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.
Oldies that stick in your head...
Spouse Ev has been binge-watching 'Only Murders In The Building'; at the close of one episode at the start of the end credit crawl....
Suddenly, an old fave starts....
Del Shannons' "Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun...)...
Anybody have that which kicks your 'WayBack' Time-Warp into play?
Jan. '65 is a major jump for this senior....*L*
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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.
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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.
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“Turn, Turn, Turn “ - The Byrds
https://youtu.be/x8wKBJv4zCg?si=6-CaxXW97wLDWtW6 "Turn! Turn! Turn!", also known as or subtitled "To Everything There Is a Season", is a song written by Pete Seeger . The lyrics – except for the title, which is repeated throughout the song, and the final two lines – consist of the first eight verses of the third chapter of the biblical Book of Ecclesiastes
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EVE OF DESTRUCTION - Barry McGuire A protest song in 1965 that’s an applicable redux of those same or similar fears repeating today in 2024, with chaos in the Middle East, the continuing war in Ukraine, the China threat in the pacific, and threat of nukes. The song references social issues of its period, including the Vietnam War, the draft, the threat of nuclear war, the Civil Rights Movement, turmoil in the Middle East and the American space program.
The Eastern world, it is explodin' But you tell me Don't you understand what I'm trying to say And you tell me Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin' And you tell me And think of all the hate there is in Red China And you tell me
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