The Kingston Coffee House 2/3/26 Playlist and Replay
From 1965 to 1968, the folk rock group The Mamas & the Papas released five studio albums and 17 singles, six of which made the Billboard top 10, and have sold close to 40 million records worldwide
The Folk Rock Era 1964 – 1970
By Mike Stevenson | WRIU
Tonight, we’ll look back at the classic era of Folk Rock (1964 -1970).
John Sebastian (Even Dozen Jug Band), Roger McGuinn (The Limeliters), John Phillips (The Journeymen), Jesse Colin Young, Paul Simon, Donovan, David Crosby (Les Baxter’s Balladeers) Gene Clark (New Christy Minstrels) all began playing the folk clubs, often as members of jug bands and/or Kingston Trio-styled vocal groups.
Then, on February 9, 1964, The Beatles played The Ed Sullivan Show, and everything changed. The Lovin Spoonful’s John Sebastian recalls watching the Beatles in Cass Elliot’s Greenwich Village apartment:
“For the next four days, Zally (Yanovsky) and I are like schoolgirls… The Lovin’ Spoonful spun out of that night. It really did spin right out of The Beatles’ performance and what was going on around the performance and in between segments. That was my first Beatles-on-Ed Sullivan show!”
LISTEN TO A REPLAY (Available for 2 weeks after original broadcast date)
KINGSTON COFFEE HOUSE CLOCK ALWAYS SAYS 12:30
– Rufus Wainwright w /Susannah Hoffs “Twelve Thirty” (J Phillips) Folkocracy, 2023
– We Five “You Were On My Mind” (Sylvia Fricker) 1965
– The Mamas & the Papas “Creeque Alley” (J Philips) Deliver, 1967
12-STRING RICKENBACKERS ON THE ROOF
– The Lovin’ Spoonful “On the Road Again” (Wil Shade) Do You Believe in Magic,1965
– The Byrds “Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man” (Dylan) Mr. Tambourine Man, 1965
– The Rooftop Singers “Walk Right In” (Gus Cannon) 1963
– The Mamas & the Papas “Dedicated to the One I Love” (R Bass,L Pauling) Deliver, 1967
– Dion “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” (Dylan) Kickin’ Child, 1965
In 1965, Bob Dylan’s producer at Columbia, Tom Wilson, also produced Dion’s album ‘Kickin’ Child’. The album has three Dylan covers including “It’s All Over Baby Blue.” Dion was present when Dylan recorded his original version in the shared studio. One could say the LP jacket has more than a passing nod to The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan album cover. The “Lost Album” was finally released May 12, 2017, and instantly became a folk-rock classic.
WHAT A FIELD DAY FOR THE HEAT
– Simon & Garfunkel “Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream” Wednesday Morning, 3 AM
– Simon & Garfunkel “A Hazy Shade of Winter” Bookends, 1968
– Buffalo Springfield “Go and Say Goodbye” (Stills) Buffalo Springfield, 1966
– Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” (S Stills) Buffalo Springfield 1966
DOG IS A MEAN OL’ CAT
– Norma Tanega “Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog”, 1966
– The Lovin’ Spoonful “Lovin’ You” (Sebastian) Hums of the Lovin’ Spoonful,1966
– The Lovin’ Spoonful “Wild About My Lovin’ (Jim Jackson) Do You Believe in Magic,1965
– The Turtles “It Ain’t Me Babe” (Dylan)
– The Byrds “Feel a Whole Lot Better” (G Clark) Mr. Tambourine Man, 1965
– The Turtles “You Know What I Mean” (Bonner/Gordon)
ROGER, THAT
– The Byrds “The Bells of Rhymney” (Idris Davies) Mr. Tambourine Man, 1965
– The Lovin’ Spoonful “Do You Believe in Magic? (J Sebastian), 1965
BECAUSE I SAW HER TODAY
– Jackie DeShannon “Every Time You Walk in the Room” (J DeShannon)
– Jackie DeShannon “Needles and Pins” (S Bono)
– Sonny & Cher “Baby Don’t Go” (S Bono)
– Gale Garnet “We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” (G Garnet)1965
TAKE US AWAY
– The Mamas & the Papas “The Right Somebody to Love” (Pollack/Yellin) Papas and Mamas, 1968
– The Mamas & the Papas “Safe In My Garden” (J Phillips) Papas and Mamas, 1968
– The Mamas & the Papas “For the Love of Ivy” (J Phillips) Papas and Mamas, 1968
– The Mamas & the Papas “Nothing’s Too Good for My Little Girl” (Ned Wynn) Papas and Mamas, 1968
– The Mamas & the Papas “Dream a Little Dream of Me” (l. Gus Kahn) Papas and Mamas, 1968
DON’T FORGET TO SAY GRACE
– Barry McGuire “Eve of Destruction” (P.F. Sloan)
– The Grass Roots “Sins of the Family” (P.F. Sloan) 1966
– Jimmy Webb “P.F. Sloan” (J Webb) Words and Music, 1970
SIMON SAYS
– The Cyrkle “Red Rubber Ball” (Simon)
– Simon & Garfunkel “America” (Simon) Bookends, 1968
– Simon & Garfunkel “At the Zoo” (Simon) Bookends, 1968
WOULD YOU LIKE SOME OF MY TANGERINE?
– Sopwith Camel “Hello, Hello”, 1967
– Donvan “The Entertaining of a Shy Girl” (D Leitch) The Hurdy Gurdy Man, 1968
– Donvan “To Susan On the West Coast Waiting” (D Leitch) B-Side to “Atlantis”,1969
– Spanky & Our Gang “Lazy Day”, (Powers, Fischoff) Spanky and Our Gang, 1967
– Spanky & Our Gang “Like to Get to Know You”
– Four Jacks and a Jill “Master Jack”, 1968
– The Original Caste “One Tin Soldier” (Theme from the movie Billy Jack, 1971)
– The Youngbloods “Get Together”, 1967
– The Marsh Family “If You’re Going to Minnesota” (music, John Phillips)
Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara as aging early 60s folk singers Mitch and Mickey, trying to stay Hip in 1967′ in ‘A Mighty Wind’ – Christopher Guest’s 2003 Mockumentary
REST IN PEACE, CATHERINE O’HARA ❤︎
– “Mighty Wind” from the Christopher Guest mockumentary, 2003
– Barbara Lewis “Baby, I’m Yours”
CLOSE / HAIL ATLANTIS!
– Donovan “Atlantis”, Barabajagal 1968
NEXT WEEK’S SHOW:
We will recap the Folk nominees and winners at the recent Grammy Awards; deep-dive into the music of local country-blues legend Paul Geremia; preview some terrific upcoming shows at The Blackstone River Theater, and other local venues