[Dr. Sivana]

In the 1930's, there was a considerable difference between Barnacle Bill the Sailor (1930) and Moonlight Serenade (1939), and in the '40's, Who's Taking You Home Tonight? (1940) is about as different from Rock the Joint (1949) as Summer Place (1960) is from Dance to the Music (1968).

No shortage of Big Band music from the early 30's. I picked a random year from the early '30s (1932), and the most of top names would still be top names for the next 20 years (except Rudy Vallee, who didn't change for microphones) :
Fred Astaire & Leo Reisman
Bing Crosby
Rudy Vallee & his Connecticut Yankees
Louis Armstrong
Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers
Ted Lewis & his Orchestra
Duke Ellington
George Olsen
Guy Lombardo


I used extreme examples for the '60s, but the Beatles and Psychedelic movement was an earthquake on the music scene. Heck, there's more difference between "Love Me Do"(1962) and "The Beatles" [aka "White Album"] (1968) then there is between Barnacle Bill vs. Moonlight Serenade (one of my all time favorites).

[Phil DiBasquette]

Don’t forget, for reasons of publishing $,
mainstream acceptance and familiarity
a lot of pre rock titles were recycled as
50s/60s hits

Where Or When, You Belong To Me,
Deep Purple, Heart And Soul,
Some Enchanted Evening etc

[Mears]

Great choice,1932.......the year I was born.😀

[Fiji Hill]

Your list includes some of my favorites.

Lullaby of the Leaves--George Olsen & His Music (1932)

Home--Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees (1932)

Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day--Bing Crosby (1931)

Homemade Sunshine--Ted Lewis & His Orchestra (1930)

Creole Love Call--Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (1928)