Wasn't Motown (and the other girl groups) earlier? I seem to remember they took over after the payola scandal of the late 50's. I remember because I hated Motown.
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Beach Boys followed by Jan and Dean?
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For earlier, you are probably thinking of the Brill Building era on Tin pan alley with writers Leiber/Stoller, Carol King, E. Greenwich, Doc Pomus ,J.Barry, and yes Spector (and others). They were between say 59-63 and predate Motown which was more mid-late 60's.
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Don't forget "Shop Around".
Yes, the Miracles and Mary Wells were the cornerstones of the label in its early years.
The "Motown" name was not even originated until around 1960, although Barry Gordy had been active several years prior, mostly in deals with Chess out of Philly.
While they had an early million seller around '60 or '61 (I suppose I could google that but I'm going by memory), it was not until a couple of years later they started to produce that swarm of 110 Top 10 songs of the 60's... mostly 1963-1970.
There is a Wikipedia article, but it does not have a decent song-and-artist timeline.
In the rest of our Hemisphere, Motown was bigger than the British Invasion, but Barry Gordy did not apparently understand the International market very well and lost out with poor alliances and distribution in many parts of Latin America.
And it was Jan Berry who convinced Brian Wilson to use the Wrecking Crew on Beach Boys records, after Jan & Dean had success making records that way.
Good idea. I know Brian Wilson always wanted Carol Kaye, Hal Blaine and others whenever they were available.
That would be "Chantays".
Yes, "Pipeline" great record.
Last week I heard The Monkees, then the DJ talked, and during what may be a commercial break on some stations, The Monkees again. I don't know that Good Time Oldies plays songs during selected commercial breaks but America's Best Music does.
Same Monkees song, or another track by them apparently played for the benefit of stations that have failed to sell all their ad breaks?
Different song.
Oh, and the first song was the TV series theme song, while the second was "I'm a Believer".
I have a theory. One commercial, followed by a song, followed by a weather forecast. I don't think the individual station would play a song, but what are the other affiliates doing during the weather forecast?
And between the single commercial and the weather today, I heard Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon". I haven't heard Sinatra or any other true standards artists on this station (except maybe on the morning show, or at Christmas) in the nearly six years since it dropped America's Best Music.
And between the single commercial and the weather today, I heard Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon". I haven't heard Sinatra or any other true standards artists on this station (except maybe on the morning show, or at Christmas) in the nearly six years since it dropped America's Best Music.
What's even stranger is a station that plays Jan & Dean and the Jefferson Airplane back to back. So called 'oldies" stations shouldn't mix pre-1964 songs with post-1964 songs.
Seriously......why?
I have no problem with that.
Nor do I. "Dead Man's Curve" into "Somebody to Love"? Go for it! Unlike a lot of pre-British Invasion pop, surf music (and the Jan & Dean song is surf music, even though it's not about surfing) blended comfortably with later music in oldies formats right through the '90s, when the culling of ancient songs began in earnest. Other '50s genres, like doo-wop and standards-style pop, disappeared from oldies radio a lot sooner. I was hearing "Surf City" and "Little Cobra" on my local classic hits station many years after "Get a Job" and "Harbor Lights" had been banished from the playlist.
And now those songs are no longer banished on Saga's "Pure Oldies" format.
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