| In the 1960s "Garage Band Music" referred to any popular song four or five guys with guitars, keyboards, drums, microphones, amplifiers and a little talent could play. Some songs... like "Louie, Louie" and "Gloria"... qualify as garage band classics. Almost every local band played them once or twice a night. Originality was less important than sounding reasonably good while performing music which was fun to play and fun to dance to.
Some groups wrote or arranged their own material (we even included a few original songs in our shows), but the staple of most garage bands of the 60s were covers of Top 40 hits and songs by popular local groups. WSAI 1360 was Cincinnati's dominant rock radio station throughout the 1960s. Songs which got airplay on WSAI were often requested at dances, so we kept an ear to the radio, and an eye on the station's weekly "Fabulous 40" surveys. |
Click here for a complete list of 1960s Cincinnati garage band influences.
Click here for a look at WSAI's "Fabulous 40"
and Top 100 Surveys for 1964, 1965 and 1966
| Songs we remember playing in 1968 are listed below. Songs with a star (*) next to them were often played more than once during a four hour show. The second section is older songs which were once part of our set list. By 1968, we rarely performed them. |
T.H.E... 1968 Primary Set List (Alphabetical)
| TITLE | STYLE | VOCAL |
| Baby I Need Your Lovin' | Four Tops / Johnny Rivers | Mark/Karl/Don |
| Boat That I Row, The * | Neil Diamond (Our Arrangement) | Karl/Mark |
| Break Song (Riff) | T.H.E... | INST |
| But It's Alright * | J.J. Jackson | Mark |
| Cherry Cherry | Neil Diamond | Karl/Mark |
| Cold Sweat * | James Brown | Mark |
| Come On Down To My Boat | Every Mother's Son | Mark/Karl |
| Comin' Home Baby | Various (Instrumental) | Don |
| Double Shot of my Baby's Love * | Swingin' Medallions | Mark/Karl/Don |
| Everybody Needs Somebody | Wilson Pickett | Don/Mark/Karl |
| Expressway To Your Heart | Soul Survivors | Mark/Karl |
| Feel A Whole Lot Better * | Byrds | Mark/Karl |
| Gloria * | Them / Shadows of Knight | Karl/Mark/Don |
| Goin' Out Of My Head | Little Anthony & The Imperials | Mark/Karl/Don |
| Good Guys Don't Wear White * | Standells | Karl/Mark |
| Good Lovin * | Rascals | Mark/Karl Don |
| Groovin' * | Rascals / Booker T & The MGs | Mark |
| Hang On Sloopy | McCoys | Karl/Mark/Don |
| Hold On! I'm a Comin' | Sam & Dave (w/Different Lyrics?) | Mark/Don/Karl |
| I Dig Rock & Roll Music | Peter Paul & Mary | Karl/Mark |
| It's Alright (Riff) | T.H.E... (Original) | Karl |
| In the Midnight Hour * | Wilson Pickett / Messengers | Mark |
| Land Of 1000 Dances * | Rascals/Wilson Pickett | Karl/Mark/Don |
| Letter, The | Box Tops | Karl/Mark |
| Light My Fire * | Doors | Karl/Mark |
| Louie, Louie * | Kingsmen | Mark/Karl/Don |
| Love Is A Beautiful Thing * | Rascals | Mark/Karl/Don |
| Mercy Mercy Mercy | Buckinghams | Karl/Mark/Don |
| Midnight Confessions | Grass Roots | Dave/Mark/Karl |
| Monkey Time | Major Lance | Mark/Karl |
| Mustang Sally | Rascals / Wilson Pickett | Mark |
| Ninety-Six Tears * | ? & The Mysterians | Karl |
| Say You'll Be My Girl | T.H.E... (Original) | Karl/Mark/Don |
| Shotgun * | Jr. Walker & The All Stars | Mark |
| Shout | Isley Bros. - Joey Dee | Karl/Mark/Don |
