mambo baby, mambo!

This is a good song to play on the kazoo. But this one is better!

Sunday afternoon dose of 1965

The Shangri-Las give him a great big kiss on Shivaree.

who was your first concert?

Mine was The B-52's in 1982 at the Ocean State Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island. The B-52's gave me hope as a teenager that there were other normal people out there. Whoooooooooooohooooooo!

confessions of a disco child

Supposedly, the music that you listened to when you were 13 is music you always have a fondness for throughout your life. I turned 13 in 1978 when disco was still huge. The songs from Saturday Night Fever were played on the radio A LOT. My junior high Saturday Night Fever-themed dance was cancelled due to the blizzard of '78. My sister Janet and I never missed Dance Fever. This scene epitomizes that era to me. What music did you listen to when you were 13? Boogie on!

Juke Box Jury, 1960

How bizarro was this show? Cool jukebox though.

July 4th dose of summer

1964 Beatles interview

Here's a Scottish interview from 1964 if you're so inclined.

Sunday morning dose of 1965

Mothers hide your daughters. The Stones on The Ed Sullivan Show.

The Doors

The Doors actually lip-synched on American Bandstand in 1967.

cha cha cha

Kids doing the Cha-Cha on American Bandstand from 1957.

The Animals

I love blue-eyed soul. More. More. More. More. More.

beatniks

Check out some 1958 beatniks groovin' to the flute on Peter Gunn.

Sunday morning dose of 1966

If you're as fascinated as I am with hairdos, you'll dig this.

Happy Memorial Day!

When was the last time you danced in a bar in your bikini?

Saturday night dose of Tom Jones

Ole swivel hips doing his thang from 1965. Go man go!

The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons were named after a bowling alley in New Jersey.

Friday morning dose of Shindig!

James Brown's Boston Garden concert

Here's the entire 1968 concert shortly after Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death. It was broadcast live on PBS to prevent riots in the city.

Easter morning dose of 1966

Norma Tanega sings her groovy hit Walkin' My Cat Named Dog.

Janis Ian's Society's Child

Society's Child was a hauntingly beautiful and poignant song about the taboo subject of interracial relationships. Janis Ian hit the charts with this song as a 16-year-old in 1967. Many radio stations banned it. Ugh.

Saturday morning dose of go-go-ness

The Castaways perform Liar, Liar circa 1965. Go cats go!

Trini Lopez

Love the exuberant audience and groovin' bassist. Watusi!

Friday morning dose of 1969

Sir Douglas Quintet

Get the party started on Playboy After Dark. On Hullabaloo.

Sunday morning dose of Motown

The Supremes sing Nothing But Heartaches on Hullabaloo.

drums and guitars

The Ventures perform Wipeout live. My arms hurt.

if you love The Beatles...

you'll really dig this live, 1963 performance on Swedish tv.

Aretha Franklin on Merv Griffin

Spectacular performance by Aretha and her fab back-up singers!

Johnny and June

one pill makes you larger

The Jefferson Airplane appear on American Bandstand at the onset of 1967's "Summer of Love" in San Francisco, California.

20 Feet From Stardom

Nice to see this film win best documentary at the Oscars last night. Darlene Love belted out her thanks in song. Right on!

Early Dusty Springfield

The folk group The Springfields sing Island of Dreams, circa 1962. Dusty sings In the Middle of Nowhere with great backup singing.

Sex Machine

If you dig James Brown, this is a must-see from 1971.

Blackpool Night Out tv show

The Beatles perform 6 songs in a row live on the British tv program Blackpool Night Out, to a rather polite audience in 1965.

Saturday afternoon dose of Soul Train

Check out Michael doing The Robot! Whooooooaaaaaaahhhh!

Phil Spector on Merv Griffin

Weird, creepy and awkward visit by Phil Spector from 1965.

Ready Steady Go

Still riding that "50 years ago" thang with Ready Steady Go.

James Brown on The Ed Sullivan Show

James sings Papa's Got a Brand New Bag and I Got You.

The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show

It was fifty years ago this weekend that The Beatles performed on The Ed Sullivan Show and started the British Invasion, changing rock and roll and inspiring countless bands and musicians. Here's a news clip of Walter Cronkite reminiscing about that memorable night of television and rock and roll history.

Friday morning dose of 1964

Here are the Dave Clark Five on Top of the Pops.

Bossa Nova Baby

This is from 1963's Fun In Acapulco starring Elvis. Groovy organ.

G-L-O-R-I-A

Don't watch this if you are prone to seizures. Heehaw.

Thursday afternoon dose of 1964

Here are The Supremes performing on Shindig! fifty years ago.

Friday afternoon dose of 1965

Comes complete with a swingin' neck brace. It's a what?!

Beatles press conference, 1964

Funny, chaotic, weird, irritating, disorganized and extremely smoky.

let it snow

James Brown sings I Got You in 1965's Ski Party. More AIP.

Happy Holidaze!

Just stay calm, focus and listen. Merry Christmas!

Night Train tv show

Night Train was an all-black rhythm and blues, vocal group harmony and soul music tv show out of Nashville. It ran from 1964-67. Tremendous performances and great backup singing! Check out Jimi Hendrix playing guitar in the opening act. Be good to ya neybaaah!

All hail the Queen of Soul

Aretha performs Rock Steady live on Soul Train from 1973.

Sunday afternoon dose of the 70s

Bring back the disco floor! Check out the same song on Soul Train.

Saturday morning dose of Tom Jones

Let me hear ya say yeah!

Dusty and Marvin sing Can I Get a Witness circa 1965.

1965 radio broadcast

Here's an original broadcast including commercials, station jingles
and pop music by WMCA in New York City from February, 1965.

Part one


Part two

Happy Halloween dawg!

Check out Disc-o-teen's 1967 Halloween show from New Jersey.

Motown on Teen Town

If you love the Motown sound, you'll dig this 1965 episode.

Sunday afternoon dose of go-go-ness

Paul Revere and the Raiders on Hullabaloo from 1965.

creepy clowns

If you hate clowns as much as I do, this should give you the krinkles!

Volare

Bobby Rydell sings Volare from 1960 on The Perry Como Show.

The Art Laboe Show

Teenagers jitterbugging to Rockin' Robin from 1958.

The Jack Spector Show

Here are some clips from The Jack Spector Show out of Providence, Rhode Island circa 1960-61. If you like this era, check out this.

Saturday morning dose of 1963

A little peek at American Bandstand while it was still in Philly.

Triumph the insult comic dog

Let out your inner insult comic dog next time you get a wiener.

Saturday morning dose of the 70s

Cat Stevens sings Oh Very Young live from 1976.

Ireland

If you like the color green, this place is for you. I visited the motherland recently and Cher doll with cropped hair insisted on joining me. Even though she never changed out of her half breed pleather dress, we had a ball. But man oh man, was she ever a camera hog.