Way Back 2024

Pop Culture Blast:
Mickey and Sylvia, Bobby Freeman, Dick Dale, Charlie Feathers and Tony Bennett

"Love is Strange," Mickey and Sylvia's playful hit from '57, impresses in theatric hi-fi on the soundtrack of box office champ Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Meanwhile, the trailer for spicy historic documentary Carol Doda Topless At The Condor (also in theaters) is highlighted by Bobby Freeman's dance smash "C'mon and Swim," released in 1964, the same year Carol made headlines for ... MORE ››

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Wilson Pickett

Wilson Pickett shows up twice on the list of the Top 100 Number-Title Songs of the '50s and '60s! Check out all the digitally-obsessed musical numbers ... MORE ››

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EDDIE FISHER

Eddie Fisher

Among the most successful male singers of the 1950s, Eddie Fisher ranks very near the top. During the decade's first half (with Nat "King" Cole in the rapid process of building his solo career and Frank Sinatra striving to overcome a temporary slump), his only formidable competiton came from RCA Victor labelmate Perry Como, who'd had a head start and was showing no signs of slowing down. Eddie was born with a "golden voice"...and, some have said, little else (besides obvious teen idol looks). His musical timing, for example, was nearly nonexistent, as his rhythmically-challenged delivery frequently drifted through numbers at its own pace, a frustrating hindrance to many a fine musical accompanist. Critics weren't thrilled with what they ... MORE ››



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Maria Elena
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Los Indios Tabajaras

The indigenous tribes of Northeastern Brazil had been around hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years without most of the world knowing of their existence. Only the European explorers and merchants of about five centuries ago, particularly the Portuguese, had become familiar with the many such tribes in this expansive region of South America, sometimes... MORE ››