"Songs of The Original STONEWALL Club Jukebox" © (page 2)
"SOTS" compiled
by original STONEWALL Club Patron and S.V.A. Founder Willson
Lee Henderson
National STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
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From the Archives of the... STONEWALL
Rebellion Veterans' Association
"Songs
of The Original STONEWALL Club Jukebox"
("SOTS") (1966-1969) (c)
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1969 *** "Songs of The Stonewall" *** Top 125
Someday We'll Be
Together..........................Diana Ross
& The Supremes
I Want You
Back..........................................Michael Jax &
The Jackson 5
*More
Today Than Yesterday......................................The
Spiral Starecase
I Want To Take
You Higher.................................Sly & The Family
Stone
*Aquarius/Let
The Sunshine In {from "Hair"}.................The Fifth
Dimension
Honky Tonk Women............................Mick
Jagger & The Rolling Stones
I Can't Get Next
ToYou...................................................The Temptations
*No Matter What
Sign You Are.....................Diana Ross & The Supremes
*Stand!...................................................................Sly
& The Family Stone
*This
Is My
Life....................................................................Shirley
Bassey
*My
Way................................................................................Frank
Sinatra
It's Your
Thing..............................................................The
Isley Brothers
I'm
Livin' In Shame.......................................Diana Ross &
The Supremes
(Na Na, Hey Hey) Kiss Him
Goodbye.............................................Steam
*Before The Parade
Passes By {from "Hello, Dolly}...............Barbra
Streisand
*Don't Let The
Joneses Get You Down............................The Temptations
Friendship
Train................................................Gladys Knight
& The Pips
Come
Together........................................................................The
Beatles
Hot
Fun In The Summertime................................Sly & The
Family Stone
*We've Got Honey
Love..........................Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
And That Reminds Me
(Of You)..........Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
*Don't Bring Back
Memories...............................................The Four Tops
*Nothing
But A Heartache (Every Day)..............................The Flirtations
*I
Turned You
On..........................................................The Isley
Brothers
*Love
Theme From Romeo & Juliet..................Henry Mancini Orchestra
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*What Does It Take To
Win Your Love..........Jr. Walker & The All Stars
*Good
Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By........Tammi
Terrell & Marvin Gaye
Runaway Child, Running
Wild.......................................The Temptations
Hello, Dolly! {from movie
"Hello, Dolly!"}..............................Barbra
Streisand
*Too Busy
Thinking About My Baby....................................Marvin Gaye
*Grazin'
In The
Grass...............................................Friends of
Distinction
*Crystal
Blue
Persuasion..........................Tommy James & The Shondells
Am I The Same
Girl..........................................................Barbara
Acklin
*Build
Me Up, Buttercup.................................................The
Foundations
The
Composer.............................................Diana
Ross & The Supremes
Everybody Is A
Star............................................Sly & The Family
Stone
A
Brand New
Me..........................................................Dusty
Springfield
*Good
Morning Starshine {from
"Hair"}..........................................................Oliver
*You Came, You Saw, You
Conquered..........Ronnie Spector &
Ronettes
*My Cherie
Amour..............................................................Stevie
Wonder
*This
Girl's In Love With
You..........................................Dionne Warwick
Touch
Me................................ ........................Jim Morrison
& The Doors
The Nitty Gritty =b/w= Got Myself A Good
Man....Gladys
Knight & Pips
*Twenty-Five
Miles..................................................................Edwin
Starr
Wedding Bell
Blues....................Marilyn McCoo & The Fifth
Dimension
*Get Back
(Jo Jo)......................................Paul
McCartney & The Beatles
Stand By Your
Man........................................................Tammy Wynette
Suspicious
Minds...................................................................Elvis
Presley
*Destination:
Anywhere....................................................The
Marvelettes
*Everybody's
Talkin' {from
"Midnight Cowboy"}.....................................Nilsson
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I'll Try Something New.......Diana
Ross & The Supremes & Temptations
*Oh,
Happy
Day....................................................Edwin Hawkins
Singers
*Put A Little Love In Your
Heart..................................Jackie de Shannon
*Only The
Strong
Survive.........................................................Jerry
Butler
Make Your Own Kind Of
Music................................"Mama" Cass Elliot
*Black
Pearl..........................................Sonny
Charles & The Checkmates
*While
You're Out Lookin' For Sugar..............................The Honey Cone
*One.................................................................................Three
Dog Night
Taking My Love (And
Leaving
Me)......Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Something...............................................................................The
Beatles
*The Windmills
Of
Your Mind.......................................Dusty Springfield
*The
River Is
Wide..........................................................The
Grass Roots
Share Your Love With
Me..............................................Aretha Franklin
*Baby, Baby Don't
Cry...............................Smokey Robinson & Miracles
Tonight I'll Say A
Prayer......................................................Eydie Gorme
Yester-You, Yester-Me,
Yesterday...................................Stevie Wonder
Workin' On A
Groovy Thing....................................The Fifth Dimension
You've Made Me So Very
Happy..........................Blood, Sweat & Tears
*(U Better Make Way 4) The
Young Folks..Diana Ross &
The Supremes
Who's Lovin'
You...........................................Michael Jackson & The
J-5
What Are You Doing
The Rest Of Your Life.................Barbra Streisand
Hooked On A
Feeling............................................................B.J.
