Lisa's Nostalgia Cafe--1960s Music


Music Trends the girl group era The 1960s began with girl groups and teen idols. Most of these singers did not write their own material. The hits were arranged by talented producers like Phil Spector, Don Kirshner and Quincy Jones. They were penned by teams of songwriters, most of whom worked in New York's famous Brill Building. Phil Spector used elaborate instrumental arrangements and a special echo chamber to create his signature "wall of sound." Girl Groups Phil Spector Record Label Gallery Girl Group Chronicles folk & protest music During the early 1950s, the folk movement that made Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger famous was suppressed by the anti-communist "witch hunts" of the McCarthy era. In 1958, the folk scene was reborn, stronger than ever. This revival reached its peak in the early 1960s, when the serious, relevant music of folk singers could be heard in coffee houses throughout Greenwich Village. During the 1960s, protest songs commented on poverty, war, racism and man's inhumanity to man. The Great Folk Scare Protest Songs Sixties Folk Music last kiss A curious musical fad of the early 1960s was the teenage death song. With titles like "Last Kiss," "Tell Laura I Love Her," "Laurie, Strange Things Happen" and "The Water Was Red," these songs attest to our fascination with dying young.	-----	lounge & exotica The cocktail lounge lifestyle made exotic records popular during the 1960s. A hot new form of Brazilian jazz known as bossa nova caught on like crazy after it was introduced to American audiences at Carnegie Hall in 1962. Space Age Pop Vinyl Safari Guide To Exotic Records The World Of Exotica Bossa Nova the British Invasion In the mid 1960s, the success of the Beatles paved the way for other English bands to make the journey "across the pond." This was known as the British Invasion. The British Beat Boom Britmania Mersey Beat Merseybeat Nostalgia Sixties City Music Charts soul & Motown Berry Gordy's Motown sound established itself in the early 1960s, and soul music became popular as the decade came to a close. Soul Patrol Motown Records progressive sounds Music in the late 1960s became more experimental and introspective. Our society was growing up, and the old musical rules were breaking down. In America, this led to the freeform rock that was being played in cities like San Francisco. In England, progressive rock was coming to the forefront. Musicians were writing more of their own songs, playing nontraditional instruments like the sitar, recording with symphony orchestras, and adopting new technologies like the Mellotron and Moog synthesizer. The songs were becoming longer and more complex. In 1967, the first rock concept albums contained songs that were united by a common theme. Chronology Of San Francisco Rock Pooter's Psychedelic Shack Moog Synthesizer Prog Archives

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Info & Cool Sites Radio, dancing, online videos and general music sites		Year-By-Year Listings Yearly hit singles, music news, MIDIs and album covers


Dancing Dances like the Frug, Mashed Potato, Twist, Pony, Jerk, Swim, Bostella and Watusi allowed you to dance without ever touching your partner. Any crazy incident could wind up having a dance named after it. In 1965, the Bostella (the "all fall down" dance) was reportedly invented in Paris when French journalist Yvan Bostel slipped and fell in public. Let's Twist Again! General 60s Dances Street Swing: The Twist	-----	There were plenty of record albums available to help you learn the latest steps
Hey, Transistor Sister! When it came to AM radio, Top 40 stations were definitely where the action was! What could be better than spending the day at the beach, listening to your favorite DJ on your transistor radio? Murray The K Wolfman Jack The Real Don Steele Dick Biondi Rock Radio Scrapbook KHJ: Boss Radio Forever AM Radio Days Nostalgia WLS: The Bright Sound WLS Music Radio Surveys A Brief History Of Freeform Radio		FM Radio The first commercial FM radio station was launched in 1941, and by 1950 there were nearly 600 stations in operation. FM stereo was introduced in 1961. Although FM provided static-free reception and superior sound, AM continued to be the more popular format well into the 1970s. During FM's first 25 years, programming was generally limited to classical music and educational content. Many FM channels were owned by AM stations, and the same programming was often played on both sides. In 1965, the FCC ruled that any stations playing the same programming on their AM and FM frequencies must devote at least 12 hours per day to original programming on the FM side. The new regulation went into effect in 1967. Some FM stations kept their classical and "beautiful music" formats. Others gave their DJs the freedom to play whatever they wanted, and they chose to fill this time with jazz recordings and long, experimental album cuts. This was the origin of the progressive album-oriented rock stations that would become popular in the early 1970s.


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Performance Clips Music Videos The first music performance clips could be found as early as the 1940s, when musicians made short films for use in Panoram Soundies. These "video jukeboxes" were installed in many taverns of the era. In 1960, the video jukebox made a comeback when the Scopitone was introduced in France. Unlike the Panoram, which offered one black & white clip at a time, the Scopitone had 36 color clips to choose from. Scopitones came to America in 1964, but they never really caught on, and by 1969 they were old news. In the 1960s, television was a powerful medium for promoting new music. When bands released new albums or singles, they made the rounds of shows like Hullabaloo, Top Of The Pops and The Mike Douglas Show. If they couldn't appear on a particular show in person, a promotional clip was often shown in their place. Early clips were simple performance pieces. The musicians were placed on a nicely-decorated set, where they pretended to sing and play their instruments. Gradually, the clips became more creative, especially in the late 1960s when psychedelic "blue screen" effects were added. The 1965 clip for Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" is widely considered to be the first modern music video. Unlike other clips of the era, it is not a staged performance piece.	-----	The Scopitone Scopitone Archive My YouTube Playlist 1960s Music Clips


general music sites Ready Steady Go! 60s Pop Reviews All But Forgotten Oldies Cash Box Top 100 Of The 60s The Grammy Awards Year-By-Year Oldies Music behind the music Whipped Cream & Other Delights Days Of Future Passed Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Blowin' In The Wind The Monster Mash Alice's Restaurant Classical Gas Runaway The Monkees Music Vault Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison online audio Designer Lady Bobbi's Music Box Take A Musical Trip To The 60s Monkees Sound Files: Singles & Rarities	music news Paul Is Dead Life & Death At Altamont images & stuff Robert Altman Classic Rock Photography Fincharie's 60s Rock Collectibles Visit my Recording Artists page for 1960s band links! the music biz Phil Spector Don Kirshner Carole King Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil The Brill Building Berry Gordy Neil Sedaka Holland, Dozier, Holland Quincy Jones Burt Bacharach