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is a song recorded by the Canadian musician Bryan Adams, from his fourth album, Reckless (1984).

The song was written by Adams and Jim Vallance, a long-time writing partner of Adams. “Summer of ’69” was produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain.

It was released in June 1985 under A&M Records as the fourth single from Reckless. “Summer of ’69” is an up-tempo rock song.

1969 Songs

In the Year 2525: Zager and Evans

Is a 1968 hit song by the American pop-rock duo of Zager and Evans. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks commencing July 12, 1969. It peaked at number one in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in August and September that year. The song was written and composed by Rick Evans in 1964 and originally released on a small regional record label (Truth Records) in 1968. Zager and Evans disbanded in 1971.

Zager and Evans were a one-hit wonder, recording artists who had a number one hit and then never had another chart single. They did this in both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, which is rare. As of 2018, they were the only artist ever to have a chart-topping #1 hit on both sides of the Atlantic and never have another chart single in Billboard or in the UK for the rest of their career. Their follow-up single on RCA-Victor, “Mr. Turnkey”, failed to hit the main music charts on either side of the Atlantic Ocean. Another single, “Listen to the People”, managed to make the bottom slot of the Cashbox chart at number 100.

Get Back: The Beatles

is a song recorded by the British rock band the Beatles and written by Paul McCartney (though credited to Lennon–McCartney), originally released as a single on 11 April 1969 and credited to “The Beatles with Billy Preston”.

A different mix of the song later became the closing track of Let It Be (1970), which was the Beatles’ last album released just after the group split. The single version was later issued on the compilation albums 1967–1970, 20 Greatest Hits, Past Masters, and 1.

The single reached number one in the United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Australia, France, West Germany, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, and Belgium. It was the Beatles’ only single that credited another artist at their request. “Get Back” was the Beatles’ first single release in true stereo in the US. In the UK, the Beatles’ singles remained monaural until the following release, “The Ballad of John and Yoko”.

Green River: Creedence Clearwater Revival

is a song by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. The song was written by John Fogerty and was released as a single in July 1969, one month before the album of the same name was released.

Something in the Air: Thunderclap Newman

Is a song recorded by Thunderclap Newman, written by Speedy Keen who also sang the song. It was a No. 1 single for three weeks in the UK Singles Chart in July 1969. The song has been used for films, television and adverts, and has been covered by several artists. The track was also included on Thunderclap Newman’s only album release Hollywood Dream over a year later.

Sweet Caroline: Neil Diamond

Is a song written and performed by American recording artist Neil Diamond and released in June 1969 as a single with the title “Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)“. It was arranged by Charles Calello, and recorded at American Sound Studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

The song reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week ending August 16, 1969, and was certified gold by the RIAA on August 18, 1969, for sales of one million singles. “Sweet Caroline” was also the first of fifty-eight entries on the US Easy Listening chart, peaking at #3.

In the autumn of 1969, Diamond performed “Sweet Caroline” on several television shows. It later reached No. 8 on the UK singles chart in 1971.

More Today Than Yesterday: Spiral Staircase

is a song written by Pat Upton and performed by Spiral Starecase. It reached number 6 in Canada, number 7 on the Cashbox Top 100, and number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. It was also released in the United Kingdom as a single, but did not chart. The song was featured on their 1969 album, More Today Than Yesterday.

Produced by Sonny Knight and arranged by Al Capps, it ranked number 50 on Billboard magazine’s Top Hot 100 songs of 1969.

The principal idea of the song was made famous at the turn of the 20th century in a poem by Rosemonde Gérard, the wife of the poet and playwright Edmond Rostand (Cyrano de Bergerac).

Galveston: Glen Campbell

Is a song written by Jimmy Webb and popularized by American country music singer Glen Campbell who recorded it with the instrumental backing of members of The Wrecking Crew. In 2003, this song ranked number 8 in CMT’s 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music. Campbell’s version of the song also went to number 1 on the country music charts. On other charts, “Galveston” went to number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the “Easy Listening” charts. It was certified gold by the RIAA in October 1969.

The song is considered by many to be the unofficial anthem of Galveston Island and the City of Galveston, Texas

Campbell’s recording of the song, released in 1969, was perceived as being a Vietnam War protest song, but Campbell performed it up-tempo, conveying a more general message. The protagonist is a soldier, as shown in the original promo video with Campbell dressed up in a military outfit. Webb described it as an anti-war song and challenged Campbell’s version of his song and the notion that it was in any way a “patriotic song”. According to Webb, the song is “about a guy who’s caught up in something he doesn’t understand and would rather be somewhere else”.

