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Wednesday, 13 January 2010

The Wonder Years : 1959

The Clovers - Love Potion #9
Elvis Presley - One Night
Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops
Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee
Bo Diddley - Hey! Bo Diddley
Johnny Horton - The Battle Of New Orleans
Frankie Avalon - Venus
Ricky Nelson - It's Late
João Gilberto - Chega de Saudade
George Jones - Who Shot Sam
Dion & The Belmonts - A Teenager In Love
Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore
Esquivel - My Blue Heaven
Fabian - Tiger
Marilyn Monroe - I Wanna Be Loved by You
Ray Anthony - The Peter Gunn Theme
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You
Preston Epps - Bongo Rock
Jack Kerouac - Deadbelly
Fats Domino - Margie
Marty Robbins - El Paso
Kingston Trio - The MTA
Chuck Berry - Maybellene
Ella Fitzgerald - A-Tisket A-Tasket
Jacques Brel - Je t'aime
Ritchie Valens - Donna
Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
Ray Charles - What'd I Say

This was the year in which we had the day the music died. (Feb 3rd) Barbie made her debut on the world stage and soon met Ken who we all know was never good enough for her.

Luna 2 became the first man made object to touch the surface of the moon, when we say touch we mean crashed slap bang into.

Midwives around the world cut the strings and unleashed : .

Sheena Easton, Sade, Kathy Sledge, Perry Farrell, Robert Smith, Brian Setzer, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Morrissey, Richie Sambora, Suzanne Vega, Joe Elliott, Kirsty McColl, Weird Al Yankovic,

The final curtain call came for

The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Billie Holliday, Blind Willie McTell, Mario Lanza..

1959

The Wonder Years : 1969

Grand Funk Railroad - Time Machine
The Stooges - 1969
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
The Grass Roots - Heaven Knows
Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air
Laura Nyro - Time and Love
The Kinks - Drivin'
Smith - Baby It's You
R. B. Greaves - Take A Letter Maria
Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Marrakesh Express
Rolling Stones - Gimmie Shelter
Tyrone Davis - Can I Change My Mind
Three Dog Night - Easy to Be Hard
Serge Gainsbourg - 69 annee erotique
Booker & The Mgs - Time Is Tight
Os Mutantes - Fuga No II
Friends of Distinction - Going In Circles
The Flying Burrito Bros. - My Uncle
Harlow Wilcox - Groovy Grubworm
Townes Van Zandt - Kathleen
Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
The Beatles - Because
Nick Drake - River Man

"Well its 1969 ok?" This episode features a special guest appearance from AotM's resident professor of yesteryear RetroJoe who kindly pitched in with some great picks.

Notable events this year include the test flight of Concorde, the marriage of John & Yoko, the murder of Sharon Tate, the Woodstock festival, and the birth of tornadoZ..

1969

Tuesday, 12 January 2010

The Wonder Years : 1966

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

The Wonder Years : 1970

George Harrison - Wah Wah
Badfinger - No Matter What
The Kinks - Lola
MC5 - Shakin' Street
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around the Bend
B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy in New York
Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning Comin' Down
Syd Barrett - Golden Hair
Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Our House
Beach Boys - Forever
Van Morrison - And It Stone Me
Os Mutantes - Desculpe, Babe
Manu Dibango - African Battle
100 Proof (Aged in Soul) - Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed
The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
The Band - Rag Mama Rag
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Canned Heat - Let's Work Together
Vashti Bunyan - Rose Hip November
John Lennon - Working Class Hero
Nick Drake - Northern Sky

Paul McCartney announces that the Beatles have disbanded, In Vietnam, the worst monsoon to hit the area in six years causes large floods, kills 293, leaves 200,000 homeless and virtually halts the Vietnam War

Edward Heath is elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the general election, The Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed, The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 takes place on East Afton Farm off the coast of England. Some 600,000 people attend the largest rock festival of all time. Artists include Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Doors, Chicago, Richie Havens, John Sebastian, Joan Baez, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Jethro Tull

We said hello to Minnie Driver, Mariah Carey, Andre Agassi, Uma Thurman, Naomi Campbell, Beck, River Phoenix & Liam Lynch ( yeah, whatever )

We said goodbye to Tammii Terrell, Slim Harpo, Charles de Gaulle, Janis Joplin & Jimi Hendrix

