Rick, Author at Sixties Music Secrets

“Sherry” earns The Four Seasons their first # 1

September 16, 2021 Rick 0

Frankie Valli (born Francis Casteluccio) had been hard at work trying to become a star for the better part of a decade before the Four Seasons achieved their breakthrough. They had come together as a […]

The SMS Trivia Question of the Week 9/14

September 14, 2021 Rick 3

Yes Ma’am! It’s Trivia Tuesday for Sept. 14th. Brought to us each week by all the Groovey people at Omnivore Recordings! Your ultimate destination foe all the music you didn’t know, you didn’t know! Meanwhile, before […]

The SMS Trivia Question of the Week 9/7

September 7, 2021 Rick 5

Good day! And here we are with an all new Trivia Quiz for Tuesday Sept. 7th. Brought to us each week by all the Groovey folks at Omnivore Recordings! Your number one destination for all the […]

The SMS Trivia Question of the week 8/31

August 31, 2021 Rick 6

Yep! It’s Trivia Tuesday for August 31st. Brought to us each week by all the Super Groovey people at Omnivore Recordings! Your perfect destination for all the music you didn’t know, you didn’t know! Meanwhile, before […]

The SMS Trivia Question of the Week 8 / 24

August 24, 2021 Rick 13

Hot enough for ya? Well, here’s the very cool and all new Trivia Question for Tuesday August 24th. Brought to us each week by all the ultra groovey people at Omnivore Recordings! Your only stop […]

The SMS Trivia Question of the week 8/17

August 17, 2021 Rick 14

Yes Indeed! It’s Trivia Tuesday for August 17th! Brought to us each week by all the Groovey People at Omnivore Recordings! Your only real option for all the music you didn’t know, you didn’t know! However, […]

Betcha didn’t know ?

August 13, 2021 Rick 10

Occasionally, however rarely we stumble upon a “60’s tid-bit we’ve never heard before! And of course we have to share it with you! In March of 1964, Phil Spector wrote and produced a song […]

The SMS Trivia Question of the Week 8/10

August 10, 2021 Rick 2

Heck Yeah! It’s Trivia Tuesday for August 10th! Brought to us each week by all the Groovey people at Omnivore Recordings! Your perfect option for all the music you didn’t know, you didn’t know! But before […]

The SMS Trivia Question of the week 8/3

August 3, 2021 Rick 4

That’s right! It’s Trivia Thueday for August 3rd. Brought to us each week by all the Groovey people at Omnivore Recordings! You’re only destination for all the music you didn’t know, you didn’t know!…But! Before we […]

What a Manager does!…A true sixties music story!

August 2, 2021 Rick 6

By 1967, I had been playing the drums for a few years, and had drifted in and out of a few local bands working the usual joints in the Eagle Rock, Glendale and Pasadena area’s […]