'60s On 6 Playlist

I see what you did there. And here is the song. It's also been recorded by Brian Hyland, Johnny Crawford, Rich Oades, Tony Scotti, Billy Fury, Jesse Winchester, the Meadowlarks, the Topsiders, the Hollywood Flames and Kenny Vance & the Planotones.


 
"Are you here again? Don't tell me you found another big hit that is missing from the list!" Umm, yes. Steve Lawrence had a #9 hit in May 1961 with Portrait Of My Love – and it wasn't on the list. The lyrics were written by record producer Norman Newell under the pen name of David West. The music was written by Cyril Ornadel, who led the Starlight Symphony Orchestra and the Westminster Concert Orchestra and in the 1950s-60s conducted the orchestra on ATV's Sunday Night At The London Palladium television series. Portrait Of My Love was first recorded by Matt Monro in 1960.


 
Looking at that album title, all I can think of is the sound bite Stern was playing a couple years ago of Brent Hatley saying "soft swinging"

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Here is another song that the '60s channel occasionally plays but was not on the list. Les Bicyclettes De Belsize, a #31 hit for Engelbert Humperdinck in November 1968, was written by Les Reed and Barry Mason and was the title song of a British short film starring Anthony May and Judy Huxtable. Reed and Mason also wrote Tom Jones' Delilah, Petula Clark's Kiss Me Goodbye, the Fortunes' Here It Comes Again and Engelbert Humperdinck's The Last Waltz and Winter World Of Love.

By the way, Belsize Park is a residential area in Camden, England – but it is not featured in the short film! Go figure!


 
Of course the real Engelbert Humperdinck was a German composer (1854-1921) best known for the 1893 opera Hänsel und Gretel, And for all you asteroid fans in the audience, let's not forget the 9913 Humperdinck asteroid named for the composer:

9913 Humperdinck Asteroid Mass and other Facts

Humperdinck is an Asteroid that orbits the Sun in the asteroid belt that surrounds our star. The majority of the asteroids orbit between Mars and Jupiter.
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Here is another one to add to the list: Ricky Nelson's Young Emotions. (Beginning with A Wonder Like You/Everlovin' in September 1961, he would be known as Rick Nelson.) Young Emotions reached #12 in May 1960 and was the 17th of Nelson's 27 top-20 hits.


 
"Another song to add?" Yes, another song to add. I'll Try Something New was written by Smokey Robinson and recorded by Smokey and the Miracles and reached #39 in June 1962. A version by the Supremes and Temptations got to #25 in April 1969. The song has also been recorded by Smokey Robinson solo (in 1982), Kiki Dee, Barbara McNair and A Taste Of Honey.


 
Engelbert Humperdinck's first hit, Release Me, reached #4 in June 1967 – and it was not on the list. Don't ask me why. "Okay, why?" I told you to not ask me! Release Me was written by Eddie Miller and Robert Yount. It was a top-ten hit for Esther Phillips in late 1962. On the country chart, there were hit versions by Jimmy Heap, Ray Price and Kitty Wells, all in 1954; Charlie McCoy in 1973; and Marie Owens in 1974. The song has been recorded by more than 240 artists including Elvis Presley, Patti Page, Bobby Darin, Faron Young, Lefty Frizzell, Slim Whitman, Freddie Hart, Dottie West, Elton Britt, Cristy Lane, Dean Martin, Matt Monro, Bobby Bare, Willie Nelson, Johnny Rodriguez, Pat Boone, Eddy Arnold, Jim Nabors, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Conniff, Conway Twitty/Loretta Lynn, the Orlons, the Everly Brothers, the Statler Brothers and the Johnny Mann Singers.


 
One more cover of "Release Me" that puts the rest to shame. I mean, check out the singing on this masterpiece of a Def Leppard b-side! Especially the last verse -- classic!!

 
Another one to add to the list. I included almost every song ever played on the '60s channel – all the low-charting songs and non-charting songs and B-sides and album tracks – and somehow I managed to miss several top-ten hits, including this Grammy-winning song from 1966:

 
They announced on the 60's channel that next Wednesday they are relocating to channel 73 and getting rebranded as 60's Gold.

I wonder what's the reasoning behind that move.
 
Aaron said:
They announced on the 60's channel that next Wednesday they are relocating to channel 73 and getting rebranded as 60's Gold.

I wonder what's the reasoning behind that move.
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Probably going to add a big $$$$ payola channel on channel 6.
 
Apparently 50's is moving as well.

Guess the monkeys running management flung enough shit at the wall to get it to stick.

Glad I cancelled.
 
The renamed "'50s Gold" is now on channel 72. Most of the 1962-63 songs have been dropped and they're now playing many big hits of 1950-54. The renamed "'60s Gold" is now on channel 73 and has re-added many 1960-63 songs that hadn't been played for many years – because they were being played on the '50s channel. Do I need to point out that the 1960s are not part of the 1950s? Doy!

Here is another big hit that was missing from the list. Hats Off To Larry was written by Del Shannon and was a #5 hit for him in July 1961.


 
I have mixed feelings on that. Yes, 1960 to 1963 is clearly in the decade of the 60's. But musically, those years are a better fit with the sound of the 1950's. On the 60's channel it's jarring to go from Jimi Hendrix to a song from Pat Boone or Bobby Rydell.
 
Another song to add – and just in time for Christmas, too. Jingle Bell Rock was first recorded in 1957 by Bobby Helms & the Anita Kerr Singers. Bobby Rydell and Chubby Checker recorded a version in 1961 which reached #21 on the Hot 100. (Billboard did not publish a Christmas chart until 1963.) The B-side, Jingle Bells Imitations, featured them impersonating other singers. Chubby did a pretty good impression of Fats Domino. Here are both songs:





 
I found another omission. Inexcusable! It was written by Dave Clark and was a #3 hit for the Dave Clark Five in September 1964. (Clark was the band's drummer. The lead singer was Mike Smith.) Here is Because:

 
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