And the Music? No 60s hangover here…

1970

The Wonder Years : 1982

The Clash - Rock The Casbah
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
Grandmaster Flash - The Message
Agentss - Agentss
The Jam - Town Called Malice
Altered Images - Song Sung Blue
Devo - Peek-A-Boo!
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - You Little Fool
Bruce Springsteen - State Trooper
Orange Juice - Rip It Up
Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling
Dalek I Love You - Holiday In Disneyland
Pere Ubu - Petrified
Associates - Party Fears Two
Virgin Prunes - Baby Turns Blue
R.E.M. - Wolves, Lower
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Liars A to E
King Sunny Ade & His African Beats - Mo Beru Agba
Joubert Singers - Stand On The Word
Laurie Anderson - O Superman

A mish mash from 1982. Compiled for Salman1, Siobhan, and abangaku. We think it sounds great despite the bad press The Eighties got. So these to us are not so much guilty pleasures as just plain pleasures. Happy 1982!

1982

The Wonder Years : 1965

Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs - Wooly Bully
The Who - My Generation
The Sonics - The Witch
The Byrds - All I Really Want to Do
Unit 4 Plus 2 - Concrete And Clay
Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore
The Zombies - She's Not There
Rolling Stones - The Last Time
The Beau Brummels - Laugh, Laugh
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
The Fugs - I Couldn't Get High
The Yardbirds - For Your Love
The Kinks - Tired Of Waiting For You
Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Lollipops and Roses
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
Martha Reeves And The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
James Brown - Papas Got A Brand New Bag
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Mellow Down Easy
Otis Redding - Ole Man Trouble
Jackie De Shannon - What The World Needs Now
Astrud Gilberto - Look to the Rainbow
Donovan - Colours
Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe In Magic
The Beatles - Nowhere Man
The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself
Evie Sands - Take Me For A Little While

Former leader of the Black Muslims, Malcolm X, is shot and killed in New York City

The first commercial satellite, Early Bird, is launched into space by Nasa to transmit telephone and television signals

Dr. Dre, Sarah Jessica Parker, Robert Downey Jr., Shania Twain, Ben Stiller, Moby and gobi are born

Sir Winston Churchill, Nat King Cole, Spike Jones, Stan Laurel and Jazz Pianist Clarence Williams passed away

The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews, is the top grossing film

Dune by Frank Herbert is published

Sony introduces the Betamax, a home video tape recorder

And the Music? Well, the music was just grand….

1965

The Wonder Years : 1929

The Jungle Band - Dog Bottom
Ruth Etting - Button Up Your Overcoat
Boswell Sister - Rock and Roll
Paul Whiteman & Bing Crosby - Makin' Whoopee
Henry Thomas - Old Country Stomp
Zutty Singleton, L. Armstrong & His Orchestra - That Rhythm Man
Blind Lemon Jefferson - That Crawlin' Baby Blues
Jack Teagarden - My Kinda Love
Jelly Roll Morton - Turtle Twist
Tommy Johnson - Big Fat Mamma Blues
Dick Justice - Cocaine
Emma Bush - Lei E
Tau Moe and His Original Hawaiians - Hula Blues
Jimmie Rodgers - Any Old Time
Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers - Sweet Mama (Papa's Getting Mad)
Carolina Tar Hells - Peg And Awi
Josh White - Wang Wang Harmonica Blues
Annette Hanshaw - Am I Blue
Lonnie Coleman - Wild About My Loving
Frankie 'Halfpint' Jaxon & Tampa Red - My Daddy Rocks Me
Anson Weeks and His Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra - Give Your Little Baby Lots Of Lovin'
Grayson & Whitter - Tom Dooley
Hokum Boys - Put Your Mind On It
J. Neal Montgomery and His Orchestra - Auburn Ave. Stomp

That's right, your eyes aren't deceiving you. For the Wonder Years first mix of the year we visited 1929. Listen to this with an open mind and you may change your listening habits forever. Or at the very least enjoy what we were listening to over 80 years ago!

1929

The Wonder Years : 1975

David Bowie - Golden Years
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Roxy Music - Love is the Drug
Patti Smith - Redondo Beach
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - River of Love
Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile
The Dictators - Teengenerate
Brian Eno - St Elmo's Fire
Archie Bell & The Drells - The Soul City Walk
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
Johnny Hammond - Shifting Gears
Kraftwerk - Antenna
Neu! - Isi
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
Chris Squire - Hold Out Your Hand
Kim Fowley - Night of The Hunter
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Don't Cry No Tears
Bob Dylan - Simple Twist of Fate
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

The year is 1975 and the United States of America are still reeling from the Watergate scandal. By April communist forces take Saigon forcing the unconditional surrender of the South Vietnamese and the protracted conflict is over..

