Best vocal group of the 1960s?

[NightTrain]

This poll concentrates on groups who specialized in vocal harmony. As such, it does not include the Beatles, Stones, Who, CCR, etc. They were all great bands, but vocal group harmony was not their main focus.

As always, feel free to write in your favorite if I neglected to include it!

ON EDIT: Added the Beach Boys. Duh! :eyes:

[Burma Jones]

1. The Beach Boys

Although ALL the Motown Groups were sweet

[NightTrain]

3. Thanks for the reminder!

I just added them on edit. God, how the hell could I have forgotten the Beach Boys?! :eyes:

[jpgray]

18. These omissions are becoming highly suspect...

:D

[NightTrain]

23. I hate having "senior moments" when I'm not even 40 yet!

:cry:

[DODI]

2. Can't choose between Temps, Impressions & CSN. n/t

[bobthedrummer]

4. Temptations

had the full range of awesome talent-I voted for them! Nice list though.

[Devlzown]

5. delete, please

[LSdemocrat]

6. Righteous Brothers

How do you not include them?

[NightTrain]

11. Duo, not group.

Sorry....

[gonefishing]

7. Baby I Need Your Lovin

That was a tough one.

[David Zephyr]

8. Vocals? The Mamas and Papas.

Great list to choose between, though Night Train.


I dig the Mamas and the Papas at "The Trip," Sunset Strip in L.A.
And they got a good thing goin' when the words don't get in the way.
And WHEN THEY'RE REALLY WAILING, MICHELLE AND CASS ARE SAILIN'.
Hey! they really nail me to the wall. --- Peter, Paul & Mary

[NightTrain]

14. Not a big M&Ps fan myself, but...

...I figured there'd be some folks around here who liked them. Hence their inclusion! ;)

[seventhson]

9. U missed 4: Delfonics, Stylistics, Chilites AND Marvin Gaye/Tammy Terrell

Any of these practcially blow the socks off the rest of your nominees.

In your list, though, the Tempatations are probably the tops in many respects. Eddie Kendricks is still a favorite of mine for all time. The Impressions and the the Miracles too (Curtis and Smokey).

This poll is too subjective. I thnk the delfonics are the most underrated and unappreciated.

Ahh - love in the sixties....


Favorite song - though -

"Just my Imagination" - still makes me cry for a lost or unfulfilled teenage love affair (Temptations)

and "If this world were mine" by Marvin and Tammy my "first" time . Yowch - whatta memory.

[NightTrain]

10. As a matter of fact, I didn't "miss" any of those acts.

<<Delfonics>>

One major hit in the '60s, "La-La Means I Love You." Second biggest hit didn't come until 1970.


<<Stylistics>>

Didn't record in the '60s. Earliest recordings, 1971.


<<Chilites>>

Recorded in the '60s, but made their best records from about 1971-74.

<<AND Marvin Gaye/Tammy Terrell>>

Duo, not a group.

[seventhson]

12. Sorry 1969-1971 all blends together for me

puppy love and adolescent angst all rolled into one blur of emotion and memory

[seventhson]

15. Welllll = Parliament might qualify

You've got my juices going though.

Too hard to choose for me. I loved so many groups then.

[terrya]

13. The Supremes. Without a doubt.

:-)

Terry

[Whitacre D_WI]

22. My only problem with the Supremes...

Is that Flo and Mary were better singers than Diana.

Yet she sang lead.

[Hand]

16. The Persuasions...

Obvious to even the least informed. Must I do everything around here?
:toast:

[Spirochete]

17. The Four Seasons

19. don't forget the Ronettes

[Dees]

20. The BB..pickin up those sweet vibrations

Endless Harmony

[Whitacre D_WI]

21. I voted for the Four Tops.

But seriously -- no love for Smokey? Nobody voted for Smokey? Great googly moogly, y'all.

Regardless, Levi could sing rings 'round all the other lead vocalists in your list. And while Brian Wilson COULD be a great composer sometimes, his work was only as even as his mental state.

Put Levi Stubbs and Holland/Dozier/Holland together, and you've got Heaven.

[NightTrain]

24. Know what just occurred to me?

I forgot the include the mighty Dells. And they're even getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year!

Bad NightTrain! :spank:

[Capn Sunshine]

26. Dells big hit?

help me out here NT

[NightTrain]

27. They had several. Among them....

"Stay In My Corner," "There Is," "Always Together," "Oh What A Night," "The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind)," and "Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation."

[NightTrain]

25. kick

n/t

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

28. Simon & Garfunkel

followed closely by The Mamas And The Papas (I've always been in love with Cass Elliot).

Others: The Association, The Temptations, Spanky And Our Gang

[Dees]

29. Two more great groups from sixties

The Association and The Turtles. Fantastic harmonies.

[NightTrain]

30. That's why I wish these polls had more than 10 positions!

n/t

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[NightTrain]

32. Yo, support this!

:P

[Whitacre D_WI]

33. Archie Bell and the Drells.

Hi, I'm Archie Bell, and these are the Drells; from Houston, Texas. And we not only sing, we dance just as good as we walk. Down in Houston, we got a brand new dance called the "Tighten Up." This is the music we tighten up with.