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Welcome to All But Forgotten Oldies

TOP OLDIES SONG PICK THIS HOUR

Spooky - The Classics IV

TODAY'S FEATURED BAND/ARTIST

The Gants

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The week of May 6, 2012 was a busy one for Gregg Allman who just published some of his memoires and released a new album. This week also had a lot of other events going on in the world of oldies music that included many awards and new CD releases.(more)

FEATURED ARTICLES

A History And Definition Of Oldies Music
Oldies music is alive and well and more popular than ever. It encompasses styles as diverse as doo-wop, rockabilly, R&B, and most rock and roll genres, with a generous sprinkling of blues and country.

Number One Songs - 1950s
The 1950s was the decade that gave birth to rock and roll. The radical changes that took place in pop music during this era can be heard in the assorted mix of top pop hits of the day.

Number One Songs - 1960s
The tumultuous 1960s was the era of the Beatles, the British Invasion, Motown, girl groups, surf rock, dance crazes, and the beginning of hard rock. The many changes that took place are well represented by the top charting songs of that decade.

Number One Songs - 1970s
The 1970s are best remembered as the decade that gave birth to disco. Singer-songwriters, soft rock, mellow pop, nostalgia, and glam rock - plus a healthy dose of songs with a more salacious feel - also helped to define the music of this era.

Love Is In The Air With Popular Wedding Songs
Here we have a mix of long-time favorite wedding staples plus other classic oldies love songs that are the perfect musical accompaniment to any romantic setting. (more articles)

FIND THAT LONG-LOST SONG

Rediscover your favorite songs from the sixties and early seventies. Find those long-lost tunes you thought you had long forgotten. We maintain a searchable database of links to sound clips for over 4000 songs from 1960-1975 which can be browsed both by performing artist and by song title. Currently, over 1200 bands and artists with clips are featured - and we also have listings for another 3500 more acts covering the years 1940-1990. If you're not quite sure what song you are looking for, browsing through our extensive song lists is bound to help you jog your memory.

Are you bothered by some nebulous song fragment running through your head and you can't for the life of you NAME THAT TUNE?? Have you been searching garage sales for hard-to-find recordings of some obscure song for the past 20-odd years with no luck? Since we first went online, we have helped literally thousands of people in all aspects of oldies music collecting - everything from locating out-of-print CDs to finding sheet music to naming some long-forgotten tune from half-remembered song snippets. We hope our website will help you finally track down that elusive tune you have been seeking for so long.

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AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Allbutforgottenoldies.net has received many awards over the years that include "Cool Site of the Day" and "Best Of The Web." Our website has also been featured on USA Today, Yahoo, the Kim Komando Show, and many other high profile websites. (more)

ALL BUT FORGOTTEN OLDIES IS LISTED AT

Yahoo! Entertainment > Music > Genres > Rock and Pop > Oldies
Yahoo! Entertainment > Music > Genres > Rock and Pop > History > 1960s
Yahoo! Entertainment > Music > Genres > Rock and Pop > History > 1970s

TODAY IN HISTORY - May 17

1952	"Blue Tango" by Leroy Anderson reaches #1 on the Billboard Charts.
1954	The Supreme Court unanimously rules segregated schools to be unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, KS.
1971	The musical, "Godspell," premiers off Broadway.
1973	Televised Watergate hearings begin.

INTERVIEWS

Alan Brackett
Alan Brackett played bass and sang for the Peanut Butter Conspiracy, best known for the 1967 hit, "It's A Happening Thing."

Vikki Carr
Although oldies fans and those who grew up during the 1960s probably know Vikki Carr best for "It Must Be Him" (1967), "The Lesson" (1968), and "With Pen In Hand" (1969), these songs just barely scratch the surface of her long and distinguished career which spans over 45 years.

Ron Dante
Oldies music fans remember Ron Dante as the lead singer for the Archies.

Betty Harris
Since her 1963 hit, "Cry To Me," Betty Harris has amassed a huge international following among fans of deep soul music.

Jerry Jenkins
Jerry Jenkins was the bassist for the TSU Toronados, the band that played Archie Bell and the Drells' chart-topping "Tighten-Up" (1968). (more interviews)