Author: Thomas Scovell

It’s November, 1959

It’s nearly time for Xmas break here in 2022, and near the end of the year in our journey through musical time too. Let’s hear what it sounds like… Songs of the month “‘Til I Kissed You” – Everly Brothers“A Worried Man” – Kingston Trio“Always” – Sammy Turner*“Be My Guest” – Fats Domino*“Believe Me” – […]

It’s October, 1959

We’re almost at the end of the ’50s as we find ourselves rounding out 2022. Let’s hear what it sounded like… Songs of the month “‘Til I Kissed You” – Everly Brothers“A Worried Man” – Kingston Trio*“Baby Talk” – Jan And Dean“Broken-Hearted Melody” – Sarah Vaughan“Brook Benton” – Homer & Jethro*“Come On And Get Me” […]

It’s September, 1959

It’s nearly December here in 2022 and its starting to feel christmasy, perhaps because it seems Sadie has been learning Xmas tunes at nursery and is spontaneously bursting into song. Meanwhile, let’s hear what they were listening to in September, 1959… Songs of the month “‘Til I Kissed You” – Everly Brothers“A Big Hunk O’ […]

It’s August, 1959

A busy couple of weeks in 2022, so we missed posting about our July, 1959 listens – you can find that playlist here. A good thing Xmas is coming actually as we’ve nearly run out of pre-prepared playlists, we’ll have to spend a few days over the holiday break running the numbers to stock up […]

It’s July, 1959

We missed publishing this week’s playlist due busy lives back in 2022, so let’s just jump into it… Songs of the month “A Big Hunk O’ Love” – Elvis Presley*“A Boy Without A Girl” – Frankie Avalon“A Teenager In Love” – Dion And The Belmonts“Along Came Jones” – Coasters“Bobby Sox To Stockings” – Frankie Avalon“Bongo […]

It’s June, 1959

Ok this time it’s here to stay…maybe? It’s a lovely spring day here in Auckland in 2022, as we jump back to what looks like a warm summer of June, 1959 in the US of A to listen to the charts of the day. Songs of the month “A Boy Without A Girl” – Frankie […]