Lists! I love lists! So to be able to make these after each year is damn great. It’s always a thrill of sorts to go through what was released and try to rank them, and it’s maybe even better to throw some of them under a bus.
Category Archive: 1960
The least progressive artist of the year is back with his third album in the span of one year. He is nothing if not productive though, but when they all sound the same; is it really worth it?
November 8, 1960; John F. Kennedy is elected the 35th president of the United States of America. Kennedy is one of the most famous presidents the US has ever had, though I don’t know much about his politics.
October sees the debut album of Joan Baez, and the start of a long and prosperous career. She was first noticed singing duets with Bob Gibson at The Newport Folk Festival in 1959, and it was this performance that helped her get a record contract at Vanguard Records.
September 1960 saw the birth of the very first prime time animated show on television; The Flintstones. The antics of Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble have put a smile on people’s faces for quite a few decades now. And even though it’s been some years since I’ve watched it, I’ll still sing the theme song every now and then.
Cassius Clay made his entrance on the boxing scene for real in the summer Olympic games in Rome, 1960. He knocked down all his competitors and brought home the gold medal. And he stayed on top of the world from that point on.
With releases from big names such as Frank Sinatra, Chuck Berry, and Sammy Davis Jr. one would think that it would be easy to have a good time while checking out their albums. Well, the joke’s on me!
Even though the albums released this month wasn’t up my alley doesn’t make June a complete disaster. The Ventures, Chubby Checker and Fats Domino all released some pretty good singles, and at least one of them is a pretty massive addition to music history.
You know, we are pretty lucky. We’ve been blessed with so much great music through time. But we’re also cursed. Stuck with terrible bands that never stops. That will forever be played on the radio. And that never seems to shut up.
Finally a month with more than one or two releases. Elvis is back from the army and is ready to show the world that he’s still got it. But does he?
Whatever Doris Day tried to accomplish this month is beyond me, but that her musical career was orchestrated by men is pretty obvious.
John Coltrane doesn’t need an introduction. His name is well known to all who listens to music. But then again, he is a jazz musician.
This Band Could Be Your Life 