This Magic Moment: Jay and the Americans

is a song composed by lyricist Doc Pomus and pianist Mort Shuman, and is one of their best-known songs.

In 1968, Jay and the Americans released a version of the song, which became the song’s most widely successful release. Their version spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 6 on March 1, 1969, while reaching No. 1 on Canada’s “RPM 100″ and No. 11 on Billboard‘s Easy Listening chart. The song also debuted at No. 4 in the first issue of RPM‘s “Young Adult” adult contemporary chart. The single earned gold record status from the Recording Industry Association of America.

Honky Tonk Women: The Rolling Stones

is a 1969 hit song by the Rolling Stones. It was a single-only release, available from 4 July 1969 in the United Kingdom, and a week later in the United States (although a country version called “Country Honk” was later included on the album Let It Bleed). It topped the charts in both nations.

The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards while on holiday in Brazil from late December 1968 to early January 1969, inspired by Brazilian “caipiras” (inhabitants of rural, remote areas of parts of Brazil) at the ranch where Jagger and Richards were staying in Matão, São Paulo. Two versions of the song were recorded by the band: the familiar hit which appeared on the 45 single and their collection of late 1960s singles, Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2); and a honky-tonk version entitled “Country Honk” with slightly different lyrics, which appeared on Let It Bleed (1969).

Thematically, a “honky tonk woman” refers to a dancing girl in a western bar who may work as a prostitute^, the setting for the narrative in the first verse of the rock-and-roll version is Memphis, Tennessee: “I met a gin soaked bar-room queen in Memphis”, while “Country Honk” sets the first verse in Jackson, Mississippi: “I’m sittin’ in a bar, tipplin’ a jar in Jackson”.

The band initially recorded the track called “Country Honk,” in London in early March 1969. Brian Jones was present during these sessions and may have played on the first handful of takes and demos. It was his last recording session with the band. The song was transformed into the familiar electric, riff-based hit single “Honky Tonk Women” sometime in the spring of 1969, prior to Mick Taylor’s joining the group. In an interview in the magazine Crawdaddy!, Richards credits Taylor for influencing the track: “… the song was originally written as a real Hank Williams/Jimmie Rodgers/1930s country song. And it got turned around to this other thing by Mick Taylor, who got into a completely different feel, throwing it off the wall another way.” However, in 1979 Taylor recalled it this way: “I definitely added something to Honky Tonk Women, but it was more or less complete by the time I arrived and did my overdubs.”

“Honky Tonk Women” is distinctive as it opens not with a guitar riff, but with a beat played on a cowbell. The Rolling Stones’ producer Jimmy Miller performed the cowbell for the recording.

One: Three Dog Night

is a song written by Harry Nilsson and made famous by Three Dog Night whose recording reached number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1969 and number four in Canada. The song is known for its opening line “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do”.

“One” is written in the key of F minor and was released as the second single from Three Dog Night’s eponymous first album. It became their first of seven gold records over the next five years.

The song reached number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and spent three weeks at number two on the Cash Box Top 100. It also reached number four in Canada.

Get Together: The Youngbloods

Is a song written in the mid-1960s by American singer-songwriter Chet Powers.

The song is an appeal for peace and brotherhood, presenting the polarity of love versus fear, and the choice to be made between them. It is best remembered for the impassioned plea in the lines of its refrain (“Come on people now/Smile on your brother/Everybody get together/Try to love one another right now”), which is repeated several times in succession to bring the song to its conclusion.

In 1967, the Youngbloods released their version of the song under the title “Get Together”. It became a minor Hot 100 hit for them, peaking at number 62 and reaching 37 on the US adult contemporary chart. However, renewed interest in the Youngbloods’ version came when it was used in a radio public service announcement as a call for brotherhood by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. The Youngbloods’ version, the most-remembered today, was re-released in 1969, peaking at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Things I’d Like to Say: The New Colony Six

is a song by the American rock band New Colony Six, released in 1968 on their album Revelations and as a single. The song became a top 20 hit in the U.S., peaking at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 13 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart, and a top 10 hit in Canada, peaking at number 6 on the RPM Top Singles chart. It also peaked at number 2 on the WLS survey in the band’s home city of Chicago.

