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Enjoying and exploring our amazing musical legacy from the sixties onwards, with an emphasis on rock 'n' roll
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1965 Love Song Battle of the Sexes (opens the original)
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James Brown, “I feel good (I have you)”Today we have the delight of hearing those songs of temporary insanity—when people are madly in love and can’t stop gushing about how they feel to the object of their affection and to anyone else who’ll listen. The question is, who put out better love songs in 1965, the guys or the gals? You decide.Just listen to the songs below and then, if you wish, vote on what you think.You can also share which song i
1965 guys wooing someone they desire with song - the Brits vs. the Yanks (opens the original)
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Who was better at wooing someone they desired with a song in 1965? The Brits or the Yanks?By ‘wooing,’ I mean using words, charm, and pleasing sound to try to persuade that other person to become theirs. A perfect example would be the Yardbirds playing “For Your Love” as knights in shining armour and in other sexy costumes above.1 You decide. Just listen to the songs below and then, if you wish, vot
What’s in a name like, say, Gary Lewis & the Playboys? (opens the original)
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Gary Lewis & the Playboys - “Count Me In”The recipe for a music video in 1965 was simple:an isolated or cordoned-off beachsome unplugged and unmiked instruments the band members could pretend to playa picnic table-esque platform in the middle for the drums and lead singera bunch of used school desks for everyone else to stand or perch ona dozen vivacious ‘girls’ sitting in those desks doing th
Rock ’n’ roll resources not to miss: Dolly homages, Beatles parodies and process servers, Joni Mitchell deluxe, a porno hit, Wham! in China, and the new Green Day flick (opens the original)
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Dolly, we are so going to miss youOf course, the big news has been the passing of the universally beloved Dolly Parton. It just seems incomprehensible that she’s left us for the great beyond. Above is my favorite Dolly song of all time, “Jolene,” in an incredible duet with Olivia Newton-John from just three years ago. Be sure to watch until Dolly’s smile and wink at the end. Many authors here on Substack have paid homage to Dolly and her extraordinary life and impact. Here are some you may enjoy
1965 'I want you’ songs from the ladies (opens the original)
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“I See It, I Like It, I Want It” by Shirley EllisThere’s something (not) happenin’ here…It struck me looking at my spreadsheet of songs that hit the Top 10 in 1965—almost 200 songs—that the female artists were few and far between. So of course, being the data nerd that I am, I decided to do some analysis of the top-ranked songs for the entire year, what’s called the Billboard Year-End Hot 100, and see how that compared
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