Author: Thomas Scovell

It’s May, 1966

A busy week last week, so we didn’t get to writing the blog post till late, you can find April 1966 here, before tuning into the sounds of May of that year below… Songs of the month “A Groovy Kind Of Love” – Mindbenders “A Sign Of The Times” – Petula Clark [new] “Backstage” – […]

It’s April, 1966

We’re late this week so let’s rush towards the sounds of April, 1966… Songs of the month “634-5789” – Wilson Pickett “19Th Nervous Breakdown” – Rolling Stones [new] “A Groovy Kind Of Love” – Mindbenders [new] “A Sign Of The Times” – Petula Clark “Baby Scratch My Back” – Slim Harpo “Ballad Of The Green […]

It’s March, 1966

It’s a lovely sunny autumnal day in 2024 as we write this. Let’s use music to transport us back to March, 1966… Songs of the month [new] “634-5789” – Wilson Pickett [new] “19Th Nervous Breakdown” – Rolling Stones “At The Scene” – Dave Clark Five [new] “Baby Scratch My Back” – Slim Harpo “Ballad Of […]

It’s February, 1966

It’s only February, 1966 in our journey – 11 years before Thomas is born… When we get into the single digits this writer is going to start to feel very old! Let’s listen to the hits of the day, Songs of the month [new] “A Hard Day’s Night” – Ramsey Lewis Trio “A Must To […]

It’s January, 1966

It’s time to start including, relevant, potentially embarrassing anecdotes about Sadie in these updates so she has something to be mortified about when she reads them in a decade or two’s time. (Hello Sadie of the future, love you!) She’s got an excellent ear for lyrics and will often say “why did they say [xyz]” […]

It’s December, 1965

And here we are at the end of another year in our journey, December 1965! Songs of the month “A Lover’s Concerto” – Toys “A Taste Of Honey” – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass [new] “A Time To Love A Time To Cry” – Lou Johnson “Ain’t That Peculiar” – Marvin Gaye [new] “All […]