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#FortnightFridayMusic
Aug 21 2026
The prompt is #brassHerb 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.
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Dr Victor Olaiya & his All-Stars
https://amf.didiermary.fr/victor-olaiya-all-stars/
Dr Victor Olaiya is considered the bridge between Ghanaian Highlife and what would become Afrobeat.
His musical style was influenced by James Brown, with horn parts harmonized in Brown’s style, as opposed to the mostly unison lines of Afrobeat. The music includes the swinging percussion of Tony Allen, but not the syncopated style that [...]
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The Story of Ethio Jazz
https://amf.didiermary.fr/story-ethio-jazz-mulatu-astatke/
Vibraphone and keyboard player, master arranger and bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his own original music form, Ethio jazz. Through the acclaimed Ethiopiques album series and through featuring on the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch film Broken Flowers, his music has belatedly reached a [...]
#60smusic #70smusic #Ethiojazz #Ethiopia #Jazz #MulatuAstatké
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The Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 13, 1966 and spent three weeks at the top of the chart.
#Music, #TheLovinSpoonful, #60s, #60sMusic, #1960s, #1960sMusic
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The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha …
#arethafranklin #thetenderthemovingtheswingingarethafranklin #soul #r&b #60smusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky The Queen of Soul. This one was released on August 13, 1962 ... it's her third album and was her first to chart -- reaching #69 on the Billboard Pop Album chart. This is Aretha's time with the blues, some jazz and traditional pop standards. The soul sound with Atlantic Records was yet to come ...
https://robinbannks.com/2026/08/13/the-tender-the-moving-the-swinging-aretha/
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Cheap Thrills
#BigBrotherandTheHoldingCompany #janisjoplin #60srock #60smusic #blues #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky August 12, 1968 ~ The followup to their debut album a year earlier, Cheap Thrills, reached number one on the charts for eight nonconsecutive weeks in 1968. The album features three cover songs ("Summertime", "Piece of My Heart" and "Ball and Chain"). The album also features Bill Graham, who introduces the band at the beginning of…
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Bit of a #showerThought ... John Fogerty definitely has a unique pronunciation of a lot of things, but WHAT THE HELL accent is he doing in the song Proud Mary?
It's like a weird attempt at Southern but with some hilarious “oy" Yiddish vowel sounds in there.
"woykin’ for the man”
"big wheel keep on toynin’”
"proud mary keep on boynin’”🤣
I've grown up hearing this song, never really thought about his "accent" til recently though. #music #60sMusic #1960s
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Blind Faith
#blindfaith #60srock #60smusic #classicrock #ericclapton #gingerbaker #ricgrech #stevewinwood #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky The first and only album from the first-ever supergroup is released on August 9, 1969. Buzzworthy not only because of Clapton, Winwood, Grech and Baker but also because of the album cover. Bob Seidemann, who has photographed the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin, is hired to take the cover shot.
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Another Side of Bob Dylan
#bobdylan #dylan #orpheus #60smusic #folk #folkrock #anothersideofbobdylan #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky August 8, 1964 ~ Orpheus releases his fourth album. It's different from his previous albums which didn't sit well with some of the tight-asses in the folky community. There weren't any "protest" songs ... but some inward, personal and surreal lyrics .. set Dylan up nicely for what was to follow.
https://robinbannks.com/2026/08/08/another-side-of-bob-dylan/
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An Innocent Man
#billyjoel #50smusic #60smusic #80smusic #aninnocentman #billyjoel #blueeyedsoul #doowop #poprock #softrock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky Billy Joel releases his 9th album on August 8, 1993 ~ his homage to the music of the 50's and 60's. The album produced three Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits -- "Tell Her About It," "Uptown Girl" and "An Innocent Man." It was nominated for Album of The Year at the 25th Annual Grammy Awards.
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The Beatles released the Revolver album on August 5, 1966.
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Revolver
#TheBeatles #Revolver #60smusic #rock #pop #psychedelicrock #johnpaulgeorgeandringo #georgemartin #geoffemerick #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky Released on August 5, 1966. It's their 7th, and the album that turned The Beatles into experimental studio innovators. George Martin introduced several recording techniques that reshaped modern music -- tapes and loops, backward audio, artificial double tracking and more. Before 1966, recording studios…
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Note to self: I need to get Grass Roots on vinyl next time I go to the record shop.
Do they have any bad songs?
