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The SMS Trivia Question of the Week 2 / 20…
Indeed! It’s time for the all new SMS Trivia question for Tuesday February 20th. Brought to us every Tuesday morning by all the groovey people at Omnivore Recordings! Your perfect destination for all the music […]
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All of the best moments from the 1960’s ( well, almost)
In our constant effort o convince you that Sixties Music Secrets is your number one source for all things 60’s we stumble upon something that makes our point so perfectly, we are compelled to share […]
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Who was your first crush of the Sixties?
Whether you are part of the 60’s generation or not, The 60’s are Ground Zero and the Blueprint for Rock stars and the sex symbols they ultimately became! Men, Women Boys or Girls, we all […]
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The SIXTIES! featuring, Miss. Anita Bryant
Remember Anita Bryant? an average looking woman with an average voice, a second rate, singer / Dancer / Actress / whatever, that your parents thought the world of! Anita Bryant was short on talent, but […]
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The White Album ( single disc edition ? )
The Beatles (the actual title of the album ) popularly known as “The White Album“, is the ninth studio album by The Beatles, released on 22 November 1968. A double album, with its plain white […]
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Jim Morrison! Did he, or didn’t he ?
On March 1, 1969, Jim Morrison and the Doors performed one of the most talked about concerts in the history of rock music at the Dinner Key Auditorium in Miami where he allegedly exposed himself […]
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Surf’s Up!
When you consider the great music of the 1960’s we’re sure you think about ” The British Invasion”, Motown, all the Girl Groups and the blending of Folk music and Rock and Roll. However it […]
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Long Before Oumuamua, Our World Was Rocked By Ummagumma
It was on this day, April 27, 1969 that Pink Floyd appeared at Mothers Club in Erdington, Birmingham, England. Radio 1 D J John Peel reviewed the gig as ‘…sounding like dying galaxies lost in […]
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A Hard Day’s Night and other malaprops
On this day, April 16th in 1964 The Beatles filmed the ‘chase scenes’ for A Hard Day’s Night with actors dressed as policemen in the Notting Hill Gate area of London. In the evening they […]
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“The British Invasion” – Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda?
No question, when we talk about 60’s music our focus and “Ground Zero” always turns to “The British Invasion” ! At one point in the mid Sixties statistics indicate that nearly every other record in […]
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Beatles in Hamburg – 92 straight nights of sex, drugs, and new haircuts!
It was on this day, April 1st, 1961, The Beatles began a grueling three-month residency at The Top Ten Club, Hamburg, playing 92 straight nights. The group played for seven hours a night on weekdays […]
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When Quincy met Lesley
The 1960’s were so rich with innovation, creativity and originality, we all have our personal “Top 10 “lists of the Greatest records ever” However, there are a rare few that transcend the rest, are loved […]
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“The Sound Of Electricity” – Simon and Garfunkel
It was on this day, March 10, 1964 that “Folk Singers” Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel went into a New York studio and recorded their now classic debut single , “The Sound Of Silence”. Paul […]
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The best Rock ‘n’ Roll scream!
It takes many elements to make a great record…Talent, creativity, a great lyric and melody and a healthy dose of spontaneity! A surprising guitar lick, or drum fill, a harmony from nowhere and for us,a […]
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Did You Ever Hear About The Time Bill Wyman’s Son Married His Stepmother?
You of course remember and are a bit curious about the mercurial, reclusive, quiet, gum – chewing former Bass player for The Rolling Stones Bill Wyman? When it came to the success and fame of […]
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Dear Prudence, meet Sexy Sadie!
It was 50 years ago today, Feb 15th, 1968 when The Beatles, their wives and friends set off for the Ashram of The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi located in Northern India in the city of Rishikish. […]
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Do You Hear What I Hear?
Misunderstood and misinterpreted lyrics have been the subject of laughter, conversation, many books, films and T.V! Take a look at a few hugely popular songs from the 60’s that YOU THINK YOU KNOW! However, after […]
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Turn On! The Television – The Twilight Zone
In the 1960’s, when we weren’t listening to the greatest music of all time, we watched T.V ! No Hi-def flat screens with international satellite up links, just three networks and the most innovative and […]
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“The Naked Truth” with John and Yoko
It was on this day, Jan. 25, in 1969, when New Jersey state prosecutors issued a warning to US record dealers that they would be charged with distributing pornography if they were caught selling the […]
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Remember Your First Time?
