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The Best Of The 60s (MY MUSIC ARCHIVES)

The late Davy Jones, left, is seen with fellow members of iconic pop-rock group The Monkees. Jones sings several Monkees classics, including "Daydream Believer," in "The Best Of The 60s."
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The late Davy Jones, left, is seen with fellow members of iconic pop-rock group The Monkees. Jones sings several Monkees classics, including "Daydream Believer," in "The Best Of The 60s."

Airs Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Soft rock group pioneers The Association present "Cherish," their #1 smash hit from 1966 in "The Best Of The 60s."
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Soft rock group pioneers The Association present "Cherish," their #1 smash hit from 1966 in "The Best Of The 60s."
Dennis Tufano, lead singer of The Buckinghams, performs "Kind of a Drag," which rose to #1 on the Billboard charts in 1967.
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Dennis Tufano, lead singer of The Buckinghams, performs "Kind of a Drag," which rose to #1 on the Billboard charts in 1967.
Give at the $150 level and receive the "Best Of The 60s" 7-CD set OR the 8-DVD set. This gift also includes enrollment in the myKPBS Savers Club plus additional online access to more than 130,000 merchant offers and printable coupons, as well as a KPBS License Plate Frame (if you're a new member). A combo set is available at the $250 level, and a "Davy Jones & Friends" CD only at $60.
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Give at the $150 level and receive the "Best Of The 60s" 7-CD set OR the 8-DVD set. This gift also includes enrollment in the myKPBS Savers Club plus additional online access to more than 130,000 merchant offers and printable coupons, as well as a KPBS License Plate Frame (if you're a new member). A combo set is available at the $250 level, and a "Davy Jones & Friends" CD only at $60.

For the past dozen years, the MY MUSIC series has been preserving and archiving the greatest songs of the 1960s.

Now, MY MUSIC ARCHIVES presents "The Best Of The 60s," a special selection of original hit songs from "My Generation: The 60s"; "The British Beat"; "Motown"; "60s Pop, Rock & Soul" and "The 60s Generation."

This new program features the greatest moments from these specials devoted to the classic era of rock, pop and folk.

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"The Best Of The 60s" also features a closing segment remembering former Monkees’ member Davy Jones in his last concert recorded for public television, never broadcast in its entirety.

"The Best Of The 60s (MY MUSIC ARCHIVES)" features these hit songs: "People Got to Be Free” – The New Rascals; “Groovin’” – The New Rascals; “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)” – Scott McKenzie (final TV performance); “Cherish” – The Association; “Let the Sunshine In”/“Aquarius” – The Fifth Dimension; “Let’s Live for Today” – Rob Grill & The Grass Roots (Rob Grill’s final TV performance); “The Game of Love” – Wayne Fontana; “A Groovy Kind of Love” – Wayne Fontana; “Time of the Season” – The Zombies; “Get Together” – Jesse Colin Young of The Youngbloods; “Kind of a Drag” – Dennis Tufano of The Buckinghams; “One” – Chuck Negron, formerly of Three Dog Night; “I Second That Emotion” – The Miracles (broadcast premiere); “The Tears of a Clown” – The Miracles; “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” – Iron Butterfly; “Born To Be Wild” – John Kay & Steppenwolf.

Also in a special segment with Davy Jones: “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone” – Davy Jones with Paul Revere & The Raiders; “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You”; “Girl” and “Daydream Believer.”

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