twang time

The Everly Brothers perform in 1961 with The Crickets.

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

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. I never missed Dance Fever – to giggle of course. This scene epitomizes that era for me. What music did you listen to when you were 13?

Juke Box Jury

How bizarro was this show from 1960? Cool jukebox though.

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 Top of the Pops.

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 Four Seasons

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

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 is 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.

Janis won a Grammy for At Seventeen in 1976 for her tearjerker of a song about teenage pain. Wasn't high school a blast?

Saturday morning dose of go-go-ness

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

Trini Lopez

I love the exuberant audience and groovin' bassist. Watusi!

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...

...then you'll 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. See it here.

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.

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.

The perfect gift...

...for the naughty kid. Comes complete with a swingin' neck brace.

let it snow

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

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.

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

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 on local tv from 1958

Triumph the insult comic dog

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

Sunday morning dose of 1965

If you don't know how to do it, I'll show ya how to walk the dog.

totally gnarly 80s flashback

Here's a rate-a-record segment circa 1984 complete with scaredos and cheesebag commercials. I give it a 20. Whoooooooaaaaahhhhh!

driving around in the 50s

Check out the cool cars cruising around L.A. on a smoggy day.

attention all white kids...

Line dancing on American Bandstand during Beatlemania.

rate-a-record

The rate-a-record segment on American Bandstand circa 1964

Saturday morning dose of the 70s

Get out your lace-up hotpants and shake it some more, more, more.

Quando, Quando, Quando

Let's travel back to bizarre 1969 shall we? Just tell me quando.

The Hammond organ

A swell documentary for all you groovy cats and chicks.

Sunday morning dose of go-go-ness

The Move perform on French tv from 1967 complete with go-go girls.

Buddy Rich

Buddy Rich plays in a beatnik club with an alien Jerry Lewis.

Tico Tico

Grab some bongos and help out Ethel. This one is a must-see. Check out Carmen Miranda doing the same number.

The Temptations

Not one, not two, but three by the temptin' Temps. Woohooo!

Saturday morning dose of 1964

I'm amazed at how many of these movies were made. Oy vey.