Over the pond in the UK the Birmingham Six are wrongfully sentenced to life in prison and Peter Sutcliffe the Yorkshire Ripper commits his first murder..

This year also saw the sinking of SS Edmund Fitzgerald with the loss of all 29 on board. Ok... We can't seem to find any good news.. Correction, Mike Blasi arrived into the world! This one's for you mate....

1975

Monday, 11 January 2010

The Wonder Years : 1978

Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone
Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind
The Adverts - Bored Teenagers
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Scritti Politti - Skank Bloc Bologna
Peter Hammill - The Second Hand
The Cramps - Human Fly
Talking Heads - Stay Hungry
The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
Black Flag - I've Had It
Adam & The Ants - Young Parisians
The Clash - English Civil War
The Police - Roxanne
Burning Spear - Marcus Children Suffer
Chic - Le Freak
The Rutles - Hold My Hand
Cheap Trick - California Man
Big Star - Thank You Friends
Wire - I Am the Fly
Devo - Jocko Homo
Elvis Costello - (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London

In 1978 fitness was the name of the game as normally sensible people donned lycra as the nation was caught in the grip of a jogging craze.

Disco fever had also firmly taken hold making hairy chests and medallions the order of the day as Saturday Night Fever finished up the third top grossing movie, behind Christopher Reeve in red underpants, and more dancing Travolta in Grease.

Sadly the last dance came for Chris Bell, Keith Moon, Sandy Denny, Jacques Brel, and Louis Prima.

Though new arrivals included Sisqó, Julian Casablancas, and Usher... Ok not exactly a fair trade, but who said life was fair? Even in '78.

Hope you enjoy this latest episode. This one's for you Ms Orchid..

1978

The Wonder Years : 1981

X - The Once Over Twice
Depeche Mode - New Life
OMD - Souvenir
Television Personalities - I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives
The Specials - Ghost Town
Julian Cope and the Teardrop Explodes - Reward
Robyn Hitchcock - Brenda's Iron Sledge
Squeeze - In Quintessence
The Barracudas - (I Wish it Could Be) 1965 Again
The dB's - Cycles Per Second
The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
The Replacements - Takin' a Ride
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
Japan - Visions Of China
The Jam - That's Entertainment
New Order - Ceremony
The Raincoats - Odyshape
The Fall - Middle Mass
The Human League - The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
Gang Of Four - Paralysed
The Cure - All Cats Are Grey

U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. Bucks Fizz win the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song, Making Your Mind Up.

Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, is imprisoned for life for 13 counts of murder.

Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles, Prince of Wales. MTV (Music Television) is launched ( the first video they played was??? ). Egyptian president Anwar Sadat is assassinated during a parade by army members who were part of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad organization.

We said hello to Justin Timberlake, Elijah Wood, Paris Hilton, Jessica Alba, Natalie Portman & Beyonce Knowles.

We said goodbye to Bill Haley, Samuel Barber, Joe Louis, Harry Chapin, William Holden, Natalie Wood & Bob Marley.

And the music? Well, if you only ever listen to one 1981 mix, make it this!

1981

The Wonder Years : 1972

Stevie Wonder - Superstition
The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
T. Rex - Metal Guru
Procol Harum - Conquistador
Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
America - Ventura Highway
Dr. John - Iko Iko
Charles Mingus - Taurus in the Arena of Life
Curtis Mayfield - Give Me Your Love (Love Song)
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light
Jorge Ben Jor - Fio Maravilha
Malo - Suavecito
The Raspberries - Go All The Way
Lou Reed - Satellite of Love
Neil Young - The Needle And The Damage Done
Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges - San Vicente
O´Jays - Backstabbers
Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair
Paul Simon - Mother and Child Reunion
John Prine - Illegal Smile
Colin Blunstone - Say You Don't Mind
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Roxy Music - Bitters End

Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in a chess match at Reykjavík, Iceland, and becomes the first American chess champion,

Rainbow, a British television programme for children, debuts, Apollo 17, the last manned mission to the Moon to date, is launched

The Broadway production of the musical Hair closes after 1,752 performances

M*A*S*H and The Price is Right debut on CBS

We said Hello to Dwayne Johnson ( AKA The Rock ), Zinedine Zidane, Cameron Diaz, Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law & Eminem