The song also peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart and at number 7 on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart.

Games People Play: Joe South

is a song written, composed, and performed by American singer-songwriter Joe South, released in August 1968, that won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song and the Grammy Award for Song of the Year.

“Games People Play” is a protest song whose lyrics speak against various forms of irresponsibility, hatred, hypocrisy, inhumanity, and intolerance in both interpersonal and social interactions between people. Billboard favorably reviewed the song some three months after its release and eight weeks before it finally reached the Hot 100.

The song was released on South’s debut album Introspect and as a single, reaching #12 on the Hot 100. It was also a #6 hit in the UK in 1969, #4 in Ireland, and won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song and the Grammy Award for Song of the Year

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Bad Moon Rising: Creedence Clearwater Revival

Is a song written by John Fogerty and performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival. It was the lead single from their album Green River and was released in April 1969, four months before the album.

The song peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100 on 28 June 1969,by one week, blocked by “Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet” by “Henry Mancini” and No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in September 1969.

It was CCR’s second gold single.

Fly Me to the Moon: Frank Sinatra

Is a song written in 1954 by Bart Howard. Kaye Ballard made the first recording of the song the year it was written. Frank Sinatra’s 1964 version was closely associated with the Apollo missions to the Moon.

Frank Sinatra’s 1964 recording of “Fly Me to the Moon” became closely associated with NASA’s Apollo space program. A copy of the song was played on a portable cassette player on the Apollo 10 mission which orbited the Moon, and also on Apollo 11 before the first landing on the Moon. The song’s association with Apollo 11 was reprised many years later when Diana Krall sang it at the mission’s 40th anniversary commemoration ceremony, and also for mission commander Neil Armstrong’s memorial service in 2012.

Walking on the Moon: The Police

Is a song by English reggae rock band The Police, released as the second single from their second studio album, Reggatta de Blanc (1979). The song was written by the band’s lead vocalist and bassist Sting. It went on to become the band’s second No. 1 hit in the UK.

Blue Moon: The Marcels

Is a classic popular song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934. It may be the first instance of the familiar “50s progression” in a popular song and has become a standard ballad. The song was a hit twice in 1949 with successful recordings in the U.S. by Billy Eckstine and Mel Tormé. In 1961, “Blue Moon” became an international number-one hit for the doo-wop group The Marcels.

The Marcels, a doo-wop group, recorded the track for their album Blue Moon. In 1961, the Marcels had three songs left to record and needed one more. Producer Stu Phillips did not like any of the other songs except one that had the same chord changes as “Heart and Soul” and “Blue Moon”. The record reached number one on the Billboard Pop chart for three weeks and number one on the R&B chart.

Moonlight Mile: The Rolling Stones

Is a song by the Rolling Stones. It appears as the closing track on their 1971 album Sticky Fingers.

C Moon: Paul McCartney/Wings

Is a pop song with a reggae beat, written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. It was released as a double A-side with “Hi, Hi, Hi” in 1972. The single reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart and since “Hi Hi Hi” was banned by the BBC, “C Moon” received much airplay in the United Kingdom. In the United States, “C Moon” did not appear on any of the major record charts.

The name “C Moon” was inspired by lyrics in the song “Wooly Bully” by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. McCartney said, “There’s a line in [Wooly Bully] that says, ‘Let’s not be L7.’ Well, L7, it was explained at the time, means a square—put L and 7 together and you get a square… So I thought of the idea of putting a C and a moon together (a half-moon) to get the opposite of a square. So ‘C Moon’ means cool, in other words.”

The recording includes a missed-cue intro that was kept in the released version.

The song is in the key of C and is in 4/4 time. The performers change instruments from their usual places. Guitarist Henry McCullough plays drums, guitarist Denny Laine plays bass, and drummer Denny Seiwell plays xylophone

Blue Moon of Kentucky: Elvis Presley

Is a waltz written in 1946 by bluegrass musician Bill Monroe and recorded by his band, the Blue Grass Boys. The song has since been recorded by many artists, including Elvis Presley recorded from Sun Records.

