Yes, before 1965 I had never heard of Carolina Beach Music since I was from Florida. I had always been interested in Folk Music, Elvis, Sinatra, Mario Lanza,...
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Picture a small town girl who can't get enough music. So every night, while the household sleeps, she is awake in the glow of her FM radio, spinning the dial...
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You still see Dan Hicks bouncing about but the mother band was the heart of early psychedelic music though this album doesn't really speak of the talent for...
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The song “Unchained Melody” by the Righteous Brothers will always bring me back to memories when I was in the sixth grade at a King Cake Party in New...
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It was my freshman year at Michigan State University and being away from home for the first time I was spreading my wings so to speak.  Johanna was a senior...
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None of the recording provided here quite capture the haunting quality of this song like this video from the movie, Paint Your Wagon Though not really far...
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When Johnny Rivers released The Seventh Son in 1965 I already knew that no matter what the lyrics said, “…in the whole wide world there is only one,”...
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I just picked this song "Little Old Lady from Pasadena" but I just loved all the Beach Boys songs.  I enjoyed all their songs the whole time I...
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Ah, the Beach Boys!  They created, along with others, a craze that swept the nation right along with the British Invasion.  Suddenly everyone wanted to...
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My good friend was getting married and I was to be a bridesmaid.  It was to be a large Catholic wedding in the groom’s hometown.  For a country...
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Basic Physical Education was a required course for freshman when I started at Michigan State University.  I had elected not to get a bus pass for the fall...
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Tom Jones in his heyday was phenomenal and I loved his music.  He had a strong voice, great looks and sexy moves that would make Elvis blush.  As he...
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