The Wonder Years

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1960

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John Barry  Hit And Miss   buy on itunes
Duane Eddy  Shazam  buy on itunes
Connie Francis  Robot Man  buy on itunes
Bobby Rydell  Wild One  buy on itunes
Elvis Presley  Stuck On You  buy on itunes
Bobby Darin  Beyond The Sea  buy on itunes
Etta Jones  Yes Sir, That's My Baby  buy on itunes
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates  Shakin' All Over  buy on itunes
Gary "U.S" Bonds  New Orleans  buy on itunes
The Four Preps  Down By The Station ( Early In The Morning )  buy on itunes
Sam Cooke  What A Wonderful World  buy on itunes
The Ventures  Walk Don't Run  buy on itunes
John Coltrane  Giant Steps  buy on itunes
Hollywood Argyles  Alley-Oop  buy on itunes
Little Anthony & The Imperials  Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop  buy on itunes
Jackie Wilson  Night  buy on itunes
James Brown  Think  buy on itunes
Barret Strong  Money ( That's What I Want )  buy on itunes
Ray Peterson  Tell Laura I Love Her  buy on itunes
Iain Gregory  Time Will Tell  buy on itunes
The Fendermen  Mule Skinner Blues  buy on itunes
The Shadows  Apache  buy on itunes
Cal Tjader  Key Largo  buy on itunes
Fats Domino  Walking To New Orleans  buy on itunes
The Everly Brothers  Cathy's Clown  buy on itunes
Art Pepper  Come Rain Or Come Shine  buy on itunes
Johnny & The Hurricaines  Rocking Goose  buy on itunes

Comment:

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is the top grossing film,
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is published,
The Beatles make their debut in Hamburg, Germany,
The Flintstones make their television debut.

John F. Kennedy defeats Vice President Richard Nixon in the presidential race,
Cassius Clay (who later took the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.

We said hello to Michael Stipe, Ayrton Senna, Bono, Steve Vai, Mick Hucknall & Sean Penn.
We waved goodbye to Eddie Cochran, Clark Gable, Johnny Horton & A.P Carter.

And the music? Well, we were Shakin' All Over.
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p the swede
Date: 11/6/2006
thoought it was a weak year but found a lot of fne stuff here
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Mark Petruccelli
Date: 11/6/2006
Great Ventures, Coltrane, Fats, Everly Bros and Pepper tracks.
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Rob Conroy
Date: 11/6/2006
Very cool.
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hemizen
Date: 11/6/2006
4,6,11,12,13,18,22,24 & 26 are big favs.
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Slack-a-gogo
Date: 11/6/2006
Man, there were some killer songs that year. And I thunk of this as a sort of wussy year for music, but many of these songs have an edge. Nice.
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Salman1
Date: 11/6/2006
Incredible work.
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anthony lombardi
Date: 11/6/2006
classic stuff here, all abound...
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lo-fi jr.
Date: 11/6/2006
Another good one to make me reconsider how things were before they were fab.
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Mixxer
Date: 11/6/2006
I'm with lo-fi, slack, and p. It is kind of perceived as a slow time, before Beach Boys, Motown, and what we Yanks call the British Invasion added a dose of energy. But in fact there was plenty of cool stuff, as you Wonder guys have uncovered.
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musicgnome
Date: 11/6/2006
Maybe my fave of this series! (which is quite the accomplishment)
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joey de vivre
Date: 11/6/2006
It wasn't "the 60's" yet, but it sounds like they had that 50's thing working pretty good by then -
thanks for the gift of download!
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groove366
Date: 11/7/2006
Very nicely done.
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valis
Date: 11/7/2006
I have a particular affinity for this year. Great job TWY!
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tornadoZ
Date: 11/7/2006
the opening two set things off just right. other favorites include Etta Jones, Ray Peterson, Iain Gregory and the Cal Tjader track. really a terrific set.
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Moe
Date: 11/8/2006
There was music recorded before 1963?! THis comes as quite a shock. Seriously, this is another fine installment in your wonder years series. I'm shaking all over again.
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Nomates
Date: 11/9/2006
1960 was just great. For one thing, not everybody had a phone -- well, at least here in UK land that was the case. Just imagine, you never had to endure --"...leave a message after the tone..." Imagine the possibilities... And the music, oh yes, the music. Just feast your ears on this little lot -- oh yes, 1960 was just great!
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Siobhan
Date: 11/12/2006
Wow, wonderful. I officially love the 60s - although I really like how this (for obvious reasons) retains a lot of the 50s vibe. Well done on including Bobby Darin, one of my favourite singers bar none. Love the Sam Cooke too - great job, guys!
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XYZ
Date: 12/6/2006
1960, my birth year and you've not only included my birthday #1 (The Shadows) but the truly wonderful Mule Skinner Blues as well.

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