Author: Thomas Scovell

It’s July, 1960

As we enter February, 2023 we’re already half way through 1960 in our journey through musical history. Let’s hear what it sounds like… Songs of the month “A Rockin’ Good Way” – Dinah Washington & Brook Benton “Alley-Oop” – Dante & The Evergreens “Alley-Oop” – Hollywood Argyles “Because They’re Young” – Duane Eddy “Burning Bridges” […]

It’s June, 1960

It’s the wettest weekend on record in Auckland, 2023 and our much-looked-forward-to music festival has been cancelled… so let’s spend some time enjoying the sounds of June, 1960. Songs of the month [new] “A Rockin’ Good Way” – Dinah Washington & Brook Benton [new] “Alley-Oop” – Dante & The Evergreens [new] “Alley-Oop” – Hollywood Argyles […]

It’s May, 1960

Finally a decent week of summer weather in Auckland of January, 2022 as we listen to the sounds of May, 1960… Songs of the month “Angela Jones” – Johnny Ferguson [new] “Barbara” – Temptations [new] “Burning Bridges” – Jack Scott [new] “Cathy’s Clown” – Everly Brothers [new] “Cherry Pie” – Skip & Flip “Clementine” – […]

It’s April, 1960

It’s back-to-work here in New Zealand, 2023 but we’re headed to April of 1960 to hear what it sounded like… Songs of the month [new] “Angela Jones” – Johnny Ferguson [new] “Apple Green” – June Valli [new] “Baby You’ve Got What It Takes” – Brook Benton & Dinah Washington “Baby You’ve Got What It Takes” […]

It’s March, 1960

Our second playlist for 2023, and we’re listening to the sounds of March, 1960. But before we do another brief update on 4xLife automation. As of last week I had automated the creation of the weekly list of songs and the actual Youtube playlist. But I still had to create a new blog post in […]

It’s February, 1960

Happy new year folks! We missed a week of the newsletter last week due to the holiday break and spending some time on pulling together future playlists for 4x Life. A little longer intro this time to explain… It was a happy coincidence that we had playlists prepared right through to December, 1959 that ended […]