40 Hits, 40 Stories: Behind Top Songs of the 1960s and 1970s

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Introduction
• # 1. “Play That Funky Music” (1976), Wild Cherry
• # 2. “Band of Gold” (1970), Freda Payne
• # 3. “A Hundred Pounds of Clay” (1961), Gene McDaniels
• # 4. “Bad Time” (1975), Grand Funk
• # 5. “Grazing in the Grass” (1969), Friends of Distinction
• # 6. “Girl Watcher” (1968), The O’Kaysions
• # 7. “More Today Than Yesterday” (1969), The Spiral Starecase
• # 8. “Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely” (1974), The Main Ingredient
• # 9. “Tracy” (1969), The Cuff Links
• # 10. “Swing Your Daddy” (1975), Jimmy Gilstrap
• # 11. “Susan” (1967), The Buckinghams
• # 12. “The Cheater” (1965), Bob Kuban and the ­In-Men
• # 13. “Everlasting Love” (1967), Robert Knight
• # 14. “Mama Didn’t Lie” (1963), Jan Bradley
• # 15. “It’s a Shame” (1970), The Spinners
• # 16. “Oh How Happy” (1966), Shades of Blue
• # 17. “Private Number” (1968), Judy Clay and William Bell
• # 18. “Double Shot (of My Baby’s Love)” 1966, The Swingin’ Medallions  101
• # 19. “The Oogum Boogum Song” (1967), Brenton Wood
• # 20. “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)” (1970), Edison Lighthouse
• # 21. “So Much in Love” (1963), The Tymes
• # 22. “Sugar, Sugar” (1969), The Archies
• # 23. “What Kind of Fool” (1969), Bill Deal and the Rhondels
• # 24. “Hey, Western Union Man” (1968), Jerry Butler
• # 25. “Searching for My Love” (1966), Bobby Moore and the Rhythm Aces
• # 26. “Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy” (1968), The Tams
• # 27. “This Time It’s Real” (1973), Tower of Power
• # 28. “I Got Rhythm” (1967), The Happenings
• # 29. “­Mother-in-Law” (1961), Ernie ­K-Doe
• # 30. “Can’t Find the Time” (1971), Rose Colored Glass
• # 31. “Keep It Comin’ Love” (1977), KC and the Sunshine Band
• # 32. “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love” (1973), The Spinners
• # 33. “Baby, Now That I’ve Found You” (1967), The Foundations
• # 34. “Smoke from a Distant Fire” (1977), The Sanford Townsend Band
• # 35. “I Love You 1000 Times” (1966), The Platters
• # 36. “There’s Gonna Be a Showdown” (1968), Archie Bell and the Drells
• # 37. “Rhapsody in the Rain” (1966), Lou Christie
• # 38. “Beach Baby” (1974), The First Class
• # 39. “Strawberry Shortcake” (1968), Jay and the Techniques
• # 40. “Jack and Jill” (1969), Tommy Roe
• Works Cited
• Index