The Top 100 Soul & R&B songs of the 60s, in Hellas.

 

These are The 100 Most Popular Soul, Blue-Eyed Soul, Jazz, Ska and R&B Songs of the 60s in Hellas, especially in Hellenic Radio Stations.

A Change Is Gonna Come - SAM COOKE (b side on single, 1964)

Ain't No Mountain High Enough - MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL (single, 1967)

And I Love Him - ESTHER PHILLIPS (single, 1965)

Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In - THE 5TH DIMENSION (single, 1969)

Baby I Need Your Lovin' - JOHNNY RIVERS (single, 1967)

Baby I'm Yours - BARBARA LEWIS (single, 1965)

Baby Love - THE SUPREMES (single, 1964)

Baby Now That I Found You - FOUNDATIONS (single, 1967)

Be My Baby - THE RONETTES (single, 1963)

Brown Eyed Girl - VAN MORRISON (single, 1967)

Built Me Up Buttercup - FOUNDATIONS (single, 1968)

Can't Take My Eyes Off You - FRANKIE VALLI (single, 1967)

Chain Of Fools - ARETHA FRANKLIN (single, 1967)

Cupid - SAM COOKE (single, 1961)

Da Doo Ron Ron - THE CRYSTALS (single, 1963)

Do You Love Me - THE CONTOURS (single, 1962)

Everyday People - SLY & THE FAMILY STONE (single, 1968)

Feelin' Good - NINA SIMONE (LP I Put A Spell On You, 1965)

Georgia On My Mind - RAY CHARLES (single, 1960)

Goin' Out Of My Head - LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS (single, 1964)

Going To A Go-Go - THE MIRACLES (single, 1965)

Goot Timin' - JIMMY JONES (single, 1960)

Green Onions - BOOKER T & THE MG'S (single, 1962)

Groovin' - THE YOUNG RASCALS (single, 1967)

He's So Fine - THE CHIFFONS (single, 1963)

Heat Wave - MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS (single, 1963)

Hello, Dolly! - LOUIS ARMSTRONG (single, 1964)

Hello Stranger - BARBARA LEWIS (single, 1963)

Hit The Road Jack - RAY CHARLES (single, 1961) Top 10

Hold On! I'm Comin' - SAM & DAVE (single, 1966)

How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - MARVIN GAYE (single, 1964)

I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - FOUR TOPS (single, 1965)

I Got You (I Feel Good) - JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES (single, 1965) Top 10

I Heard It Through The Grapevine - MARVIN GAYE (LP In The Groove, 1968) Top 10

I Just Wanna Make Love To You / At Last - ETTA JAMES (b side on single, 1961 / LP At Last! 1961)

I Say A Little Prayer - ARETHA FRANKLIN (b side on single, 1968) Top 10

I've Been Loving You Too Long - OTIS REDDING (single, 1965)

I'll Never Fall In Love Again - DIONNE WARWICK (single, 1969)

It Takes Two - MARVIN GAYE & KIM WESTON (single, 1966)

It's A Man's Man's Man's World - JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES (single, 1966) Top 10

Knock On Wood - EDDIE FLOYD (single, 1966)

La - La - Means I Love You - THE DELFONICS (single, 1968)

Land Of 1.000 Dances - WILSON PICKETT (single, 1966)

Let's Twist Again - CHUBBY CHECKER (single, 1961)

Love Makes The World Go Round - DEON JACKSON (single, 1966)

L-O-V-E - NAT KING COLE (single, 1964)

Mad About The Boy - DINAH WASHINGTON (1961 recording, originally released in 1963 / not the 1952 recording)

My Boy Lollipop - MILLIE (single, 1964)

My Cherie Amour - STEVIE WONDER (single, 1969)

My World Is Empty Without You - THE SUPREMES (single, December 29, 1965) 

My Girl - THE TEMPTATIONS (single, 1964)

My Guy - MARY WELLS (single, 1964)

Nowhere To Run - MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS (single, 1965)

1-2-3 - LEN BARRY (single, 1965)

Out Of Time - CHRIS FARLOWE (single, 1966)

People Get Ready - THE IMPRESSIONS (single, 1965)

Piece Of My Heart - ERMA FRANKLIN (single, 1967)

Please Mr. Postman - THE MARVELETTES (single, 1961)

Raindrops - DEE CLARK (single, 1961)

Reach Out I'll Be There - FOUR TOPS (single, 1966) Top 10

Respect - ARETHA FRANKLIN (single, 1967) Top 10

River Deep - Mountain High - IKE & TINA TURNER (single, 1966)

