Pure 60's: The #1 Hits

by Pure 60'S: The #1 Hits / Variou

Overview

This compilation is just what it says: number one hits on the American charts from the 1960s. It has a leg up on some similar anthologies, though, by virtue of its sheer quantity: 26 songs spanning the entire decade, which is pretty good value for a single CD. While it's true the selection is a little arbitrary, on the whole it's really good, and whether you care about chart statistics or not, it's an excellent disc if you're looking for an all-purpose collection of 1960s pop/rock classics. There are many core classics here, spanning rock, soul, pop, and the British Invasion: the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," Del Shannon's "Runaway," the Marvelettes' "Please Mr. Postman," Martha & the Vandellas' "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave," Manfred Mann's "Do Wah Diddy Diddy," the Mamas & the Papas' "Monday, Monday," the Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City," the Box Tops' "The Letter," the Troggs' "Wild Thing," the Temptations' "My Girl," and Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." Actually, if there's one complaint, it's that British artists are only represented by those Manfred Mann and Troggs cuts. But even the less-critically canonized, poppy hits here are for the most part indisputable classics: the Turtles' "Happy Together," Tommy James & the Shondells' "Crimson and Clover," the Monkees' "I'm a Believer," the Strawberry Alarm Clock's "Incense and Peppermints," the Association's "Windy," Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe," and more. It's like a double-dozen dose of number one hits from oldies stations without the commercials or any of the clunkers that happened to reach number one by chance. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	10/15/2002
Label:	Universal Distribution
UPC:	0044006911922

Tracks

1. Runaround Sue  - Dion DiMucci  -  Dion  - Ernie Maresca
2. Runaway  - Max Crook  - Del Shannon
3. The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)  - Luigi Creatore  - Hugo Peretti  -  Tokens  -  Weiss
4. Please Mr. Postman  - Robert Bateman  - Georgia Dobbins  - William Garrett  - Freddie Gorman  - Brian Holland  -  Marvelettes
5. It's My Party  - John Jr. Gluck  - Wally Gold  - Lesley Gore  - Herbert Weiner
6. My Boyfriend's Back  -  Angels  - Bob Feldman  - Jerry Goldstein  - Richard Gottehrer
7. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave  - Lamont Dozier  - Brian Holland  -  Martha & the Vandellas
8. My Girl  - Smokey Robinson  - Ronald White
9. Do Wah Diddy Diddy  - Jeff Barry  - Ellie Greenwich  -  Manfred Mann
10. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)  - Lamont Dozier  -  Four Tops  - Brian Holland  - Eddie Holland
11. Stop! In the Name of Love  - Lamont Dozier  - Brian Holland  - Eddie Holland  -  Supremes
12. Wild Thing  - Chip Taylor  -  Troggs
13. Hang on Sloopy  - Wes Farrell  -  McCoys  - Bert Russell
14. I Got You Babe  - Sonny Bono  -  Sonny & Cher
15. Monday, Monday  -  Mamas & the Papas  - John Phillips
16. Good Vibrations  -  Beach Boys  - Mike Love  - Brian Wilson
17. Summer in the City  - Steve Boone  -  Lovin' Spoonful  - John Sebastian  - Mark Sebastian
18. Windy  -  Association  - Ruthann Friedman
19. Happy Together  - Garry Bonner  - Alan Gordon  -  Turtles
20. The Letter  -  Box Tops  - Wayne Carson
21. I'm a Believer  - Neil Diamond  -  Monkees
22. Incense and Peppermints  - John Carter  - Tim Gilbert  -  Strawberry Alarm Clock
23. Crimson and Clover  - Tommy James  -  James  - Peter Lucia
24. I Heard It Through the Grapevine  - Marvin Gaye  - Barrett Strong  - Norman Whitfield
25. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)  -  Fifth Dimension  - Galt MacDermot  - James Rado  - Gerome Ragni
26. Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)  - Gary DeCarlo  - Dale Frashuer  - Paul Leka  -  Steam

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Smokey Robinson   Primary Artist
The McCoys   Primary Artist
The Tokens   Primary Artist
Martha & the Vandellas   Primary Artist
The Angels   Primary Artist
The 5th Dimension   Primary Artist
The Beach Boys   Primary Artist
Sonny & Cher   Primary Artist
The Lovin' Spoonful   Primary Artist
The Mamas & the Papas   Primary Artist
The Four Tops   Primary Artist
The Supremes   Primary Artist
The Monkees   Primary Artist
Tommy James & the Shondells   Primary Artist
The Turtles   Primary Artist
The Troggs   Primary Artist
The Box Tops   Primary Artist
Strawberry Alarm Clock   Primary Artist
Manfred Mann   Primary Artist
Steam   Primary Artist
The Association   Primary Artist
Del Shannon   Primary Artist
Lesley Gore   Primary Artist
Dion   Primary Artist
Marvin Gaye   Primary Artist
The Marvelettes   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Jeff Barry   Composer
Max Crook   Composer
Smokey Robinson   Composer
Richard Gottehrer   Composer
Neil Diamond   Composer
Mark Sebastian   Composer
Adam Starr   Product Manager
Tim Gilbert   Composer
Alan Gordon   Composer
Norman Whitfield   Composer
Weiss   Composer
Ute Friesleben   Production Coordination
Gary DeCarlo   Composer
Dale Frashuer   Composer
Mathieu Bitton   Design,Art Direction
Herbert Weiner   Composer
Steve Boone   Composer
Sonny Bono   Composer
Bert Russell   Composer
Bob Feldman   Composer
Lamont Dozier   Composer
Barrett Strong   Composer
Ellie Greenwich   Composer
Galt MacDermot   Composer
Dion DiMucci   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
James Rado   Composer
Freddie Gorman   Composer
Mike Love   Composer
Brian Holland   Composer
Georgia Dobbins   Composer
William Garrett   Composer
Gerome Ragni   Composer
Tommy James   Composer
Brian Wilson   Composer
Paul Leka   Composer
Chip Taylor   Composer
John Sebastian   Composer
John Gluck Jr.   Composer
Jeff Moskow   Compilation Producer
Del Shannon   Composer
Wally Gold   Composer
Doug Schwartz   Digital Mastering
Garry Bonner   Composer
Wayne Carson   Composer
Ernie Maresca   Composer
Ruthann Friedman   Composer
John Carter   Composer
John Phillips   Composer
Robert Bateman   Composer
Hugo Peretti   Composer
Ronald White   Composer
Luigi Creatore   Composer
Peter Lucia   Composer
Jerry Goldstein   Composer
Wes Farrell   Composer