Space Oddity: David Bowie

Is a song written and recorded by David Bowie. It was first released as a 7-inch single on 11 July 1969. It was also the opening track of his second studio album, David Bowie. It became one of Bowie’s signature songs and one of four of his songs to be included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

Inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), the song is about the launch of Major Tom, a fictional astronaut, and was released during a period of great interest in space flight. The United States’ Apollo 11 mission would launch five days later and would become the first manned moon landing another five days after that. The lyrics have also been seen to lampoon the British space programme, which was and still is an unmanned project. Bowie would later revisit his Major Tom character in the songs “Ashes to Ashes”, “Hallo Spaceboy” and possibly the music video for “Blackstar”.

Rocket Man: Elton John

is a song composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin and originally performed by Elton John. The song first appeared on Elton John’s 1972 album Honky Château and became a hit single, rising to No. 2 in the UK and No. 6 in the US. On 5 October 2018, the song was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales of 400,000 digital downloads. The song was certified 3 times platinum in the US as well.

The song was inspired by the short story “The Rocket Man” in The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, and echoes the theme of David Bowie’s 1969 song “Space Oddity” (both recordings were produced by Gus Dudgeon). But according to an account in Elizabeth Rosenthal’s book His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John, the song was inspired by Taupin’s sighting of either a shooting star or a distant aeroplane.

Moon River: Andy Williams

Is a song composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song also won the 1962 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

The song has been covered by many other artists. It became the theme song for Andy Williams, who first recorded it in 1962. He sang the first eight bars of the song at the beginning of each episode of his eponymous television show and named his production company and venue in Branson, Missouri, after it; his autobiography is called “Moon River” and Me. Williams’ version was never released as a single, but it charted as an LP track that he recorded for Columbia on a hit album of 1962, Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes.

Moondance: Van Morrison

Is a song recorded by Northern Irish singer and songwriter Van Morrison and is the title song on his third studio album Moondance (1970). It was written by Morrison, and produced by Morrison and Lewis Merenstein.

Morrison did not release the song as a single until November 1977, seven and a half years after the album was released. It reached the US Billboard Hot 100, charting at number 92. The single’s B-side, “Cold Wind in August”, had been released in the same year, on his latest album at the time, A Period of Transition.

Man on the Moon: R.E.M

Is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released as the second single from their 1992 album Automatic for the People. The lyrics were written by lead singer Michael Stipe, and the music by drummer Bill Berry and guitarist Peter Buck, and credited to the whole band as usual. The song was well received by critics and peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. It remains one of R.E.M.’s most popular songs.

The song’s title and chorus refer to the Moon landing conspiracy theories, as an oblique allusion to rumors that Kaufman’s death in 1984 was faked. The song gave its name to Man on the Moon (1999), Miloš Forman’s film based on Kaufman’s life, and was featured prominently in the film’s soundtrack.

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Just in case you missed it!

As you know, it’s exhibition time at the Lynn Library at Lynn University. And the event has started with a bang. Please watch my lectures on some of the historical events that defined the 60’s, including the war, the presidents, the music and so much more.

I hope you enjoy them!

I’ll be at the 60’s Exhibit at Lynn University, at the Lynn Library on the Main Floor.

When: March 13, 2018 through March 31, 2018 | 11:00 A.M

Location: Eugene M. and Christine E. Lynn Library), on 3601 N Military Trail, Boca Raton, FL 33431.

Topic: I’ll be talking about the 60s and showing the exhibit of memorabilia and collectibles and photos form the 60s, on different events and political like on Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr and the Civil Rights, Vietnam War, Space Race, Cold War, of course the Beatles, and music from British Invasion and psychedelic music and other genres, the Hippie Movement, Woodstock, television and others.

Its going to be exciting event and I would love it if you would come and see me there and it starts on March 13.

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See you at the Lynn Library

I’ll be at the 60’s Exhibit at Lynn University, at the Lynn Library on the Main Floor.

When: March 13, 2018 through March 31, 2018 | 11:00 A.M

Location: Eugene M. and Christine E. Lynn Library), on 3601 N Military Trail, Boca Raton, FL 33431.

Topic: I’ll be talking about the 60s and showing the exhibit of memorabilia and collectibles and photos form the 60s, on different events and political like on Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr and the Civil Rights, Vietnam War, Space Race, Cold War, of course the Beatles, and music from British Invasion and psychedelic music and other genres, the Hippie Movement, Woodstock, television and others.

Its going to be exciting event and I would love it if you would come and see me there and it starts on March 13.

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