Sunday morning dose of Soul Train

An early one featuring Isaac Hayes' hit Theme from Shaft. Don't you just love watching people do voice-overs? Here's Hayes as Chef.

The Wrecking Crew

If you enjoy rock and roll history, especially 1960s music, you'll love this film. Just as the Funk Brothers were the backbone of Motown, The Wrecking Crew were the studio musicians behind many hit records coming out of 60s LA. It's a blast to watch. Check it out.

latest in dancing from 1962

No thanks. You go ahead and have fun. I'll just watch.

need a new hairdo?

Let's twist while we wait to get our twist haircuts from Sergio.

Want to alter your personality? Get a new do and wiglet to match.

From beatnik to beauty. All it takes is a bouffant, baby.

spring break

Vibrant footage of spring break in Fort Lauderdale from 1960.

spring has sprung

Finally, spring is here. I was getting tired of waiting.

Happy Easter

I used to totally rock out to my sister's Jesus Christ Superstar album while in high school and college. Jesus is just alright with me.

Sunday morning dose of go-go-ness

In Spanish. In English. In Spanish. In English. De nada.

What is Swing?

Travel through the 20th century and learn about swing music.

words of wisdom

Thank you, Peter Fonda. I couldn't have said it better my friend.

Don Gibson

Oh Lonesome Me with June Carter Cash. With the Jordanaires.

The sound of scratchy vinyl

A 1967 Rock-Ola Princess Deluxe jukebox has come back to life.

Sunday morning dose of pop culture

I love when rock and roll trends make their way onto tv shows. Opie joins a garage band named The Sound Committee and learns the latest lingo since he now has an image to uphold. The Standells are the house band at the club in this Ben Casey episode, circa 1965. Here's Annette Funicello as a bad-girl go-go dancer, circa 1964. Hilarious.

Lesley Gore

What would 1963 be without It's My Party? Quincy Jones' protégé Lesley Gore had a slew of hits and appeared in some of cinema's finest, as well as tv's Batman. Here she is on Shindig!

Honey on drums

snowbound in Boston

I may as well clean my pad. I think Mr. Clean was a lifelong bachelor. Here's a creepy, real-life Mr. Clean from 1964.

What is a Scopitone?

Click here to find out. You'll be glad you did. You're welcome.

Super Bowl Sunday dose of pop culture

Here's a cool clip of teenagers in the 1950s and 60s.

My parents, above, were teenagers in the 1940s. They both graduated from high school in 1945. In the 1940s, most girls wore their hair parted on the side. My mom, however, preferred her hair parted in the middle like Hedy Lamarr. Underneath my mom's photo in her yearbook it reads Pretty as a picture and nice to know. She became a nurse. My dad was voted Most Athletic, Noisiest and Teacher's Pest.

In the photo above, he poses before a game sans face guard.

This is Hedy Lamarr. My mom copied her hairstyle as a teenager.
Check out THIS about Lamarr. Right on Hedy.

Typical teenagers during the 1940s. Swing was the thing. When my mom was a senior in high school, she was allowed to skip school to see a matinee performance by Frank Sinatra in Boston.

Above are common hairstyles from the 1940s. Va va va voom!

Blizzard of 2015 snow day

What to do when you're stuck inside due to a blizzard? Have the band over and go-go dance, damn it! Go baby, gooooooooooooooo!

time for a go-go lesson...

...from Denise Drysdale, Australia's premiere go-go dancer.

Sunday morning dose of The Beatles

This is a tv broadcast from 1963 just before The Beatles arrived in the United States. I love how they play the music for the closing credits.

1963 threads

Here's a film about what Montgomery Ward was offering for 1963.

rock stars with their parents

Check out this 1971 Life Magazine exposé about rock stars at home with their parents. Rock those boots Elton John's mom!

Catch a revue tonight...

...and if you're under 12, you get to see James Brown for 99¢. 😃

Are you a modernist?

Cathy McGowan, known as the Queen of the Mods and host of Ready Steady Go!, appears on To Tell The Truth and answers questions about being a mod from a 1964 broadcast.

Play Your Hunch

Jerry Leiber and Burt Bacharach on the game show in 1958.

let's go-go

I've always been fascinated with rock and roll history, popular culture, and how people dressed, groomed themselves and danced during different eras. The fad dances of the 60s crack me up the most. Seems like people really needed to let go. Yeah baby, yeah!

Record shops had listening booths to preview the latest hits.

Head down to the discotheque and Watusi the night away.

Friday morning dose of 1965

Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames on Ready Steady Go!

haircuts

One man's story of his relationship with the barbershop.

Happy New Year!

Don't let your party get too out of control. Whooooooooaaaaahhh!

Santa's been naughty

Christmas music

My family had three Christmas albums (above) that were played incessantly for weeks until Christmas. The Grants Department Store Christmas album and the Andy Williams album are from 1965.

However, my favorite Christmas music is from the 1963 Phil Spector album featuring Darlene Love. Since 1986, she has performed on Letterman and this year's version was flawless. Hallelujah!

Sunday morning dose of go-go-ness

Where are you getting your go-go boots? Why Sears, of course.

From the 1965 Sears catalog. Comes with 5 records. I'm sold!

Friday night dose of Aretha

Aretha and her girls delight in Stockholm, Sweden from 1968.

Sweet Soul Music

Legendary artists from Stax Records in Memphis perform during a Stax Volt Revue in Norway from 1967. Whooooooooohooooooooooo!