Old Man Yells at Music

First of all, it has come to my attention that I missed some of the songs I, er, missed from '80-'82.  Let's clean that up right...

I told you at the end of the last entry I might take a detour before getting to 1964, and here we are. You see, even as I've been goin...

1963, concluded. 20 - "Not Me," The Orlons The fourth of five Top 40s for this Philly quartet is this song about a troublemaker...

Early July, 1963.  The United States Postal Sevice introduces zip codes, the Catholic Church starts allowing cremations, and my Dad turned 1...

Putting a cap on 1962. 20 - "Wolverton Mountain," Claude King Louisianan King had 20 Top 40 country hits, and his only #1 on th...

So here we are in June of 1962.  During this month, Brazil  won the World Cup, the French Foreign Legion left Algeria, and what may have bee...

Getting done with '61. 20 - "Barbara Ann," The Regents The second half opens with yet more doo-wop, courtesy of four guys f...