Way Back 2025

Nancy S. and the Chordettes Brighten TV Ads, One Battle Includes Los Panchos, the Shirelles and Xmas Songs

Nancy Sinatra cuts through the TV audio clutter with her sweet '67 hit "Sugartown" in ads for Google Pixel 10's Vanilla Pro phone. Target contributes happy vibes with The Chordettes' version of the 1960 movie theme "Never on Sunday"...although the commercial omits the 'never' part of the lyrics, likely so that customers won't make themselves scarce during the second half of the ... MORE ››

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Johnny and the Hurricanes

Johnny and the Hurricanes rocked their way around America and landed at number 15 on the list of the Top 100 Instrumental Artists of the '50s and '60s ... MORE ››

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THE BOX TOPS

The Box Tops

While four Memphis high school grads with their own band were well aware of the need for a strong lead vocalist, they probably wouldn't have consciously chosen a tenth-grader from Central High School to take the lead spot. But this guy they found had a sound too compellingly peculiar to pass on; after singing in a talent contest, he'd suddenly developed a female student-fan following and his mature-for-his-age voice sounded nothing like any frontman from any hitmaking mid-1960s rock or soul group, locally or anywhere else. The Devilles, circa 1966, revered the "newly improved" Cadillac Coupe de Ville and, after some lineup shuffling, comprised guitar/keyboard player John Evans, lead guitarist Gary Talley, bassist Bill Cunningham and drummer ... MORE ››



Vinyl Attack Evie Sands

Take Me For a Little While
◊ by Evie Sands

A Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter whose career spans nearly two-thirds of a century, Evie Sands lacks that one big national hit that so many less diligent artists have had. She was persistent, ultimately embracing the grind that brought many near-misses and a handful of often regional, occasionally more widespread hit records. Depending on ... MORE ››