Great 60s Pop – 27: Brigitte Bardot

Can’t really go wrong with Serge Gainsbourg from this period, of course. Killer video, too.

Great 60s Pop – 26: Honey Cone

Thanks to the reader who tipped me off to this. Not strictly 60s (it’s from 1970) but we won’t hold that against, will we? Absolutely loving the girls’ look. Absolutely loving it.

Great 60s Pop – 25: Brenda Holloway

Killer song, killer sound, killer performance.

Great 60s Pop – 24: The Velvelettes

Thanks to this fellow for reminding me of this fine group again. Oh, absolutely.

Great 60s Pop – 23: Evie Sands

This is like gold dust, trickling through my fingers.

Great 60s Pop – 22: The Exciters

The temptation right now is to simply start uploading Ellie, Ellie and more Ellie songs – Bangs wept, but she left such a great legacy, it’s like an entire section of my life – but for now I’ll content myself with this absolute classic. Genius video, too.

Great 60s Pop – 21: The Supremes

Ah, but which song to choose? Which song to choose? Which line-up? I dunno. This one’s pretty damn good.

Great 60s Pop – 20: Lesley Gore

Today’s kids don’t know the meaning of the word twee, I swear. This is taken from the 1965 film Ski Party. Whoa. Crazy coach parties, crazy times!

Great 60s Pop – 19: Ellie Greenwich

Ignore the video on this one. Just listen to the damn song!

Great 60s Pop – 18: The Regents (+ Blind Blake)

Tip-off from Martin Carr. Cheers, mate.

Great 60s Pop – 17: Shocking Blue

I’m sorry. The temptation was too overwhelming. To rectify, I’ve also posted a video of the song Bananarama made famous to a whole new generation. Hey, Bananarama and Nirvana covered their songs – that’s some CV! Anyone know of any others (not counting The Prodigy)?

Great 60s Pop – 16: Nancy Sinatra

No, not the obvious song. Well, I suppose this might be obvious to some of you.

Great 60s Pop – 15: Astrud Gilberto

Oh my god. How super-cool and super-cute is this video?

Great 60s Pop – 14: The Ronettes (+ Ramones)

First, if you haven’t done so already, go check out my interview with Ronnie Spector.

Great 60s Pop – 13: Reparata & The Delrons

I favoured this cos it’s the only one I could find with a video but they’re all good. All really good.

Great 60s Pop – 12: Irma Thomas

Went to see Irma Thomas sing one time in London – South Bank, I think it was.

Great 60s Pop – 11: The Trashmen

There are at least three incredible versions of this I can think of – but this tops the lot! From 1963.

Great 60s Pop – 10: Lulu

To celebrate this recent post on Record Rummage, I figured it was time for this! C’mon now, everybody now, c’mon and SHOUT!

Great 60s Pop – 9: The Mamas & The Papas

Damn, I never quite realised before how cool Mama Cass was. Tip of the hat to Rasha Shaheen for this one.

Great 60s Pop – 8: The Rats

What can I say? The motherlode.

Great 60s Pop – 7: The Monks

This clip, taken from German tv in 1965, is stunning. I mean, it could easily be Butthole Surfers!

Great 60s Pop – 6: Ann-Margret

This has long been a favourite in my house but even so, I always do a double-take when I hear it starting up: “Wait… Holly Golightly!” From 1961.

Great 60s Pop – 5: Jacky

I was after this song for about 25 years until I suddenly woke up one morning and realised I had a computer downstairs.

Great 60s Pop – 4: The Shangri-Las

There’s so much to choose from here. I swear, Shangri-Las ‘65 is my favourite 60s album, full stop. I decided – eventually – to go with…

Great 60s Pop – 3: Cake

No, not that bloody Cake. This one!