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| Shop Around – Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
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| You Can’t Always Get What You Want – The | Rolling Stones 3.
| You Can’t Hurry Love – The Supremes
| 4.
| When I Was Young – The Animals
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| Respect – Aretha Franklin
| 6.
| My Way – Frank Sinatra
| 7.
| Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) – the Byrds
| 8.
| Try A Little Tenderness – Otis Redding
| 9.
| Give Peace A Chance – John Lennon
| 10.
| All You Need Is Love – the Beatles
| 11.
| Yakety Sax – Boots Randolph
| 12.
| I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better – The Byrds
| 13.
| Dazed and Confused – Led Zeppelin
| 14.
| Reach Out (I’ll Be There) – The Four Tops
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| That’s Life – Frank Sinatra
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| We Shall Overcome – Joan Baez
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| (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding
| 18.
| Don’t Sleep In The Subway – Petula Clark
| 19.
| Walk Like A Man – Four Seasons
| 20.
| Hit The Road Jack – Ray Charles
| 21.
| Blowin’ In The Wind – Bob Dylan
| 22.
| I Should Have Known Better – The Beatles
| 23.
| Stand By Your Man – Tammy Wynette
| 24.
| If You Wanna Be Happy – Jimmy Soul
| 25.
| For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
| 26.
| Kozmic Blues – Janis Joplin
| 27.
| Mama Said – The Shirelles
| 28.
| The Best Is Yet To Come – Tony Bennett
| 29.
| How Can I Be Sure? – The Young Rascals
| 30.
| Break on Through – The Doors
| 31.
| Getting Better – The Beatles
| 32.
| Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
| 33.
| A Place In The Sun – Stevie Wonder
| 34.
| Stand! – Sly and the Family Stone
| 35.
| Be True To Your School – The Beach Boys
| 36.
| Little Bit O Soul – Music Explosion
| 37.
| Listen To What The Man Said – Wings (Paul McCartney)
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| 19th Nervous Breakdown – The Rolling Stones
| 39.
| I Started A Joke – The Bee Gees
| 40.
| What The World Needs Now Is Love – Jackie | DeShannon 41.
| Positively 4th Street – Bob Dylan
| 42.
| Nowhere Man – The Beatles
| 43.
| Everybody’s Talking – Nilsson
| 44.
| Peaches & Cream – The Ikettes
| 45.
| Help Yourself – Tom Jones
| 46.
| I’m Telling You Now – Freddie and the Dreamers
| 47.
| If I Were A Carpenter – Bobby Darin (or The Four Tops)
| 48.
| White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane
| 49.
| The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss) – Betty Everett
| 50.
| Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind? – The Lovin’ Spoonful
| 51.
| Good Times Bad Times – Led Zeppelin
| 52.
| Georgy Girl – The Seekers
| 53.
| Come Back When You Grow Up – Bobby Vee
| 54.
| California Dreamin’ – The Mamas and the Papas
| 55.
| Never Pick A Pretty Boy – Dee Dee Sharp
| 56.
| Think! – Aretha Franklin
| 57.
| Pushin’ Too Hard – The Seeds
| 58.
| Take A Fool’s Advice – Nat King Cole
| 59.
| Don’t Hang Up – The Orlons
| 60.
| When You Wish Upon A Star – Dion and the Belmonts
| 61.
| Run To Him – Bobby Vee
| 62.
| People Are Strange – The Doors
| 63.
| Apeman – The Kinks
| 64.
| You Can’t Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd – Roger Miller
| 65.
| Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying – Gerry and the Pacemakers
| 66.
| Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – The Animals
| 67.
| Lady Willpower – Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
| 68.
| Everybody – Tommy Roe
| 69.
| Tighten Up – Archie Bell and The Drells
| 70.
| Wishin’ and Hopin’ -Dusty Springfield
| 71.
| Cry Like A Baby – The Box Tops
| 72.
| Where Have All The Lowers Gone – Peter, Paul & Mary or The Kingston Trio
| 73.
| I Feel Free – Cream
| 74.
| Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right – Elvis Presley or Peter, Paul and Mary
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| Only The Strong Survive – Jerry Butler
| 76.
| One (Is the Loneliest Number) – Three Dog Night
| 77.
| A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You – The Monkees
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| (We Ain’t Got) Nothin’ Yet – Blues Magoos
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| Dizzy – Tommy Roe
| 80.
| Psychotic Reaction – The Count Five
| 81.
| Tell Him – The Exciters
| 82.
| It Must Be Him – Vikki Carr
| 83.
| Things I Should Have Said – The Grass Roots
| 84.
| You’ve Made Me So Very Happy – Blood, Sweat and Tears
| 85.
| Those Were The Days – Mary Hopkin
| 86.
| Don’t Worry Baby – The Beach Boys
| 87.
| Games People Play – Joe South
| 88.
| Dreams of the Everyday Housewife – Glen Campbell
| 89.
| If I Had a Hammer – Trini Lopez
| 90.
| It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World – James Brown
| 91.
| Kicks – Paul Revere and the Raiders
| 92.
| I’m A Man – Spencer Davis Group
| 93.
| You Can’t Sit Down – The Dovells
| 94.
| Come Together – The Beatles
| 95.
| Like A Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
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| You’re The Reason I’m Living – Bobby Darin
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| The Nitty Gritty – Shirley Ellis
| 98.
| Can I Change My Mind – Tyrone Davis
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| Treat Her Right – Roy Head
| 100.