Thomas
Girls,
It Ain't
Easy..........................................................The Honey
Cone
*I
Can Sing A
Rainbow................................................................The
Dells
What
You Gave Me.................................Tammi
Terrell & Marvin Gaye
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The Girl I'll
Never Know (Angels Never Fly This Low)......Frankie Valli
See-Saw............................................................................Aretha
Franklin
This Magic
Moment................................................Jay & The
Americans
*It's
Getting
Better......................................................."Mama"
Cass Elliot
Easy To Be Hard {from
"Hair"}..........................................Three Dog Night
It's My
Thing....................................................................Marva
Whitney
Crimson And
Clover...............................Tommy James & The Shondells
You've Lost
That Lovin' Feeling....................................Dionne Warwick
Get Together {written
in Greenwich
Village, NY}.....................The Youngbloods
I Feel Love Comin'
On.........................................................Felice
Taylor
Abraham, Martin, John And
Bobby...Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Happy
Heart..........................................................................Petula
Clark
I Can Hear
Music...........................................................The
Beach Boys
This Old Heart Of
Mine......................................................Tammi Terrell
That's The Way Love
Is.......................................................Marvin Gaye
Keep On
Searchin'.............................................................The Flirtations
Out Of Sight, Out Of
Mind.....................Little Anthony & The Imperials
Didn't
You
Know You'd Have To Cry Sometime..Gladys Knight & Pips
*In The
Ghetto........................................................................Elvis
Presley
Does
Anybody Miss
Me....................................................Shirley Bassey
Baby I'm
For
Real...............................................................The
Originals
That's How Heartaches Are Made.................................The
Marvelettes
Worst That Could
Happen.......Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge
*I Can't
See Myself
Leaving You.....................................Aretha Franklin
Kool & The
Gang.........................................................Kool &
The Gang
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We'll Cry
Together..........................................................Maxine
Brown
Sweet Cherry
Wine..............................Tommy James & The Shondells
Ticket To
Ride................................................................The
Carpenters
Oh, What A
Night....................................................................The
Dells
The Weight................Diana
Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations
Eli's
Coming..................................................................Three
Dog Night
Oh, How
Happy....................................................Blinky &
Edwin Starr
Doggone Right..................................Smokey Robinson
& The Miracles
Move In A
Little Closer, Baby................................."Mama" Cass Elliot
See.........................................................................................The
Rascals
Dig
The
Way I
Feel...............................................................Mary
Wells
Walk
On
By..........................................................................Isaac
Hayes
The Touch Of
You.........................................Brenda & The Tabulations
I'll Never
Fall In Love
Again...................................................Tom Jones
Foolish
Fool................................................................Dee
Dee Warwick
I Don't Know
Why...........................................................Stevie
Wonder
The April
Fools..............................................................Dionne
Warwick
Idaho...................................................Frankie
Valli & The Four Seasons
South
Carolina...................................................................The
Flirtations
Body, Mind And
Soul................................................The Flaming Ember
So I Can Love
You............................................................The
Emotions
Heaven...................................................................................The
Rascals
The Wedding
Cake...........................................................Connie
Francis
Soul
Shakedown............................................Bob Marley &
The Wailers
I'd Rather Be An Old Man's
Sweetheart (Than A Young Man's Fool)....
............................................................................................Candi Staton
* = Top 40 "Songs of The STONEWALL Club" during Stonewall
Rebellion week!
1969 Note: "Don't Play That Song"! Which songs did
the Mafia owners ban from The Stonewall?
"Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies (#1 song everywhere else
that it was played). Their reaction to this song was
way too bubble-gum and it would 'drive them crazier'! Also, the mindless "Dizzy" song by Tommy Roe (a #1 hit everywhere else).
The owners and patrons regarded this as too repetitive and truly childish.
