THE WINTER OF 1965

WINTER 1965

While reviewing the list of songs that we cover for today’s show, I’m struck by the diversity of material that was popular back in 1965. There is literally something for everybody here, from orchestral pop music to electrified blues, from girl-group pop to civil rights anthems. I think it would be hard for a young music fan to comprehend that all of this music co-existed – not just on the same chart, but usually on the same radio station. Times have changed, and I’m sorry to say that I do not think that they changed for the better. I’m not saying that there isn’t good new music available – there is certainly plenty of that; All I’m saying is that the old days of one-stop shopping on your AM radio has vanished, and in its place are dozens of segmented, corporatized stations that determine playlists by demographics instead of diversity. It’s interesting to note that during the civil rights era, Sam Cooke would be played on the same station that played Bert Kaempfert when today, you’d have to change the station to hear Justin Timberlake and John Mayer. Today, the radio has divided us into tiny little pieces, and separates us from one another. In 1965, though, the radio brought us together. This show celebrates the diversity that radio used to represent.

Featured tracks from today’s show are;
FEATURED SINGLES
1) Red Roses for a Blue Lady – Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra
2) Yeh Yeh – Georgie Fame
3) A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
4) Stop! In the Name of Love – The Supremes
5) New York’s a Lonely Town – The Tradewinds (as a “Great Miss’)
6) Shotgun – Jr. Walker & the All Stars
7) Tired of Waiting for You – The Kinks
FEATURED ALBUM TRACKS
8) Love Minus Zero/No Limit – Bob Dylan
9) All I Really Want to Do – Bob Dylan (edited….into…)
10) All I Really Want to Do – The Byrds
11) Little Red Rooster – Sam Cooke
12) Please Let Me Wonder – The Beach Boys