In most of these songs, the singer expresses “normal” affirmations of happiness. In others, however, the singer’s happiness is expressed in unusual ways: as a commitment to nothing more than one-night stands (“Baby I’m So Glad It’s Raining”), as an allegory of drug addiction (“The Habit Of Lovin’ You Baby”), as masochism if not madness (“Everything Under The Sun”), as the end of the singer’s own anguish (“A Good Love,” and “I Can Make It With You”), or as the way to end the anguish that the person the singer loves has suffered (“Turn To Me”).
Baby I’m So Glad It’s Raining – The Satisfactions
Be Good To Your Baby – The Avons
Be My Man – Suzy Wallis
Big House – The Carolines
Black Pearl – Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd.
Blue Ribbons – Dobie Gray
Born To Be Together – PP Arnold, The Ronettes
Call Me His (unreleased) – Ellie Greenwich
Close Your Eyes – Bonnie
The Coldest Night Of The Year – Twice As Much & Vashti
Come And Stay With Me – Cher
Come Into My Arms Again – The Vogues
Dream Baby – Cher
Ebb Tide – The Righteous Brothers
Every Window In The City – Ritchie Adams, Jerry Cole
Everything Under The Sun – Jackie DeShannon, The Ronettes, Tina Turner, The Walker Brothers
Falling In Love Again – Syl Johnson
(He Makes Me) Feel So Pretty – Shirley Matthews
Finding You, Loving You – Madeline Bell
For You (The Grass Will Sing) – Tony Bruno
Forever More – The Royalettes
Gee What A Boy – The Fantastic Vantastics
A Girl In Love – Lesley Gore
Girl, It’s Alright Now – Bruce & Terry
Girls Can Tell – The Ronettes
A Good Love – Lorraine Ellison
Guess Who – The Righteous Brothers
The Habit Of Lovin’ You Baby – Nino Tempo & April Stevens
He Noticed Me – Pricilla Paris
He Really Loves Me – Debbie Rollins
Here I Am – The Righteous Brothers, Mickey Stevenson
Hold Me Tight – The Treasures
(We’re Gonna) Hold The Night – Reparata & the Delrons
I Adore You – Tommy Regan
I Can Hear Music – The Ronettes
I Can Make It With You – Jackie DeShannon
I Feel Complete – Vonda Maria
I Found A Daisy (In The City) – Barry Darvell
I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons – The Righteous Brothers
I Wanna Make You Happy – Margaret Randolph, Dusty Springfield
I’ll Be Satisfied – The Sequins
I’ll Make You Happy – Tommy Hunt
I’ll Never Be The Same – The Four Preps
I’ll Never Need You More Than This – Ike & Tina Turner
(Baby) I’m By Your Side – The Jades
I’ve Got My Eyes On You – Jason Cord
If I Didn’t Have A Dime – The Furys
If This Were My Last Song – Bill Medley
It Looks Like It’s Gonna Be My Year – Joey Cooper
It’s Gonna Work Out Fine – Ike & Tina Turner
It’s The Little Things – Sonny & Cher
Just Let It Happen – The Arbors, Chi Chi, Chip Taylor (unreleased)
Just You – Sonny & Cher
Keep On Dancing – The Ronettes
Let It Be Me – The Righteous Brothers, Sonny & Cher
Let The Good Times Roll – Judy Henske
Little Boy – The Crystals, Karen Verros
Looking Through The Eyes Of Love – Gene Pitney
Love (Is You) – Joey Cooper
A Love Like Yours (Don’t Come Knockin’ Everyday) – Ike & Tina Turner
Love Without An End – The Royalettes
(Baby, Let’s Be) Lovers (unreleased) – The Ronettes
Mama’s Little Girl – The Carolines, Reparata and the Delrons
A Man Needs Love (unreleased) – Nooney Rickett
Miracles – Kiki Dee
My Baby Looks But He Don’t Touch – Carol Connors
My Girl – Johnny Caswell
My Girl And I – Ray Pollard
My Love Grows Deeper – Clydie King
My Love Keeps Growin’ – Bonnie
My Ship Is Comin’ In – Walter Jackson, Jimmy Radcliffe, The Walker Brothers
The Nicest Things Happen – Jean King
On The Spanish Side – The Corsairs & Landy McNeil
Paradise – The Ronettes, The Shangri-Las
Playing For Keeps – Darlene Love
Poor Boy – The Royalettes
The Richest Man Alive – Ray Singer
River Deep, Mountain High – Long John Baldry, Harry Nilsson, Ike & Tina Turner
The River Is Wide – The Forum
Run To My Lovin’ Arms – The Lettermen, Bill Medley, Lenny Welch, April Young
Save The Last Dance For Me – Ike & Tina Turner, The Righteous Brothers
Shil Girl – Mike Clifford
Soldier Baby Of Mine – The Ronettes
So Much Love – Steve Alaimo, The Blossoms, Ben E. King, Dusty Springfield
So Much To Live For – Bruce Scott
Some Kind’A Wonderful – Dian James
Something Happens (Deep Inside Of Me) – Patty Michaels
Somewhere – P.J. Proby
Stand By Me – Sonny & Cher
Sunny – Cher
Sweet, Sweet Love – Bobby Sheen
That’s The Way It Is (When A Girl’s In Love) – Sweet Three
This Could Be The Night – The Modern Folk Quartet
‘Til I Met You – Jimmy Barden & Donna Byrd
Tremblin’ – Gene Pitney
Turn To Me – Jerry Fuller
The Twelfth Of Never – Cher
Walk With A Winner – Gene McDaniels
Walking In The Rain – The Ronettes, The Walker Brothers
Watching Over You – Johnny London
We’ll Sing In The Sunshine – Sonny & Cher
We’re So Much In Love – Madeline Bell
We’ve Got Everything Going For Us – Kiki Dee
Welcome Home Baby – Keith Colley
Woman In Love – The Ronettes
Wonderful Baby – The Four Tops
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby – Hale & The Hushabyes, The Satisfactions
You Baby – The Ronettes, Sonny & Cher, Jackie Trent
You Make Me Feel Like Someone – The Babies, Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, PJ Proby, Jimmy Radcliffe
You Satisfy My Needs – Big Dee Irwin
You Walked Into My Life – Jerry Butler
You Won’t Be Sorry – Anne-Marie
You’ll Know I’m Around – Margie Mills
You’re My Lovin’ Baby – The Sweet Things