It was on July 11, 1969 that Honky Tonk Women by the Rolling Stones was released as a single here in the U.S. It had been released in the U.K. on July 4th.
On this Independence Day, Wayback Wednesday features a moving version of “America The Beautiful” by Ray Charles, on the Dick Cavett Show in 1972. Happy 4th of July!
On June 27, 1964 Jan and Dean’s “Little Old Lady From Pasadena” was released. After scoring their first hit with “Baby Talk” in 1959, the duo had the first surf song to Hit #1 in the Summer of 1963 with “Surf City”. Here they are performing their Summer of ’64 hit, which went up to…
June 20th marks Brian Wilson’s 76th birthday. The co-founder of, and genius behind The Beach Boys was born this day in 1942 in Inglewood, California, to Audree and Murry Wilson.
With the official Summer season about to begin, and New Jersey’s “unofficial” Summer season well underway, Wayback Wednesday invites you to take a look at a place where many of us spent out leisure time in the 1960s and 70s. This is a promotional film about Seaside Heights, and Ocean County (originally produced for Canadian…
June 6th marks the birth anniversary of one of the greatest R&B singers ever…Levi Stubbs of the 4 Tops. Born in 1936, Levi met his fellow group members while they were still in high school. They formed in 1954, calling themselves The Four Aims. They changed their name to the Four Tops after signing with…
It was 50 years ago today, May 30th, 1968 that the Beatles began recording what came to be known as the “White Album”. The 2 disc set was so named for its plain white album cover, with “The Beatles” embossed on the front. The total opposite of the cover of the previous year’s Sgt. Pepper,…
On May 16, 1966 Capitol Records released what’s now regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time…Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys! Believe it or not, this masterpiece, produced, arranged, and almost entirely composed by Brian Wilson, only reached Number 10 on the Billboard 200 LP’s chart, a significantly lower peak than any…
May 9th marks the 69th birthday of Rock N’Roll Hall of Famer Billy Joel. Born in the Bronx, and raised on Long Island, Billy has been churning out memorable, iconic songs since the early 1970’s.
May 2nd is the birth anniversary of Lesley Gore. She was born in Brooklyn, but raised in Tenafly, NJ! And she was just a Junior in High School when Quincy Jones produced her first single, It’s My Party in 1963, which became #1. She later worked as an actress, and, along with her brother wrote…
