Most R&R at the time did little for me. The trouble with top 40 radio was that for every song I enjoyed, there were a dozen or so that I couldn't care less about. That all changed for me a couple of years later as top 40 gave way to the progressive rock era, largely on FM, but in '65 I was on a different path than most of my peers.
What a long strange trip its been, and I'm glad I didn't miss it!
I had a Philco am in this huge cabinet. Dated from probably the 40s. I also had my uncle’s old Hallicrafter short wave receiver. Like I originally said, this was the beginning of the best 10 years of music ever. That next ten years encompasses that period you speak of. Disco killed it and it never really came back. Country music went belly up at about the same time.
I’m glad we were radio rather than internet kids.