I’m a big fan of The Band. No, I’m a huge fan of The Band. In my opinion it’s the best band ever! Their first two records are nothing short of amazing, and no one has ever written songs better than those. Intricate, yet accessible. The songs have substance, heart, and they are catchy as hell.
Elvis Presley
Even though we can track The Beatles all the way back to 1957, I’ve decided to not write about them until now. But they weren’t even called The Beatles back then, so I’ve come to the conclusion that I did the right thing here. In 1957 the it was John Lennon’s band and they were called the Quarry Men. And to be perfectly honest; it didn’t really become interesting until Paul McCartney joined in.
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.
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!
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?
The 1960s. The alluring decade where so many legends started their climb to musical divinity. When Yuri Gagarin became the first man to float around in space and Neil Armstrong took “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.
This Band Could Be Your Life 