We Waved Goodbye to Mahaila Jackson, Harry S Truman, Maurice Chevalier & J Edgar HooverAnd the music? Download, listen & drool…

1972

The Wonder Years : 1980

ACDC - Back In Black
Undertones - My Perfect Cousin
Blondie - Atomic
Julian Cope and the Teardrop Explodes - Bouncing Babies
The Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You
Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
Magazine - A Song From Under The Floorboards
Bauhaus - Stigmata Martyr
Elvis Costello - Love For Tender
Adam & The Ants - Antmusic
The Jam - That's Entertainment
The Sound - Heyday
Joy Division - A Means To An End
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart
The Cure - 10.15 Saturday Night
The Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing
Specials - Stereotype
Young Marble Giants - Credit In The Straight World
The Cramps - I Was A Teenage Werewolf
Feelies - Loveless Love
Suicide - Mr. Ray

It’s 1980! And we’re Rollerblading whilst wearing legwarmers and listening to Sheena Easton on our brand new Walkmans…

Who Shot JR? is talked about heavily from the TV show Dallas. On November 21, the conclusion draws more viewers than any other show in TV history up to that point.

The Summer Olympics are held in Moscow, USSR. The USA boycotts. The favour was returned 4 years later.

Ronald Reagan is elected, defeating Jimmy Carter, and takes credit for freeing the Iranian hostages in his innaugural speech.

Bjorn Borg defeated John Mcenroe in the Wimbledon mens singles final to claim his fifth title in a row.

Mount St. Helens (in Washington) erupts, darkening the skies with ash and destroying the surrounding area for many miles

We said Hello to Christina Aguilera, Macauly Culkin, Alicia Keys, Christina Ricci, Conor Oberst, Ryan Gosling, Steven Gerrard and Jake Gyllenhaal..

We said Goodbye to John Bonham, Ian Curtis, Tim Hardin, Alfred Hitchcock, Steve McQueen, Jesse Owens, Colonel Sanders, Bon Scott, Peter Sellers, Jean Paul Sartre and of course John Lennon….

1980

The Wonder Years : 1971

The Who - Baba O'Riley
John Kongos - He's Gonna Step on You Again
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
The Yamasuki Singers - Yama Yama
Paul McCartney & Wings - Uncle Albert Admiral Halsey
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman
Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me
Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)
Caetano Veloso - London, London
Harry Nilsson - Me And My Arrow
Chico Buarque - Cotidiano
Cat Stevens - Wild World
Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
Dave & Ansil Collins - Double Barrel
The Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun
East Of Eden - Jig A Jig
Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
Joni Mitchell - River
Carole King - Will You Love Me Tomorrow

1971... The Vietnam War was still going on, the US invaded Laos, and the movies gave us Shaft and Dirty Harry cleaning things up vigilante style . . . ”do you feel lucky punk?”.

American kids of 1971 were busy learning how to enunciate correctly from the Electric Company while shovelling spoonfuls of Count Chocula and Cocoa Pebbles

cereal into their mouths. Meanwhile, the teenagers of 1971 were getting busy in their Ford Pinto’s as Led Zeppelin played Stairway To Heaven.Jim Morrison dies in Paris at age 27. (July 3).

The Allman Brothers' Duane Allman dies in a motorcycle accident at age 24. (Oct. 29). The Big films of the Year were 'A Clockwork Orange' & 'The French Connection'.

But all 1971 really wanted to do was to buy the world a Coke and keep it company - right on!

This one's for our good friend Rob Conroy, and also French Connection's better half, Helen.. Click & enjoy.

1971

The Wonder Years : 1984

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
Prefab Sprout - Don't Sing
Julian Cope - Sunshine Playroom
The Fall - C.R.E.E.P
REM - Pretty Persuasion
Prince - When Doves Cry
GoGos - Head Over Heels
The Bangles - Going Down to Liverpool
Lloyd Cole - Perfect Skin
Tom Waits - Gin Soaked Boy
The Pogues - Dark Streets of London
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost In You
Public Image Ltd. - This Is Not a Love Song
Microdisney - Dolly
Cocteau Twins - Lorelei
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
Sheila E - The Belle Of St. Mark
The Pretenders - 2000 Miles
The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing
The Replacements - Androgynous

The film Ghostbusters is released into theaters, becoming a summer blockbuster hit, with the song "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr. becoming a Top 40 hit.

