Tuesday 12 January 2010

The Wonder Years : 1966


  1. ? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears
  2. Bobby Fuller Band - I Fought The Law
  3. The Strangeloves - Night Time
  4. The Standells - Dirty Water
  5. The Lovin' Spoonful - You Didn't Have to Be So Nice
  6. Sam & Dave - Hold on, I'm Coming
  7. Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman
  8. The Statler Brothers - Flowers on the Wall
  9. Hedgehoppers Anonymous - It's Good News Week
  10. The Hollies - Look Through Any Window
  11. Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
  12. Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High
  13. Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly
  14. The Four Seasons - Working My Way Back to You
  15. Norma Tanega - Walkin' My Cat Named Dog
  16. The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black
  17. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
  18. Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
  19. Donovan - Sunshine Superman
  20. Robert Parker - Barefootin'
  21. Ray Charles - Crying Time.
  22. Tim Buckley - Wings
  23. The 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me
  24. The Beatles - She Said She Said
  25. The Byrds - Mr. Spaceman
  26. Frank Sinatra - It Was a Very Good Year
  27. Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

The first Star Trek episode, "The Man Trap," is broadcast on September 8. The plot concerns a creature that sucks salt from human bodies.

CBS backs out of plans to broadcast Psycho, deeming the movie too violent for at-home viewing.

In an interview published in The London Evening Standard, John Lennon comments, "We're more popular than Jesus now," eventually sparking a controversy in the US.

England were crowned Football World Champions for the first ( and last ) time.

We Said Hello to John Cusack, Halle Berry, Jeff Buckley, Stephen Malkmus, Sinead O’Connor, Mike Tyson and Eric Cantona.

We said Goodbye to Buster Keaton, Walt Disney, Lenny Bruce, Montgomery Clift and Alma Cogan.

And the Music? Pet Sounds, Revolver, Blonde On Blonde, need we say more?

This episode was brought to you in conjunction with the esteemed RetroJoe..

1966

4 comments:

Jbw said...

none of your links are active...

Jbw said...

or shall i say none of todays links are active.

sammyg123 said...

I know, please bear with me - they should all (hopefully) be up by the end of today.

Jbw said...

Of Course!

Have loved your site for a while now!