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]” […]
Category: Monthly
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 […]
It’s October, 1964
It’s 55 years and 10 months before Sadie is born and 12 years and 4 months before Thomas is… let’s hear what October, 1964 sounds like! Songs of the month “A Hard Day’s Night” – Beatles “A Summer Song” – Chad Stuart And Jeremy Clyde [new] “Ain’t That Loving You Baby” – Elvis Presley [new] […]
It’s November, 1965
Well! This newsletter nearly didn’t make it to press… I somehow managed to deleted the “4xlife” directory on my desktop without noticing and emptied the virtual trash ‘n’ all. That folder holds all the data and code that generates the playlists and this blog post template. Luckily I had 95% of it backed up so […]
It’s October, 1965
Let’s get straight to the music and hear the sounds of October, 1965… Songs of the month [new] “A Lover’s Concerto” – The Toys [new] “A Taste Of Honey” – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass “Agent Oo Soul” – Edwin Starr [new] “Ain’t That Peculiar” – Marvin Gaye “Baby Don’t Go” – Sonny & […]
It’s September, 1965
It’s Spring of 1965 as we tune into the charts… Songs of the month “Action” – Freddy Cannon “Agent Oo Soul” – Edwin Starr “All I Really Want To Do” – Cher [new] “Baby Don’t Go” – Sonny & Cher “Baby I’m Yours” – Barbara Lewis “California Girls” – Beach Boys “Catch Us If You […]