On work computer I can't see youtube or even the subject you are referring to but I will say I have never been much of a fan of Bill Haley.

But I love Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and of course the fabulous Buddy Holly.

On work computer I can't see youtube or even the subject you are referring to but I will say I have never been much of a fan of Bill Haley.

But I love Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and of course the fabulous Buddy Holly.

Memories of breaking up with my first REAL girlfriend...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDmHBLvIfXc

http://www.spinner.com/2009/01/30/twisted-tales-roy-orbisons-tragic-life-and-aft...

Twisted Tales: Roy Orbison's Tragic Life (and Afterlife) of Sadness and Burnt Homes

Roy Orbison's exquisite voice was the sound of hard luck and shattered hopes. He had the sound first, on such pop-opera masterpieces as 'Crying,' 'In Dreams' and 'Only the Lonely.' The actual heartaches came later.

Like his good friend Johnny Cash, Orbison was rarely seen in anything but his trademark black, and no wonder -- he had more than enough to mourn in his abbreviated life.

His first wife, Claudette, died in a motorcycle accident in 1966. A couple of years later, two of their three sons were killed when the family home in Tennessee burned to the ground while Orbison was performing in England.

Ten years after that, his heavy touring schedule was interrupted when the singer, then barely into his 40s, suffered a serious heart attack that required open heart surgery.

In the mid-1980s, Orbison, whose biggest hits had all come more than two decades earlier, had a well-deserved career renaissance. Shortly after 'In Dreams' was featured in David Lynch's 'Blue Velvet,' HBO taped a star-studded tribute, with the bespectacled crooner backed by a band of lifelong admirers including Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and Tom Waits.

In 1988, he recorded two albums destined for huge success -- a comeback record called 'Mystery Girl' (with songs by Costello along with Bono and the Edge of U2) and a superstar side project, the Traveling Wilburys, with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, George Harrison and ELO's Jeff Lynne.

The Wilburys album came out in October, with the solo record set for release just after the new year. Orbison scarcely had time to enjoy the former, the latter not at all: On Dec. 6, he suffered a fatal heart attack at his mother's house near Nashville. He was 53.

If the songs of this one-of-a-kind Rock and Roll Hall of Famer live on, so does his torment. In April 2007, the longtime lakeside home of Johnny and June Carter Cash, on property originally owned by Orbison, went up in flames; at the time, it was being remodeled by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees.

Earlier this month, yet a third former Orbison property, this one later owned by Tammy Wynette, burned in yet another mysterious blaze. Fire officials haven't determined what caused the most recent inferno, but one thing seems certain: More than 20 years after his death, misfortune still won't leave the King of Pain alone.

This is a NORMAL MESSAGE.    I have to make 5 before I can post a Ricki Nelson YouTube.  House Rules, apparently.  

Certainly not!  I was never an Elvis fan.  I actually liked Joan Baez

This was way before there was the Greens. (Joan looked a lot better when she was young!)

Folk Music was the big thing and the alternative was Bodgies and Widgies who had greasy hair and liked Elvis.
Strangely enough, I never smoked pot, drank or had sex before marriage. I went to Uni and got my Arts Degree like a good daughter should.  

One-hit wonder??

Del Shannon??

Philistine!!!
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I was in that crowd.

The Southern Cross hotel.

I believe it, or the facade, is heritage listed.

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Yes, the Southern Cross Hotel.    I really wasn't that much into the Beatles but it was the done thing back then to go and "see" them.  I listened to classical music too and went to see shows at Her Majesties and dined in little restaurants in Collins Street, etc. Those were the days.

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What other "hits" did Del Shannon have?

Yes, the Southern Cross Hotel.    I really wasn't that much into the Beatles but it was the done thing back then to go and "see" them.  I listened to classical music too and went to see shows at Her Majesties and dined in little restaurants in Collins Street, etc. Those were the days.

Not sure if this was 50,s or early 60's, but the song is a classic and the animation is unbelievably good.

White Dove wrote on Aug 10^th, 2010 at 5:10pm:



Oh that's very sad white_dove....
It's sad that your sister died...

This is for my sister who died from cancer in 2007.

I loathe Neil Diamond!  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFLIG0iVys0

I know it is not music from the 60s. It is a little bit older then the 60s


(How do you put the Video on here I can't seem to do it)

Not really rock n roll but..



We need more songs with politically incorrect lyrics like this one.

They ARE a lot of fun Froggie, but these songs mean a lot more to me than as just sheer entertainment, particularly the Johnny Horton tracks. There is a real, enthusiastic celebration of heritage, race and ancestry inherent in this music, without a hint of the dreary 'culture of critique'-esque self-reflection, emphasis on supposed past transgressions and attempts by sneering intellectuals to deconstruct traditional Western heroes. There's little to anything in the pop culture that I grew up with (1990s, 2000s) that doesn't just make me miserable and pine for the future of my civilization, which is why I find this sort of music so refreshing.