I do ! The first time I went down to the record store and bought my first record! The record store was Pedrinis Music on Eagle Rock Blvd in Eagle Rock Calif. The Masterpiece I […]
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The Early Days
On this day, Jan.5th 1969 Led Zeppelin were wrapping up their first American tour concluding four nights at The Whisky ‘A Go Go in Los Angeles. Their opening act was Alice Cooper and the Zep […]
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Playboy’s favorite drummer
Didja know that this week in 1975, “Playboy’s” annual music poll named Karen Carpenter “The best Drummer in popular music”…. OMG! Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham came in at number two!? Did you ever see The […]
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Sixties Music – From The Wrong Side…
Didja know that in 2008 Neil Diamond became the oldest artist to attain the Billboard number one position with his album “Home Before Dark” Neil was 67 years old. Prior to Neil accomplishing this dubious […]
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Metal Madness
This week’s “Quick One” will focus on “Heavy Metal” and it’s origin! It’s widely believed that “Heavy Metal” entered our musical conscious and nomenclature in the 1970’s when from outta nowhere our speakers were rattling […]
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“In L.A. You Know Where That’s At”
When history considers the “L.A.” or “West Coast” sounds of Southern California in the 1960’s, we tend to turn our attention to a relatively small yet incredibly prolific and powerful grouping of Artists and Musicians. […]
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Midnight Confessions at ‘the sad cafe’
In the late Sixties, into the early Seventies, the “Club Scene in So. Calif. was thriving. World Class venues like “The Whisky au, go, go “The Hullabaloo Club, “The Trip, Pandora’s Box” “Bito Lido’s” “London […]
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Delete The Beatles
Welcome to a new feature at Sixties Music Secrets. Here’s the drill: What if you could travel back in time and completely remove one song from The Beatles incredible repertoire. Yep, eliminate any trace, history […]
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The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour
Yes, it was 50 years ago today Sept. 11, 1967 when The Beatles set off on their newest project / adventure / and first major failure, their first and last film completely written, produced, directed […]
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When Ike Told Tina Turner To ‘Hit It’
The Music Business is rich with great stories! One of our favorites is about Ike Turner and his new girlfriend, protegee, meal ticket, future wife and Love Slave. Anna Mae Bullock. Mrs. Tina Turner! As […]
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Stevie Wonder – 12 Year Old Genius
es, it was on this day August 25, 1963! that Stevie Wonder captured the music world and dominated it ever since! 54 years ago today his single “Fingertips part two” achieved the number one position […]
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“A Hard Day’s Night”
Didja know that it was on this day August 12, 1964 (Yep, 53 years ago) United Artists released “The Beatles in their first, full length, Hilarious, Action Packed Film!”….. (that’s exactly how “The one sheet” […]
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“Poor Jenny”
As a regular reader of Sixties Music Secret’s you’re probably aware that many of our posts are inspired after hearing a rare piece of music from the 60’s, which is the inspiration behind this post. […]
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“Only The Lonely”
Didja know it was on this day July 29th 1960 that Roy Orbison had his first number one record, although in the U.K. with “Only The Lonely” where he was more popular than he was […]
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“One If By Land, Two If By Sea”
THE BRITISH ARE COMING ! THE BRITISH ARE COMING ! We have discussed, analyzed, argued and reminisced about the incredible diversity of music that coalesced during the 1960’s. However, we believe there is one musical […]
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Rod Stewart and his friend Sharon!
Elton John’s nickname is “Rocket Man”, So dubbed after his huge number one hit, of the same name in 1972, from his “Honkey Chateau” album. However, his very good friend Rod Stewart always calls him […]
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The Ballad of John And Yoko
Didja know that on this day, April 14th 1969 The Beatles ( actually only John and Paul) entered the studio to record “The Ballad of John and Yoko. The first and only single to feature […]
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The Butcher Cover!
