"In the frothy days of hit parades and top forty stations that could in the space of thirty minutes serve up pop songs from Eydie Gorme’ to Frank Sinatra, jazz from Cannonball Adderley to Ramsey Lewis, garage rock from ? Mark and the Mysterians to the Standells, soul from Aretha Franklin to Otis Redding, psychedelic rock, blues rock, folk rock and novelty hits from alpha to omega, the occasional tribute song offered a wonderful little diversion." Read more of Wayne Cresser's Meta-hits of 1967: Spotlight on the Year Pop Music Celebrated Itself in Song, here on the Mischief Time Blog ...
Love is a But a Song We Sing (a Valentine’s Day Ramble)
Once upon a time, kids, very popular recording artists could sing about love--- tribal love, love for humanity, love for joining together in song and love for each other without irony, without schmaltz, and without embarrassment. I’m time traveling now, but that’s Just Between You and Me. Here’s some tunes from the heady days of Brotherly Love, a short list of 10 of the best.
