Weekend Music Threefer

 

We're Goin' Back again 60 years to the best year in rock and roll history, 1965, for our weekend music. In the Top 10 songs this week were #10 "Do You Believe In Magic?" by The Lovin' Spoonful, #5 "Keep On Dancing" by The Gentrys, and #1 "Yesterday" by The Beatles.

"Do You Believe In Magic?" was the debut single for the future R&R Hall of Fame band;  the John Sebastian composition was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002.

"Keep On Dancing" was the only single that reached the Top 40 for the band.  The version we're playing features amusing clips showing stars from contemporary 60's television shows dancing.  (How many can you identify?)

"Yesterday" needs no further introduction, as it's one of the most recorded songs in music history, and one of the most successful in terms of royalties paid.  Hope you enjoy!

Weekend Dancing Music

Continuing our haphazard, occasional efforts at providing a "theme" for our music posts, today we decided to focus on a very narrow, arbitrary time period (late '50's - early '60s) for popular songs that had "dance" or "dancing" in the title.  Obviously this is not a complete list, but rather one that developed from an exhaustive memory search lasting no more than 5 minutes.  Hope you enjoy (and dance).  Here are the songs and artists:

Do You Wanna Dance -- Bobby Freeman

Let's Dance -- Chris Montez

Keep On Dancing -- The Gentrys

Dance, Dance, Dance -- The Beach Boys

Save The Last Dance for Me -- The Drifters