Category: Monthly

It’s January, 1958

A new year is upon us in our journey through musical history. What does 1958 hold for us? Let’s find out… Songs of the month “All The Way” – Frank Sinatra“April Love” – Pat Boone“At The Hop” – Danny And The Juniors“Be-Bop Baby” – Ricky Nelson“Bony Maronie” – Larry Williams“Buzz Buzz Buzz” – Hollywood Flames“Chances […]

It’s December, 1957

It’s already the end of 1957 in our journey. That’s eight years of music in just under 2 years. Which means that Sadie’s 2nd birthday is coming up in a bit over a month. Before we get ahead of ourselves though let’s listen to the songs of December, 1957… Songs of the month “All The […]

It’s November, 1957

It’s the last week of June here in 2022 and we’re passed the shortest day of the year. We’ve also managed to skip an email again. This time because, for the first time, we didn’t get to listen to the playlist on the weekend. Sadie had too much of an active social life last weekend, […]

It’s October, 1957

It’s feeling decidedly wintery, for Auckland, here in June, 1957. Let’s escape back to the comforting cool vibes of October, 1957… The songs of October, 1957 “Be-Bop Baby” – Ricky Nelson*“Black Slacks” – Joe Bennett And The Sparkletones*“Bye Bye Love” – Everly Brothers“Chances Are” – Johnny Mathis“Deep Purple” – Billy Ward*“Diana” – Paul Anka“Fascination” – […]

It’s September, 1957

It’s September, 1957 in our trip through time…which for a minute was sounding exactly like August, 1957. An administrative glitch in my pre-prepared playlists meant I had doubled-up somehow. Annoyingly only noticed at the end of building the playlist. Anyway, enough of 2022’s problems…back in time we go! The songs of September, 1957 “And That […]

It’s August, 1957

My how time flies… at both 4x and regular speed. We find ourselves in June, 2022 and listening to the music of August, 1957. Which may beg the question for some of you, what happened to July, 1957? Well, we were there…where were you? Oops! Got busy and didn’t get time to finish the blog […]