60s Mod Music

[Shamu]

Hi there,

It's my uncles birthday next month and I'm trying to get some 1960s music that Mods would have been dancing too!

I desperately need some ideas of what songs would be good to play. The party is going to be about 4-5 hours so I really do need all the help I can get!

Thank you in advance for any help that you may be able to offer with my playlist.

[chinadog]

The Small Faces..Itchicoo Park etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_fHGqNJYDQ&fea ture=related

And this one.

[suzy123]

March of the Mods - if he was a mod he will know and love this.

[chinadog]

We also listened and danced to a lot of Motown Shamu and Ska. I was young once and a mod,great days:-))

[chinadog]

aw can I come to the party?.

[Philtaz]

Green Onions by Booker T and the M.G's.

[Booldawg]

I have this compilation called 'Modrophenia' in my collection; here's the track listing;

1. Sha La La La Lee - Small Faces
2. Green Onions - Booker T & The MGs
3. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - Brown, James (1)
4. Double Barrel - Barker, Dave & Ansel Collins
5. Israelites - Dekker, Desmond
6. Baby Come Back - Equals
7. Poison Ivy - Paramounts
8. Sunny Afternoon - Kinks
9. Dancing In The Street - Reeves, Martha & The Vandellas
10. Needle In A Haystack - Velvelettes


Disc: 2
1. Going To A Go Go - Robinson, Smokey
2. Shout - Isley Brothers
3. Think - Franklin, Aretha
4. In The Midnight Hour - Pickett, Wilson
5. Knock On Wood - Floyd, Eddie
6. Rescue Me - Bass, Fontella
7. Roadrunner - Walker, Junior & The All Stars
8. Wade In The Water - Lewis, Ramsey
9. In Crowd - Gray, Dobie
10. Got My Mojo Working - Smith, Jimmy (1)

[chirpychirpy]

I thought the ultimate Mod bands were The Who and The Jam

[VHG]

I "grew up" in the 1960s and could consider myself a mod.

While the Who were the ultimate Mod band, their music does not really lend iteslf to dancing. The Small Faces were also a Mod band and had a few pop hits.

I seem to remember there was a lot of Ska music at that time, Desmond Decker and so on.

And of course Tamla Motown was VERY big in the 60s (Supremes, Four Tops, Stevie Wonder etc etc).

Also Soul (Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge, Sam and Dave and so on).

While he may have been a Mod, he would have danced to many other "pop" hits (Equals etc), and they will bring back memories.

Even the Rolling Stones songs like Satisfaction were great dancing songs.

I would not concentrate TOO much on the mod them, just buy a few of those 60s box sets and that will go down well.

[carter69]

shamu,VHG is bang on about the Ska.
A big Reggae/Ska tune was Ali Baba by John Holt.
Great tune.
Sounds like a good party

[JimmyCooper]

The Who had their first Hit in 1965 when Mod was on the wane.

Same as the Small Faces

Real Mods were heavily into Motown and Stax plus Bluebeat which was the forerunner to SKA

[Shamu]

Hi there,

Thank you so much to everyone who sent me some great info on the groups that mods danced to.


However I'm still in desperate need for some ideas of what 1960s dancing songs that would be good to play.

Once again a big THANK YOU!

[bensmum]

Used to dance to some of these in the 60s
The Loco-motion - Little Eva
Wid Thing - Troggs
Twist & Shout - Beatles
Yummy, Yummy, Yummy - Ohio Express
Sugar, Sugar - Archies
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Yesterday has Gone - Cupids Inspiration
Under the Boardwal - Drifters
Soul Man - Sam & Dave
Just my Imagination - Temptations
I'm a Believer -- Monkees
It's my Party - Lesley Gore
With a Little help from my Friends - Joe Cocker

In fact we would dance to anything!

[Davethedog]

The Who had been playing clubs and pubs from 1694 which was really the hight of the Mod movement - They and the Small Faces were the Mod bands because they were Mods.

Mod music was (as stated) West indian Ska and US R&B, thats old style, not whats called R&B now.

All though some of the tunes on Booldwag's compilation are mod Double Barrel for instance wasn't released until 1971 and some wouldn't be classed as Mod.

Some mods didn't even gravitate to english bands at all.

Oh and March of the Mods was a dance band thing (maybe Joe Loss) and really not down with the kidsat all. :-)

[Davethedog]

1694 old time mods - 1964

[naomi24]

The Beatles.

[blackietwo]

mowtown, ect and a lot of whats alredy mentioned. dont forget nothern soul which was and still is big with mods, especially when they have their mod weekend on the isle of man