Amazing if I just two more posts/years that’s all of the 60’s done running backwards, off course but it’s still in some kind-of order! I don’t know why I didn’t do them all like this it’s much easy keeping a track of things really! Still having a clue what say about it?
So here’s (Edit 24/7/19) now updated to 42 songs, I’ve picked out for 1962 which you can listen too:
- Bo Diddley – You Can’t Judge A Book By The Cover\
- Vicky Simms – Yo Yo Heart
- Chad Morgan – No Night Out At The Jail
- Bob Dylan – Song To Woody
- Cannonball Adderley Sextet – Scotch And Water
- Roy Orbison – Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
- Duane Eddy – (Dance With The) Guitar Man
- Howlin’ Wolf – Wang Dang Doodle
- Booker T & The MG’s – Green Onions
- Grant Green – Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
- Nina Simone – The House Of The Rising Sun (Live)
- The Surfaris – Wipe Out
- Brigitte Bardot – Je Me Donne à Qui Me Plaît
- Serge Gainsbourg – Intoxicated Man
- Bonnie Dobson – Morning Dew
- Herbie Hancock – Watermelon Man
- Odetta – Another Man Done Gone (Live)
- Wes Montgomery – Full House
- Etta James – Pushover
- LaVern Baker – See See Rider
- Joan Baez – Babe I’m Gonna Leave You (Live)
- John Lee Hooker – Drug Store Woman
- The Tornados – Telstar
- Ray Charles – You Win Again
- Jet Harris – Main Title Theme From The Man With The Golden Arm
- Johnny Cash – Delia’s Gone
- Françoise Hardy – Le Temps De L’amour
- Peter, Paul & Mary – 500 Miles
- Harry Belafonte – Did You Hear About Jerry?
- Dick Dale – Misirlou
- The Contours – Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)
- Link Wray – Jack The Ripper
- James Brown – Night Train
- Lightnin’ Hopkins – Coffee House Blues
- Bobby Martell aka Bob Marley – One Cup Of Coffee
- The John Coltrane Quartet – Out Of This World
- Wanda Jackson – Whirlpool
- Little Eva – The Locomotion
- The Crystals – He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)
- Marty Robbins – Devil Woman
- Nelson Riddle – Lolita Ya Ya
- Patsy Cline – Back In Baby’s Arms
- Memphis Slim – Grinder Man Blues
- Ketty Lester – Love Letters

Got fave song or two you want to share with me from 1962, please?
Cheers 🙂
Hi William, A nice list of mainly unknown songs – I felt like I should put on a suit and a narrow tie, mix myself a martini and get back to the suburbs. Very Mad Men back then – waiting for the Beatles to happen.
That said, I really enjoyed the Chad Morgan and Vicky Simms (what a story he had), as well as the Francoise Hardy (who reminded me of High School French lessons). It’s all v. 50s-sounding with the jazz, blues, and 50s rock sounds.
Thanks
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Cheers Peter, thanks for saying you enjoy it! Have to say I did like the Mad Men soundtrack songs even more than the show itself, well maybe?
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