Save The Last Dance For Me - THE DRIFTERS (single, 1960)

(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - OTIS REDDING (single, 1968)

So Much In Love - THE TYMES (single, 1963)

Son-Of-A Preacher Man - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (single, 1968)

Soul Man - SAM & DAVE (single, 1967)

Stand By Me - BEN E. KING (single, 1961) Top 10

Stay - MAURICE WILLIAMS & THE ZODIACS (single, 1960)

Stop! In The Name Of Love - THE SUPREMES (single, 1965)

Summertime - BILLY STEWART (single, 1966)

Sunny - BOBBY HEBB (single, 1966)

Sweet Soul Music - ARTHUR CONLEY (single, 1967)

Tell Him - THE EXCITERS (single, 1962)

Tell It Like It Is - AARON NEVILLE (single, 1966)

The Boy From New York City - THE AD LIBS (single, 1965)

The Loco-Motion - LITTLE EVA (single, 1962)

The Snake - AL WILSON (single, 1968)

The Tears Of A Clown - SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES (LP Make It Happen, 1967)

The Tracks Of My Tears - THE MIRACLES (single, 1965)

The Twist - CHUBBY CHECKER (single, 1960)

Think - ARETHA FRANKLIN (single, 1968)

This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) - THE ISLEY BROTHERS (single, 1966)

Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer - NAT KING COLE (single, 1963)

Twistin' The Night Away - SAM COOKE (single, 1962)

Unchain My Heart - RAY CHARLES (single, 1961)

Up, Up & Away - THE 5TH DIMENSION (single, 1967)

Walk On By - DIONNE WARWICK (single, 1964)

What A Wonderful World - LOUIS ARMSTRONG (single, 1967)

What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted - JIMMY RUFFIN (single, 1966)

What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) - JR. WALKER & THE ALL STARS (single, 1969 / LP Home Cookin', 1968)

When A Man Loves A Woman - PERCY SLEDGE (single, 1966)

Where Did Our Love Go - THE SUPREMES (single, 1964)

Will You Love Me Tomorrow - THE SHIRELLES (single, 1960)

Wonderful World - SAM COOKE (single, 1960) Top 10

You Can't Hurry Love - THE SUPREMES (single, 1966)

You Keep Me Hangin' On - THE SUPREMES (single, 1966) Top 10

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - ARETHA FRANKLIN (single, 1967)

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - JACKIE WILSON (single, 1967)

You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin - THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS (single, 1964)

Other known International Soul, Blue-Eyed Soul or R&B songs of the 60s in Hellas:

A Hundred Pounds Of Clay - GENE McDANIELS (single, 1961)

A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around & Fall In Love) - DINAH WASHINGTON & BROOK BENTON (single, 1960)

Another Saturday Night - SAM COOKE (single, 1963)

 

Anyone Who Had A Heart - DIONNE WARWICK (single, 1963)

As Long As There Is You - TIMI YURO (single, 1969 / LP Something Bad On My Mind, 1968)

Baby, I Love You - THE RONETTES (single, 1963) 

Beggin' - THE 4 SEASONS (single, 1967)

Blue Moon - THE MARCELS (single, 1961)

Boom Boom - JOHN LEE HOOKER (single, 1962)

Cantaloupe Island - HERBIE HANCOCK (LP Empyrean Isles, 1964)

Chain Gang - SAM COOKE (single, 1960)

Chapel Of Love - THE DIXIE CUPS (single, 1964)

Cissy Strut - THE METERS (single, 1969)

Cold Sweat (Part 1) - JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES (single, 1967)

Cool Jerk - THE CAPITOLS (single, 1966)

Cry To Me - SOLOMON BURKE  (single, 1962)

Dancing In The Street - MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS (single, 1964)

Do You Know The Way To San Jose - DIONNE WARWICK (single, 1968)

Don't Play That Song (You Lied) - BEN E. KING (single, 1962)

Duke Of Earl - GENE CHANDLER (single, 1961)

Everlasting Love - ROBERT KNIGHT (single, 1967)

Fingertips (Part 2) - LITTLE STEVIE WONDER (single, 1963)

For Once In My Life - STEVIE WONDER (single, 1968)

Gimme Little Sign - BRENTON WOOD (single, 1967)

Gloomy Sunday - SARAH VAUGHAN (LP The Divine One, 1961)

Good Lovin' - THE YOUNG RASCALS (single, 1966)

Got My Mojo Working - MUDDY WATERS (single, 1957 / single, 1960)

Harlem Shuffle - BOB & EARL (single, 1963)

