Alfred E. Neuman - It's A Gas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J-LvMxKvFY

A bunch of young upstarts who had their very first (minor) British hit that year - wonder what happened to them?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV62UcqbcQA

So what if these Beatle thingies hadn't been such a success? What would have been the next big thing?

Well, the first stirrings of Garage Rock were about...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZJ4ESU52U

(This was the subject on a FBI probe into what was actually being sung! You couldn't ask for better publicity!)

So what if these Beatle thingies hadn't been such a success? What would have been the next big thing?

Well, the first stirrings of Garage Rock were about...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZJ4ESU52U

(This was the subject on a FBI probe into what was actually being sung! You couldn't ask for better publicity!)


What did the FBI find out?  ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rinz9Avvq6A&feature=kp

The Chiffons - He´s So Fine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rinz9Avvq6A&feature=kp
You must love this song so much?

What did the FBI find out?  ???


Well, let's ask them, Howard!  ;)

Well, let's ask them, Howard!  ;)
We have to click on the disclaimer first.

We have to click on the disclaimer first.


Well, if there's anyone too skittish to do that, the answer was...nothing! Another great use of resources!

You must love this song so much?


Oops! :o

Well, let's ask them, Howard!  ;)


I don't find the song obscene.

i don't find the song obscene.
One first listening did you understand the words?

"Do You Want to Know a Secret?" is a song by the Beatles from the 1963 album Please Please Me, sung by George Harrison. In the United States, it was the first top ten song to feature Harrison as a lead singer, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard chart in 1964 as a single released by Vee-Jay, VJ 587. The song reached the No. 1 position on Billboard in 1981 and No. 2 in the United Kingdom in a cover version by Stars on 45 as part of a medley.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQG8fGXQBYo&feature=kp

The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gc4QTqslN4

"Do You Want to Know a Secret?" is a song by the Beatles from the 1963 album Please Please Me, sung by George Harrison. In the United States, it was the first top ten song to feature Harrison as a lead singer, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard chart in 1964 as a single released by Vee-Jay, VJ 587. The song reached the No. 1 position on Billboard in 1981 and No. 2 in the United Kingdom in a cover version by Stars on 45 as part of a medley.


It was also a 1963 British hit for Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, one of the first covers of a Beatles song (but not THE first - that honour goes to Kenny Lynch with 'Misery', which was originally offered to Helen Shapiro but her management rejected it)...

"Bad to Me" is a song John Lennon wrote (credited to Lennon–McCartney) for Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas while on holiday in Spain. Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas released their recording of the song in 1963 and it became their first number 1 in the UK Singles Chart. Paul McCartney was present during the recording session at Abbey Road Studios. The single would be released in the US the following year, and become a top-ten hit there, reaching number 9. It became one of the first occasions a Lennon–McCartney composition made the US Top 40 recorded by an artist other than the Beatles (the first being "A World Without Love" by Peter & Gordon).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASwQ3pPuTgc&feature=kp

The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gc4QTqslN4

One first listening did you understand the words?


He sounds like he was garbling the words.

The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gc4QTqslN4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJFYpVlIyqo&feature=kp

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Randy & The Rainbows, "Denise":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhJ8DuJKuUk

I think this band was a one hit wonder.

In 1963, American crooner Jerry Vale blended English lyrics to the Tagalog classic with his "Your Love is Mine (Dahil sa Iyo)"

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"Say Wonderful Things" is a popular song with music by Philip Green and lyrics by Norman Newell, published in 1963. It was the United Kingdom's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, held in London. The singer was Ronnie Carroll, who also represented the UK the year before. The song finished fourth behind Denmark, Switzerland and Italy; eventually reaching No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart.

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"Say Wonderful Things" is a popular song with music by Philip Green and lyrics by Norman Newell, published in 1963. It was the United Kingdom's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, held in London. The singer was Ronnie Carroll, who also represented the UK the year before. The song finished fourth behind Denmark, Switzerland and Italy; eventually reaching No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart.

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The most popular version of the song in the United States was recorded by Patti Page, as the title song of her first album for Columbia Records. Page's record peaked only at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 but was more successful in Australia, continental Europe and in Asian territories such as Hong Kong and Japan.

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"Little Boxes" is a protest song written and composed by Malvina Reynolds in 1962, which became a hit for her friend Pete Seeger in 1963.

The song is a political satire about the development of suburbia and associated conformist middle-class attitudes. It refers to suburban tract housing as "little boxes" of different colors "all made out of ticky-tacky", and which "all look just the same." "Ticky-tacky" is a reference to the shoddy material used in the construction of housing of that time.

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This one actually peaked in early 1964, but was released as a single in '63.

The Murmaids, "Popsicles & Icicles"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT9HBascNAg

Another 60s one hit wonder.

