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Highlife Time

https://amf.didiermary.fr/highlife-time/

“Highlife Time – Nigerian and Ghanaian Sound from the 60s and Early 70s” a 2xCD or 2xLP compilation by Vampi Soul.

Highlife, dance music played mostly in Ghana and Nigeria, represents one of the century’s first fusions of African roots and western music, and before 1970 it ruled dancefloors across much of West Africa. […]

#60smusic #70smusic #FullAlbum #Ghana #Highlife #Nigeria #OldAfricanMusic

#FortnightFridayMusic
Aug 21 2026
The prompt is #brass

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, “A Taste of Honey” from Whipped Cream & Other Delights (1965)

I didn’t set out to be so literal with the band name, I just wanted the sound, and here we are. Is it cheesy? Well, dairy-adjacent - but c'mon, it is in fact a delight.

I have learned that this song was originally written by Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow for the 1960 Broadway version of the 1958 British play A Taste of Honey,, which was also made into a film of the same name in 1961, and that this recording earned four Grammys! In addition, #TheBeatles recorded and released a vocal version of this song on their first album, Please Please Me. I somehow had never connected those dots.

If memory serves, Mom had a crush on #HerbAlpert. I get it, Mom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTzM6yn8hQg

#60s #60sMusic

Gram

#gramparsons #southafrica #thebyrds #60smusic #70smusic #music #musiciansky #musicsky #chrishillman #rogermcguinn #theflyingburritobrothers #keithrichards #mickjagger #theglimmertwins July 29, 1968 ~ On the eve of their South African tour, Gram Parsons leaves The Byrds, refusing to play in front of South Africa's segregated audiences. It's summer and The Byrds are out on tour promoting their Sweetheart Of The Rodeo album. They did London before departing for South…

https://robinbannks.com/2026/07/29/gram-4/

🎡 RIP Freddy Cannon 🎡

I played his 1962 single Palisades Park over and over as a child ...

🎵 You'll never know how great a kiss can feel
When you stop at the top of a ferris wheel 🎵

Born in Revere, Mass in 1936, he was 89 when he passed

#freddycannon #palisadespark #60smusic #the60s #rip #music #musicworld #thesixties #summersongs

Tommy James and the Shondells' "Hanky Panky" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 16, 1966 and spent two weeks at the top of the chart.

#Music, #TommyJames, #TheShondells, #60s, #60sMusic, #1960s, #1960sMusic

Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)

#beachboys #summerdaysandsummernights #60smusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #rock #rockmusic #pop #brianwilson July 5, 1965 ~ The Beach Boys release their ninth album. BBC Music says, "If Pet Sounds is the critics’ favorite, Summer Days is perhaps the people's day at the beach." Brian Wilson was mastering his "wall-of-sound" production sound and the album anchored a couple of the band's most famous tunes: "California Girls --…

https://robinbannks.com/2026/07/05/summer-days-and-summer-nights/

🕯️ RIP David Clayton-Thomas 🕯️

Lead singer of Blood Sweat & Tears ... part of the soundtrack to my childhood. He was 84

#bloodsweatandtears #davidclaytonthomas #rip #andwhenidie #60smusic #thesixties #the60s

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#AmericanSongwriter
Remember When the Beatles First Appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
If there was any doubt that the Beatles were bonafide superstars, their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show proved otherwise.

https://americansongwriter.com/remember-when-the-beatles-first-appear-on-the-ed-sullivan-show/

#TheBeatles #EdSullivanShow #60sMusic #HistoricMoment #RevolutionaryChange #IntroductionOfTheFabFour #AmericanPopCulture #BritishInvasion #ChangeInMusicIndustry #PerformanceFrenzy

Minor Key . Net Playlist 7/14/23
https://www.minorkey.net/minor-key-playlists/minor-key-net-playlist-7-14-23

#JayJayJohnson #CliffordBrown #HaniaRani #DobrawaCzocher #LucileBoulanger #LouReed #AlisaWeilerstein #SymphonieorchesterDesBayerischenRundfunks #PabloHerasCasado #SuaLee #NatalieHaas #ShekuKannehMason #HannahRoberts #BenDavies #DesmondNeysmith #MaxRuisi #JoepBeving #DeutschesFilmorchesterBabelsberg #LorenzDangel #TheBeachBoys #TheCure

#NowPlaying #Playlist #60sMusic #ClassicalMusic #Jazz #Piano #Cello #Cellist #NowListening

The Beatles’ Apple Boutique 🍎
"a beautiful place where beautiful people can buy beautiful things". Opened in 1967 but only survived for 7 months before they decided to shut it down and give every item inside away. #beatles #apple #appleboutique #60s #fashion #london #thebeatles #music #60smusic #psychedelic https://www.minniemuse.com/articles/musings/the-apple-boutique