Category: Monthly

A weekend in February, 2022 in which we find ourselves stuck indoors again so a perfect time to escape back to May, 1956 to hear what it sounded like… The songs of May, 1956 “A Tear Fell” – Teresa Brewer“Blue Suede Shoes” – Carl Perkins“Blue Suede Shoes” – Elvis Presley“Can You Find It In Your […]

A weekend celebrating my birthday here in 2022, but we still found time to zip back to 1956 to hear what April of that year sounded like… The songs of April, 1956 “A Tear Fell” – Teresa Brewer“Band Of Gold” – Don Cherry“Blue Suede Shoes” – Carl Perkins“Blue Suede Shoes” – Elvis Presley*“Bo Weevil” – […]

A three day weekend here in 2021 to commemorate Waitangi Day in New Zealand. So plenty of time to enjoy the sounds of March, 1956… The songs of March, 1956 “11th Hour Melody” – Al Hibbler*“A Tear Fell” – Teresa Brewer*“Angels In The Sky” – Crew-Cuts“Are You Satisfied” – Rusty Draper“Ask Me” – Nat King […]

We’re nearly in month synchronicity as we find ourselves listening to the sounds of February, 1956 on the last day of January back here in 2022. Let’s see what it sounds like… The songs of February, 1956 “A Woman In Love” – Frankie Laine“Angels In The Sky” – Crew-Cuts“April In Paris” – Count Basie“Are You […]

Hey folks, it’s been a while! 2 whole weeks, or 2 months depending on what time scale you’re using. Quite forgot to send out the email from December, 1955 – alas these things don’t send themselves it turns out. (Apparently the hard bit is copying from the blog to substack to email you all…) Anyway, […]

And here we are only beginning 2022, whilst finishing 1955 in our musical journey through time. Let’s see what it sounds like… The songs of December, 1955 “A Woman In Love” – Four Aces*“All At Once You Love Her” – Perry Como*“Angels In The Sky” – Crew-Cuts*“Are You Satisfied” – Rusty Draper*“At My Front Door” […]