100 Rare Classic Rock Songs 4
I wish I could find my list of songs that I wanted to get…at one time I had an extensive list of songs, that I didn’t have, that I wanted to add to my collection. The problem with ‘ rare ‘ classic songs ( rock or other ) is that they are very hard to remember…unlike popular, extensively played, songs by groups like the Doors or Stones…just hearing one of their songs can remind you of the others. Rare songs, by contrast, you almost never hear played, some you might not have heard at all since they were first released…so, in many cases, all you’ve got is a vague memory of them.
In cases like this a list is very important, because, if nothing else, just seeing the name on a piece of paper can trigger your memory. I had so many great songs on that ‘ to get list ‘ that it’s sad I have no idea where it went.
I’ve tried my best not to duplicate the same artist and/or song on these pages but, as I’ve created several pages and abandoned alphabetical order, it’s possible that a duplicate slipped past me. So if you see one please tell me in a comment and I’ll correct it. Spanks!
Some of these are rare songs that never made the Top 40 ( but should have ), some are rare one-hit-wonders, and all of these are worth your time tracking down and adding to your collections.
If you like music, and have a fondness for the classic oldies, you won’t want to just read this and not follow up on these tunes.
Most of these you will never hear played on Classic Rock radio stations.
All of these songs I have played on my Blip Station at TheTAZZone
These tunes are spun in no particular order, so ignore the numbering.
100 Rare Classic Rock Songs 4
( by 100 different Artists )
1. The Neon Philharmonic – Morning Girl
2. The Hood – Cause We’re In Love ( Terry Jacks )
3. Rain – Out Of My Mind ( Charity Brown )
4. Bonnie Jo Mason – Ringo, I Love You ( This was Cher’s first solo recording which was under the name Bonnie Jo Mason )
5. Gunhill Road – Back When My Hair Was Short
6. Kensington Market – I would be the one
7. The Gainsborough Gallery – Life is a Song
8. The Willapuss Wallapuss – To Jone ( on the Yorkville label )
9. Ian Whitcomb – You Turn Me On
10. The Orange Alabaster Mushroom – Tree Pie
11. Loved Ones – The Loved One
12. Roy Head – Treat Her Right!
13. Mashmakhan – As The Years Go By
14. Chris Farlowe – Handbags and Gladrags ( this song was written by Mike d’Abo – Manfred Mann – in 67′ and released by Farlowe in 67′ )
15. The Magic Lanterns – Shame Shame
16. Keith Hampshire – Big Time Operator
17. Hedgehoppers Anonymous – It’s Good News Week
18. Sweetwater – Why Oh Why
19. Quill – They Live the Life
20. Keef Hartley Band – Believe in You
21. Bert Sommer – Jennifer
22. White Bird- It’s A Beautiful Day
23. The Remains – Don’t Look Back ( on first list – different song )
24. Detroit Soul – All Of My Life
25. The Brymers – I Want to Tell You
26. The Quests – BTG and Scream Loud ( they had 14 original songs back in the 60’s and had several more that were never recorded )
27. Gerry Levene & The Avengers – Dr. Feelgood
28. The Spokesmen – The Dawn Of Correction ( This is the answer song to Eve of Destruction )
29. The Dovers – She’s Not Just Anybody
30. Phil & The Frantics – I’m High ( also on list 3 )
31. The Orfuns – The Animal In Me
32. 49th Parallel – Twilight Woman
33. The Sloths – Makin’ Love
34. Changin’ Times – How is the Air up There
35. The Other Half – I Need You
36. Atomic Rooster – Stand By Me ( also on 2nd list )
37. Middle of the Road – Samson and Delilah
38. Japan – Cantonese Boy
39. Berkley Five – You’re Gonna Cry
40. Cozy Powell – Dance With The Devil
41. The Smoke Ring – That Girl Was My Girl One Time
42. Voxmen – Time Won’t Change My Mind
43. Kitchen Cinq – Please Come Back To Me
44. Showaddywaddy – Heartbeat
45. The Street People – Jennifer Tomkins
46. XL’s – Mary Jane
47. Pentagram – When the Screams Come
48. Truth and Janey – Down the Road I Go
49. The Montage – I Shall Call Her Mary
50. Teddy and the Pandas – We Can’t Go On This Way
51. Children of the Mushroom – You Cant Erase A Mirror
52. The Night Crawlers – You Say (also appears in our first and third list )
53. The Sonics – Psycho ( also on first list )
54. Shiva’s Headband – My Baby
55. Mouse and The Traps – Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice ( also on our 2nd list )
56. The Luv’d Ones – You’ll Never Know
57. Count And The Colony – Can’t you see
