Way Back 2024

Late-'24 Oldies Samplings: Stritch, Shirelles, Human
Beinz, Turtles, Wolves, Boys

Elaine Stritch, who was never one to pass up a good time, is featured in a Volkswagen commercial singing "Are You Having Any Fun?" while reminding us we '...ain't gonna live forever.' Shirley Owens and Beverly Lee of The Shirelles are no doubt enjoying hearing themselves on not one, but two TV commercials currently airing. McDonalds 50-cent burgers are being hyped with "Dedicated to the One I Love," which first entered the cultural realm in 1959, while ... MORE ››

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Debbie Reynolds

Movie star/singer Debbie Reynolds wasn't left off the list of the Top 100 Dot Hits of the '50s and '60s! Check out the record label's most famous recordings ... MORE ››

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SPANKY AND OUR GANG

Spanky and Our Gang

Note to future rock stars: be careful what you call yourself...you may end up having to live with a silly name for the rest of your life! The members of Elaine McFarlane's mid-'60s folk trio thought it was a clever idea to call themselves Spanky and Our Gang after characters from the classic comedy shorts of the '20s, '30s and '40s. Elaine had the same last name as cherubic Our Gang ringleader George "Spanky" McFarland...okay, not quite...and someone from her previous group thought she even resembled the famous tyke. Thus the name...pretty funny, huh? New York rockers The Rascals found themselves in a similar predicament when their manager decided the band would be called The Young Rascals...they were even hornswoggled into ... MORE ››



Vinyl Attack Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen

Midnight in Moscow
by
Kenny Ball
and his Jazzmen

In 1955, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, a Leningrad-born composer of romantic melodies and film scores, unveiled a lovely tune he called "Podmoskovnye Vechera (Leningrad Nights)." The Soviet government requested the title be changed to "Moscow Nights" (it's also known in some translations as "Moscow Evenings") and he figured it would be in his best ... MORE ››