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - MEL CARTER (single, 1965)

Hot Fun In The Summertime - SLY & THE FAMILY STONE (single, 1969)

Hurt - TIMI YURO (single, 1961)

I Can't Get Next To You - THE TEMPTATIONS (single, 1969)

I Can't Stop Loving You - RAY CHARLES (single, 1962)

I Found You - YVONNE FAIR & JAMES BROWN BAND (single, 1962)

I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) - BARBARA GEORGE (single, 1961)

I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You - ARETHA FRANKLIN (single, 1967)

I Put A Spell On You - NINA SIMONE (LP I Put A Spell On You, 1965)

I Say A Little Prayer - DIONNE WARWICK (single, 1967)

I Want To Take You Higher - SLY & THE FAMILY STONE (single, 1969)

I Want You Back - THE JACKSON 5 (single, 1969)

I Was Made To Love Her - STEVIE WONDER (single, 1967)

I'd Rather Go Blind - ETTA JAMES (single, 1968)

If You Wanna Be Happy - JIMMY SOUL (single, 1963)

Iko Iko - THE DIXIE CUPS (single, 1965)

In The Midnight Hour - WILSON PICKETT (single, 1965)

It's All Right - THE IMPRESSIONS (single, 1963)

It's Your Thing - THE ISLEY BROTHERS (1969)

Limbo Rock - CHUBBY CHECKER (single, 1962)

Love Child - DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES (single, 1968)

Mother-In-Law - ERNIE K-DOE (single, 1961)

Mustang Sally - WILSON PICKETT (single, 1966)

On Broadway - THE DRIFTERS (single, 1963)

Oh Happy Day - THE EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS (single, 1969)

One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - JOHN LEE HOOKER (LP The Real Folk Blues, 1966)

One Fine Day - THE CHIFFONS (single, 1963)

Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow - THE RIVINGTONS (single, 1962)

Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Part 1) - JAMES BROWN (single, 1965)

Rainy Night In Georgia - BROOK BENTON (single, December, 1969)

Reflections - DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES (single, 1967)

Say It Loud - I'm Black & I'm Proud - JAMES BROWN (single, 1968)

Shake - SAM COOKE (single, 1964)

Shame & Scandal In The Family - LANCE PERCIVAL (single, 1965)

Seven Day Fool - ETTA JAMES (single, 1961)

Sinner Man - NINA SIMONE (single, 1965)

Soldier Boy - THE SHIRELLES (single, 1962)

Soul Finger - THE BAR-KAYS (single, 1967)

Soulful Strut - YOUNG-HOLT UNLIMITED (single, 1968)

Spanish Harlem - BEN E. KING (single, 1960)

Standing In The Shadows Of Love - THE FOUR TOPS (single, 1966)

Stoned Soul Picnic - THE 5TH DIMENSION (single, 1968)

Tainted Love - GLORIA JONES (b side on single, 1965)

Take A Letter Maria - R.B. GREAVES (single, 1969)

The Entertainer - TONY CLARKE (single, 1965)

The First Cut Is The Deepest - P.P. ARNOLD (single, 1967)

The Ghetto - DONNY HATHAWAY (single, 1969)

The Shoop Shop Song (It's in His Kiss) - BETTY EVERETT (single, 1964)

The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. KING (single, 1969)

Then He Kissed Me - THE CRYSTALS (single, 1963)

These Eyes - THE GUESS WHO (single, 1969)

This Magic Moment - THE DRIFTERS (single, 1960)

Tighten Up - ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS (single, 1968)

Time Is On My Side - IRMA THOMAS (single, 1964)

Try A Little Tenderness - OTIS REDDING (single, 1966)

Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um - MAJOR LANCE (single, Dec 1963) 

Under The Boardwalk - THE DRIFTERS (single, 1964)

Uptight (Everything's Alright) - STEVIE WONDER (single, 1965)

Walk On By - ISAAC HAYES (single, 1969)

Walking In The Rain - THE RONETTES (single, 1964)

Walking The Dog - RUFUS THOMAS (single, 1963)

We Have All The Time In The World - LOUIS ARMSTRONG (single, 1969)

Who's Making Love - JOHNNIE TAYLOR (single, 1968)

Working In A Coal Mine - LEE DORSEY (single, 1966)

Wrap It Up - SAM & DAVE (b side on single, 1968)

Ya Ya - LEE DORSEY (single, 1961)

Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday - STEVIE WONDER (single, 1969)

You Don't Own Me - LESLEY GORE (single, December 1963)

You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby - MISS PEGGY LEE (LP Somethin' Groovy, 1967)

