These Songs Were on the Top of the Charts when I graduated from Hgh School

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHTUKcniD2U
Published: Aug 31, 2020
Author: Horse
Post Date: 2020-08-31 22:24:33 by Horse
Views: 423

1 Sugar Shack - - The Fireballs

2 Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys

3 The End of the World - Skeeter Davis

4 Rhythm of the Rain - The Cascades

5 He's So Fine - The Chiffons

6 Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton

7 Hey Paula - Paul & Paula

8 Fingertips - Little Stevie Wonder

9 Washington Square - The Village Stompers

10 It's All Right - The Impressions

11 Can't Get Used to Losing You - Andy Williams

12 My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels

13 Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakamoto

14 She's a Fool - Lesley Gore

15 So Much in Love - The Tymes

16 Puff, the Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul and Mary

17 Blowin' in the Wind - Peter, Paul and Mary

18 I'm Leaving It Up to You - Dale and Grace

19 Deep Purple - Nino Tempo & April Stevens

20 Wipe Out - The Surfaris

21 I Love You Because - Al Martino

22 Wild Weekend - The Rebels

23 You're the Reason I'm Living - Bobby Darin

24 Walk Like a Man - The Four Seasons

25 Mockingbird - Inez and Charlie Foxx

26 I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March

27 Pipeline - The Chantays

28 Surf City - Jan and Dean

29 It's My Party - Lesley Gore

30 Blame It on the Bossa Nova - Eydie Gorme

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#1: Lod    To: Horse (#0)

Great music and great memories, I was a sophomore and the Beatles (and the British invasion) were a year away from redoing our musical landscape,

Lod posted on 2020-08-31 22:54:35   Reply   Private Reply

#2: StraitGate    To: Lod (#1)

redoing our musical landscape

Redoing?

I would have said raze, ruin, and wreck. Or maybe savage, sully, and spoil. Or devastate, desecrate, and demolish. Or muck, mutilate, and maraud. Or...

I'm not a fan. Could you tell?

StraitGate posted on 2020-08-31 23:23:26   Reply   Private Reply

#3: NeoconsNailed    To: Horse (#0)

I've always hated Andy Williams, but I'd give anything to have him, PP&M et al back on the charts instead of the subhumans that fill it now. The days when 3 voices, 2 acoustic guitars and one acoustic bass could get you into the top 10!

What I wrote a contemporary subhuman rocker that started up an anti- smoking campaign -- saw his youtube ad:

To: Brent Walsh
Re: "Unforgivable"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N1JklTA6xo&feature=youtu.be

Sounds like a great project, but as a rock musician you're sure to be professionally contributing to a deadly if mostly overlooked mass addiction: extreme volume levels. I googled for some of your lyrics -- they're miserable, obscure and rhymeless. Searched your album 'I the Mighty' in Youtube, and the first song video I tried was so repulsive in every possible way I couldn't even take a minute of it, and I'm a lifelong rock fan.

Best of luck with your crusade. But you, Sir, are doing with ROT MUSIC what Big Tobacco is doing with smoke -- feeding millions of people's depraved addiction to ANTI-CULTURE.

NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-09-01 01:50:00   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Lod    To: NeoconsNailed, StraitGate, Horse, 4m (#3)

I had to quit rock in the early seventies for country music, and with Pandora, I now create my own playlist of the songs and the artists that I enjoy.

Lod posted on 2020-09-01 09:05:40   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Lod    To: Horse, 4m (#4)

Lod posted on 2020-09-01 09:21:49   Reply   Private Reply

#6: NeoconsNailed    To: Lod (#4)

Early 70s, huh? What were the last acts you liked back then, what's in your playlists?

Pandora is wonderful. I'm trying to kick meself into creating a Live365 station of the good old sane pops, but to my shock you have to provide all the tracks yourself and prep each as needed. I always figured they'd make like the most popular 250 albums in each genre available for you to work from -- but no deal.

NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-09-01 09:27:36   Reply   Private Reply

#7: noone222    To: Lod (#1)

Great music and great memories, I was a sophomore and the Beatles (and the British invasion) were a year away from redoing our musical landscape,

It sure got a lot more complex and "better" ! My opinion !!!!

noone222 posted on 2020-09-01 09:31:05   Reply   Private Reply

#8: Bill D Berger    To: Horse (#0)

Great list, I was 12 when these songs were on the radio and have heard all of them. No Elvis hits in '63? That surprises me.

There's a high school near here with a low-power FM station that plays songs from 1955-1967 or so. Real deep playlist, no commercials, 24/7.

You can listen online.

WNLB 97.7 FM Blue Devil Radio

Bill D Berger posted on 2020-09-01 16:28:42   Reply   Private Reply

#9: StraitGate    To: Lod (#4)

If it ain't country, it ain't music. But sadly, there ain't been much real country produced in the last 35 years or so. And what little bit of good country music that is made today ain't gonna get played on the radio.

I've probably listened to the radio an average of 10 minutes/year for the last 30 years. My ears and my brain can't take it.

StraitGate posted on 2020-09-01 16:48:40   Reply   Private Reply

#10: Horse    To: Bill D Berger (#8)

What is the broadcast range of that low power FM radio station?

Horse posted on 2020-09-02 08:32:06   Reply   Private Reply

#11: Lod    To: Bill D Berger (#8)

Thanks so much for the linkage ~ transporting me back in time, so far, everyone from Little Richard to Joan Baez!

Lod posted on 2020-09-02 11:48:02   Reply   Private Reply

#12: Bill D Berger    To: Horse (#10)

What is the broadcast range of that low power FM radio station?

10 miles or so...

Bill D Berger posted on 2020-09-02 19:04:30   Reply   Private Reply

#13: Lod    To: Bill D Berger, Horse, 4m (#12)

The higher the broadcast signal tower, the further the reach.

Lod posted on 2020-09-02 19:14:39   Reply   Private Reply

#14: FormerLurker    To: Horse (#0)

When I graduated high school I was listening to Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Bad Company, Robin Trowler, The Doors, The Who, Alice Cooper, Jimi Hendrix, etc..

FormerLurker posted on 2020-09-02 19:23:29   Reply   Private Reply

#15: BTP Holdings    To: FormerLurker (#14)

The Who

We worked The Who in Chicago 5 or 6 times back in the 80s and 90s. It was usually a mellow crowd. After every show they had a free autograph session. Anyone that wanted an autograph could get one.

I told that story to them by email on the AXS channel. They sent me a message back, "Thanks for sharing that with us." ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2020-09-02 19:33:25   Reply   Private Reply