Actually, the Gay patrons agreed! The third 'don't play
that song' was the odd "In The Year 2525", a verbalization in
a
weird way rather than sung and the message was definitely
bizarre and very "86"!
1969 Note:
Which song did
the Gay patrons ban from The STONEWALL Club jukebox? "What Is A
Man" by The Four Tops (a very non-Motown song; a bomb everywhere, even
R&B). And, the title? Ugh! You can imagine
how this "Man" titled song went over with the fem boys and the lesbians and the dykes!
And how about the drag queens? Oh-no! All of
this is self-explanatory as to why it did not fit at the Gay
STONEWALL Club or any G.L.B.T. place! All the other Four Tops songs were hits!
Credit: All the "Songs of The Original STONEWALL Club Jukebox" are compiled by Willson Lee Henderson!
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1968 "Songs of The Stonewall" *** "Top
100"
Love Child..............................................Diana
Ross & The Supremes
Cloud
Nine.................................................................The
Temptations
I Heard It Through The
Grapevine...................................Marvin Gaye
I'm Gonna Make U Love Me.Diana Ross & Supremes & Temptations
Hey,
Jude............................................................................The
Beatles
Dance To The Music.......................................Sly & The
Family Stone
Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing......Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
A Beautiful
Morning..........................................................The
Rascals
Think.............................................................................Aretha
Franklin
Hello, I Love You.......................................Jim
Morrison & The Doors
Honey Chile.......................................Martha Reeves &
The Vandellas
Tighten Up.....................................................Archie
Bell & The Drells
Don't Rain On My Parade {from "Funny Girl"}..................Barbra
Streisand
Lady
Madonna....................................................................The
Beatles
Love Makes A
Woman..................................................Barbara Acklin
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow...Frankie Valli & The Four
Seasons
My Baby Must Be A
Magician.....................................The Marvelettes
Mony, Mony.........................................Tommy James &
The Shondells
Stoned Soul Picnic.................................................The
Fifth Dimension
For Once In My
Life.......................................................Stevie Wonder
Do You Know The Way To San
Jose...........................Dionne Warwick
Daydream
Believer............................................................The
Monkees
You're All I Need To Get By..................Marvin Gaye &
Tammi Terrell
Walk Away
Renee...........................................................The
Four Tops
Harper Valley
P.T.A......................................................Jeannie C.
Riley
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Everyday
People................................................Sly & The
Family Stone
The House That Jack
Built..............................................Aretha Franklin
People Gotta Be
Free............................................................The Rascals
Son Of A Preacher
Man...............................................Dusty Springfield
This Guy's In Love With
You...............................................Herb Alpert
Valley Of The
Dolls......................................................Dionne
Warwick
Here Comes The
Judge........................................................Shorty Long
Some Things You Never Get Used To.......Diana Ross & The Supremes
Midnight
Confessions....................................................The
Grass Roots
Piece Of My
Heart................................................................Janis
Joplin
Light My
Fire....................................................................Jose
Feliciano
Chain Of
Fools................................................................Aretha
Franklin
Cowboys To
Girls................................................................The
Intruders
The End Of Our
Road.....................................Gladys Knight
& The Pips
If You Can
Want...............................Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Keep On Lovin' Me Honey......................Marvin Gaye & Tammi
Terrell
Sing A Simple
Song.............................................Sly & The Family
Stone
Dream A Little Dream Of Me.................................."Mama" Cass
Elliott
Love Me Two Times......................................Jim Morrison
& The Doors
I Can't Dance To That Music U're Playin'....Martha Reeves &
Vandellas
Chained................................................................................Marvin
Gaye
Sweet Inspiration...........The Sweet Inspirations
featuring Cissy
Houston
I Could Never Love Another After Loving You.............The
Temptations
American Boys (Better Watch Your Heart)..........................Petula
Clark
La-La Means I Love
You....................................................The Delfonics
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Forever Came
Today...................................Diana Ross & The Supremes
Sitting On The Dock Of The
Bay.........................................Otis Redding
(Sweet, Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone...............Aretha Franklin
The
Horse.....................................................................Cliff
Noble & Co.
