The Groovin' 60s

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1960 - 1969

1960:    Joe "Boogaloo" Jones, New Orleans singer-songwriter, is best known for his 1960 hit "You Talk Too Much".

1961:    Bodies were movin and groovin in 1961 when Chubby Checkers came out with his hit "Let's Twist Again".

1962:    A successful 1962 house band, Booker T. and the MG's first and biggest hit, "Green Onions", came about by accident while waiting for a fellow musician to show up for a practice session.

1963:    Their 1963 hit "Surfin' USA" established The Beachboys as the most popular surf band in the nation.

1964:   The Newbeats, a Nashville pop vocal trio, is best remembered for their 1964 smash "Bread and Butter".

1965:   Starting out singing soul, a New York vocalist and composer, Shirley Ellis, wrote the 1965 hit "The Name Game".

1966:   Formed primarily to star in a television series, cash in on British invasion of the Beatles success and aided by their musical talent, The Monkees recorded "I'm a Believer" a huge 1966 hit.

1967:   The Music Explosion, a one hit wonder Ohio-based garage band, worked up the 1967 gutsy pop/rock hit, "Little Bit O' Soul".

1968:   A Houston, Texas based band, Archie Bells and the Drells recorded the hit single "Tighten Up" in 1968 while home on a short leave from his Vietnam army stint.

1968:   The quickest song the 5th Dimension ever recorded was their 1969 hit "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In". They were very close to the railroad tracks during the recording of this song. While singing the final chorus a train rumbled by. The locomotive can be heard - barely - on the final master.

	1960: Joe "Boogaloo" Jones, New Orleans singer-songwriter, is best known for his 1960 hit "You Talk Too Much".

	1961: Bodies were movin and groovin in 1961 when Chubby Checkers came out with his hit "Let's Twist Again".

	1962: A successful 1962 house band, Booker T. and the MG's first and biggest hit, "Green Onions", came about by accident while waiting for a fellow musician to show up for a practice session.

	1963: Their 1963 hit "Surfin' USA" established The Beachboys as the most popular surf band in the nation.

	1964: The Newbeats, a Nashville pop vocal trio, is best remembered for their 1964 smash "Bread and Butter".

	1965: Starting out singing soul, a New York vocalist and composer, Shirley Ellis, wrote the 1965 hit "The Name Game".

	1966: Formed primarily to star in a television series, cash in on British invasion of the Beatles success and aided by their musical talent, The Monkees recorded "I'm a Believer" a huge 1966 hit.

	1967: The Music Explosion, a one hit wonder Ohio-based garage band, worked up the 1967 gutsy pop/rock hit, "Little Bit O' Soul".

	1968: A Houston, Texas based band, Archie Bells and the Drells recorded the hit single "Tighten Up" in 1968 while home on a short leave from his Vietnam army stint.

	1968: The quickest song the 5th Dimension ever recorded was their 1969 hit "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In". They were very close to the railroad tracks during the recording of this song. While singing the final chorus a train rumbled by. The locomotive can be heard - barely - on the final master.