Robert George Pickett was born in Somerville, Massachusetts in 1938. He grew up with movies. His father owned the local movie theater and little Bobby could watch all the films he wanted to. His favorite actor was Boris Karloff. As … Continue reading →
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008XKV36Y Very cool to have two songs in a row with girl’s names as their titles. I’m not sure why it is, but there are many many more songs with girls names than there are with guys names. Maybe it’s … Continue reading →
Tommy Roe was one of the Buddy Holly sound-a-likes. He grew up in Atlanta, Georgia where he was born in 1942. He went to high school with people like Joe South, Billy Joe Royal, Mac Davis and Ray Stevens. So, … Continue reading →
All of my life, I have believed that Little Eva was “discovered” while she was babysitting for Carole King and Gerry Goffin. She was vacuuming the floor and singing and they heard her and said “We’re going to make you … Continue reading →
Sometime in the mid-2000s, my wife and I went to Wendover, Nevada to see Neil Sedaka in concert. There was some sort of mix-up with the tickets and we got seated in the wrong seat. They soon discovered their error … Continue reading →
Bobby Vinton became a top selling pop star almost by accident. He really didn’t want to be a singer, he wanted to be a bandleader. Bobby was born Stanley Robert Vinton Jr. in 1935 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. This was the … Continue reading →
OK, raise your hand if you’ve ever been to a strip club. I know there are more of you who have, you just don’t want to admit it. When I was in the Air Force, back in my younger, wilder … Continue reading →
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008PIMLKG “I Can’t Stop Loving You” was Ray Charles third number one following “Georgia on My Mind” in 1960 and “Hit the Road, Jack” in 1961. It was also his last number one on the pop charts, but we all … Continue reading →
Acker Bilk did not start the British Invasion, but he could have. He was the first Brit to hit number one in America, in the rock and roll era. If you include earlier music, Vera Lynn hit number one in … Continue reading →
The Shirelles were riding high in 1962. They had had their first number one the year before in 1961 and since then had hit the chart four more times, three of them Top 10 songs. “Dedicated to the One I … Continue reading →