If This World Were
Mine.........................Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
I Thank
You..........................................................................Sam
& Dave
Sweet
Blindness........................................................The
Fifth Dimension
Abraham, Martin And
John...............................................................Dion
I Promise To Wait My Love..................Martha Reeves & The
Vandellas
Baby, Now That I've Found You.....................................The
Foundations
It May Be Winter Outside (But In My
Heart It's Spring)......Felice Taylor
Please Return Your Love To
Me.....................................The Temptations
Funny Girl (from "Funny Girl")...............................................Barbra
Streisand
Special Occasion.................................Smokey Robinson &
The Miracles
Can I Get A
Witness.....................................................Barbara
Randolph
You........................................................................................Marvin
Gaye
Here I Am
Baby................................................................The
Marvelettes
I've Gotta Get A Message To
You.......................................The Bee Gees
Promises, Promises {from "Promises, Promises"}......................Dionne
Warwick
Love Is Like A Baseball
Game.............................................The Intruders
The Other Man's Grass Is Always
Greener.............................Petula Clark
You Met Your
Match..........................................................Stevie
Wonder
Those Were The
Days...........................................................Mary
Hopkin
Stay In My
Corner.......................................................................The
Dells
I Can't Believe You Love
Me..............................................Tammi Terrell
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Raindrops Keep Falling On My
Head....................................B.J. Thomas
I Wish It Would Rain.......................................Gladys
Knight & The Pips
Hold Me
Tight.......................................................................Johnny
Nash
Always Something There To Remind
Me........................Dionne Warwick
I'm In A Different
World....................................................The Four Tops
Whisper You Love Me
Boy.....................................................Chris Clark
Ready Or Not (Here I
Come)..............................................The Delfonics
Reachin' For Something I Can't
Have..............................The
Marvelettes
Shoo-Be-Doo Be-Doo
Da-Day..........................................Stevie Wonder
Oh, How It
Hurts................................................................Barbara
Mason
Do It
Again.......................................................................The
Beach Boys
Sweet
Darlin'..........................................Martha Reeves
& The Vandellas
Strawberry Shortcake................................Jay Proctor & The Techniques
Just Ain't No
Love..............................................................Barbara
Acklin
Yester Love..........................................Smokey Robinson
& The Miracles
Down On
Me.............................................................................Janis
Joplin
To Give (The Reason I
Live)..................................................Frankie Valli
That's In The Past.............................................Brenda
& The Tabulations
Hey, Western Union
Man........................................................Jerry Butler
Step Inside
Love.......................................................................Cilla
Black
Cycles...................................................................................
Frank Sinatra
Someone Out
There.............................................................The
Flirtations
I Get The Sweetest
Feeling...................................................Jackie Wilson
The
Doctor...............................................................................Mary
Wells
Our Love Is Here To
Stay.....................................................Chris Montez
1968 note: A
perfect example of a never-let-in-that-song at The Stonewall Club in
the
semi-psyhedellic genre was "A Whiter Shade
Of Pale". The title is clearly mindless and so were the
weird lyrics.
No one, Gay or straight, knew what it was talking about then
or now
except likely hardcore druggies referring to white heroin or white
cocaine? In any scenario, it was very un-Stonewall! It sounded like some kind of
funeral march. Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys stated: "When
I die, play that song at my funeral"!
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1967 "Songs of The Stonewall" ***** "Top
100"
Love Is Here And Now You're Gone
=b/w= There's
No Stopping Us Now.......Diana Ross & The Supremes
Respect =b/w=
Dr. Feelgood...........................................Aretha Franklin
Can't Take My Eyes Off
You.............................................Frankie Valli
Ain't No Mountain High Enough............Marvin Gaye & Tammi
Terrell
I Heard It Through The Grapevine................Gladys Knight & The
Pips
Light My Fire...............................................Jim
Morrison & The Doors
Reflections................................................Diana Ross
& The Supremes
You're My
Everything..................................................The
Temptations
Just Look What You've
Done.....................................Brenda Holloway
All You Need Is
Love..........................................................The
Beatles
I Say A Little
Prayer For You......................................Dionne Warwick
Bernadette =b/w= I Got A
Feeling.....................................The Four Tops
Jimmy Mack........................................Martha Reeves &
The Vandellas
Happy
Together.....................................................................The
Turtles
The Happening...........................................Diana Ross
& The Supremes
Something Stupid................................................Frank
& Nancy Sinatra
Expressway To Your
Heart.......................................The Soul Survivors
Up, Up And Away..................................................The
Fifth Dimension
I Was Made To Love
Her................................................Stevie Wonder
Ode To Billie
Joe.............................................................Bobbie
Gentry
Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher And Higher.............Jackie Wilson
You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman..................Aretha Franklin
I Second That Emotion....................Smokey Robinson & The
Miracles
Alfie.............................................................................Dionne
Warwick
Groovin'................................................................................The
Rascals
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It Takes Two.............................................Marvin Gaye
& Kim Weston
Penny
Lane...........................................................................The
Beatles
The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game.....................The Marvelettes
Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie.............................Jay & The
Techniques
Third Finger, Left Hand.......................Martha Reeves &
The Vandellas
Mother's Little Helper.......................Mick Jagger & The
Rolling Stones
Dedicated To The One I Love.........................The Mamas & The
Papas
Funky
Broadway...............................................................Wilson
Pickett
In And Out Of Love...................................Diana Ross &
