Onward and upward… A Side: “Hanky Panky”, Tommy James & The Shondells – A frat rock nugget originally recorded in ’63 that sank without a trace, only to be resurrected by a Pittsburgh DJ two years later and given a new lease on the charts. It hit #1 for two weeks in July of ’66. [...]
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Oop-ip-ip, oop-ip-ip, yeah! The 1966 Battle Royale: Round One, 1-25
June 17, 2009A Side: “Eight Miles High”, The Byrds – And we kick things off with what is easily a Top 10 contender. The best song about jet lag featuring a Coltrane-inspired 12-string Rickenbacker solo ever recorded. Bonus points for the Small Faces nod. B Side: “Standing In The Shadows Of Love”, The Four Tops – Levi [...]
Biff! Bang! Pow! It’s the 1966 Battle Royale!
June 13, 2009Recently, the official BTRNR iPod had not been delivering the goods. It seemed hollow, blah, and not very groovy. In short, it was just not Batusi-tastic. And that warranted a new playlist, devoted to what is indisputably the coolest year in music history – 1966. Sure, everyone knows ’66 as the year of Aftermath, Pet [...]
