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Although they were billed as solo artists, the three musicians came together for an on-stage reunion during the show, performing a string of Byrds hits including "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Eight Miles High". [258]
There have been many official compilation albums by the Byrds released since 1967, with the majority of these collections consisting of material recorded between 1965 and 1971, a period when the band were with Columbia Records.
- Michael Gallucci
- 'Mr. Tambourine Man' From: 'Mr. Tambourine Man' (1965) How much better is the Byrds' version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" than Bob Dylan's original? For starters, they distill Dylan's four verses to a compact single verse.
- 'Eight Miles High' From 'Fifth Dimension' (1966) The Byrds' last Top 20 hit is as revolutionary as it is perplexing. Inspired by John Coltrane's complex jazz pieces, as well as Ravi Shankar's sitar explorations, "Eight Miles High" takes rock 'n' roll to soaring, and tricky, heights.
- 'I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better' From: 'Mr. Tambourine Man' (1965) The only cut on our list of the Top 10 Byrds Songs sung by Gene Clark (who also wrote it), "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" was originally released as the B-side to "All I Really Want to Do" (and just missed the Top 100 on its own).
- 'Turn! Turn! ' From: 'Turn! Turn!' (1965) Following their No. 1 cover of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man," the Byrds quickly returned to the studio to record their follow-up album.
- Oil in My Lamp
- Long Live The King
- Glory Glory
- Wasn’T Born to Follow
- It’S No Use
- Lady Friend
- Turn! Turn! Turn!
- Have You Seen Her Face
- Eight Miles High
- Goin’ Back / Mr. Tambourine Man
We open our Top 10 Byrds Songs list with this cool track from the Easy Rideralbum. Although the album shared the name as the classic film that was just released simultaneously, it had nothing to do with the movie except for the title song. The song is a cover of a traditional Christian hymn. The Byrds’ vocal performance on the song against a very s...
The great Byrds song “Long Live The King” was released on the band’s final album, Byrds, in 1973. David Crosby wrote the song. The song was released as the b-side to the singles “Cowgirl in the Sand” and Full Circle. The song opens immediately with that very familiar David Crosby vocal sound. This one is dark, gritty, and very much underrated. Echo...
The Byrds song “Glory, Glory” was released on the band’s 1971 album Byrdmaniax.The song “Glory, Glory” was the album’s opening track. The song was also released as a single. The song was unable to break into the Billboard Hot 100 as the song peaked at number 110.
Our favorite Byrds album featured the wonderful track “Wasn’t Born To Follow.” The song was one of two songs on the album written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin. The songs were featured in the film Easy Rider, which starred Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson. Carole King’s original band, The City, also covered the song. Dusty Springfieldalso did a fab...
On an album that features many blockbuster hits, one of our favorite songs was one of the most ignored. The outstanding track “It’s No Use” sneaks in at six on our top 10 Byrds songs list. The song was released on the band’s third album entitled Mr. Tambourine Man. “It’s No Use” was written by Gene Clark and Jim McGuinn.
The song “Lady Friend” was initially released by the Byrds as a single between records. David Crosby wrote the beautiful song. The song was intended to be issued on The Notorious Byrd Brothers album but was left off due to David Crosby’s issues with the band before getting fired.
This is possibly the most popular song The Byrds ever released. When most fans are asked to name a Byrds song, “Turn! Turn! Turn!” is the one they will mention. The song was released on the album of the same name in 1965. The song was written by Pete Seeger, who borrowed lyrics from the Book of Ecclesiastes. As famous as the song was, it never brok...
As we close in on the number one spot on our top 10 Byrds songs list, we turn to a great song written by Chris Hillman. The excellent track “Have You Seen Her Face” was released on the album Younger Than Yesterday in 1968. The song was released as the third single from the album Younger Than Yesterday. As a single, “Have You Seen Her Face” broke in...
These next two spots are interchangeable, in our opinion. The great Byrds’ classic song “Eight Miles High” was released on the album Fifth Dimension in 1966. The song was written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn, and David Crosby. The song opened up side two of the record. It has become one of the most essential songs of the 1960s and remains a symbol of...
While “Mr. Tambourine Man” is not much of a surprise in the number one spot on our top 10 Byrds songs list, including “Going Back” in the tie probably is. Nonetheless, “Going Back,” is probably the most underrated song the band ever released. Its soaring melody and brilliant compositions deserve to be rated this high, in our humble opinion.
- Brian Kachejian
The Byrds' Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by the American rock band the Byrds and was released in August 1967 on Columbia Records. [1] It is the top-selling album in the Byrds' catalogue and reached number 6 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, but failed to chart in the UK.
The album originally contained 11 songs from the Byrds' first four albums; the version here includes the additional bonus tracks included on contemporary editions.
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The Byrds has 270 songs with the most popular being Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season), Mr. Tambourine Man and Eight Miles High.
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