All very fascinating. As a 60s gold listener on Sirius XM, I've heard a lot of the forgotten 60s acts. Most have been forgotten for a reason - I'll pass on Jerry Lewis' kid and Herman's Hermits - though I do really like Tommy Roe's "Dizzy." Good hit from the late 60s.
What's really fun too is to go back and see, in what particular year, t…
All very fascinating. As a 60s gold listener on Sirius XM, I've heard a lot of the forgotten 60s acts. Most have been forgotten for a reason - I'll pass on Jerry Lewis' kid and Herman's Hermits - though I do really like Tommy Roe's "Dizzy." Good hit from the late 60s.
What's really fun too is to go back and see, in what particular year, the best-selling singles were. Whereas "California Dreamin'" is much remembered today and wouldn't shock anyone as the top single of 1965, practically no one knows that the best-selling single of 1967 was Lulu's "To Sir With Love" and, in fact, no Beatles song seemed to crack the top 50. A lot of people we forget could, for a period, outsell the Beatles.
Herb Alpert outsold The Beatles! Some say Alpert’s “Whipped Cream and Other Delights” is the most re-sold album of all-time cause everyone is always getting rid of it lol
If you go back and watch the movie “To Sir With Love”, which was fantastically popular in fall/winter of ‘67-‘68, and listen to Lulu in that context you’ll love the song all over again.
All very fascinating. As a 60s gold listener on Sirius XM, I've heard a lot of the forgotten 60s acts. Most have been forgotten for a reason - I'll pass on Jerry Lewis' kid and Herman's Hermits - though I do really like Tommy Roe's "Dizzy." Good hit from the late 60s.
What's really fun too is to go back and see, in what particular year, the best-selling singles were. Whereas "California Dreamin'" is much remembered today and wouldn't shock anyone as the top single of 1965, practically no one knows that the best-selling single of 1967 was Lulu's "To Sir With Love" and, in fact, no Beatles song seemed to crack the top 50. A lot of people we forget could, for a period, outsell the Beatles.
Herb Alpert outsold The Beatles! Some say Alpert’s “Whipped Cream and Other Delights” is the most re-sold album of all-time cause everyone is always getting rid of it lol
Herb Alpert made so much money the UCLA School of Music is named after him
I don't recognize a lot of those 60's names. But I'm guessing I would recognize a lot of the songs if I heard them.
If you go back and watch the movie “To Sir With Love”, which was fantastically popular in fall/winter of ‘67-‘68, and listen to Lulu in that context you’ll love the song all over again.
It's a really good song! Enjoyed it on Sirius recently.