BONUS: Peggy Lee "Is That All There Is?" I would have BOS this!
a great record, and I vividly remember hearing it on one of the NYC Top 40 stations in late '69 and thinking how odd it sounded in the middle of CCR, the Beatles, and "Sugar Sugar". I'll have to work that into the novel somehow.
Somehow it seems normal to me, but I grew up listening to that mix and more... that's how it
was in the sixties for brief time, even on the Top 40 stations. You would hear "traditional" singers
like Peggy Lee or Neil Diamond, pop, rock, motown, soul, a little psychedelia, the occasional
novelty record, other cross-genre hybrids (think
Classical Gas), etc. It was an incredibly
rich period of musical experimentation and cross-pollination, and it reached into nearly every
corner of American culture.
I found today's set to be pretty good -- one of the best '60s sets in many months. That's partly
due to an inclination towards more rock despite a leisurely pop beginning. This set also hit a
couple of my personal favorites and had some 10@10 rarities. However once again there were
no bust outs, a situation that seems to become a perverse game as time goes on.