It’s mid-winter here in July of 2023, let’s find some warmth in the pop charts of May, 1962… Songs of the month [new] “Caterina” – Perry Como “Cinderella” – Jack Ross [new] “Conscience” – James Darren “Dear One” – Larry Finnegan [new] “Don’t Play That Song” – Ben E. King “Everybody Loves Me But You” […]
It’s April, 1962 and for the first time it’s occurred to me to see if I could find any evidence of April Fool’s being made that year. And yes indeed, in Sweden the local TV station tricked people into thinking they could make their B&W TV into a Colour one, “Sweden’s Sveriges Television, which trotted […]
It’s March, 1962 in our journey, which is 58 years and 5 months before Sadie is born and 14 years and 11 months before Thomas is. Let’s do a twist in time and get our ears back there! Songs of the month “A Little Bitty Tear” – Burl Ives “Baby It’s You” – Shirelles [new] […]
We’re travelling back to February, 1962 which is 58 years and 6 months before Sadie is born and 15 years before Thomas is. We missed sending out January, 1962‘s newsletter so go listen to that first if you’re completist! Songs of the month “A Little Bitty Tear” – Burl Ives “Baby It’s You” – Shirelles […]
We missed sending this newsletter due to a busy week/end so let’s dive straight into the sounds of January, 1962 for those who are catching up… Songs of the month [new] “A Little Bitty Tear” – Burl Ives [new] “Baby It’s You” – Shirelles [new] “Baby’s First Christmas” – Connie Francis [new] “Break It To […]
A day late with the post this week – which is fitting as we were a day late making our way back from Europe to New Zealand this week after a lovely spot of Spring up north for a wedding. Cold back here in New Zealand, but not quite northern hemisphere winter cold, which would […]