It was on this day, March 25, 1966 that The Beatles met at Bob Whitaker’s photo studio in London for a photo shoot of what was to be the cover for their next (ninth) album […]
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“96 Tears”
You, of course remember and likely loved the “cheesy” garage band classic “96 Tears” by ? And the Mysterians in 1966. But, did you know that the original title of the song ( written in […]
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Herman’s Hermits
Didn’t you love Herman’s Hermits featuring Peter Noone as “Herman”? Although considered a singles artist and never critical darlings, they had over a half dozen huge and very diverse hits “Something Good” “Mrs Brown You’ve […]
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“The Day The Music Died”
It was on this day Feb 3 1959 that Rock ‘n’Roll suffered its first tragedy.58 years ago on a very cold and snowy, winter night, a small 4 seat Beachcraft Bonanza charter plane took off […]
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Ed Sullivan & The Rolling Stones
It was on this very day, Sunday, January 15, 1967 that the Rolling Stones appeared on The Ed Sullivan show to perform their new single. “Let’s Spend The Night Together” After reviewing the songs lyric […]
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The Righteous Bros.
We’ve all heard plenty of insane stories about the legendary and notorious record producer Phil Specter! Our favorite, however, occurred during the production of what many believe was Specters signature “Wall Of Sound” recording. “You’ve […]
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Otis Redding’s posthumous hit
It was on this day Dec 7, 1967, Otis Redding went into a Memphis studio and began recording his classic “Sitting on the dock of the bay” Otis never finished that recording. In fact his […]
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What’s the Point?
We’ll get to the point dear reader, but first we want to talk about our favorite singer/songwriter from The 60’s Harry Nilsson! Unassuming, soft spoken, timid, tremendously talented and criminally unrecognized. In our book, Harry […]
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The T.A.M.I. Show 1964 – Ya Hadda Be There!
Were you there? I was! In the mid sixties, Southern California became ground zero for the two greatest concert events of the decade and the generation who embraced them. The T.A.M.I. Show and The Big […]
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“A Really Big Show”
On this day (April 9th) in 1967, The Doors and The Jefferson Airplane played their first show together at The Cheetah club, on the pier in Venice Calif. Considered a ” Huge Event” at the […]
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The SMS Trivia Question of the Week 5 / 6…
Good morning and welcome to another Trivial Tuesday, brought t o us each week by all the Groovey people at Omnivore Recordings, your place for all the music you didn’t know, you didn’t know! But, […]
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The SMS Trivia Question of the Week 4 / 29…
Good morning and welcome to an all new Trivia Quiz for Tuesday April 29th. Brought to us each week by all the cool folks at Omnivore Recordings! Your perfect place for all the grooviest music […]
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Tne SMS Trivia Question of the Week 4 / 22…
Good morning and once more we remain sincerely apologetic for once more missing this morning’s deadline! However we do want to recognize the brilliant readers who correctly answered all of last week’s Trivia questions which […]
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The SMS Trivia Question of the Week 4 / 15…
Good morning and welcome back for an all new SMS Trivia quiz for Tuesday, April 15th! Brought o us each week by all the cool people over at Omnivore Recordings! Your perfect destination for only […]
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The SMS Trivia Question for the week 4 / 8…
Welcome back to an all new SMS Trivia Quiz for Tuesday, April 8th! Brought to us every Tuesday morning by all the Groovey people at Omnivore Recortings! Your perfect place for all the music you […]
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The SMS Trivia Question of the week 4 / 1
Ladies and Gentlemen, from all of us up here in the palatial offices and st audio’s’ of SMS, we’d like to extend our most heartfelt thanx for your loyalty and patience on days like today […]
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The SMS Trivia question for the Week 3 / 25…
Good morning and welcome back to an all new SMS Trivia question for Tuesday March 25th. Brought to us each week by all the Groovey people at Omnivore Recordings! Your “must see” location for all […]
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The SMS Trivia Question of the Week 3 / 18…
Good morning! And although it may appear to the contrary, but no, SMS is not changing formats to a bi- weekly publication, but the truth is we’ve missed our Tuesday deadline yet again! But, we […]
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The SMS Trivia Question. Of The Week 3 / 11…
Good morning fellow “Trivialites” and yes indeed it’s time for an all new SMS Trivia quiz for Tuesday March 11th! Brought to us, of course by all the very Groovey. people at Omnivore Recordings your […]
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The SMS Trivia Question of the Week 3 / 4…
Good morning and welcome back to an all new SMS Trivia quiz for Tuesday March 4th! Brought to us this week and every week by all the very Groovey people at Omnivore Recordings! Your perfect […]