Rock Evolution – The History of Rock & Roll - 1961 (pg 62)

[threespires]

She kissed me ocean deeply. She kissed me mountain high. What a lyric! And a twist ending to rival Lola by the Kinks

If you're German you probably know where the song will end up going based solely on it's title; for the rest of us it's something of a surprise!

 

[Kirkstall Blue]

Have we included Carole King and Boffin 1960 The Shirelles nothing heralds in the sixties more than “ will you still love me tomorrow”

 

[mrbelfry]

Have we included Carole King and Boffin 1960 The Shirelles nothing heralds in the sixties more than “ will you still love me tomorrow”

Yup it's on there

 

[Saddleworth2]

Harold Macmillan was Prime Minister and Spuds were well, not yet Spursey. The contraceptive pill was introduced and In 1960, James Brown and the Flames had a string of successful songs such as 'Think' (from the album of the same name).

Think - James Brown and the Flames.

 

[threespires]

Belfry's excellent intro has some thematic threads that it might be interesting to try and follow through, I'll have a crack when it comes to 1961.

One somewhat more prosaic omission was the world of sport (in general, not Dickie Davies et al who didn't start up to for another 5 years). So a few random facts from 1960...

Two countries that no longer exist fought out the first Euros final in Paris.

GB took home a paltry two Golds from the Rome Olympics but managed to get embroiled in controversy by seemingly fielding two intersex athletes.

It's possible Belfry chose to draw a veil over sport as it wasn't a great year for City, we managed to get beat 1 - 5 at home by Div 3(?) Southampton in the 3rd round of the FA Cup and despite some big name players managed 16th in the league.

How to get a song out of those? From the 1960 film Can Can, Lev Yashin and co probably felt this way...

I Love Paris - Frank Sinatra

 

[mrbelfry]

Belfry's excellent intro has some thematic threads that it might be interesting to try and follow through, I'll have a crack when it comes to 1961.

One somewhat more prosaic omission was the world of sport (in general, not Dickie Davies et al who didn't start up to for another 5 years). So a few random facts from 1960...

Two countries that no longer exist fought out the first Euros final in Paris.

GB took home a paltry two Golds from the Rome Olympics but managed to get embroiled in controversy by seemingly fielding two intersex athletes.

It's possible Belfry chose to draw a veil over sport as it wasn't a great year for City, we managed to get beat 1 - 5 at home by Div 3(?) Southampton in the 3rd round of the FA Cup and despite some big name players managed 16th in the league.

How to get a song out of those? From the 1960 film Can Can, Lev Yashin and co probably felt this way...

I Love Paris - Frank Sinatra

Just failures in my research than a deliberate omission. I got distracted by the Chipmunks

 

[Saddleworth2]

The 1960 Eurovision Song Contest took place on March 29th at the Royal Festival Hall. It was the fifth annual Eurovision Song Contest and featured 13 participating countries for the first time. The results were:

1st place: France, with the song "Tom Pillibi" performed by Jacqueline Boyer

2nd place: United Kingdom, with the song "Looking High, High, High" performed by Bryan Johnson

3rd place: Monaco, with the song "Ce soir-là" performed by François Deguelt

4th place: Norway, with the song "Voi-voi" performed by Nora Brockstedt

France's victory was their second, following their win in 1958. The United Kingdom placed second for the second year in a row, and Monaco earned their first top three finish.

As for other TV,
Coronation Street aired for the first time, Crackerjack and Dixon of Dock Green. Oh those were indeed the days...

 

[RobMCFC]

Belfry's excellent intro has some thematic threads that it might be interesting to try and follow through, I'll have a crack when it comes to 1961.

In amongst a plethora of novelty songs, in Sam Cooke, The Miracles and Barrett Strong, among others, I think we are seeing beginning of what will be a strong run of soul music.

 

[Blue Tooth]

'Heartache by the numbers' Charted at 5 in the UK in 1960. Guy Mitchell

Mitchell of course was better know for his song, 'Singing the Blues'

Sure I have heard that somewhere else before ;)

 

[Saddleworth2]

Just to make sure Jazz is properly represented on the playlist (it was a dominant genre in 1960).

Moanin' - Charles Mingus