Rediscover your favorite songs from the sixties and early seventies. Find those long-lost tunes you thought you had long forgotten. We maintain a searchable database of links to sound clips for over 4000 songs from 1960-1975 which can be browsed both by performing artist and by song title. Currently, over 1200 bands and artists with clips are featured - plus, we also have listings for another 3500 more acts covering the years 1940-1990. If you're not quite sure what song you are looking for, browsing through our extensive song lists is bound to help you jog your memory.
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Since we first went online, we have helped literally thousands of people in all aspects of oldies music collecting - everything from locating out-of-print CDs to finding sheet music to naming some long-forgotten tune from half-remembered song snippets. We hope our website will help you finally track down that elusive tune you have been seeking for so long.
Beautiful People - Bobby Vee And The Strangers
Listed below are key events in music, history, and pop culture that took place on this day between 1950-1980 when oldies music ruled the airwaves.
Martha Reeves And The Vandellas, 1965
| 1950 | "I Need You So" by Ivory Joe Hunter reaches #1 on the Billboard R&B Charts. |
| 1955 | The first riot at an Elvis Presley concert takes place in Jacksonville, FL. |
| 1958 | The trademark Velcro is registered. |
| 1960 | Hundreds of UC Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born. |
| 1967 | "The Happening" by The Supremes reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. |
| 1967 | "Jimmy Mack" by Martha & The Vandellas reaches #1 on the Billboard R&B Charts. |
| 1970 | The Beatles' documentary, "Let It Be," is released. |
| 1978 | "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. |
| 1978 | "Take Me To The Next Phase (Part 1)" by The Isley Brothers reaches #1 on the Billboard R&B Charts. |