Tina Turner

Thanks, Tina for what you brought to the world. Mission accomplished.

• I Can't Believe What You Say, 1964
• River Deep Mountain High promo, 1966
• Playboy After Dark, 1969
• Proud Mary, Ike and Tina Turner Revue, 1970
• Nutbush City Limits, Soul Train, circa 1975
• What's Love Got To Do With It, 1984


River Deep Mountain High, Ike and Tina Turner, 1966

I'm not your stepping stone

Beware of manipulators. You come first. Now where are my maracas?

 

Choir! Choir! Choir!

Are you the type of person who loves singing along to music whether you know the lyrics or not? Then you will love Choir! Choir! Choir! I was taken to their show at TCAN without knowing about them or what was about to happen. I loved it. The theme was George Harrison tunes. There's something magical about a bunch of people singing together. Check them out with David Byrne, Patti Smith and Rick Astley.

Where are you?

There you are. Put that hamburger down and join me in a little shake.
If you love 1960s soul music, you'll dig Funky 16 Corners radio.


Hide and Seek, Lillian Dupree, 1965

Outta my way!

What are you doing on Saturday? I'm Rollerskating. What else?


I Got My Mind Made Up, Instant Funk, 1978

It's a Bikini World

What are you wearing to the go-go party? My bikini, of course.

There's something about you

The Four Tops perform at the Roostertail on Where The Action Is.

yikes

Hey Bob...... I think that may be my jumpsuit that you're wearing.

Killer Queen

Here are two performances from Top of the Pops from 1974.

A Hard Day's Night

Wanna Watusi?

Watusi with Luci Baines Johnson and Steve McQueen in 1964.
Don't know how? Tune in to The Lawrence Welk Show and learn.


Watusi with Lucy, The Dovells, 1964

Saturday morning dose of Soul Train

Take a stroll down the Soul Train line and get down. Whooooah!

Zephyr winds which blow on high...

...lift me now so I can fly. On Saturday mornings, I didn't go outside until after The Shazam/Isis Hour. Words of wisdom from Isis.

Tom Jones

Tom performs on The Dusty Springfield Show in 1967. Here he sings a rendition of Joe Tex's Show Me. On the tv show Beat Room:
• Chills and Fever and What'd I Say, 1964

Saturday morning dose of 1965

For the intellectuals: James Baldwin and William F. Buckley debate.
For the rest of us: commercials and tv show openings. Yippeeee.

It's a Beautiful Morning

During a recent visit to Oahu, my host surprised me with a show featuring Felix and Gene from The Rascals. They wrote so many groovin' tunes and played and performed with so much energy.
Check out this guy talking about Felix and the Hammond.

Felix and Gene perform at The Blue Note. Click pic to make big.


Honolulu Lulu, Jan and Dean, 1963

Thank God for acrylics

Heavy Makes You Happy

Rock'n Mania Records

During my teens, I bought most of my albums from a used record store two towns away. Buying an album for only one song sucked (Blue Oyster Cult), so I would scoop up many of the "best of" albums because all the songs were good. I was often hearing really good music for the first time – like Sam & Dave. What a gas to see video like this.

This is my used Sam & Dave "best of" album. Click on it to make big.

Dance Party USA

I smile when I think of some of the clothing I wore to express myself.