Detroit, Michigan

Learn about the Motor City. Tons of great musical footage.

In the early 1920s, my grandfather (born 1897) and his best friend moved from Massachusetts to Detroit to work in the car factories for a few years. He then became a mechanic. Perhaps he helped assemble a car similar to this one? Right on Frank.

Documentary about Boston...

...with wonderful color footage from the 1930s and 1940s.
• The South End
• Revere Beach
• The Totem Pole Ballroom
• The Boston Braves

Saturday morning dose of Shindig!

Friday night dose of 1963

Swingin' Time tv show

A teenie peek at the Detroit-area teen dance show, circa 1966.

Milt Grant's Record Hop

A slice of the local Washington, D.C. music program from 1957.

backyard rollercoaster

This cracks me up. I love it. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

1964 American Bandstand

Here are some clips from the show after it moved to Los Angeles from Philadelphia, including complete interviews after the performances.

• Dusty Springfield     • Brenda Holloway     • Terry Stafford
• The Larks     • Sam Cooke     • Betty Everett
• Johnny Rivers     • The Standells     • Bobby Vinton

Friday afternoon dose of 1969

Bad hair on men, afros, spaced-out go-go girls in see-through clothes, muumuus, pea-soup green and white go-go boots. Enjoy the trip.

Interview with a go-go dancer

Saturday morning dose of Swingin' Time!

Besides having the best do in rock and roll, Wayne Cochran shakes a tailfeather and hitchhikes on the white-man grooviness highway!

Monday morning dose of 1966...

...with some Swingin' Time from the Detroit area. More!

no, YOU are my superstar

Don't tase me bro! Oooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwww!

Mr. Big Stuff - who do you think you are?

More like Ms. Big Stuff. What's living in that coif? Yowzaaaaaah!

Make the best of a bad situation...

...with Gladys Knight and the Pips. Here they are live.

Monday morning dose of the sax

Ride Your Pony with Lee Dorsey. Whoooooaaaaaahhhhhh!

Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers

1964 Aussie surf pop

This remake of The Coasters' song was a gigantic hit in Australia.

chicks on drums

Whooooaaahhh! Hello ladies. Karen Carpenter rocks it out!

Tell Mama by Etta James

Etta's hit from 1967, albeit lip-synched on Happening '68.

burst that bird

The Buddy Dean Show was the basis for The Corny Collins Show.

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruff!

I can't get enough of this groovy Labradoodle lion.

I ain't gonna eat out my heart anymore...

The Rascals are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Yeah!

Separated at birth

Here's a clip of Peter and Gordon singing the Paul McCartney song Woman on Hullabaloo circa 1965. Yea baby!

New Year's Day dose of 1965...

...with Sweet and Lovely by Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers.

Get it on, bang a gong, get it on

T. Rex on Top of the Pops from the cheesy year of 1971.

They call me Heat Miser...

...whatever I touch, starts to melt in my clutch. I'm too much!

Girl Groups - The Story of a Sound

Check out this 5-part documentary if you're so inclined.

get rid of words in your teeth...

Mexico A-Go-Go

Samoans, do the Humpty Hump!

I cannot stop singing this today for some reason. Help me!

Wednesday evening dose of 1966...

...with The Rattles performing in Germany. Come on and sing!

1957 American Bandstand

An entertaining glimpse of early rock and roll and early television.
Meet Carole Scaldeferri, one of the regulars from the late 1950s.

Saturday afternoon dose of 1968

Status Quo performs Pictures of Matchstick Men on TOTP. People must've cut their own hair in 1968. Don't you think? I'm mesmerized.

Suzi Chunk

Thanks to Little Steven, I'm really diggin' the sounds of Suzi Chunk and Groovy Uncle! Check 'em out! Whoooooooaaaaaaaahhh!

Election day is approaching

Don't forget to vote baby, Yea! Whooooooooooooaaaaaaaahhhhh!

Happy Halloween!

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Boo!

If I Had a Hammer

Trini Lopez gets an audience swayin' and a shoutin' in France.

early-90s flashback...

with Dee Lite. Delovely, delicious and I couldn't ask for another!

Hot Rods to Hell

Speed demons are such a nuisance sometimes. Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Saturday morning dose of Dusty Springfield

How can you not love Dusty?! Great singer and very fun to watch.

time for a haircut

Hmmmmmmm. What style should I get for my hot date tonight?

Monster Shindig, 1965

A goony recording by Danny Hutton from Hanna Barbera Records.

Friday night dose of 1965...

...The Knickerbockers from New Jersey on Hollywood A Go-Go.

It's Pony Time!

I cannot stop laughing at this. These poor kids. Waaaaaaaaaaah!

Jimi Hendrix in 1965...

...backing up Buddy and Stacy performing Shotgun on Night Train.

like, beatnik speak

Kookie twists at the Cloud Nine. Kookie has "smog in his noggin."

Give up the funk

Here's a great live version of Give Up the Funk by Parliament Funkadelic from 1976. Below is their 1967 hit (I Wanna) Testify from when they were The Parliaments. I may as well throw in Flash Light.


(I Wanna) Testify, The Parliaments, 1967

British pop music circa 1964...

...with Cilla Black and Dusty Springfield. Put on your shades and dance. Both of these performances are from Ready Steady Go!

The Rolling Stones from 1964

Tremendous footage of early Rolling Stones on The Mike Douglas Show from 1964. They'd only been together for 18 months.

Have a Pink Martini

Check out this live performance of Sympathique if you're so inclined.

Friday afternoon dose of Neil Diamond...

...from a 1971 Paris television show gettin' all deep and spiritual.

Sunday morning dose of 1965...

...with The Bobby Fuller Four singing on Shivaree.

Monday night dose of 1966

Los Bravos get chased by chicks after singing Black Is Black.

Sunday morning dose of surf music...

...with The Ventures performing Apache live from the early 60s.

more Yardbirds...

to watch and listen to. Live! You're welcome rock lovers.

The Yardbirds in 1966...

...singing Over, Under, Sideways, Down. Live: Whoooooaaahh!

American Graffiti

I haven't seen this great 1973 movie in eons. Drag racing. In the opening scene, the "nerd" Toad comes flying in on his scooter. Crashing his scooter was unintentional but was so in tune with his character they had to leave it in. A happy accident at its finest. It takes place in 1962.