river rock
Green Onions
Anything with a good heavy beat
Went to jazz clubs a lot when I was a student, so liked Chris Barber, Acker Bilk.
We had all the usual at home, when we were married Beatles, Rolling Stones, Simon and Garfunkel. Leonard Cohen. Roxy Music. One of my all time favourites is Bryan Ferry singing ' Smoke gets in your eyes'

Music has always been a big part of my life but the only album that I've bought the vinyl the cassette the cd and downloaded is Marvin Gaye What's Going on.

Another vote for House of The Rising Sun by The Animals. It was the first present my DH bought me so has sentimental value to us but apart from that, what a record. Eric Burdon looking about 16 and then out comes that powerful, unique voice and Alan Price’s organ solos were amazing. Probably the most amazing thing about it is that it was recorded in ONE TAKE because they could only afford a short amount of studio time. One thing that blights it is that Alan Price claimed all the royalties because his name was put to the arrangement with an agreement that the royalties would be shared later but they never were.

Cathy’s Clown by The Everly Brothers used to be my favourite record as not only is it a different sound from two wonderful voices in harmony but it was Number One when I left school in 1960 and has lots of wonderful associations, including seeing them in concert. The recent Acrimonious law suits against Don Everly by Phil Everly’s family to reclaim Phil’s rights to the song have blighted my fondness, hopefully temporarily.

Diana was another amazing sound from 16 year old Paul Anka.

Later on the LP Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon And Garfunkel was played over and over again in our first house together. Every single track is amazing.