Seeds

The Seeds had a top 40 hit in 1967 with "Pushin' Too Hard".  The song is on the list of the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll, and is part of an exhibit dedicated to garage bands in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.  I will never understand why this song isn't on playlists... just too good to be a forgotten oldie!
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How I spent Saturday evening...

Probably the most fun gig ever... playing for the last car show of the season at the Onalaska Dairy Queen.  Great time!!!

Everyone has a place like this...

I'm talking about a place you don't like, a place that you hate and you don't wanna be there, right?  That's why The Animals had an international hit with 1965's "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place".  The song became an anthem for people at work, in school, and especially serving with Uncle Sam in Vietnam.  It's ranked #233 on Rolling Stone's greatest rock songs of all time, and also in the rock amd roll hall of fame's top 500 songs that shaped rock and roll.  It was in the top ten in many countries around the world, and yet today a forgotten oldie...
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

VH1 calls it the 24th most important record in rock history... Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.  The original album cut was famously over 17 minutes long, however the 45 edit was just 3 minutes long and reached #30 on the Hot 100 in 1967.  The song is one of the first to open the door from psychedelic rock to heavy metal, Rumors persist today the the title was supposed to be In The Garden of Eden, but that lead singer Doug Ingle was a little drunk and somehow the title changed.  Regardless, it's a truly historic rock song, and today mostly forgotten...
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Love this!

Were you a Saturday morning cartoon and cereal kid?  I'm happy to say I was!  Those were great days!!

Can't Find The Time

In 1971, a Dallas rock group named Rose Colored Glass scored a Hot 100 hit with the song "Can't Find the Time".  A follow-up release did well, concerts were booked and the group appeared on American Bandstand... but then mysteriously the band broke up.  Tragically, some absolutely horrible management pushed the members over the edge and they quit.  Today they are simply a forgotten oldie...
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Runt

Runt was a rock trio that had a top ten hit in 1970 with "We Gotta Get You A Woman"... at least that's how it started.  Turns out, it was pretty much Todd Rundgren and subsequent re-releases gave the credit to Todd rather than Runt.  Regardless, the song launched Todd Rundgren's career and is a pretty decent song, despite being a forgotten oldie today.
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Never forget!!

Rolling Stones

With their huge hit library, it's natural the Stones have some forgotten oldies. "Let's Spend The Night Together" was actually the B side of Ruby Tuesday, but in my opinion the song was a huge reason the record went to #1 on the Hot 100.  The Stones even performed the song on Ed Sullivan, although Ed made them change the lyrics to "Let's Spend Some Time Together"... pretty lame.  Regardles, it's rare that you hear the song on the air today, another forgotten oldie...
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Witchy Woman

1972 was the breakout year for the American band The Eagles.  Their self-titled first album produced three top ten hits, "Take it Easy", Peaceful Easy Feeling" and "Witchy Woman".  For whatever reason, today we ignore"Witchy Woman" while the other two songs still get heavy air-play.  Another strange example of un-explainable forgotten oldies... Witchy Woman by the Eagles.
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It's coming...

Okay the picture is wrong, it's actually 15 days/// but it's coming!!!

Another Saturday Night

It's rare that a song can be a big hit for one artist, and years later a bigger hit for a different artist, but that's what happened with "Another Saturday Night".  Sam Cooke had a #10 in 1963, but in 1974 Cat Stevens took it to #6 in the USA, and #1 in Canada!  A huge hit, great song but another forgotten oldie!
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I'm Crying

The Animals roared on the music scene in 1964 as part of the British Invasion.  Their first record, "House of the Rising Sun" went to number one even sliding past several Beatle records. But their second record, "I'm Crying" cracked the top twenty and stalled, establishing a long pattern for the Animals of great songs that stayed out of the top ten.  Personally, I love the song.  It's tempo is wild and the bluesy flavor pulls me in.  Great song, a forgotten oldie today.
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