Poptimism - Lesson Sixteen - Tom Ewing’s Popular 60s
1960: Apache - The Shadows
1961: Johnny Remember Me - John Leyton
1962: Telstar - The Tornadoes
1963: She Loves You - The Beatles
1964: It’s Over - Roy Orbison
1965: Get Off of My Cloud - Rolling Stones
1966: These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ - Nancy Sinatra
1967: Baby, Now That I’ve Found You - Foundations
1968: The Legend of Xanadu - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
1969: Israelites - Desmond Dekker
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As Popular progresses from the 60s into the 70s, here are Tom’s highlights from the 60s to celebrate.
Another themed guest spot has been lined up for you very soon. LJs very own Gracious Viv has whipped up some tracks themed around FILTH and s3chs. Cor!
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graciousviv on September 29th, 2006
My 1961 favourite is Frankie Vaughan’s ‘Tower of Strength’.
FT's Tom on September 29th, 2006
The guiding principle was one track per year, and no two tracks by the same artist (so the highest-marked track of 68, Jumpin Jack Flash, got left off)
FT's Tom on September 29th, 2006
Links now added to the entries in question!
FT's Alan on September 29th, 2006
Quick hint for Tom and all FT editors, if you use RELATIVE links (that start href=”/path/to/page”) rather than absolute links (href=”http://freaytrigger.co.uk/path/to/page”) it doesn’t add a comment to the ref’d page.