“Help Me Rhonda, like most of the Beach Boys songs was written by Brian Wilson. The first version of the song was titled “Help Me Ronda,” just a little different spelling. By 1964, the stress of constant touring and being … Continue reading →
“Ticket to Ride” was lucky number eight for the Beatles. Their eighth number one in the United States. As for so many others, John Lennon wrote “Ticket to Ride.” He wrote it just before the group left England to travel … Continue reading →
Now we get to one of my favorite songs of the Sixties. In fact, I like everything Herman’s Hermits did. Sometime around 2005, my wife and I went a local concert venue and saw Peter Noone perform. Peter was the … Continue reading →
Wayne Fontana was born Glyn Ellis in Manchester, England in 1945. He held many jobs after leaving school, but music was always in the back of his mind and in his future. He took the name Wayne Fontana from Elvis … Continue reading →
As the British kept invading America, more and more groups and individuals were heard on this side of the pond. We know that the Beatles started the whole thing and then came Peter and Gordon and Gerry and the Pacemakers … Continue reading →
The reign of the Supremes continued as they had their fourth number one in a row. No other group had ever done that before, not even the Beatles. (The Beatles would do just that a few months later in 1965.) … Continue reading →
“Eight Days a Week” is the seventh number one for the Beatles in just a little over a year. It was written by the usual team of Lennon and McCartney. Surprisingly, it is the first song by the Beatles to … Continue reading →
You would need a road map or a flow chart to keep up with all the changes that occurred over the years to the group, The Temptations. The five guys who were called The Temptations at the time “My Girl” … Continue reading →
On July 31, 1946, the great comedian Jerry Lewis and his wife gave birth to their first son, whom they named Gary. When Gary was fourteen years old, his father gave him a set of drums which he quickly learned … Continue reading →
Have you heard of the “Wall of Sound.” It was a recording technique that was made famous by Phil Spector in the early Sixties which he used for most of the recordings he produced. Most music critics agree that “You’ve … Continue reading →