About Music of the Sixties: Things You Need To Know In 1960, New Orleans was the place to be apparently. Hits included Johnny Horton’s The Battle of New Orleans, Freddy Cannon’s Way Down Yonder In New Orleans, Gary US Bond’s New Orleans and Walking To New Orleans by Fats Domino scored in Billboard’s charts.… Read More
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Hippy Music Groovy Songs From The 1960s 1. Imagine – John Lennon 2. Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In – 5th Dimension 3. Blowin’ In The Wind – Bob Dylan 4. For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield 5. Across the Universe – The Beatles 6. Scarborough Fair – Simon and Garfunkle 7. The Times They… Read More
Top 100 Doo-Wop Hits About Doo-Wop Songs: The PCM Doo Wop list is based first and foremost, on the most well-known and recognized “oldies” Doo Wop songs, the songs that had the biggest influence on the genre, and songs that best represented Doo-Wop of the era. Doo Wop Song List 1. Up On The Roof… Read More
Advice Songs From The 1960s When I became of age my mother called me to her side, She said, “Son, you’re growing up now pretty soon you’ll take a bride. And then she said, “Just because you’ve become a young man now, There’s still somethings that you don’t understand now, Before you ask some girl… Read More
Top 100 Oldies 1964-ish through 1968-ish
Oldies: Pre-Beatles The post-50s-pre-Beatles brought an amazing and often under-estimated, even forgotten, selection of quality popular music. This Era of Pop Music brought us the Girl Groups, Phil Spectre and the post-do-wop sound of rock and roll. After this era, the Beatles changed music again. Oldies – 1959-1963/4
Worst Songs in Pop Music World’s Worst Pop Music Bad music and all of the worst songs are subjective, we admit. Often, the songs on this are loved by many, but hated even more by others. This section is devoted entirely to the worst songs of all time. Well, maybe not the all-time worst written… Read More
People ask, if you can’t swim, why join the navy? When I applied for the job at Charleston County Park and Recreation, I was initially hired as the mechanic because of my diesel engine training and experience in the navy. The emphasis is on “diesel”. I knew almost nothing about gasoline engines. But, because of… Read More
Tigers in Vietnam I was in Vietnam for only a year during the war and riding a river patrol boat, never saw a real tiger, but I did pick up tiger stories from some of the marine units we worked with. The NVA and Viet Cong were bad enough, but these poor jarheads also had… Read More
So much of our diesel submarine history will soon be edited down to data, numbers, and brief descriptions on Wikipedia. But the old converted World War Two fleet submarines were much more than that. Obsolete by todays standards, they were the first line of defense in the beginning of the cold war. Almost all were… Read More
The Number One Hits Of 1969: December 14, 1968 – January 31, 1969: Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through the Grapevine February 1, 1969 – February 14, 1969: Tommy James & the Shondells – Crimson and Clover February 15, 1969 – March 14, 1969: Sly and the Family Stone – Everyday People March 15,… Read More
1969 History, Trivia and Fun Facts Quick Facts from 1969: World Changing Event: Neil A. Armstrong, Command Module pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module pilot Edwin “Buzz” E. Aldrin landed in the Sea of Tranquility, on The Moon on July 20, 1969. Other World Changing Event: The Arpanet (first internet) was created. The Top Song… Read More
Popular and Notable Books From 1960: Dr. Seuss’s ABC by Dr. Seuss Advise and Consent by Allen Drury Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman The Chapman Report by Irving Wallace The Constant Image by Marcia Davenport For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss Hawaii by James A.… Read More
1969 Popular Song Chart 1. Build Me Up Buttercup – Foundations 2. Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond 3. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye – Steam 4. More Today Than Yesterday – Spiral Staircase 5. Mah-Na-Mah-Na (Mahna Mahna) – Piero Umiliani 6. Son Of A Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield 7. My Way –… Read More
My Return Home from Vietnam When I returned from Vietnam in 1969, I made three decisions. One was going to Woodstock instead of the “New York City Soul Festival”, another was getting out of the navy when my enlistment expired, and yet another was moving back to Detroit. Upon arriving in Detroit, there were other… Read More
Some phrases from the 1960s that no one uses anymore….. A Gas: A Lot of Fun Ankle Biter: A Baby or Small Child Ape: Gone Wild Bad: Awesome Bag: To Steal Ball: To party. Later meaning Intercourse Beat Feat: Leave in a hurry Blast: A great time Blitzed: Drunk Bogart: To hog something Book: Leave… Read More