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Reported release: 1966Date needs verification | Recent carryover
Source year-end #65Youthful optimism in the face of having little material wealth
View background statusRelease: 1967Source checked
Source year-end #53Jackie Wilson brought a highly flexible voice and precise rhythm to soul, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and orchestral popular songs. He began his solo Brunswick career in 1957 after singing with Billy Ward and...
View background statusReported release: 1967Date needs verification
A cover of Simon & Garfunkel's ode to taking life easy
View background statusThe perfect temperature as a metaphor for perfect love
View background statusReported release: 1967Date needs verification
Source year-end #60The give and take in a relationship
View background statusThe dark side of the psychedelic experience
View background statusBach's music and surrealist poetry
View background statusRefusing to be hurt by love again
View background statusRelease: 1967Source checked
Source year-end #87The strength of love to overcome any obstacle
View background statusThe film of the same name, questioning the meaning of life
View background statusThe ideals of the Summer of Love and the hippie movement
View background statusReported release: 1967Date needs verification
Source year-end #21A playful song about chasing love
View background statusA passionate declaration of love
View background statusA cover of the Four Tops' hit about desperate love
View background statusA mix of A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh and folk singer Fred Neil
View background statusThis belongs to the Four Tops' Holland-Dozier-Holland hit-making period. The museum identifies it among the records that cemented their place at Motown.
Read background and sourcesMemories of young love and simpler times
View background statusThe romantic atmosphere of California evenings
View background statusReported release: 1967Date needs verification
Source year-end #10A timeless expression of romantic love
View background statusOriginally written about Marianne Faithfull
View background statusThe intimacy of a romantic moment
View background statusConsidered one of the first funk songs
View background statusThe comfort of love on a cold winter night
View background statusThe gap between adolescence and adulthood
View background statusReported release: 1967Date needs verification
Source year-end #22A carefree summer day on the water
View background statusThe autobiographical story of the band's formation
View background statusThe contrast between youthful dreams and adult realities
View background statusReported release: 1967Date needs verification
Source year-end #62A cover of The "5" Royales song about long-distance love
View background statusReported release: 1967Date needs verification
The desire for independence in a relationship
View background statusAdvice to maintain relationships, even after they end
View background statusReported release: 1967Date needs verification
Source year-end #99Advice to a lover not to let pride ruin a relationship
View background statusThe pain of a failing relationship
View background statusReported release: 1966Date needs verification | Recent carryover
Comforting someone after a breakup
View background statusThe idea of a love that lasts forever
View background statusThe universal human need for companionship
View background statusReported release: 1967Date needs verification
Source year-end #18The challenges of maintaining a relationship
View background statusThe struggle with self-doubt and impostor syndrome
View background statusReported release: 1966Date needs verification | Recent carryover
Source year-end #27The Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles
View background statusReported release: 1966Date needs verification | Recent carryover
Source year-end #66The universal feeling of anticipation for the weekend
View background statusThe vibrant nightlife of Broadway in Buffalo and New York
View background statusThe 1965 film "Doctor Zhivago"
View background statusReported release: 1966Date needs verification | Recent carryover
Source year-end #57The film of the same name about a young woman in London
View background statusThe infectious energy of dance music
View background statusA call for unity and understanding during turbulent times
View background statusThe need for reassurance in a relationship
View background statusReported release: 1966Date needs verification | Recent carryover
Source year-end #68The energy of rhythm and blues music
View background statusThe transition from adolescence to womanhood
View background statusRelease: 1966Source checked | Recent carryover
Source year-end #97A prisoner's dream of returning home
View background statusBooker T. & the M.G.'s combined their own instrumental records with work as the house band at Stax in Memphis. Booker T. Jones' organ and Steve Cropper's guitar were central to a rhythm section that included Al...
View background statusThe laid-back feeling of a Sunday afternoon
View background status1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.