| Soul Serenade | Bo Dollar & The Coins (Inst) | Don/Karl |
| Summer In The City | Lovin' Spoonful | Mark/Karl |
| Thank The Lord For The Night Time | Neil Diamond | Karl/Mark |
| Time Won't Let Me | Outsiders | Karl/Mark |
| Too Many Fish In The Sea | Rascals | Mark/Karl/Don |
| Turn Around & Take A Look * | Lemon Pipers | Karl/Mark |
| Twist & Shout | Beatles / Isley Bros | Mark/Karl/Don |
| Uptight / Little Old Man | Stevie Wonder / Bill Cosby | Mark/Karl |
| When A Man Loves A Woman * | Percy Sledge | Mark |
| Wild Thing (* Early years) | Troggs | Karl/Mark |
| Windy | Association | Karl/Mark/Don |
| Wooly Bully (* Early years) | Sam The Sham & The Pharos | Karl/Sherry/Mark |
| You Really Got Me | Kinks | Karl/Mark |
T.H.E... Additional Selections (Alphabetical)
| All Day & All Of The Night | Kinks | Karl/Mark |
| Are You A Boy, or Are You a Girl? | Barbarians | Karl/Larry/Sherry |
| Black Is Black | Los Bravos | Mark |
| Boys | Beatles / Pete Best | Karl |
| Day Tripper | Beatles | Karl/Larry/Sherry |
| Don't Let Me Down | T.H.E... (Original) | Karl/Larry |
| Game Of Love, The | Mindbenders | Karl/Larry |
| Get Off Of My Cloud | Rolling Stones | Karl/Larry |
| Green Tambourine | Lemon Pipers | Karl/Mark |
| House Of The Rising Sun | Animals | Karl/Larry |
| Hungry | Paul Revere & The Raiders | Karl/Larry |
| I Can See For Miles | Who | Karl/Mark |
| I Should Have Known Better | Beatles | Karl/Larry |
| I Think We're Alone Now | Tommy James (Our Arrangement) | Mark/Karl |
| I Want Candy | Strangeloves | Karl/Larry |
| I'm A Believer | Neil Diamond | Karl/Larry |
| Just Like Me | Paul Revere & The Raiders | Karl/Larry |
| Keep On Dancing | Gentrys | Karl/Larry |
| Kicks | Paul Revere & The Raiders | Karl/Larry |
| Last Train To Clarksville | Monkees | Karl/Larry |
| The Kids Are Alright | Who | Mark/Karl |
| Let It (All Hang) Out | Hombres | Mark |
| Little Bit Of Soul | Music Explosion | Karl/Mark |
| Little Black Egg | Nightcrawlers | Larry/Karl |
| Little Girl | Syndicate of Sound | Karl |
| Little Latin Lupe Lou | Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels | Karl |
| Little Red Riding Hood | Sam The Sham & The Pharos | Karl/Larry |
| Lonely Too Long | Rascals | Mark |
| Love Is All Around Us | Troggs | Karl |
| Midnight Confessions | Grass Roots | Mark/Karl/Dave |
| Money | Kingsmen | Mark/Karl/Don |
| Mr. Tambourine Man | Byrds | Karl/Larry |
| My Girl | Temptations | Mark/Karl |
| One By One | Blues Magoos | Mark/Karl |
| Only Thing To Do | Us Too Group (Local Group) | Karl/Mark |
| Paint It Black | Rolling Stones | Mark/Karl |
| Pipeline | Chantays | INST |
| Respectable | Outsiders | Karl/Larry |
| Satisfaction (Can't Get No...) | Rolling Stones | Karl/Larry |
| Secret Agent Man | Johnny Rivers | Karl |
| Shiela | Tommy Roe | Karl |
| Slow Down | Beatles / Rascals | Mark/Karl |
| Sunshine Of Your Love | Cream | Karl |
| Talk Talk | Music Machine | Karl |
| These Boots Are Made For Walking | Nancy Sinatra | Sherry |
| Walk Don't Run | Ventures | INST |
| Well Respected Man | Kinks | Karl |
| Wipe Out (* Early Years) | Surfaris | INST |
| Yellow Submarine | Beatles | Karl/Larry/Tom |
| You Keep Me Hangin' On | Vanilla Fudge | Mark/Karl |
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