This one actually peaked in early 1964, but was released as a single in '63.

The Murmaids, "Popsicles & Icicles"

Another 60s one hit wonder.


And if you peer at that label very closely, you'll find it was written by David Gates - a few years before he gained his greatest fame with Bread, who were certainly no one-hit wonder!

And if you peer at that label very closely, you'll find it was written by David Gates - a few years before he gained his greatest fame with Bread, who were certainly no one-hit wonder!

That is very true! I actually was aware that he wrote the song... but it was much later that he and his band Bread became popular. :)

"Little Boxes" is a protest song written and composed by Malvina Reynolds in 1962, which became a hit for her friend Pete Seeger in 1963.

The song is a political satire about the development of suburbia and associated conformist middle-class attitudes. It refers to suburban tract housing as "little boxes" of different colors "all made out of ticky-tacky", and which "all look just the same." "Ticky-tacky" is a reference to the shoddy material used in the construction of housing of that time.

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My sister used this song in a slideshow of old family pics. We lived in a neighborhood with all the houses all the same. My dad enjoyed that slideshow in his last days. Carlos, on the other hand dislikes the song because he believes that those developments that went up after WWII (like the one we lived in) was a good thing. He thinks that those developments help build the middle class in the U.S.

The thing is about that old neighborhood of mine, it was a great place to grow up. Everyone knew everyone else. Today, most people from that neighborhood think of it with fondness.



Cat

My sister used this song in a slideshow of old family pics. We lived in a neighborhood with all the houses all the same. My dad enjoyed that slideshow in his last days. Carlos, on the other hand dislikes the song because he believes that those developments that went up after WWII (like the one we lived in) was a good thing. He thinks that those developments help build the middle class in the U.S.

The thing is about that old neighborhood of mine, it was a great place to grow up. Everyone knew everyone else. Today, most people from that neighborhood think of it with fondness.



Cat
Thank you that insight into the song. There were houses similar to these near to I was born, and colloquially there were called 'prefabs'. The residents were those who needed to be housed urgently by the local council.

"Yakety Sax" is a pop-jazz instrumental whose music was jointly composed by James Q. "Spider" Rich and Homer "Boots" Randolph III. Randolph, a saxophonist, popularized the selection in his 1963 recording; Benny Hill later made it more widely known as the de facto theme music of his comedy show.

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Released in November 1963, "As Usual" is a song written by Alex Zanetis and performed by Brenda Lee. The song reached No.12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No.5 on the adult contemporary chart in the United States. It reached No.5 on the U.K. singles chart and No.12 on the Australian chart in 1964. The single was the 49th best-selling 45rpm disc of 1964 in the U.K. The song is also featured on Lee's 1964 album, By Request.

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"Puff, the Magic Dragon" is a song written by Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow, and made popular by Yarrow's group Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1963 recording. The song achieved great popularity. 
The authors of the song have repeatedly rejected this urban legend and have strongly and consistently denied that they intended any references to drug use. Peter Yarrow has frequently explained that the song is about the hardships of growing older and has no relationship to drug-taking. He has also said of the song that it "never had any meaning other than the obvious one" and is about the "loss of innocence in children", and dismissed the suggestion of association with drugs as "sloppy research".

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"Dominique" is a 1963 French language popular song, written and performed by Jeannine Deckers of Belgium, better known as Sœur Sourire or The Singing Nun. "Dominique" is about Saint Dominic, a Spanish-born priest and founder of the Dominican Order, of which she was a member (as Sister Luc-Gabrielle). The English-version lyrics of the song were written by Noël Regney. In addition to French and English, Deckers recorded versions in Dutch, German, Hebrew, Japanese, and Portuguese. "Dominique" reached the Top 10 in 11 countries in late 1963 and early 1964, topping the chart in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It reached the Top 5 in Norway, Denmark, Ireland and South Africa, with the song making it into the lower reaches of the Top 10 in the Netherlands, West Germany, and the United Kingdom. The song reached and stayed at No. 1 on WLS for the last three weeks of November, then both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and "easy listening chart" (since renamed the Adult Contemporary chart) for the four weeks in December of 1963.

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The Astronauts - Baja

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry7SphWDSzA

The Orlons - "Don't Hang Up"


The Orlons' delightful follow up to "Don't Hang Up", also in 1963, "South Street":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8aFcR9IrCw

The opening credits of "From Russia with Love" (1963) were accompanied by an instrumental version of the main theme, arranged by John Barry and written by Lionel Bart. A single by The John Barry Orchestra reached No. 39 in the U.K. At the film's end, a vocal version by English singer Matt Monro is heard. This song spent 13 weeks in the U.K. charts, peaking at No. 20.

