Tales from the Atomic Age

James Bond Songs:
The '60s Spy Music Sound

The decision to use a guitar riff (supplied by British session guitarist Vic Flick) as the theme's hook, a sound with similarities to British bands like The Shadows and American surf music instrumentalists making inroads at the time, gave it a rock sensibility that served as bait to pull in a young audience. The first feature film, Dr. No (based on the sixth book in the series), was released in the U.K. in October 1962 (hitting America in May '63). Norman's score, with... MORE ››

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The Fontane Sisters

The Fontane Sisters take their adolescent "Seventeen" tune into the Top 100 Number-Title Songs of the '50s and '60s! See more old-school digital listings... MORE ››

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The Moonglows

From Kentucky to Cleveland, Chicago to Detroit, the road taken by Harvey Fuqua is closely associated with the rise of Cleveland-to-New York disc jockey Alan Freed by way of Fuqua's and Bobby Lester's vocal group The Moonglows, one of rock's classic acts. Childhood friends in Louisville, the two started as a musical duo in the late 1940s, Harvey (nephew of The Ink Spots' singer-guitarist Charlie Fuqua) playing piano while the two sang separately and in harmony (they did a lot of Ink Spots songs...wonder why!). Saxophonist Ed Wiley (he'd just had a hit, "Cry, Cry Baby") hired them for a brief southern tour in 1950, after which the duo returned to pounding the streets in Kentucky Derby Town. A devastating fire caused the death of Harvey's mother and his ... MORE ››



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Maria Elena
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Los Indios Tabajaras

The indigenous tribes of Northeastern Brazil had been around hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years without most of the world knowing of their existence. Only the European explorers and merchants of about five centuries ago, particularly the Portuguese, had become familiar with the many such tribes in this expansive region of South America, sometimes... MORE ››