Is "Brown Eyed Girl" the only 1960s song still played on AC radio?

[satech]

It sure seems that way, at least on the AC stations around here (NYC, Philly, Lehigh Valley, Central NJ).

 

[carolinaradio]

I still hear these on some, but it varies:

Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops
My Girl - Temptations
Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison (rare)
Ain't Too Proud To Beg - Temptations
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Baby Love - Supremes
Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers

 

[Seltzer]

Brown Eyed Girl is one of those songs that crosses all age groups. 30 year old women like it as much as 50 year old females. That's also the key for 70s material on A/C. And the 70s songs that A/C's still play generally fit that criteria as well.

 

[the golden boy]

I rarely hear 60s song on AC, but a few of the songs listed are usually the ones I hear most.

 

[nd2023]

I wish AC stations still played Barry Manilow instead of Lady Gaga.

 

[imhomerjay]

Welcome to 2010, it's nice to have you with us. The bulk of the rest of the audience would not prefer that change.

 

[Silkie]

She sets the high standard.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I wish AC stations still played Barry Manilow instead of Lady Gaga.

Standards radio is for you! Many of the songs were AC 20 and 30 years ago.

I heard "Mandy" this morning. I hear has Manilowness nearly every day. I do wonder what happened to his older songs.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I still hear these on some, but it varies:

Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops
My Girl - Temptations
Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison (rare)
Ain't Too Proud To Beg - Temptations
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Baby Love - Supremes
Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers

I hear all of these except "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" and "Respect". I'm not sure about "I Can't Help Myself". "Unchained Melody" was a hit because of "Ghost", so like "Stand By Me" it could be considered a recent hit.

I hate having to hear "Oh, Pretty Woman" because of the pounding drums. That's just out of place.

 

[Silkie]

"Unchained Melody" was a hit because of "Ghost"

Maybe it became a bigger hit the third time around. In 1965 The Righteous Brothers went to number 4 with Unchained Melody, ten years after Al Hibbler went to number 3 with Unchained Melody, which he wrote, if I am not mistaken.

 

[vchimpanzee]

"Unchained Melody" was a hit because of "Ghost"

Maybe it became a bigger hit the third time around. In 1965 The Righteous Brothers went to number 4 with Unchained Melody, ten years after Al Hibbler went to number 3 with Unchained Melody, which he wrote, if I am not mistaken.

I haven't heard Al Hibbler's version lately.

Westwood One standards, back before it was Dial Global (in fact, back before they went contemporary and then learned their lesson), played Les Baxter's version too. That's the best one.

The only Les Baxter song I hear now on Dial Global is "The Poor People of Paris". In "Tuesdays with Morrie", Jack Lemmon as Morrie was at some party where the kids were playing their music loud and he wanted to turn them on to REAL music. I can't remember how the kids reacted to Les Baxter.

Not to be confused with Les Brown, Bob Hope's bandleader and the man to whom Jerry Lewis danced in "The Nutty Professor".

 

[JbeJay]

... Al Hibbler went to number 3 with Unchained Melody, which he wrote, if I am not mistaken.

Al Hibbler had a hit version of the song its first time around, but he did not write it. Hy Zaret wrote the lyrics and movie composer Alex North wrote the music for the movie "Unchained" at the time.