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Photo by STILLS/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images 4 Songs From the 1960s That Made You Wish You Lived in a Big City
If you didn’t already live in a big city in the 1960s, then these iconic songs definitely made you wish that you did.
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(AUSTRALIA OUT) Ex Moving Pictures frontman Alex Smith, front, Charlie Cole, behind him, and Dave Carter, in the Bondi Junction loungeroom where Smith penned his songs, 27 July 2005. SMH Picture by SAHLAN HAYES (Photo by Fairfax Media via Getty Images/Fairfax Media via Getty Images via Getty Images)
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Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers, backstage, London, 1965. (Photo by Stanley Bielecki/ASP/Getty Images) -
Chris Stapleton at the 60th Academy Of Country Music Awards held at the Ford Center at The Star on May 08, 2025 in Frisco, Texas. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images)
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British singer Robbie Williams performs on stage at Smukfest music festival in Skanderborg, Denmark, on August 5, 2026. (Photo by Mikkel Berg Pedersen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP via Getty Images) / Denmark OUT -
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 05: Dolly Parton attends the 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on November 05, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) -
Greg Kihn at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois, May 21, 1982. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) -
CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES – AUGUST 07: Megan Moroney poses backstage during The Cloud 9 Tour at the Crypto.com Arena on August 07, 2026 in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for Megan Moroney)
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SAN BERNARDINO, CA – JULY 23: Singer Colt Ford performs onstage during the Lost Highway Festival at San Manuel Amphitheater on July 23, 2016 in San Bernardino, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images) -
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MUSCLE SHOALS AL – CIRCA 1967: R and B singer Etta James recording at Fame Studios circa 1967 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. (Photo by FAME Studios/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images) -
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SInger songwriter Harry Nilsson (1941 – 1994), 1972. (Photo by Stan Meagher/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) -
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – APRIL 01: Buck Owens performs on stage at the Country Music Festival held at Wembley Arena, London in April 1989. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
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Singer Glen Campbell playing guitar as host of the NBC television show The Midnight Special episode which was broadcast on October 24, 1975 after The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. -
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Carly Simon (MANDATORY CREDIT Michael Uhll/Redferns) Carly Simon performing at Billy Joel's 'Back to the Ranch' music festival at the Deep Hollow Ranch in Montauk, New York on August 9, 1991. The concert was a benefit for the Nature Conservancy. (Photo by Michael Uhll/Redferns)
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Martina McBride performing at Farm Aid at the World Music Theater in Tinley Park, Illinois, October 3, 1997. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) -
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Singer-songwriter Nancy Wilson performing with American rock group Heart, circa 1985. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images) -
UNITED STATES – CIRCA 1960: Photo of Byrds, Mid 1960?s, California, Los Angeles, Whisky a Go Go ByrdsL-R: David Crosby, Jim ? Roger? McGuinn,Chris Hillman, Gene Clark (in foreground),Michl Clarke. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) -
MANCHESTER, TN – JUNE 10: Brandon Flowers of The Killers performs on What Stage during day 4 of the 2018 Bonnaroo Arts And Music Festival on June 10, 2018 in Manchester, Tennessee. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for Bonnaroo Arts And Music Festival) -
Photo by Maurice Seymour/Kraftwerk/Getty Images; NEW YORK – CIRCA 1975: German electronic group Kraftwerk (L-R Karl Bartos, Wolfgang Flur, Ralph Hutter and Florian Schneider) pose for a portrait circa 1975 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Maurice Seymour/Kraftwerk/Getty Images)
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Unspecified – 1970: Diana Ross appearing on the Walt Disney Television via Getty Images series 'Make Room for Granddaddy'. (Photo by Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) -
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Back Street Crawler pose around the mixing desk ina recording studio, London, 1975. Paul Kossoff is on the right. (Photo by Dick Barnatt/Redferns)