Where Oldies Come Alive
It was the year when Alaska and Hawaii gained statehood...when the Oscars actually ended 20 minutes ahead of schedule...when America took steps to enter the space race...and when we saw the plane crash now known as "The Day the Music Died". Saturday night at 7 PM, join Alan Seltzer for a repeat broadcast the top... Continue Reading →
It was the year of the first televised presidential debate...when Elvis was discharged from the Army...when the fight against segregation took place at a lunch counter at Woolworth's ...and Mary Martin performed "Peter Pan" live on television for the first time. Saturday night at 7 PM, join Alan Seltzer for a repeat broadcast the top... Continue Reading →
It was the year of new beginnings . . . JFK's Inauguration...Barbie meeting Ken for the first time . . . Alan Shepard becoming the first American in space . . . Roger Maris hitting 61 home runs . . . and a group from Liverpool playing at the Cavern Club for the first time.... Continue Reading →
It was the year when Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army. It was also the year when unemployment reached 20 percent in Detroit to a recession, when the Dodgers and Giants played the first regular-season baseball game as West Coast teams, and when a young musician named Leonard Bernstein began a series of televised... Continue Reading →
There was no Grooveyard Top Ten this week on "The Grooveyard" due to the Flashback special focusing on the music of 1960. Here's the Top Ten songs from that year: #10 "Save the Last Dance for Me" by The Drifters #9 "Handy Man" by Jimmy Jones #8 "Runnng Bear" by Johnny Preston #7 "It's Now or... Continue Reading →
It was the year of the first televised presidential debate...when Elvis was discharged from the Army...when the fight against segregation took place at a lunch counter at Woolworth's ...and Mary Martin performed "Peter Pan" live on television for the first time. Saturday night at 7 PM, Alan Seltzer will play the top hits of 1960... Continue Reading →
There was no Top Ten due to the Flashback 1959 special edition of The Grooveyard. Here's the Top Ten songs from that year: #10 "Come Softly to Me" by The Fleetwoods #9 "Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price #8 "Mr. Blue" by The Fleetwoods #7 "Personality" by Lloyd Price #6 "Sleepwalk" by Santo and Johnny Support... Continue Reading →
It was the year when Alaska and Hawaii gained statehood...when the Oscars actually ended 20 minutes ahead of schedule...when America took steps to enter the space race...and when we saw the plane crash now known as "The Day the Music Died". This Saturday on a Flashback edition of The Grooveyard, Alan Seltzer will play the... Continue Reading →
There was no Top Ten due to the Flashback 1957 special edition of The Grooveyard. Here's the Top Ten songs from that year: #10 "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra #9 "Come Go With Me " by The Dell-Vikings #8 "It's Not for Me to Say" by Johnny Mathis #7 "Diana" by Paul... Continue Reading →
