I remember most, if not all of them, albeit many probably heard on oldies radio. I was in elementary school in 1960 and high school in 1969, so AM radio was my source. Whatever the shortcomings of Top 40 radio, one heard a variety that couldn’t be heard later. Had to chuckle had the contrasting juxtapositions from week to week. And definitely a lot of Beatles and Supremes. A final word: I was a military brat and I recall when we were in England, riding my bicycle to the base youth club, where one could bring 45’s to play. I distinctly remember The Peppermint Twist. I also recall being less inhibited and dancing The Twist with one of the mothers—I was 8 or 9.
thanks, yes I was just a little older, with transistor radio in 1960, but before that local radio and "Bandstand" Good reminder that even in the Brit invasion year of '64 there was still some dreck and novelties tunes reaching the top but I didn't quite recall how giant the early Supremes were.... but anyone looking for "Like a Rolling Stone" in '65, nope it never got above #2
The 60s #1 survey was deliriously entertaining. It brought me way back, and remembering some of the sequencing of those hits as well. It demonstrates the sea change that happened in 1964, with "I'm Leaving It Up To You," "Dominique" and "There, I've Said It Again" giving way abruptly to "I Want To Hold Your Hand," "She Loves You" and "Can't Buy Me Love." The pop music world was never the same. Thanks for sharing that - I'm going through the 40s now!
Thank you so much, i was born in 50 in Iowa and from 60 on was the most influential period of my life! almost every snippet of a song took me explicitly to a point of my life and the memories just evolved from there! thanks, I have to figure out how to get this to my classmates and friends
True, Bob's vocals are not what they were 40 years ago, but I did see a brief youtube clip (1:59) of Bob singing the Pogues' "Rainy Night in Soho" and it is the best he and the band have sounded in a good while IMO.There's a great mood and swing to this version. And, his take on Ricky Nelson's "Garden Party" from last night in San Diego (5.15) might be even better.
On to Ran. One of my favorite movies ever. His Films are truly legend. I’ve watched Ran and Seven Samurai without subtitles many times. He got me interested in the Drunken Samurai series.
I remember most, if not all of them, albeit many probably heard on oldies radio. I was in elementary school in 1960 and high school in 1969, so AM radio was my source. Whatever the shortcomings of Top 40 radio, one heard a variety that couldn’t be heard later. Had to chuckle had the contrasting juxtapositions from week to week. And definitely a lot of Beatles and Supremes. A final word: I was a military brat and I recall when we were in England, riding my bicycle to the base youth club, where one could bring 45’s to play. I distinctly remember The Peppermint Twist. I also recall being less inhibited and dancing The Twist with one of the mothers—I was 8 or 9.
thanks, yes I was just a little older, with transistor radio in 1960, but before that local radio and "Bandstand" Good reminder that even in the Brit invasion year of '64 there was still some dreck and novelties tunes reaching the top but I didn't quite recall how giant the early Supremes were.... but anyone looking for "Like a Rolling Stone" in '65, nope it never got above #2
I saw many of these performances on American Bandstand from Philly. I was surprised I recognized every single cut in a second or two.
In high school I was a CCR fan—first album bought was Green River (K-Mart, 54th & University, San Diego)—still have it. No #1 singles apparently.
The 60s #1 survey was deliriously entertaining. It brought me way back, and remembering some of the sequencing of those hits as well. It demonstrates the sea change that happened in 1964, with "I'm Leaving It Up To You," "Dominique" and "There, I've Said It Again" giving way abruptly to "I Want To Hold Your Hand," "She Loves You" and "Can't Buy Me Love." The pop music world was never the same. Thanks for sharing that - I'm going through the 40s now!
A decade of diversity just passed before of my eyes and ears and mouth in 40 minutes. Thanks.
Thank you so much, i was born in 50 in Iowa and from 60 on was the most influential period of my life! almost every snippet of a song took me explicitly to a point of my life and the memories just evolved from there! thanks, I have to figure out how to get this to my classmates and friends
True, Bob's vocals are not what they were 40 years ago, but I did see a brief youtube clip (1:59) of Bob singing the Pogues' "Rainy Night in Soho" and it is the best he and the band have sounded in a good while IMO.There's a great mood and swing to this version. And, his take on Ricky Nelson's "Garden Party" from last night in San Diego (5.15) might be even better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvDGGCyQwiI (4:59)
yes, was already planning to do Garden Party today
or Sunday
Ah, for the days of lip syncing. As Frank Zappa wrote on an early album liner, "A little nostalgia for the old folks."
More very good cartoons.
I saw Ran at the Surf Theater in San Francisco when it was first released with an English friend
from Swaziland
The Surf was quite the place, we watched Fellini's The Clowns there and were leaving the first
showing and ran into a friend from Long Island who was a roommate when we were going
to Drake University in Des Moines
He was with a young lady who used to go horseback riding with Jerry Garcia
We all went to the Renaissance Fair in Marin County the next day
We were climbing the fence to get in free and a security guard came running over to stop
us, he said that we had to stay on the other side of the fence
My friend Ed said: That's what Hitler said, and the guard nodded and walked away
Memory Lane all over again
On to Ran. One of my favorite movies ever. His Films are truly legend. I’ve watched Ran and Seven Samurai without subtitles many times. He got me interested in the Drunken Samurai series.