SUMMER - FALL 1961

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Here’s the latest post from our weekly radio program, “American Hit Radio”. This week’s edition features Heidy and I discussing a few classy hits from the Summer and Fall of 1961, an interesting era in pop music, notable mostly for the diversity of sounds that were able to penetrate the pop charts back then. Compared to the sorry standards of today’s pop radio, it is truly amazing to imagine an era where these songs might have been played back to back on AM radio (this is before FM existed, folks). To encapsulate my point, here’s a list of the songs featured in this program;

1) Crying – Roy Orbison
2) Little Sister – Elvis Presley
3) Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles
4) Ya Ya – Lee Dorsey
5) Who Put the Bomp – Barry Mann (as a ‘Great Miss’)
6) Take Five – The Dave Brubek Quartet
7) Runaround Sue – Dion
8) Please Mr. Postman – The Marvellettes

As usual, I try to tell a few good stories, and I certainly do my best to provoke the audience with my own unadulterated opinions. What do YOU think??
Tom Ryan