#music #vinyl #60sMusic #TheGrassRoots
https://youtu.be/1_CdjfavOcY?list=PL-xAQtP44d6jyRaquhwpGeL5xtjMbnMEz
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Green River
#CCR #CredenceClearwaterRevival #60smusic #rock #greenriver #rootsrock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #johnfogerty August 3, 1969 ~ CCR released three albums in 1969 -- this was #2 and their third to date. It's one of their best and captures them at their peak "swamp rock" sound. Written and produced almost single handedly by John Fogerty, Green River spawned of CCR's iconic hits.It's #95 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time."
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The Troggs' "Wild Thing" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 30, 1966 and spent two weeks at the top of the chart.
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Truth
#jeffbeck #truth #60smusic #60srock #bluesrock #classicrock #jimmypage #keithmoon #rodstewart #ronniewood #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky Jeff Beck releases his debut solo album on July 29, 1968. The band includes Rod Stewart on vocals, Ronnie Wood on base guitar and Micky Waller on drums. Nicky Hopkins, John Paul Jones and Keith Moon also appear. Oh, and Jimmy Page helps out with the 12-string on "Beck's Bolero."
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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…
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CSN … and Y
#CSNY #crosbystillsnashandyoung #fillmoreeast #60srock #60smusic #classicrock #davidcrosby #stephenstills #grahamnash #neilyoung #music #musicsky #musiciansky #rock #rockmusic July 25, 1969 ~ Neil Young appears with David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash for the first time. It happens at The Fillmore East in New York. Or, did he? The date is often mistakenly marked as their live debut at the Fillmore East. But, those summer dates had to be postponed…
https://robinbannks.com/2026/07/25/july-25-1969-neil-young-appears-with-david/
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Ochieng’ Nelly, godfather of Benga music
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rip-ochieng-nelly-godfather-benga/
His death in 2014 came at a time when he had been making a successful comeback to the live music scene after a long break.
Born Nelson Ochieng Orwa in 1943 in South Nyanza, he began playing the guitar in his teenage years after being taught […]
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Uta Bella – Monboulae
https://amf.didiermary.fr/uta-bella-monboulae/
Very old video from French TV (ORTF) in 1969, a live music show called “Pulsation.” The Diva Uta Bella starts singing @ 2:38. In the first part, you’ll see a very young Manu Dibango playing the organ. […]
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🎡 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
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THE SONICS
Here Are The Sonics!!!
2020 UK MONO reissueIt’s 7:30 am and I’m about to make my neighbors really unhappy.
Full volume wake call for everybody with one of the greatest albums of all time, period.
Some call them the original punk rock band.
I suppose there’s SOME truth to that, but the fact of the matter is that they were just a great band period, regardless of genre.These songs are just incredible, and they sound as fresh and as brand new today as they did in the #60s .
Just an incredibly important and savage rock band.#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #art #1960s #60smusic #TheSonics #punk #garage #seattle
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SANDY BULL
Inventions
1965 Canada pressingAbsolutely perfect record for a rainy, thundery Thursday night on the island.
Pretty much a flawless album start to finish, and unquestionably Sandy Bull’s magnum opus masterpiece.
It pretty much has it all.
Incredible folky guitar playing, Middle Eastern vibes, drone-y experimental improvisation, and some killer #jazz flair courtesy of drummer Billy Higgins.#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #art #folk #1960s #60s #60smusic #improv #SandyBull
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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
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Woody
#woodyguthrie #birthday #folk #singersongwriters #60smusic #protestmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie ~ b. July 14, 1912 "It’s a folk singer’s job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people.” Woody Guthrie
https://robinbannks.com/2026/07/14/robinbannks-woodrow-wilson-woody-guthrie-b/
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FARGO
I See It Now
1969 Canada pressingLast spin of the night goes to a bit of a cult classic.
This was Fargo’s only record.
It’s a folky, breezy, slightly psychedelic baroque pop album with 11 wonderful tunes on it.RCA did very little to promote it (which is crazy, because it’s SO GOOD), the album tanked, and the band broke up.
The vocal harmonies are fucking beautiful, and the little orchestral flourishes are exquisite.
It deserves reappraisal and a new audience, not just those who like obscure psych-pop.
If a few of you go and listen to this and get turned onto it from my post, then I’d be thrilled.
REALLY good record.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #cratedigging #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #rare #art #folk #psychedelic #psych #baroque #pop #1960s #60s #60smusic
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Bobby Lewis' "Tossin' And Turnin'" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 10, 1961 and spent seven weeks at the top of the chart.
