Posted on 10/10/2017 8:12:45 PM PDT by Kevin in California
Just trying to forgot about all the sad events in the world today with the mass killings, fires, hurricanes, etc. so I've turned to music for an outlet. I know this is weird as I'm 55y/o but I love 50's and 60's music. They just don't make music like this anymore. Here are two of my favorites.
Four Preps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXd8c1BLpRQ
Bachelors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4opYhQAAao
What are your favs from these eras?
Now that demands an answer!
He'll Have to Stay--Jeanne Black (1960)
If you have Sirius XM and like 60’s music, Pat St. John the afternoon (in the east) DJ on 60’s on 6 is just wonderful to listen to. He plays great music, gives a wealth of information on the artists and the songs, and plays some more obscure songs. You can tell he just loves what he does.
Little Star--The Elegants (1958)
I got my niece and nephew interested in the classic rock ‘n’ roll with a silly album by Sha Na Na doing their renditions of some of the old stuff.
My favorite decades are the ‘60s and’ 70s.
I got into jazz in the ‘50’s when I was still in elementary school and the jazz from the 40’s through ‘60’s is still my main cup of tea. Miles Davis. John Coltrane. Wes Montgomery. Jimmy Smith. Kenny Burrell. Grant Green. The “modern” artists I like all page homage to the old timers. Right now I’m at work listening to Emily Remler playing some Wes tunes. Next I’ll probably listen to some John McLaughlin starting with the stunning “Extrapolation”.
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Duchess Conquers Duke--The Conquerors (1962)
That’s a great playlist.
Judith’s voice is absolutely divine.
In addition to Pat St. John, I like the “60s Satellite Survey” on Wednesdays—6 PM on the West Coast. However, I can only get it in my car. I also try to be on the road on Saturday night to hear “Pink and Black Days” on Fifties on Five. That show features a lot of obscurities and stories from the early days of rock and roll.
Cara Mia (my dear)--David Whitfield, with Annunzio Mantovani & His Orchestra & Chorus (1954)
“All or Nothing at All” -— Sinatra
Cole Porter’s “Begin the Beguine”
Here you go...take your pick http://tropicalglen.com/indexMatrix.html
I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s, loving and dancing to everything from the Peppermint Twist to MoTown. And I still love dancing to it all. Yet these days, living my retirement years in the Blue Ridge Mountains, I have discovered and truely love mountain music. It has it’s roots in the music of the people who came to settle here years ago, and unlike the canned country music you hear on the radio, it makes me happy and helps me to forget for a while the chaos our world has become. A sampling.......
https://youtu.be/n5usI4hmSGw Bela Fleck. “When Joy Kills Sorrow”
https://youtu.be/FVIaiADsyYo. Carolina Chocolate Drops. “Country Girl”
https://youtu.be/RBN12Aki39Q. Balsam Range. “I Hear the Mountains”
https://youtu.be/TVB9PfzAQAk. Bing Futch on the Mountain Dulcimer. I learned to play the Mountain Dulcimer (arthritis has made it too difficult to play my guitar) and Bing was my first teacher.
The 1950s were incredibly innovative and creative musically, apart from the sappy ballad pop music then. ‘Bluegrass’ is actually modern, innovative and complex, the same characteristics as bebop and cool jazz that developed at around the same time.
Very nice.
Thanks for that I’ll have to give a listen, fortunately I can listen at home. I also like Cousin Brucie on Wednesdays, fond memories of growing up in New Jersey on Musicradio 77 WABC. He had something like a 25% share in his heyday during Beatlemania, unheard of today.
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