The Supremes
Seven Rooms Of Gloom =b/w=
I'll Turn To Stone.............The Four Tops
You've Made Me So Very Happy................................Brenda
Holloway
I Think We're Alone Now.....................Tommy James & The
Shondells
The Beat Goes
On.............................................................Sonny
& Cher
Kind Of A
Drag...........................................................The
Buckinghams
Your Precious Love................................Marvin Gaye &
Tammi Terrell
Beggin'...............................................Frankie
Valli & The Four Seasons
Baby I Love
You............................................................Aretha
Franklin
I'm A
Believer....................................................................The
Monkees
Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone.......Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Hello,
Goodbye.....................................................................The
Beatles
It Must Be
Him.......................................................................Vicki
Carr
All I
Need.....................................................................The
Temptations
When You're Young And In Love.................................The
Marvelettes
Windy.............................................................................The
Association
This Is My
Song...................................................................Petula
Clark
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The
Letter..........................................................................The
Box Tops
Sweet Sounds Of Summer.............................................The
Shangri-Las
You Keep Running
Away.................................................The Four Tops
California Nights
..................................................................Lesley
Gore
Keep The Ball Rollin'............................................Jay & The Techniques
I Got A
Feeling............................................................Barbara
Randolph
She'd Rather Be With
Me.......................................................The Turtles
If I Could Build My Whole World..........Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Strawberry Fields
Forever.....................................................The Beatles
Big
Spender........................................................................Shirley
Bassey
Ruby Tuesday.....................................Mick Jagger & The
Rolling Stones
The Look Of
Love..........................................................Dusty
Springfield
Loneliness Made Me Realize It's You That I
Need........The Temptations
To Sir With Love................................................................................Lulu
C'mon Marianne..................................Frankie Valli & The
Four Seasons
The Very Thought Of
You...................................................Chris Montez
Your Unchanging
Love.........................................................Marvin
Gaye
Words Of Love..................................................The
Mamas & The Papas
Let's Live For Today.......................................................The Grass Roots
Everybody Needs Love...................................Gladys Knight
& The Pips
How Can I Be Sure.................................................................The Rascals
I Never Loved A Man (Like I Love
You)........................Aretha Franklin
More Love..........................................Smokey Robinson
& The Miracles
Lover
Man (Oh, Where Can You Be).............................Barbra
Streisand
Pleasant Valley
Sunday........................................................The
Monkees
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Don't Sleep In The
Subway....................................................Petula Clark
The Rain, The Park And Other
Things..................................The Cowsills
Under The Influence Of
Love...............................................Felice Taylor
I Wish It Would
Rain......................................................The
Temptations
You Better Sit Down
Kids..................................................................Cher
Does Your Mama Know About Me......Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers
Hey, You Set My Soul On
Fire................................................Mary Wells
The World We Knew (Over And
Over)................................Frank Sinatra
Good, Good Lovin'...................................Darlene Love &
The Blossoms
I Make A Fool Of
Myself......................................................Frankie
Valli
Dry Your
Eyes.................................................Brenda &
The Tabulations
I'm Not Your Stepping Stone...............................................The Monkees
Because Of
You...................................................................Chris
Montez
Never My
Love................................................................The
Association
Go Where You Wanna Go........................................The Fifth
Dimension
Explosion In Your Soul...............................................The Soul Survivors
The Windows Of The
World..........................................Dionne Warwick
Watch The Flowers Grow...................Frankie Valli & The Four
Seasons
Footsteps On The
Roof...................................................The Shangri-Las
Together...............................................................................The
Intruders
I Want To Go Back There
Again............................................Chris Clark
I'll Be Sweeter
Tomorrow........................................................The
O'Jays
The Impossible
Dream........................................................Shirley
Bassey
The Sweetest Thing This Side Of Heaven............................Chris
Bartley
Society's
Child.............................................................................Janis
Ian
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1966
"Songs of The Stonewall" ****** "Top
100"
You Keep Me Hangin' On...........................Diana Ross
& The Supremes
Reach Out, I'll Be
There....................................................The Four Tops
River Deep, Mountain High........................Tina Turner & The Blossoms
Strangers In The
Night.........................................................Frank
Sinatra
I'm Ready For Love..............................Martha Reeves & The
Vandellas
Good
Vibrations..............................................................The
Beach Boys
You Can't Hurry Love.................................Diana Ross &
The Supremes
Ain't Too Proud To
Beg..................................................The Temptations
Sweet Talkin'
Guy.................................................................The
Chiffons
Summer In The City..................................................The
Lovin' Spoonful
The More I See
You (The More I Want You)......................Chris
Montez
Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)..............................The
Four Tops
My World Is Empty Without You, Babe......Diana Ross & The
Supremes
Devil With The Blue Dress On...........Mitch Rider & The Detroit
Wheels
These Boots Are Made For
Walking....................................Nancy Sinatra
I've Got You Under My Skin................Frankie Valli & The
Four Seasons
California Dreamin'............................. ...............The
Mamas & The Papas
We Can Work It
Out................................................................The
Beatles
My Baby Loves Me................................Martha Reeves & The
Vandellas
Get
Ready (Cause Here I Come).....................................The
Temptations
