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 - plus, 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.
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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.
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
Listed below are key events in music, history, and pop culture that took place on this day between 1950-1980 when oldies music ruled the airwaves.
John Lennon and Tom Snyder, 1975
1958 | "Twilight Time" by The Platters reaches #1 on the Billboard R&B Charts. |
1958 | "Witch Doctor" by David Seville reaches #1 on the Billboard Pop Charts. |
1962 | "Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp reaches #1 on the Billboard R&B Charts. |
1965 | Barbra Streisand airs her first TV special, "My Name Is Barbra." |
1967 | Muhammad Ali refuses induction into the US Army, citing religious reasons, and is stripped of his boxing title. |
1969 | Chicago releases its debut album, "The Chicago Transit Authority." |
1973 | "Pillow Talk" by Sylvia reaches #1 on the Billboard R&B Charts. |
1975 | John Lennon is interviewed by Tom Snyder on the "Tomorrow Show" in what will turn out to be the former Beatle's last television interview, and Ringo Starr appears on "The Smothers Brothers Show." |
1979 | "Heart Of Glass" by Blondie reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. |
1979 | "Reunited" by Peaches & Herb reaches #1 on the Billboard R&B Charts. |