1962 Music Hits: Surf Guitar, Girl Groups, Doo-Wop, Dance Crazes, Motown, Teen Pop, and Pre-Beatles Favorites1962 music sat right before the British Invasion changed American pop. Girl groups were rising fast, Motown was gaining strength, surf guitar was roaring out of California, dance records were everywhere, and doo-wop still had plenty of radio life. The […]
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Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1962?62 Trivia Questions for 1962 History(answers)1. What was the Biggest Number One Song of 1962?2. Where did the cartoon character Yogi Bear live?3. This company used the advertising line “We Try Harder” – name the company.4. Name the fictional town where the musical The Music Man occurs.5. In
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Top 25 Songs of the 1960s: Billboard Hits, Beatles Anthems, Soul Classics, Easy Listening, Teen Pop, and Pop-Culture Memory The Top 25 songs of the 1960s show a decade in transition. The early sixties still carried 1950s pop, teen idols, instrumental hits, easy listening, and dance crazes. By the end of the decade, The Beatles,
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Top Oldies Songs from 1959 to 1963: Pre-Beatles Pop, Girl Groups, Doo-Wop, Surf Rock, Soul, and Instrumentals The top oldies from 1959 to 1963 came from one of pop music’s most underrated transition eras. Rock and roll had survived its first explosion, doo-wop was still strong, girl groups were rising, teen idols were everywhere, surf
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1962 Billboard Number One Hits: Every Hot 100 Chart-TopperThe 1962 Billboard Number One Hits list captured American pop just before the British Invasion, with dance crazes, teen idols, soul, girl groups, country-pop, instrumentals, early Motown energy, and novelty records all reaching No. 1. The Tokens opened the year with The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Chubby Checker
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1962 History, Facts, and TriviaIn 1962, the world came closer to nuclear war than it has before or since. For thirteen days in October, the United States and the Soviet Union faced each other over Soviet missiles in Cuba, and the outcome depended in part on decisions made by individual people in submarines and in
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1962 Music Hits: Twist Records, Surf Rock, Girl Groups, Soul, Teen Idols, and Early ’60s Pop1962 music hits caught pop music in motion. The Twist was still going strong, surf rock was starting to rise, girl groups were moving toward their golden age, country and folk crossed into pop, and instrumental records could still become
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By John F. Kennedy President Pitzer, Mr. Vice President, Governor, Congressman Thomas, Senator Wiley, and Congressman Miller, Mr. Webb, Mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen: I appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor, and I will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted
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1962 Grammy Award WinnersWinners Announced: May 29, 1962Held at: Chicago, Los Angeles and New YorkHost: Frank SinatraEligibility Year: December 1, 1960 – November 30, 1961Music Highlights and AchievementsSinatra’s Hosting Charm: The Rat Pack’s very own Frank Sinatra took on the hosting duties, adding a layer of elegance and swagger to the ceremony.Henry Mancini’s Night: Composer
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Two true submarine stories… Once on the USS Piper back in 1962, we were operating with a group of navy SEALS. The SEALS had just been formed as a special forces group a year earlier from the navy Underwater Demolition Team or UDT. Usually the UDT teams were culled from the navy seabees or construction
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Duty, Honor, Countryby General Douglas MacArthurHis Sylvanus Thayer Award Acceptance Address on May 12, 1962General Westmoreland, General Grove, distinguished guests, and gentlemen of the Corps!As I was leaving the hotel this morning, a doorman asked me, “Where are you bound for, General?” And when I replied, “West Point,” he remarked, “Beautiful place. Have you ever
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1962 Oscars 34th Academy AwardsWinners Announced: April 9, 1962Held at: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CaliforniaHost: Bob HopeEligibility Year: 1961Cinematic Highlights and AchievementsWest Side Story Sweeps: The musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet took home 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director for Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, and Best Supporting Actress
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