Song Was SO BAD…Singer Couldn’t STOP LAUGHING When He RECORDED IT…Became a CLASSIC-Professor of Rock

Coming up, it's a countdown of some of the greatest songs of the Rock Era from a year that is always in the conversation for the best year in music history. Including the #1 hit 96 Tears by a mysterious singer whose identity wasn’t known for decades. As well as Wild Thing, the song that was so bad the singer couldn’t stop laughing when he recorded it... and it became such a classic the writer Chip Taylor blew all the money in casinos and his habit got so bad he was kicked out of every major casino in Las Vegas. Then there was the song The Sound of Silence that flopped so badly that Simon & Garfunkel broke up. But then a producer remixed it, adding more instruments to it, and released it. The duo was livid till it hit #1. And then there’s the song California Dreamin' that a famous singer recorded. But he went scorched earth when he heard it on the radio, and his entire voice had been erased. We have legendary guests and stories on a special countdown coming up NEXT on Professor of Rock.

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Today we travel back to a year, charged with tension, transformation, and innovation. The Vietnam War intensified as the U.S. ramped up ground troop deployments and bombing campaigns, fueling growing unrest back home. At the same time, American culture was undergoing a revolution—on TV, audiences were introduced to the campy flair of Batman, the futuristic vision of Star Trek, and the sci-fi adventure of Lost in Space. Meanwhile, in the world of music, the Beach Boys dropped a nascent classic with Pet Sounds, a lush, emotional masterpiece that would reshape the sound of pop forever. The Beatles released a landmark of psychedelic brilliance with their Revolver album, and Bob Dylan was pushing the boundaries of rock & folk with his epic Blonde on Blonde LP. It’s the count down of the best songs of a legendary year… 1966.

We’re blasting off the countdown of the Top 11 Songs of 1966, “Eight Miles High” with The Byrds at #11: It all started with a flight to London—and a spark of inspiration 35,000 feet in the air. That’s where the Byrds would take rock into unchartered territory…I had a really interesting conversation about “Eight Miles High” with Roger McGuinn. Here’s what he shared:

Music historians and critics alike often point to “Eight Miles High” as the first true psychedelic rock song, a cornerstone of what would soon become the soundtrack to the counterculture movement of the late ’60s. The single peaked at #24 in the UK, and #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the last single release by the Byrds following the departure of Gene Clark:

Back to the countdown of the Top 11 Songs of 1966, let’s have some ”Good Lovin'" by the Young Rascals at #10: .“Good Lovin’” started out as a modest R&B tune, penned by Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick. The first to record it was singer Limmie Snell, performing under the name Lemme B. Good, in March of 1965. Just a month later, the Olympics took a swing at it with revised lyrics, but their version stalled at #81 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Then came Felix Cavaliere and the Young Rascals. They took the song, turned up the energy, added their signature soul flair—and struck AM gold. The song exploded in 3 seconds…Their version wasn’t just a hit; it became the definitive take. Felix gave me the lowdown of how he & his Rascal bandmates flipped “Good Lovin”