This is a continuation of Collection of Rare or Lesser-Known Rock Classics ( containing 125 groups, artists and songs ) and our 37th or 38th music list.
Some of you might remember a few of these…they might have had some National exposure, or were a hit in your local area. Or maybe you saw them play a club, or on a reunion tour with other lesser-known groups. One thing for sure, there’s a lot more out there than what they play on Top 40 radio or those Classic Oldies Stations. And if you dig the 60′s and 70′s you should lend an ear, you’ll like what you hear! So get your groove on Baby, cause it’s gonna be outta sight!
Each one of these songs I’ve played on my Sweat986FM Blip Station.
Russ Sainty – Tell The Other Guy
Essra Mohawk ( Sandy Hurvitz ) – I Have Been Here Before…Cindy Lauper covered her Change of Heart and Tina Turner covered her Stronger Than the Wind
Big Bertha – This World’s An Apple
Salvation – Cinderella
Evie Sands – I Can’t Let Go..the Hollies covered this Chip Taylor song written for Evie
Ibex – Rain…included then called Freddie Bulsara ( Freddie Mercury ) and later changed their name to Wreckage but broke up in 69′
Big Carrot – Blackjack – with Marc Bolan and T-Rex
Véronique Sanson – Pour me comprendre
Big Wha-Koo – Save Your Tears
The Insect Trust – The Eyes Of A New York Woman
Blackjack – Love Me Tonight
Elston Gunnn – John Green Went Off To War from circa 1953…and yep…it’s Dylan again
Blind Boy Grunt – Seventeen Curses Live at City Hall…yep, you might remember him…it’s Bob Dylan
Jasmin-T – Some Other Guy
Jason Crest – A Place in the Sun
Shakey Vick – Little Woman You’re So Sweet
Sinx Mitchell – Love Is All I’m Asking For
Bonniwell Music Machine – Mother Nature Father Earth
Sir Lord Baltimore – I got a Woman
Bruce Johnson – Disney Girls
John’s Children – Smashed Blocked
The Silver Apples – I don’t care what the people say
The John Dummer Blues Band – When You Got A Good Friend
The Shy Ones – 12 Months Later
The Jodimars – Well Now, Dig This
Curt Boettcher – Love You Yes I Do…he formed The GoldeBriars in 63′ and worked with The Association and the Beach Boys among others
Jericho Jones – Junkies Monkeys & Donkeys…was formed in 63′ in Israel and was known there as The Churchills
Colin Blunstone – Caroline Goodbye …you might remember him from The Zombies
Ananda Shankar – Streets Of Calcutta…he played with Jimi Hendrix and did several sitar covers of hit songs
Blue Goose – The Chorus
Blodwyn Pig – Same old Story
Peter Kelley – The Man Is Dead
Tim Buckley – Song To The Siren
Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers – Ain’t Misbehavin’
Hurricane Smith – Oh Babe, What Would You Say?..if you don’t know who this guy is you should Google…he was a major force in the 60’s
Duncan Browne – Give Me, Take You
Kak – Trieulogy…this was prior to Gary Lee Yoder joining Blue Cheer
Sky Saxon & The Seeds – You Took Me By Surprise
JSD Band – Open Road
Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments – Dark Lady…Brown collaborated with Jack Bruce to write some of Cream’s songs like I Feel Free and White Room
Gary Brooker – Beyond The Pale – Procol Harum
Billy Boyle – Sunday’s Child
Joy Unlimited – Everybody Knows
The Bow Street Runners – Leaving Grit America
Casey Jones & The Governors – Jack The Ripper
Sir Percy Quintet – Margaret Elspeth
Spirit Of John Morgan – I Want You
C.A. Quintet – I want you to love me girl
Danny Kirwan – Blues With A Feeling…from Fleetwood Mac
The Spectres – The Facts Of Life
Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Driftin’ Blues
Soft Machine – Moon In June
Peter Kelley – The Man Is Dead
53 songs
While you’re at it Check out our other 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
Weird and Wacky Rock Classics: sometimes NSFW