From someone born too late
I am a person that you might say was "born too late". When I was about 13 yrs old I would hear k-tel commercials selling 50's and 60's music. I'd never heard music like it before but I knew it was what I was waiting for!
The music of the day (mid 70's) just wasn't doing it for me. So when I saw people making Squidoo pages about their "passions" , well why not me and my music.I don't know how well the page will do but hey, maybe there are others out there like myself who enjoy this kind of music. I might even make a few friends. Thanks for stopping by.
Born in 62 but loving music from 61!
It had to come from my parents, especially my mother. I just couldn't grab on to the music of the 70's the way the other kids did. Stations like WABC and WNBC played contemporary top 40 music. It was O.K. but when I listened to it something was missing. From those K-Tel commercials I knew I had to find that sound. Then I found (right under my nose) that local station WCTC was playing oldies during the week at night! That was it. I started listening to songs that seemed to come from another world. It was a world I had missed but through the glory of tape recordings and records I could now hear. I now see these YouTube videos made by people who really know their oldies. One is down below on this page. I'm sure there are a ton of websites that also have great info .
My mother tells me of when she would go to dances as a teenager that when she would dance (she was born in 39, a teen just at the right time) the other kids would move out of the way. She tells me that her and my father, though he was quite a bit older were both great dancers. That is interesting since I can't dance at all but this music can get me moving.There are soooo many songs out there that I have still not heard but thanks to the internet and people like the YouTubers I am discovering new songs and songs already done by a popular star sung by someone else! The different versions are really neat to hear.
I won't go into specific acts at least not now but the era of the late 50's and early 60's is definately the era of music that I have taken for my own. There is other music I enjoy but nothing gets me going like the stuff from this era!Thanks for listening.
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Some sites for Oldies fans:
- Oldies Songs
- Search and browse thousands of song titles from 1960-1975 with sound clips. All But Forgotten Oldies also has interviews, RSS feeds, and tips for naming ...
- Oldies Music -- history, trivia and charts of Fifties, Sixties and ...
- Oldies Music contains history, trivia and charts pertaining to the music of the 50s, 60s and 70s.
- Oldies Music, Oldies but Goodies, original artists. 50s & 60s
- Oldies but Goodies music from the past. Original hits, by original artists. Dedicated to you, Classic collections of top hits from the 50s & 60s.
- patchy's Lost In The 50s Oldies JukeBoxes ~ real audio music
- OLDIES music of the 50's n 60's - in RealAudio. Doowop, too. over 400 full length songs. Streaming.
- Listen to Free Online Oldies Radio Stations - Live365 Internet Radio
- OldiesRadio.fm the Best in Classic Pop, Rock, Country and R&B Oldies from the '50s through the '90s. Sit back and enjoy our deep album playlist. ...
Songs from one of the best periods of music:
All of these made it to no. 1!
oldies but goodies, pt. 5 - a time sweep of number one hits
part 5 (April 1961 to April 1962) of a presentation of excerpts from all the songs that reached Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 chart Blue Moon - The Marcels Runaway - Del Shannon Mother-In-Law - Ernie K. Doe Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson Running Scared - Roy Orbison Moody River - Pat Boone Quarter to Three - Gary U.S. Bonds Tossin' and Turnin' - Bobby Lewis Wooden Heart - Joe Dowell Michael - the Highwaymen Take Good Care of My Baby - Bobby Vee Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles Runaround Sue - Dion Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean Please Mr. Postman - the Marvelettes The Lion Sleeps Tonight - the Tokens Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee and the Starliters Duke of Earl - Gene Chandler Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel Don't Break the Heart that Loves You - Connie Francis Johnny Angel - Shelly Fabares
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DaddyRockinStrong wrote...
great page, enjoyed reading.
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Posted December 29, 2008
