The best of the 60s

[Crinklyfox]

This was released in the 60s and a US hit in 1966.  A re-release in the 70s charted in the UK.  The clip is from a 60s performance.

 

 

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Edited 11 November 2020 by Dr Marco

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possibly my favorite lyrics ever

 

 

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On my Facebook page today.

 

Long before the North Irish singer and songwriter Van Morrison became "Sir", he was the front singer of rock group "Them". Founded in Belfast at 1964, they had a few hits like "Baby Please Don't Go" and "Here Come The Night" in 1965. Though Van Morrison is a songwriter, "Here Comes The Night" was written by Bert Berns. Before Van Morrison started his solo carrier in 1966, he had with Them a big hit 1965 with "Here Comes The Night", with #2 in UK and Ireland, #24 in the Billboard Hot100.

 

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On my Facebook pGE TODAY

 

I've been good, I haven't played this in weeks but it's time again. This is in my top 5 songs of the 60s. I loved Steve Marriott.

On its release, the BBC immediately banned the song because of overt drug references - "What did you do there? - I got high" and "I feel inclined to blow my mind, get hung up, feed the ducks with a bun, They all come out to groove about, Be nice and have fun in the sun."

So Small Faces manager Tony Calder explained the song had an innocent interpretation. In Marriott's biography, All Too Beautiful, by Paolo Hewitt and John Hellier, Calder says: "We told the BBC Itchycoo Park was waste ground in the East End which the band had played on as kids. We put the story out at ten and by lunchtime we were told the ban was off."