58. Larry & The Blue Notes – In And Out
59. The Velvets – Let The Fool Kiss You
60. Mar-Vells – Go on and have Yourself a Ball
61. Joe Simon – Long Hot Summer
62. The Hangmen – What A Girl Can’t Do
63. April Fools – Things Go Better With You
64. Bloodstone – Natural High
65. DOA – Bloodrock
66. Candy And The Kisses – The 81
67. Wildfire – Stars In the Sky
68. The Stone Garden – Oceans Inside me
69. Linda And The Funky Boys – Climbing The Steps Of Love
70. The Nobody’s Children – Girl I Need You
71. Bojax – Go Ahead And Go ( also on first list )
72. The Paragons – Abba
73. Proctor Amusement Co. – Heard you went Away
74. The Rising Tides – I’m Crying
75. The Escapades – I Tell No Lies
76. King’s Ransom – Shadows of Dawn
77. The Merriday Park — It All Comes Back To Me
78. Euphorias Id – The Joker
79. Terry Dean & the Nitebeats – If I can
80. The Galaxies IV – Don’t Lose Your Mind
81. The Trees – Your Life
82. The Emperors – I want my Woman
83. Jackson Investment Co. – What can I Do
84. Chicken Shack – Tears In The Wind
85. Better Half Dozen – I Could Have Loved Her
86. The Soup Greens – That’s Too Bad
87. The Trend – Shot on Sight
88. Framework – The Direction
89. Tiaras – I’m Gonna Forget You
90. The Rouges – You Better Look Now
91. Jim Doval & The Gaucho’s – Mama Keep Yo Big Mouth Shout
92. The Chylds – Grey Days
There were tons of funny classic tunes that came out of the 60’s and 70’s, like Ray Stevens ( The Streak ), Clovers ( Love Potion #9 ), and Boris Pickett ( Monster Mash ), you hear all the time on Classic Oldies Radio. Then there were a lot of ones that got less air-time, or none at all…I personally think these are the cream of the crop of those harder-to-find funny classics.
93. Dana Lyons – Cows With Guns
94. Clean Living – In Heaven There Is No Beer
95.
96. Buzz Clifford – Baby Sittin’ Boogie
97. Alfred E. Neuman – It’s A Gas
98. Transfusion – Nervous Norvus
99. The Chips – Rubber Biscuit
100. Julie Brown – Cause I’m A Blonde
The First, Second, and Third Lists:
You might want to check out our one-hit wonder collection lists:
One-Hit Wonders: Popular and Rare
One-Hit Wonders of the 60’s: Popular and Rare
Top Twenty One-Hit Wonders in the UK: 1960-1999
Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 90’s
Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 80’s
Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 70’s
Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 60’s
also our number-one hit collections:
Number One Hits in the UK: 1960s
Number One Hits in the UK: 1970s
Number One Hits in the UK: 1980s
Number One Hits in the UK: 1990s
also our hit collections:
Rock: Can You Dig It, Baby: Present meets the Past
100 Greatest Rock Classics: 1960-1999
Rock Classics: Remembering the Classics…songs that never made our other lists
Rock Classics: Remembering the Classics…songs that never made our other lists : Part Two
Rock Classics: that almost never get played anymore
Rock Classics: that almost never get played anymore: Part Two
Rock Classics: that almost never get played anymore: Part Three
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Once this hazy summer nostalgia trip ends, you come to your senses and realize the majority of the genre is tired, played-out crap. The following is but a sample of some of the songs that could be stricken from the airwaves and we d all be better off for it.
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Hi Dennis,
Would you happen to be Dennis Christensen the drummer?
TAZ
Nice of you to include Children of the Mushroom 🙂
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Hiya Dick Lee,
Love the song, and play it often on my Blip station, exposing a whole new generation to the great songs that they’ll never hear on Classic Oldies Top 40 radio, and hopefully that will translate into renewed interest in your group and a few extra sales for you. Been thinking of focusing this site into a primary music site or creating a new one for music and would love to interview you at some point in the future.
TAZ
Many thanks for including The Brymers classic track of “I Want To Tell You” (1966) on your “Rare Classic Rock songs” list. The Brymers have released four CD’s since 2007 and have over 110 recorded tracks in our music catalog. But, “I Want To Tell You” still remains one of my favorite songs that we ever recorded.
Keep up the passion for the 60’s sound and rock on!
Dick Lee
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