Happy Halloween!

Screamin' Lord Sutch and the Savages perform Jack the Ripper in 1964 and creep out the audience. Rrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaahhhhhhh!

beware of monsters today

They can really be a pain in the neck I tell ya. Ooooooowwwwww!

Crazy Cafe

Let's go get an egg and groove to the jukebox at the Crazy Cafe.

Saturday Night Beech-nut Show

This Dick Clark show was broadcast live from NYC and featured almost every pop singer from the 1950s. It aired from 1958-1960.

radio station countdowns

88 Rewound counts down the hits of the day. Have a listen.

Ranch Party tv show

Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline perform in 1957.

The Dusty Springfield Show

Here are some performances by Dusty from her 1960s tv show:

• The Real Thing
• Heat Wave
• Show Intro, Get Ready
• Nowhere to Run
• ending and closing credits 
• Anna (El Negro Zumbon)

Pink Martini does a fabulous version of Anna (El Negro Zumbon). I've seen them many times. One of the best shows out there.





Check out Anna being sung in the 1951 film of the same name.

Who's under there?

How cool is the beatnik girl mask? Like, Happy Halloween.

Halloween approaches

Time to watch Disc-O-Teen for some costume ideas.

Upbeat tv show

The Cleveland, Ohio music show aired from 1964-71. Read about host Don Webster's recollections here. Otis Redding appeared on Upbeat the day before his death. Below, Redding sings Respect on Upbeat.

Otis Redding

One of the greatest singers in the history of mankind was Otis Redding. He died at age 26 on December 10, 1967. Below, are three performances from Upbeat, the Cleveland, Ohio tv show that aired from 1964-71. He was killed in a plane crash the day after these performances:

• Wow
• Wow again
• Once again, wow

The RRHOF displays part of the fuselage bearing Redding's name.

building a jukebox

See how this 1958 jukebox was made. I'll take one please.

the Hula Hoop

Hula Hoops have been around forever, but it wasn't until Wham-O marketed the product in 1958 that it became a world-wide craze.



It was still going strong ten years later. How cute are these kids?

Sunday morning dose of 1965