SPECIAL NOTE: Grooveyard host Alan Seltzer will be interviewed by Teddy Smith Friday night at 6:15 PM on WPAT in New York City. Listen online here. Here's the Top Ten @ 10 for September 25, 1958 as played tonight by Alan on "The Grooveyard": #10 "Patricia" by Perez Prado and His Orchestra #9 "You Cheated"... Continue Reading →
Top Ten @ 10: February 6, 1963
Voting has been extended to Friday, February 7 at 11 PM for the listener poll for your favorite love songs. You can vote for your 10 favorites from the 1950s, and the 10 best of the Grooveyard era songs of the 1960s here. Results will be unveiled on the pre-Valentines Day edition of "The Grooveyard"... Continue Reading →
This Week: Tommy Roe and Pete Seeger
Singer Tommy Roe will be interviewed by host Alan Seltzer on "The Grooveyard" Thursday night at 9 PM. Known for his hits "Sheila", "Dizzy" and others, Roe was the opening act for the first Beatles concert in the United States in Washington, DC. Roe will talk about recreating his first set during a commemorative concert... Continue Reading →
This Week: Buddy and the Beatles
The anniversaries of two major events in music history are noted this week on "The Grooveyard" Thursday night and "The Rock Show" Friday night. Thursday night at 9, "The Grooveyard" will look back at the artists who died in the plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa on February 3, 1959, frequently called "The Day the... Continue Reading →
This Week: Flashback 1963 and Dragon Boats
It was the year when Lyndon Baines Johnson was sworn in as president following the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. It was also the year when James Bond made his way into movie theaters, when Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, and when a group from Liverpool made their way to... Continue Reading →
This Week: Flashback 1961
It was the year of new beginnings . . . JFK's Inauguration...Barbie meeting Ken for the first time . . . Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space . . . Roger Maris hits 61 home runs . . . and a group from Liverpool plays at the Cavern Club for the first time.... Continue Reading →
This Week: One Hit Wonders and “Great” Results
UPDATE: Thursday's show will also pay tribute to Andy Williams, who died Tuesday. On Thursday's edition of "The Grooveyard", we'll feature the best of the one-it wonders, songs by artists who only had one hit song. You probably know some of the obvious groups--The Penguins, Teen Queens or Mystics--but there will also be some surprises. ... Continue Reading →
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