American Songwriter has revived three songs that dominated the charts in 1966 but have since largely disappeared from radio play and public conversation, arguing they deserve renewed attention. The feature highlights how commercial success at the time doesn't guarantee lasting cultural memory, with each track having achieved significant chart positions before fading from rotation, even on stations dedicated to older music.

The three songs featured are Tommy Roe's "Sweet Pea", a bubblegum pop hit that topped the charts in Canada and New Zealand and reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100; Lee Dorsey's "Working In The Coal Mine", a New Orleans-flavoured R&B track written by Allen Toussaint that peaked at No. 8 on both the US Hot 100 and UK Singles chart; and Bobby Hebb's "Sunny", now considered one of the most covered songs in music history with versions by Cher and James Brown, which reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 and No. 12 in the UK.