Oldies that stick in your head...

(More than one) different oldies at different times seem to occupy my head space.

Lately I have been substituting one of the nicknames I use for one of my dogs for the word "Dixie" in "the Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." I’ve been doing the same thing with all three of my dogs names and nicknames with the word "Roland" in "Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner." Actually, for that song, I’ve been changing more words than just that.

Come to think of it, I don’t do it as often, but sometimes I do the same thing with Maxwell’s Silver Hammer. I sing the song using one of my dog’s nick names in place of Maxwell Edison. Actually I think it was that oldy with a previous dog (may he RIP) that got me started doing the same thing with my current three dogs using different oldies.

I like to chase down the brief snippets of the audihistory mine, a synapse flash that demands the rest of it....

a nice extended edit of.... This.....  with the lovely bowed base refrains in both.

The brash blast of guitars opening Something about not forgetting.....lasting long enough to not....

...too many synapse lay in wait....one can only be 'ware.... ;)

Cubby Checker Do the twist, I was a kid and was with my Grandfather at Fort Totten.We were in the canteen and that song was,playing on the juke box.Alot of the GIs were dancing to it ,I mean holding hands and Twisting with each other.. LOL .It had to be like 1961...Crazy but I will always remember the GIs having a good time.

It's funny how Del Shannon's music is considered Oldies, but that of The Beatles isn't. They're both from the 1960's. Actually, Del was still recording into the early-1990's, with Jeff Lynne producing.

I grew up buying 7" 45 RPM singles in the early-60's, and had quite a few before buying my first LP's (lots of instrumental Surf and "Frat" bands. And The Beach Boys). At that time Rock 'n' Roll was considered only music for teenagers, Top 40 songs heard on the radio. Those Pop songs were often written by songwriting teams, for instance those working in the little rooms in the Brill Building in Manhattan (Carole King was one such writer, while still in high school!). Then a record company music producer would pick a singer (or vocal group), arrange for studio time and a group of studio musicians (in L.A. the infamous Wrecking Crew), and endeavour to create a hit song.

There are thousands of them, all with those irresistible melodies and chorus "hooks." If I make the mistake of playing Jackie DeShannon's "When You Walk In The Room" (imo better than the cover version by The Searchers), I have to hear it another dozen times (in a row) before I'm satiated. Same with "I Fought The Law" (written by Sonny Curtis) by The Bobby Fuller Four. The song is so good even The Clash couldn't f*ck it up. 

If you want to hear a killer Pop song that you probably haven't yet heard, one that you just can't get out of your head, try "Maybe" by The Chantels, a Girl Group quintet from the Bronx. Not just a great song, but the lead vocal by Arlene Smith will blow your mind. Dave Edmunds does a fantastic cover of the song on his Subtle As A Flying Mallet album.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UzgpB9xpyT8&si=o1293hwpFiNZhRt7

Never My Love" is a pop standard 1967 recording hit by The Association.

Recorded by dozens of notable artists in the decades since, the music publishing rights organization (BMI) announced it was the second most-played song on radio and television of the 20th century in the U.S.