Way Back 2025

Prima and Smith, Jo Stafford
and Roberta Flack Permeate
Movies While Beatlemania
Memories Are Jogged

Currently in theaters: The Alto Knights, starring Robert De Niro in two different based-on-real-life mobster roles, features several vintage songs including two hits from the 1950s: "That Old Black Magic" by Louis Prima and Keely Smith and Jo Stafford's number one smash "You Belong to Me." Spy thriller Black Bag, starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender, gives us a treat: Gene McDaniels' ... MORE ››

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The Standells

The Standells had a wild ride that landed them three songs on the Top 100 Garage Band Hits 1963-1969! Check out the list of trailblazing '60s rock and roll ... MORE ››

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JOHNNY ACE

Johnny Ace

The legend of rhythm and blues singer Johnny Ace has persisted for well over a half century. In the early 1950s, he quickly rose to a position of extreme popularity within the R&B market. Then a freak "accident," as some have called it, occurred on December 25, 1954...and his life was over. At that time the word "legendary" began to precede his name, largely an emotional reaction from millions of fans, deejays, music critics and industry insiders and the result of a promotional push from his label to use the tragedy to sell more records. But is the term that precedes the name warranted? Perhaps it's based on his recorded output (less than 30 sides), though his personal life reveals some serious flaws that, at the very least, are at odds with his image. His father was ... MORE ››



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Let's Get Together
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Hayley Mills

Movie stardom kept Hayley Mills very busy beginning in the late 1950s. For years she shuttled back and forth between her native Great Britain and the United States, receiving positive reviews, kudos from film fans and even a few major awards. A drawback was that her education was given lower priority, which bothered her as a child and resulted in an effort to catch up, reading and ... MORE ››