Love Is Like An Itchin' In My Heart............Diana
Ross & The Supremes
Good
Lovin'.................................................................The
Young Rascals
Don't Mess With
Bill.........................................................The
Marvelettes
(Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need.........................The Miracles
Everything Under The Sun......................................................The Ronettes
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I Know I'm Losing
You....................................................The Temptations
Wouldn't It Be
Nice..........................................................The Beach
Boys
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me...........................Dusty
Springfield
Love Makes The World Go
Round......................................Deon Jackson
Along Comes
Mary............................................................The
Association
Long Live Our
Love..........................................................The
Shangri-Las
I'm Your
Puppet......................................................James &
Bobby Purify
(You're My) Soul And
Inspiration................................Righteous Brothers
Message To
Michael........................................................Dionne
Warwick
A Groovy Kind Of Love..................Wayne Fontana & The
Mindbenders
Red Rubber
Ball........................................................................The
Cyrkle
Call
Me..................................................................................Chris
Montez
Tell It To The Rain...............................Frankie Valli &
The Four Seasons
Beauty Is Only Skin
Deep................................................The Temptations
Monday, Monday...............................................The Mamas
& The Papas
Eleanor
Rigby...........................................................................The
Beatles
Standing In The Shadows Of
Love......................................The Four Tops
Heaven Must Have Sent
You.....................................................The Elgins
Last Train To
Clarksville......................................................The
Monkees
I Can Hear Music (Sounds Of The City)...............Ronnie
& The Ronettes
That's
Life..............................................................................Frank
Sinatra
Where Am I Going...........................................................Barbra
Streisand
This Old Heart Of
Mine.................................................The Isley
Brothers
There Will Never Be Another
You........................................Chris Montez
Function At The
Junction........................................................Shorty
Long
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Past, Present And Future................The Shangri-Las featuring Mary
Weiss
Hanky Panky..............................................Tommy James
& The Shondells
Never Leave Your Baby's Side................Martha Reeves & The
Vandellas
Barefootin'..............................................................................Robert
Parker
Dear
Lover.................................................................................Mary
Wells
Workin' My Way Back To You..............Frankie Valli & The Four
Seasons
Second Hand Rose..............................................................Barbra
Streisand
I Guess I'll Always Love
You.........................................The Isley Brothers
Trains And Boats And
Planes............................................Dionne Warwick
Loving You Is Sweeter Than
Ever........................................The Four Tops
He Cried =b/w= Dressed In
Black........................................The Shangri-Las
Ebb
Tide.........................................................................Righteous
Brothers
Over The Rainbow.....................................Patti LaBelle
& The BlueBelles
Like A
Baby.................................................................................Len
Barry
These Things Will Keep Me Loving You.............................The
Velvelettes
What Becomes Of The
Broken-Hearted.................................Jimmy Ruffin
I Saw Her Again...................................................The
Mamas & The Papas
Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind..............The Lovin' Spoonful
Hurt A Little
Everyday.....................................................Brenda
Holloway
Elusive
Butterfly............................................................................Bob
Lind
All I See Is
You.................................................................Dusty
Springfield
Cool
Jerk..................................................................................The
Capitols
Come On And See
Me...........................................................Tammi
Terrell
I've Got You Under My
Skin...................................................Frank Sinatra
Time After
Time......................................................................Chris
Montez
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Opus 17 (Don't Worry About Me).........Frankie Valli & The Four
Seasons
Just Walk In My Shoes.......................................Gladys
Knight & The Pips
Daydream.....................................................................The
Lovin' Spoonful
Free
Again..........................................................................Barbra
Streisand
Hold On, I'm
Coming................................................................Sam &
Dave
My
Love....................................................................................Petula
Clark
The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage.Smokey Robinsion & Miracles
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself....................Dionne
Warwick
A Place In The
Sun...............................................................Stevie
Wonder
All Or Nothing............................................Patti LaBelle
& The BlueBelles
Cherish................................................................................The
Association
Darling
Baby................................................................................The
Elgins
God Only
Knows................................................................The
Beach Boys
Together Til The End Of
Time.........................................Brenda Holloway
Summer
Wind.........................................................................Frank
Sinatra
Out Of This
World...................................................................The
Chiffons
Turn Down
Day..........................................................................The
Cyrkle
Bang! Bang! My Baby Shot Me
Down.................................................Cher
Whispers Getting
Louder........................................................Jackie
Wilson
Young
Love................................................................................Lesley
Gore
Blowin' In The
Wind..............................................................Stevie
Wonder
Love's Gone
Bad.........................................................................Chris
Clark
This Door Swings Both
Ways............................................Herman's Hermits
Are You There With
Another Girl......................................Dionne Warwick
(We'll Be)
United.....................................................................The
Intruders
1966 Note: An outstanding
example of a banned song at the Gay Stonewall Club, although a big hit
elsewhere, particularly R&B, was "When A Man Loves A Woman" -- for
obvious reasons -- by the physically unattractive, one-hit wonder Percy
Sledge. In the Gay World, he was dubbed as "Percy Sludge".
