My Top Ten Favorite Organ Riffs from 1960s Songs

Posted on March 19, 2022 by jamesdmccaffrey

I love all kinds of music. Here are brief sound clips from ten of my favorite interesting organ/keyboard riffs from songs of the 1960s. Listed in no particular order.

1. “Hush” (1968) by Deep Purple

2. “Liar Liar” (1968) by The Castaways

3. “We Ain’t Got Nothin Yet” (1966) by The Blues Magoos

4. “I’m a Believer” (1967) by The Monkees

5. “Being for the Benefit” of Mr. Kite” (1967) by the Beatles

6. “Help Me Girl” (1967) by The Animals

7. “Incense and Peppermints” (1967) by Strawberry Alarm Clock

8. “Pipeline” (1962) by the Chantays

9. “Light My Fire” (1967) by the Doors

10. “Itchcoo Park” (1967) by the Small Faces

Honorable Mention

11. “Devil with a Blue Dress On” (1966) by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels

12. “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man” (1969) by Bob Seger

13. “Good Vibrations” (1966) by the Beach Boys

14. “Out of Limits” (1964) by the Marketts

15. “See Emily Play” (1967) by Pink Floyd

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2 Responses to My Top Ten Favorite Organ Riffs from 1960s Songs

  1. Thorsten Kleppe's avatar Thorsten Kleppe says:
    March 19, 2022 at 6:50 am

    Well selected and very interesting to hear your taste in music.

    How about current music, would you also get a top ten full? What do you think of Dr. DRE, is he a modern Mozart for you? The thought has come to my mind after the Superbowl performance.

    Do you actually know Elderbrook? I’d promote it as a kind of modern “classical” music, derived from deep house. Very relaxed.

    https://youtu.be/WibjzL3fF1o

    • jamesdmccaffrey's avatar jamesdmccaffrey says:
      March 19, 2022 at 12:10 pm

      I’m not very familiar with a lot of music but I have heard of Elderbrook and I like his work. A few years ago, in the early days of modern neural networks, I worked on a project that applied the style of Beatles music from the 1960s to songs by Justin Bieber — that was interesting.

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