Old Familiar Tunes

July 1, 1967 was Canada's one hundredth birthday. To mark the occasion, Queen Elizabeth II visited Parliament Hill in Ottawa, while Expo...

June 24, 1967 (2 weeks) I recently discussed how it's hard to really place The Hollies. They weren't quite among the elite of the Br...

June 17, 1967 (1 week) "Among the velvet-trousered denizens of the Scotch of Saint James, the feeling was that the vaunted San Francisc...

June 10, 1967 (1 week) Bird and Dizzy, in a bit o' tizzy Tryin' to play their solos so fast, Roach and Blakey, gettin' kind of a...

June 3, 1967 (1 week) It's Sunday afternoon here as I write this. My wife just headed down to the gym. I thought about going but I figur...

May 27, 1967 (1 week) From the very beginning jazz musicians seemed to get George Gershwin. Classically trained, he was nevertheless open to...

May 20, 1967 (1 week) "We'd like to play three selected hit singles, the three easiest... uh, there's "Substitute" wh...

May 13, 1967 (1 week) Going out on a high note is something that many aspire towards but few manage to pull off. I imagine it's the kind...

May 6, 1967 (1 week) Had social media in the sixties consisted of more than (a) two (or more) people speaking to one another face-to-face, (...

April 22, 1967 (2 weeks) I was born in 1977 so, naturally, I came along far too late to appreciate Canada's centennial. Nevertheless, it...

April 1, 1967 (3 weeks) "Probably the worst album in the history of the world". — Michael Nesmith No, the one with the toque wasn...

March 25, 1967 (1 week) "Anyone unlucky enough not to have been aged between 14 and 30 during 1966-7 will never know the excitement of ...

1957 Elvis Presley :   "All Shook Up"  Pat Boone:   "Love Letters in the Sand" Jimmy Dorsey with Orchestra and Chorus:  ...