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From now on and in future installments I will be sharing with you a selection of some of the retro music themes that managed to become true classics. 🎵
Nowadays, some call them contemporary adult music and others prefer to call them nostalgically "chatarritas", they are musical themes in English language styles: pop ballad, rock, blues and soul among others.
This selection is part of a compilation made, based on my musical preferences in each of the decades 60 - 70 - 80 and 90, I hope they are also to your liking.
The selections of great musical successes I will do them separately one for each decade, that is to say in four publications, possibly of weekly way,
this information will be ordered according to the year of publication of the topic, showing the following data:
Name of the interpreter or group - Original name of the subject - (year of its publication) together with link to Youtube to see and hear a video of the subject.
Name of the topic in Spanish and a brief review of it with a link to the source of the information.
Interpreter's name and a brief summary of it with a link to the source of the information.
The 60s
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The decade of the 60s is considered one of the most prolific at the musical level, since in it emerged outstanding groups that have endured over time and who managed to popularize themes that became great successes that marked this era and passed to the history as classics of popular music.
Among the most representative groups or bands of the time stand out: The beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zepeling, Bee Gees, The Animals, Neil Young, The Hollies, The Marmalade, King Crimson, Tommy James & The Shondells, Procol Harum, Percy Sledge, The-Righteous-Brothers y Ben E King entre otros
This publication is a compilation and selection of information about some of those successes along with their groups or interpreters, in the same I took into consideration only the genre Folk Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Pop Rock, Prog Rock, Symphonic Rock and pop ballad mainly, some of these songs made mostly by rock bands, which curiously, despite being ballads managed to immortalize, I know there are many more, but today I want to highlight those I heard during my childhood and youth here in Venezuela , they are very special songs that when listening to them evoke beautiful memories of that time, they are the most popular songs of these genres that were broadcast in a radial way and through the sale of records and that today, still they are heard through the different media.
I invite you to take a musical tour through the most popular themes of these genres in the sixties...
Ben E King, - Stand By Me (1961)
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Stand By Me, balada perteneciente al genero Rock, Funk / Souls,
interpreted and composed by Ben-E-King in the company of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, it was recorded in 1961 by Ben-E-King...
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Ben-E-King, famous American singer of the decade of the 60s, was the interpreter of the best known version of Stand by Me, of which he was co-author with...
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The Animals – The House Of The Rising Sun (1964)
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House of the Rising Sun,
is the most recognized song of the band throughout his career and became an emblematic success of that era...
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The Animals is a British rock band formed at the beginning of the 60s, they became very popular in the United States and in the United Kingdom...
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The-Righteous-Brothers - Unchained Melody - (1965)
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Unchained Melody, pop rock ballad written in the middle of the 50s and recorded in 1965 by the group The Righteous Brothers, this theme was used years later as the main theme of the film "Ghost".
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The Righteous Brothers,
Musical duo composed by Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield in 1963. In 1964, the group recorded its maximum success...
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Yesterday - The Beatles (1965)
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Yesterday
is a song composed by Paul McCartney, recorded in 1965, stands out as the most versioned song in the history of music and holds a record in the Guinness book for being the song with the most radio broadcasts worldwide...
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The Beatles, English pop rock band most praised by critics in the history of popular music, recognized as the most commercially successful...
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Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman (1966)
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When a Man Loves a Woman Song Soul style, recorded by Percy Sledge in 1966, written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright. He led the Billboard Hot 100 and Top R & B Singles lists obtaining gold disc and making it known worldwide...
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Percy Sledge, American singer, was an important soul figure and one of the pioneers of country soul music in the late 60s...
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Bee Gees - To Love Somebody (1967)
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To Love Somebody, pop rock ballad written by the brothers Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb recorded in 1967 by the band Bee Gees, for the international debut album
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The Bee Gees,
British band, formed in Australia in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb...
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A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum) (1967)
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A Whiter Shade of Pale,A Whiter Shade of Pale",
Theme by Gary Brooker, Keith Reid and Matthew Fisher recorded by the British band Procol Harum. He managed to be number one in the UK Singles Chart in June 1967, staying six consecutive weeks in the classification.
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Procol Harum,
British rock group formed in 1967 with a great influence on the birth of the later called progressive rock ....
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The Bee Gees - Massachusetts (1967)
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Massachusetts, This song became the first of the 5 successes number 1 of the group in the United Kingdom, reaching number 1 in twelve other countries, and the 11th place in the Billboard Hot 100 ...
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The Bee Gees, British band, formed in Australia in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb...
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The Bee Gees - I Sstarted ajoke (1968)
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I Started a joke,
is a song recorded by The Bee Gees in 1968, is one of the most famous of the band, being the second to enter the list of the Billboard Magazine...
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The Bee Gees, British band, formed in Australia in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb...
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Tommy James & The Shondells - Crimson and Clover (1968)
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Crimson and Clover,
is a song by Tommy James and the Shondells, written by Tommy James and Peter Lucia. It was one of the greatest hits of the 60s and reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. in 1969. This song became a symbol of the so-called
psychedelic pop-rock ...
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Tommy James and the Shondells,
is a rock band that had two singles first on Billboard charts in the US during the 60's....
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King Crimson - Epitaph (1969)
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It's the song, no. 3 of King Crimson's debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King. It's probably the best known song of the band...
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King Crimson,
is a progressive rock band founded in London in 1969, is one of the pioneer bands of this genre and is considered one of the pillars of the same...
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Neil Young - Down by the River (1969)
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Down by the River, is a song by Canadian musician Neil Young recorded in 1969, published on the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. It was also released as a promotional single and is included in the soundtrack of the film strawberries of bitterness...
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Neil Percival Young, is a Canadian musician and composer, widely considered one of the most influential of the sixties generation...
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The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, he's My Brother (1969)
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He Ain't Heavy, he's My Brother,
is a pop rock ballad recorded by The Hollies in 1969, this song is one of the most popular versions of the original song by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell, played by The Hollies managed to become a worldwide success...
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The Hollies, is one of the most successful groups of British rock, was formed in the city of Manchester in 1962...
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The Shuffles - sha la la i need you (1969)
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Sha la la i need you, pop ballad recorded and popularized in 1969 by the band The Shuffles, the song only appeared in single, the group never arrived to throw a long duration...
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The Shuffles
It was a Dutch pop band formed in Rosmalen, North Brabant. The group, led by the late Albert West, was active for ten years from 1963 to 1973...
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The Marmalade - Reflections of my life - (1969)
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first release of the Scottish band The Marmalade in 1969, written by its lead guitarist, Junior Campbell, and the singer Dean Ford...
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Marmalade, pop rock musical group from Glasgow (United Kingdom), formed in 1961 as the Gaylords, changed their name in mid-1966...
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The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down (1969)
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Don't Let Me Down,
is a song by The Beatles with the collaboration of Billy Preston, released as side B of the song Get Back...
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The Beatles,
English pop rock band most praised by critics in the history of popular music, recognized as the most commercially successful...
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