I watched Queenâs Gambit recently, which takes place in the 1960s & featured a lot of iconic music from that era. I heard several songs that I had forgotten about.
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That Troy Shondell song hits a sweet spot for me, what passed for rock and roll in the pre-Beatles era. During the 1957-1963 period, you had doo wop, rockabilly, hard drivers like Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, early soul and R&B, novelty records, etc. The teens of the era were trying to break away from Perry Como, Dinah Shore, etc. Yes, even, Peggy Lee.
Peggy Lee had a hit in 1958 covering this 1956 song:
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That was one my favorites when I was dating a girl named Mary. AlasâŚit was not to be. We broke up and the song âMinimum Loveâ by Mac Macanally reminds me of her now
It may not be what youâre looking for, but I got into old timey music for a while. This is one of the older ones and itâs funny. I think this guy only recorded a handful of songs.
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This song was actually number 1 on the Billboard top 100 in 1968. And it got a LOT of AM radio play back then.
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From 1957 and one of the very rare integrated pop groups of the 50s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1eU_lDQaVM
From 1959, a thinly veiled song about Elvis. It was attributed to Bill Parsons, but was really recorded by Bobby Bare (who later had a hit with âDetroit Cityâ).
Speaking of whom, Carole King ought to be rich from James Taylorâs career alone.
So many of her songs covered by others.
I remember seeing this episode of âThe Donna Reed Showâ when Paul Peterson introduced his hit song âMy Dadâ
When I first heard this song I thought it was by the Beatles
From 1966. Terry Knight was a former DJ on Detroit radio. When the Pack disbanded in 1968-69, two of them went on to form Grand Funk Railroad.