Taking a break from the chronological review of the pop world, here's a glimpse of my iPod. It's chock full of 50s and 60s stuff. I put it on shuffle and listed what came up. Some of these might be repeats but they're goodies so here we go!
The Hollies made it to the Hall of Fame. Took long enough! Allan Clarke, the lead singer, had an affair with Marianne Faithfull way back when, as she relates the story in her autobiography. Her biggest complaint seems to have been keeping quiet when his wife showed up.
After the Beach Boys car and surfer phases were over they moved to odder music, like this one. From the Wild Honey album. Check it out if you haven't heard it. It's a classic.
These youngsters were even more popular than the Big Three or Faron's Flamingos, to name a couple of other Liverpool groups of the day.
"Uh, hi Dad"..."uh, hi, Rick".."uh, hey Dad, is it alright if I invite some of the kids over Saturday night?"..."uh, I guess so, but you better ask your mother"..."uh, ok, Dad"
More of The Move. Hooray! One of my favorite unheralded bands of the 60s.
Speaking of popular, this "cat" could really move the crowd. If it had been Elvis and not Buddy who perished in 1959 we'd always imagine a more glorious career for The King than what actually happened.
And who doesn't love a good double suicide song? This is probably the best of the genre!
I love this Conway Twitty song. My band covered this in our shows. So moody!
Hank Ballard was a sweet guy. I met him briefly in the 80s and thought he was kind and generous. And he could rock, too!
I was trying to decide between this and Substitute. I liked the Substitute video because Roger's shirt was so cool!! But I like this song better.
well, lots more on my list but that's enough for today!
