200 GREATEST
60s ROCK SONGS
FRANK MASTROPOLO
FELIX CAVALIERE OF THE RASCALS. COURTESY FELIX CAVALIERE
"This book will take you back to a time when dudes were draped down and cruisin’ and music was outta sight. The photos, interviews and stories told by the musicians who produced these great hits will blow your mind! — Reel Urban News
"What a great book! Unlike other books, this one includes photos, stories, and interviews with some of the band members who recorded the greatest songs of the 1960's. Thank you for preserving rock 'n' roll history!" — Jim Donna, The Castaways ("Liar, Liar")
It’s a journey back in time to what Mastropolo calls ‘the greatest era in rock music.” The eBook is packed with photos, memorabilia and artist interviews that tell the amazing tales behind our favorite tunes. — Rock Cellar Magazine
Top 10 lists do not tell the full story of Rock and Roll.
Pop charts capture what is popular during a particular moment in time. "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro spent five weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968. Would that make you want to know more about that tune? Or would you just like to forget it?
PETER & GORDON (L-R) GORDON WALLER, PETER ASHER. PHOTO: DAVID REDFERN
Often our favorite songs never cracked the Top 10 or are deep album cuts. The 200 songs in this book, some of which topped the charts, were chosen because their stories are fascinating, funny, or surprising. And they're great songs. Rock music is diverse and constantly evolving. Psychedelic rock, British Invasion, protest songs, horn rock, surf rock, Motown, garage rock, pop, blues rock, the San Francisco Sound, blue-eyed soul, folk rock, and more are all represented. The musicians, songwriters, and producers explain how they created the music.
Of course, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, and the Beach Boys are here. But you'll also learn about tunes by Moby Grape, the Castaways, Mary Hopkin, the Electric Prunes, the Swingin' Medallions, and the Trashmen.
Throughout are interviews conducted by the author with some of the musicians who made the 1960s such a fertile period of rock and roll, including Felix Cavaliere of the Rascals, Connie Francis, Tommy James, Robby Krieger of the Doors, Roger McGuinn of the Byrds, Bobby Rydell, and Mark Volman of the Turtles.
MANFRED MANN (L-R) MIKE HUGG, TOM MCGUINNESS, PAUL JONES, MANFRED MANN, MIKE VICKERS. COURTESY CREATURE MUSIC
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