It was clearly not a song that anyone Gay could associate.
When the song came on the radio, the volume was turned off or the
station was changed!
Stonewall Holiday ~Singles~ Christmas Songs
(Spanning four Stonewall years and not
listed in any special order except first ten!}
"SOTS" holiday songs compiled exclusively by: S.V.A. Founder Willson L. Henderson
Christmas, Baby Please Come Home (reissued)........................Darlene
Love
Santa Claus Is
Comin' To Town.............Frankie Valli & The
Four Seasons
Sleigh Ride (reissued)....................................Ronnie
Spector & The Ronettes
Monsters'
Holiday........................................................Bobby
'Boris' Pickett
Children's Christmas Song...............................Diana
Ross & The Supremes
Little Saint Nick
(reissued).....................................................The
Beach Boys
Parade
Of The Wooden Soldiers (reissued)..................................The
Crystals
White
Christmas.......................................................................Frank
Sinatra
Jingle
Bells..........................................................................Barbra
Streisand
Rudolph The
Red-Nosed Reindeer.....................................The Temptations
We Need A Little
Christmas (from Broadway play 'Mame')..........Angela
Lansbury
Here Comes Santa
Claus (reissued)................................................Bob
B. Soxx
Christmas
Alphabet (1954, reissued)....................................The
McGuire Sisters
Christmas
Everyday.................................Smokey Robinson & The
Miracles
Joy To The
World.....................................................................Julie
Andrews
Christmas In New York (Christmas In The
City).......................Lou Christie
Christmas Time Is Here
Again................................................The Flirtations
Cool Jerk Christmas
Mix............................................................The
Capitols
The
Happiest Christmas..............................................................Petula
Clark
Someday
At Christmas............................................................Stevie
Wonder
Twinkle, Twinkle Little
Me..............................Diana
Ross & The Supremes
The Man With All The
Toys................................................The Beach Boys
Silent Night (Sleep In Heavenly
Peace)...............................Barbra Streisand
Merry Christmas,
Baby.............................................................Otis
Redding
Frosty The Snowman (1964, reissued)...............Ronnie
Spector & The Ronettes
I
Saw Mommy Kissin' Santa Claus..................Frankie Valli &
Four Seasons
The Christmas Waltz (reissued).........................................................Peggy
Lee
The Bells Of St.
Mary's.................................Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans
Have Yourself A Merry
Little Christmas (1944, reissued)}............Judy
Garland
Back Door Santa {special dual meaning title for most Gay
guys}..........Clarence Carter
*
Stonewall
Special ~Halloween~ Holiday Song
Monster Mash (re-released every year as if brand-new)...........Bobby
"Boris" Pickett
Tune in to the theme song for Halloween: "The Monster Mash"
*
Stonewall
Special ~Easter~ Holiday Song
Easter Parade (from the movie)................................................Judy
Garland
"Songs of The Stonewall"
** Page Two {original document}
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S.V.A.
"Stonewall
Songs"
Observations
"Heat Wave"
by Martha
Reeves
& The Vandellas was such a popular dance and camp fun song
at The
Stonewall
-- and any other Gay dance club -- that as soon as the
Stonewall Era ended at the very end of 1969, they put the
entire
song replete with a Gay dance in the hit Gay movie of 1970: "The
Boys In the Band".
