I was in 6th grade in ‘62 and all I remember was my cousins listening to Doo-Wop. Then the Beatles, the Dave Clark Five, the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks and others hit the scene and I was hooked. I never got into the Doo-Wop era. Missed it by inches.
“The Little Old Lady from Pasadena,” “Little Deuce Coop,” “Good Vibrations,” and “Help Me Rhonda” probably sent me to California (from upstate NY) more than anything else. Well, the West and good weather beckoned, too.
Some Californians who went the other direction wound up unhappy. They found that there's no surfing in New York--and no KRLA!
New York's a Lonely Town--The Trade Winds (1965)