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Best Classic Country Songs Of 1950s Greatest 50s Country Music Top Old Country Songs Duration 12232. Country Music Collection 1,216,672 views. Hit-Maker-Burt-Bacharach-Plays-His-Hits.jpg' alt='Burt Bacharach Greatest Hits Download' title='Burt Bacharach Greatest Hits Download' />It all started innocently enough. Mysterians and, during the course of her letter, mentioned that, thanks to their 1 Hit 9. Tears, they had to be the greatest garage group of all time. After we published her letter, we started to get a ton of responses. What are you, crazyThe greatest garage group of all time has to be The Kingsmen. NO greater garage song than Louie Louie. What about The Standells and Dirty Water and How can you even talk about garage bands and leave out The Shadows Of Knight Gloria is the ULTIMATE Garage Band song. More letters followed, nominating artists and tracks like Surfin Bird by The Trashmen, Wild Thing by The Troggs and Wooly Bully by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. Suddenly, we knew we were on to something here. The Greatest Garage Bands of All TimeJust over 9. THAT kind of response, I think weve been able to assemble the definitive list. Tv Program Thirtysomething there. We counted down The Top 2. Forgotten Hits with 1. Runners Up. we felt that any band that earned more than 1. SOME sort of recognition and, during the course of the series mentioned that the band who WOULD have come in next with 9. The Ides Of March, thanks to their 1. Hit You Wouldnt Listen. We partnered with Mike Dugo of the excellent website 6. Garage. Bands. com and wrote brief bios on each of the finalists. The Top 5. 0 so that we could permanently post something on the website. And thats what youre reading here today. Forgotten Hits Survey to determine THE GREATEST GARAGE BANDS OF ALL TIME Enjoy 5. The Nightcrawlers. An absolute garage band classic and a staple for thousands of teen bands that performed during the prime garage band era Little Black Egg was recorded by Floridas Nightcrawlers. Led by Chuck Conlon, the Crawlers recorded a handful of singles, but their lone hit has been responsible for an Ace Big Beat Records full CD retrospective, as well Cracking The Egg The Untold Story of The Nightcrawlers, an excellent documentary released in 2. Mike DugoLittle Black Egg didnt chart here in Chicago. I wasnt familiar with it until the early 8. ONLY song that she could play on the guitar Being the music guy that I am, I couldnt understand how a song that I had never even HEARD of before could be somebodys favorite. I did some research. Although The Nightcrawlers were out of Florida where Little Black Egg was a 1 Hit, this girl grew up in Ohio where, she said, it was ALSO a huge hit. SOMEBODY had to be playing it I cant believe our AM Powerhouses WLS and WCFL passed on this track. It ultimately peaked at 7. The Nightcrawlers the 5. All Time Favorite Garage Bands countdown. By the way, the girl who turned me on to this track makes an excellent point. THIS song but about most garage band songs in general. ANYBODY could learn to play them on the guitar Three or four simple guitar chord changes and you were in business. These records werent perfect. The fact that 9. 00. THAT point. this music touched our lives. Nazz. The opening of Open My Eyes, the Nazz best known song, was without question inspired by the Whos Cant Explain. Philadelphias Nazz also incorporated the Whos earlier mod rock look as well, at a time when psychedelia and bubblegum were taking over the airwaves. Okay. weve gone beyond 5. Todd Rundgren, who formed The Nazz and assuredly requires no introduction to Forgotten Hits readers. Be sure to check out the Nazz much slower take on Rundgrens 7. Hello Its Me. Mike DugoNumerous attempts to make both Hello Its Me a very slowed down version of the HUGE hit Todd Rundgren would go on to have as a solo artist and Open My Eyes earned Nazz a bit of a cult following in the late 6. Their version of Hello Its Me ultimately peaked at 4. You voted them as your 4. Favorite Garage Band of All Time. Michael and the Messengers. For the true scoop on this Milwaukee group, be sure to pick up Mike Markesichs garage rock book, Teenbeat MayhemTwo recording groups using the Michael The Messengerss moniker scored hits, covers of In The Midnight Hour and Just Like Romeo Juliet. Markesichs book spells it all out, and is necessary reading for anybody that is reading this list. Mike DugoMight I also suggest the definitive book on Wisconsin Rock by Gary Myers. Michael and the Messengers scored big here in The Midwest, despite never hitting Billboards Top Singles Chart. In The Midnight Hour hit 5 and their version of Romeo And Juliet went to 1. The Gentrys. Memphis, Tennessees Gentrys recorded hits into the early 7. Keep On Dancin. A classic dance n stomp tune, it made the Top 5 and solidified the Gentrys standing as a teen band to be reckoned with. Follow up songs included Brown Paper Sack a very minor hit in 1. Every Day I Have To Cry and Cinnamon Girl. Mike DugoKeep On Dancin is a personal favorite. STILL sounds great today, so full of energy. A whole new generation discovered this tune when it was for a Little Boppers advertising campaign Jimmy Hart went on to become well known in the Wrestling World as The Mouth Of The South. The Fifth EstateDing Dong The Witch Is Dead is completely removed from what garage rock is commonly defined as, but theres no denying the songs appeal. It is, of course, based on the classic Wizard Of Oz song, and no doubt its genesis has been explained previously here within Forgotten Hits. Drummer Ken Furvus Evans, who Im thankful to call a friend, has assembled a new line up of The Fifth Estate, and the group released a well received CD in 2. Due to Wayne Wadhams Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead arranger unfortunate passing a few years ago, Evans has also been largely responsible for reissuing the bands 6. The D Men, an earlier incarnation of the Connecticut combo. Mike DugoFurv has been a good friend to Forgotten Hits as well over the past few years. Anthology, Volume One was just released in late 2. It presents the wide variety of music these guys tackled over the years. And theyre still sounding great. Time Tunnel, featuring all new material, remains true to their 6. The Strawberry Alarm Clock. Has there ever been a band or song that defined an era better than The Strawberry Alarm Clock and Incense Peppermints The songs backstory is too convoluted to recap here, but needless to say it struck an immediate chord for music listeners in the late 6. The nonsensical lyrics tied nicely into the groups psychedelic name and image, which helped them land appearances in two far our flicks, Psych Out and Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls. Mike DugoIncense And Peppermints topped our chart of Your Top 2. All Time Favorite Psychedelic Songs found elsewhere on this site. I was a little surprised to see The Strawberry Alarm Clock cross over to the Garage Band Chart, too. These guys headlined Cave Stomp, an annual tribute concert to The Golden Days of the Garage Band Sound, a few years ago. SEVERAL folks across the nation feel these guys belong here. The Gants. Singer and songwriter Sid Herring of The Gants was a huge Beatles fan, and the absolutely charming I Wonder was an obvious ode to the Fab Fours greatest song, In My Life.