| Do It Again – The Beach Boys
| ![]() Advice Songs From The 1970sDecisions, Decisions!
| 14. High Hopes – Frank Sinatra
15. All I Have To Do Is Dream – The Everly Brothers
16. It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington
17. Save The Last Dance For Me – The Drifters
18. Lady Sings The Blues – Billie Holiday
19. Put Your Head On My Shoulder – Paul Anka
20. It’s Not For Me To Say – Johnny Mathis
21. Get A Job – The Silhouettes
22. It’s All In The Game – Tommy Edwards
23. I’ll Forgive You, But I Can’t Forget – Roy Acuff
24. Don’t Fence Me In – Cole Porter
25. Let’s Misbehave – Ben Bernie
26. Chances Are – Johnny Mathis
27. A Lover’s Question – Clyde Mcphatter
28. Eenie Meenie Miney Mo – Benny Goodman
29. My Heart Is A Broken Book – Carl Dobkins, Jr
30. Time Waits For Noone – Helen Forrest
31. If I Only Had A Brain – Scarecrow (Wizard of Oz)
32. I Walk The Line – Johnny Cash
33. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) – Glenn Miller
34. A Worried Man – The Kingston Trio
35. Cigarettes, Whiskey, And Wild, Wild Women – Red Engle
36. Learnin’ The Blues – Frank Sinatra
37. You Always Hurt The One You Love – Mills Brothers
38. It Ain’t Necessarily So – Bing Crosby or Leo Reisman
39. When You’re Smiling – Louis Armstrong or Seger Ellis
40. Little Things Mean a Lot – Kitty Kallen
41. Ramblin On My Mind – Robert Johnson
42. How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I’ve Been A Liar My Whole Life? – Fred Astaire
43. Show Me The Way To Go Home – Vincent Lopez
44. If You Were In My Place (What Would You Do?) – Duke Ellington
45. Undecided – Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb
46. Wake The Town and Tell The People – Les Baxter
47. Come On-A My House – Rosemary Clooney
48. After You Get What You Want, You Don’t Want It Back – Van & Schenck
49. I’m Wasting My Tears On You – Tex Ritter
50. They Can’t Take That Away From Me – Fred Astaire or Ozzie Nelson
51. Back in the Saddle Again – Gene Autry
52. Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder – George J. Gaskin
53. I Love My Wife, But Oh You Kid! – Arthur Collins or Bob Roberts or Edward M. Favor
54. They’re Either Too Young Or Too Old – Jimmy Dorsey
55. Am I Blue? – Ethel Waters
56. What Do I Have to Do (To Make You Love Me) – Vaughn Monroe
57. Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off – Fred Astaire
58. Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) – Glenn Miller or The Andrews Sisters
59. I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle – Bessie Smith
60. Take The ‘A’ Train – Duke Ellington
61. Don’t Telephone, Don’t Telegraph, Tell A Woman – Tex Williams
62. Best Things In Life Are Free – George Olson
63. Keep On The Sunny Side – Billy Murray or Byron G. Harlan
64. ‘Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do – Bessie Smith
65. Alcoholic Blues – Billy Murray
66. Faith Can Move Mountains – Nat ‘King’ Cole
67. Smile and the World Smiles With You – Lewis James & The Peerless Quartet
68. It’s The Little Things That Count – Bunny Berigan
69. Laughing On The Outside (Crying on the Inside) – Dinah Shore or Sammy Kaye (or Teddy Walters or Andy Russell)
70. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) – Tex Williams
71. I’m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket – Fred Astaire
72. Easy Come, Easy Go – Eddy Duchin
73. Tell Me Why – Four Aces or Eddie Fisher
74. It’s Easier Said Than Done – Guy Lombardo
75. Just Another Day Wasted Away (Waiting For You) – Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians
76. For Every Boy Who’s Lonely, There’s a Lonely Girl – Lyric Quartet
77. If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie) – Eddie Cantor or Cliff Edwards
78. Can Anyone Explain? (No! No! No!) – Ames Brothers
79. Ain’t Nobody’s Business But My Own – Kay Starr
80. Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep) – Bing Crosby or Rosemary Clooney (or Eddie Fisher)
81. You’re Driving Mr. Crazy (What Did I Do?) – Guy Lombardo
82. Good Man Is Hard To Find – Marion Harris
83. Dreams Are A Dime a Dozen – Vaughn Monroe
84. Oh Dear! What Can The Matter Be? – Ella Logan
85. Everything’s Been Done Before – Freddy Martin or Guy Lombardo
86. Nice Work If You Can Get It – Fred Astaire
87. If We Can’t Be The Same Old Sweethearts, We’ll Just Be The Same Old Friends – Irving Kaufman
88. Forever Is A Long, Long Time – Charles Hart
89. There’s a Lot Of Things You Never Learn In School – Dan Quinn
90. Life Begins When You’re In Love – Isham Jones
91. Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think) – Guy Lombardo or Doris Day
92. I Don’t Know Where I’m Going, But I’m On My Way – Peerless Quartet
93. Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag (And Smile, Smile, Smile) – Knickerbocker Quartet
94. Blame It On My Youth – Jan Garber
95. It’s Always June When You’re In Love – Reed Miller
96. Regretful Blues – Nora Bayes
97. Fancy You Fancying Me – Lewis James
98. Ev’ry Little Bit Helps – Len Spencer & Ada Jones
99. Feather Your Nest – Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
100. Every Day’s A Holiday – Cab Calloway or Glenn Miller
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Advice Songs of the 1960s