You Talk Too Much - JOE JONES (single, 1960)

You're All I Need To Get By - MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL (single, 1968)

You've Made Me So Very Happy - BLOOD, SWEAT& TEARS (single, 1969)

You've Really Got A Hold On Me - THE MIRACLES (single, 1962)

Your Precious Love - MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL (single, 1967)

Relative unknown original Soul & R&B 60s versions of covers well known in Hellas:

Break-A-Way - IRMA THOMAS (single, 1964)

Breakaway - TRACEY ULLMAN (LP You Broke My Heart In 17 Places, 1983)

Can You Hear Me - LEE DORSEY (b side on single, 1965) 

Can You Hear Me - WILLIE & THE POOR BOYS (LP Willie & The Poor Boys, 1985)

Cry Baby - GARNET MIMMS & THE ENCHANTERS (single, 1963)

Cry Baby - JANIS JOPLIN (LP Pearl, 1971)

Do-Wah-Diddy - THE EXCITERS (single, 1963)

Do Wah Diddy Diddy - MANFRED MANN (single, 1964)

Everybody Needs Somebody To Love - SOLOMON BURKE (single, 1964)

Everybody Needs Somebody To Love - THE BLUES BROTHERS (OST The Blues Brothers, 1980)

For Once In My Life - JEAN DuSHON (single, 1966) first release

For Once In My Life - BARBARA McNAIR (1966) first recording

For Once In My Life - STEVIE WONDER (1968)

For Once In My Life - FRANK SINATRA (1969)

Go Now - BESSIE BANKS (single, 1964)

Go Now - THE MOODY BLUES (single, 1964)

I Count The Tears - THE DRIFTERS (single, 1960)

Piangi Con Me - THE ROKES (1966)

Let's Live For Today - THE GRASS ROOTS (1967)

I Forgot To Be Your Lover - WILLIAM BELL (single, 1968)

To Be A Lover - BILLY IDOL (LP Whiplash Smile, 1986)

I Found You - YVONNE FAIR with THE JAMES BROWN BAND (single, 1962)

I Got You (I Feel Good)- JAMES BROWN (single, 1965)

I Got Loaded - LITTLE  BOB & THE LOLLIPOPS (single, 1965)

I Got Loaded - LOS LOBOS (LP How Will The Wolf Survive, 1984)

I Keep Forgettin' - CHUCK JACKSON (1962)

I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) - MICHAEL McDONALD (1982)

Note: This is more a case of plagiarism than a cover version.

I've Got My Mind Set On You - JAMES RAY (single, 1962)

Got My Mind Set On You - GEORGE HARRISON (1987)

Keep On Running - JACKIE EDWARDS (single, 1965)

Keep On Running - THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP (1965)

Let's Stick Together - WILBERT HARRISON (single, 1962)

Let's Work Together - WILBERT HARRISON (single, 1969)

Let's Work Together - CANNED HEAT (1970)

Let's Stick Together - BRYAN FERRY \(1976)

Make It Easy On Yourself - JERRY BUTLER (single, 1962)

Make It Easy On Youself - THE WALKER BROTHERS (1965)

also see: Candy - ASH (2001)

My Heart Cries - THE INVINCIBLES (b side on single, 1965)

My Heart Cries - MONOPHONICS feat. TIFFANY AUSTIN (EP Mirrors, 2018)

Oh No, Not My Baby - MAXINE BROWN (single, 1964)

Oh No, Not My Baby - ROD STEWART (1973)

Oh No, Not My Baby - CHER (1992)

(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me - LOU JOHNSON (single, 1964)

(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me - SANDIE SHAW (1964)

Always Something There To remind Me - NAKED EYES (1983)

What A Man - LINDA LYNDELL (single, 1968)

Whatta Man - SALT-N-PEPA with EN VOGUE (1993)

Wherever I Lay My Hat - MARVIN GAYE (LP That Stubborn Kinda Fellow, 1963)

Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) - PAUL YOUNG (1983)

Who's Makin' Love - JOHNNIE TAYLOR (single, 1968)

Who's Makin' Love - THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980)

Yeah Man - SAM COOKE (single, 1965)

Sweet Soul Music - ARTHUR CONLEY (1967)

You're No Good - DEE DEE WARWICK (single, 1963)

You're No Good - THE SWINGING BLUE JEANS (1964)

You're No Good - LINDA RONSTADT (1974)

You've Made Me So Very Happy - BRENDA HOLLOWAY (single, 1967)

You've Made Me So Very Happy - BLOOD, SWEAT& TEARS (single, 1969)