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Here's another surf-rock instrumental from '63:

"Pipeline" by the Chantays.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omG-hZfN6zk

"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman. It was a number 10 hit for Peter, Paul and Mary in 1962 and then went to number three in 1963 recorded by Trini Lopez.

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"The End of the World" is a country pop song written by Arthur Kent and lyricist Sylvia Dee, for American singer Skeeter Davis. It had success in the 1960s and spawned many covers, especially Brenda Lee in 1963.

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"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" is a song written by Bob Dylan released in 1963. It was first recorded in Columbia Records' Studio A on December 6, 1962, for his second album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. The lyrical structure is based on the question and answer form of traditional ballads such as "Lord Randall". Dylan has stated that all of the lyrics were taken from the initial lines of songs that "he thought he would never have time to write."

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The Trashmen - Malaguena

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipinrujp5sk

"Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962 and released as a single and on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom. The refrain "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind" has been described as "impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind".

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"Blowin' in the Wind" has been recorded by hundreds of artists. The most commercially successful version is by folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, who released the song in June 1963, three weeks after The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan was issued. Albert Grossman, then managing both Dylan and Peter, Paul and Mary, brought the trio the song which they promptly recorded (on a single take) and released. The trio's version, which was the title track of their third album, peaked at number 2 on the Billboard charts. The group's version also went to number one on the Middle-Road charts for five weeks

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"Girl from the North Country" (occasionally known as "Girl of the North Country") is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan in 1963. Taken as the second track on Dylan's second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Dylan re-recorded the song as a duet with Johnny Cash in February 1969. That recording became the opening track on Nashville Skyline, Dylan's ninth studio album.

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"Mas, que Nada!" is a song written and originally performed in 1963 by Jorge Ben on his debut album, which became Sérgio Mendes' signature song in his 1966 cover version. It was voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone as the fifth greatest Brazilian song. It was inducted to the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013.

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"If You Wanna Be Happy" is a 1963 song recorded by Jimmy Soul, written by Joseph Royster, Carmella Guida and Frank Guida.

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"I See the Moon", is a popular song written by Meredith Willson from 1953. Nancy Sinatra released a version on Reprise Records in 1963.

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"Diamonds" is an instrumental composed by Jerry Lordan. In 1963, Jet Harris and Tony Meehan's recording of the piece became a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart, where it spent three weeks at the top of the UK chart. Jet Harris used a Fender Bass VI electric guitar for the recording and Jimmy Page played rhythm on an acoustic guitar.

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Under 2 mins... grooovy!

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Under 2 mins... grooovy!

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"Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David which was a hit for Gene Pitney in 1963. Its success in the UK enabled Pitney to become an international star. In the UK, peaking at #5, enabled Pitney to become an international star. In the US, Pitney's hit peaked at #17 on the 7 December 1963 Hot 100 and #2 on the 6 December 1963 WLS Silver Dollar Survey.

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"The Folk Singer" is a song written by Merle Kilgore and performed by Tommy Roe, released in 1963. It reached number 4 in the United Kingdom, number 20 in Australia, number 34 in Canada, and number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. It was later featured on his 1966 album, Sweet Pea. The song was produced by Felton Jarvis.

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Let's Turkey Trot is a popular song written by Gerry Goffin and Jack Keller. Some sources, including the original 45 LP have incorrectly credited the music to Carole King (King was Goffin's wife and usual songwriting partner but had no hand in this song). It was recorded by Little Eva and was released as her third single for the Dimension label. The Little Eva's recording debuted on the charts on February 2, 1963, and peaked at #20 on the Hot 100. It was her third top 40 record. The song's title is a reference to the turkey trot dance step, a step that was only briefly popular fifty years before the song was released; the song is played at a tempo much slower than the one used for the dance in its heyday.

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"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" is a song written in the 1960s by songwriting team Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Originally recorded as a demo by Dionne Warwick in 1963, "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" first charted for Lou Johnson whose version reached No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1964.

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"Move Over Darling" is a song originally recorded by Doris Day, which was the theme from the 1963 movie Move Over, Darling, starring Doris Day, James Garner and Polly Bergen, and was released as a single the same year. The song was written by Doris Day's son, Terry Melcher, along with Hal Kanter and Joe Lubin. In 1964, Doris Day's version of the song spent 16 weeks on the United Kingdom's Record Retailer chart, peaking at No. 8, while reaching No. 1 in Hong Kong, and No. 4 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade". In 1987, the song was re-released as a single and it re-charted on the UK Singles Chart, reaching No. 45. In 1983, Tracey Ullman released a version of the song as a single and on the album You Broke My Heart in 17 Places.

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I hope the video sounds okay, for I still have no speakers for the computer.