Brenda Holloway's self-written and original-recorded "
You've
Made Me So Very Happy" in 1967 was wisely re-released by Motown
Records two years
later in 1969 after the white male rock group Blood, Sweat
&
Tears' version hit #1 on the pop charts.
The musically exciting -- besides strongly sung and great lyrics -- "Am I The Same Girl"
by Barbara
Acklin was also issued, without the lyrics and replacing the
vocals with a piano, as a gyrating #1 R&B hit instrumental by the Young-Holt
Unlimited trio but entitled "Soulful Strut".
One of the yearning songs was "The Wedding Cake"
by Gay icon Connie
Francis.
Its message was that after "the wedding cake", there are many
responsibilities to marriage and that all the times won't be
great! Connie sings that "The wedding cake is not all icing"!
Nonetheless, Gay couples, who unfairly and sadly did not
have
the legal right to marry, yearned for the hope to some
day have "the wedding cake" to officialize, solidify and
inspire their Gay
love!
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles's soulful version of "Abraham, Martin,
John & Bobby"
was released a year after
Dion Di Mucci's
original song and added "Bobby" for the greatly popular U.S. Senator
from New York and leading 1968 candidate (in any political party) for U.S. President Robert Francis
Kennedy ("RFK").
We all found that Candi Staton's
song title "
I'd Rather Be
An Old Man's Sweetheart Than A Young Man's Fool" to be amazing,
long and profound -- and for a certain segment of Gay man / Gay boy
life relationships, quite true!
"The Young Folks"
by Diana
Ross & The Supremes (Mary Willson and Cindy Birdsong) was both a
"B"
side record as the flipside of "No Matter What Sign
You
Are"
and, later, as an 'A' side when, after its growing spot-on 'cause'
popularity, it
was re-released by Motown Records as an A-single in the sizzlin' Stonewall Summer of
1969.
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Stonewall
Songstress Tribute:
Lesley Gore
Lesley
Sue Gore, born in Brooklyn, NYC, raised in Tenafly,
NJ, and
died in Manhattan, NY, was only 17 years young
when she had her #1 international hit song
"It's My Party". It was
produced by the now legendary Quincy
Jones. Other
hits of Lesley include the following: "Judy's Turn
To Cry" (#5), "She's A Fool"
(#4),
"That's The Way
Boys Are", "Maybe I Know",
"Hey, Now",
"(Isn't That) The Look Of Love",
"Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows", "My Town, My Guy And Me" and "California Nights" (also a
hit at the original Stonewall Club in 1967). Lesley's most
unique and significant hit is her song "You
Don't Own Me".
It was not a pop dance song yet was #1 nonetheless.
"YDOM" evolved as
a feminist anthem for five decades and continues as such! It was
later featured in the hit movie "First
Wives Club" (1996). Lesley's
first dozen single-release
records were produced by Quincy Jones as
were most of her album songs. Because
of her
pop, girl group and soul
combo in sound, Lesley was hired by Berry Gordy and signed to
Motown
Records in 1972! Besides Emmy award
nominations, Lesley was nominated for an Oscar for co-writing "Out Here On My Own" from 1980's "Fame". Lesley
was portrayed in the Broadway musical "Leader
Of The Pack" (1985). Not only was
Lesley a singer, a songwriter
and a
musican (piano) but she was an actress. Lesley starred on
Broadway in the acclaimed "Smokey
Joe's Cafe" in the late 1990s.
Lesley's flipside
single hits include "Sometimes
I Wish I Were A Boy",
double
entendre, and the
Carole King-penned "(Oh, How I Miss)
The
Old Crowd", a
bouncy song spiced with nostalgia about friends who miss each other, a
fitting tribute to
Lesley! Besides her supportive mother and musical brother, and
many friends, Lesley is
survived by her Gay girlfriend of 33 years Lois Sasson! Lesley shall
live forever through her memorable music!
[Sunrise:
2 May 1946 --
Sunset:
16 February 2015]
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0=O=O=0 Stonewall Song Spotlights 0=O=O=0
"(You Better Make Way For) The Young Folks"
by Diana Ross & The Supremes (Mary and Cindy)
Single record release for the theme song of the Stonewall Rebellion of 1969.
This inspiring song was originally the 'B' side of "No Matter What Sign U Are"
and due to popular nationwide radio airplay, it was re-issued as a single "A" side!
*
==2022:
53rd Anniversary of
the NYC Stonewall Rebellion==
[Friday night, June 27 ~through~ Thursday evening, July
3, 1969, Manhattan, NYC]