Thirty-six of Britain and Ireland's top pop musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio to form Band Aid, and record the song "Do They Know It's Christmas", in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.

On a Challenger mission, two astronauts become the first humans to fly free of a spacecraft.

And perhaps more significantly Barrydali's 5 year old brother threw his brand new remote control tank out of the window on Christmas day in a jealous rage because his own presents didn't match up. Unbelievably Band Aid have yet to write a song about that. If you're watching Stephen Maguire this ones for you...

1984

The Wonder Years : 1999

The White Stripes - Stop Breaking Down
The Flaming Lips - Waitin' for a Superman
Super Furry Animals - The Door to This House Remains Open
dEUS - Put the Freaks Up Front
Porcupine Tree - Piano Lessons
The Loch Ness Mouse - Judy
The Magnetic Fields - All My Little Words
Pavement - Carrot Rope
Beck - Sexx Laws
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Death in Vegas - Aisha
The Auteurs - The Rubettes
Jim O'Rourke - Something Big
Wilco - I'm Always In Love
XTC - I'd Like That
Songs Ohia - How to Be Perfect Men
Smog - Teenage Spaceship
Damien Jurado - Ohio
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness

The big films in 1999 included American Pie, Fight Club, The Green Mile, The Matrix and American Beauty. Star Wars Episode 1 also blasted onto our screens, to a lukewarm response.

Y2K scare, computers are predicted to crash at the end of the year. They didn't.

Nelson Mandela steps down as President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki takes over.

Students Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, storm Columbine High School in Littleton , CO, killing twelve other students and a teacher, then themselves.

We said goodbye to singers Dusty Springfield, Mel Torme, Guy Mitchell, Curtis Mayfield and Doug Sahm. Entertainer Rod Hull, Football manager Sir Alf Ramsey, Actor Oliver Reed, Film Director Stanley Kubrick, Comedian Ernie Wise and Baseball star Joe Dimaggio.

1999

The Wonder Years

Between 2005 and 2007 myself and Barrydali teamed up 21 teams to compile our own musical summaries of various years throughout the 20th century. The first posting on AotM was under his user name and we tackled his birth year, 1974. Soon after and posted under my user name we tackled my birth year of 1976. We both enjoyed the experience so much, we decided to carry on the mixing, but we needed a separate moniker. We settled on 'The Wonder Years' and proceeded to post another 19 of them. It's been 2 1/2 years since our last posting, but in the past week we've compiled 2 more, 1958 and 1999. Hopefully we'll continue to do more as I for one love making them with Mr Dali. Tonight I'll post our 2 new 'uns and then over the next week post all our others on my blog for the first time. Enjoy these...

The Wonder Years : 1958

The Champs - Tequila
Luiz Gonzaga - Xamego
Esquerita - Rockin' The Joint
The Big Bopper - White Lightnin'
Link Wray - Rumble
Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop
Ricky Nelson - There's Good Rockin' Tonight
Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser
Sam Cooke - So Long
Lord Rockingham's XI - Hoots Mon!
Nat King Cole - The Very Thought Of You
Don Gibson - Oh Lonesome Me
Connie Francis - Stupid Cupid
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - New York Town
The Poni-Tails - Born Too Late
The Everly Brothers - Maybe Tomorrow
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
Buddy Holly And The Crickets - It's So Easy
Wanda Jackson - Just Call Me Lonesome
Coasters - Yakety Yak
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire
Dale Hawkins - Juanita
Elvis Presley - King Creole
Machito - Congo Mulence
Jaques Brel - Le Colonel
Peggy Lee - Fever
Helen Merrill - Bye Bye Blackbird
Bobby Darin - Judy, Don't Be Moody
Ella Fitzgerald - Isn't It A Lovely Day
Billie Holiday - I'm a Fool to Want You

In this year 21 people died in an air disaster in Munich, Germany including 7 Manchester United footballers.

Brazil win the Fifa World Cup in Sweden.

Nikita Khrushchev becomes president of Russia.

Sir Edmund Hillary reaches the South Pole.

The Hula Hoop is launched, 100 million are sold.

Popular films in this year include Vertigo, King Creole, Gigi, Bridge on the River Kwai and South Pacific.

We said hello to singers Michael Jackson, Toyah, Paul Weller, Gary Numan, Kate Bush, Madonna and Prince. Actors Gary Oldman, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins and Viggo Mortneson. Actresses Michelle Pfeiffer, Holly Hunter, Jamie Lee Curtis and Miranda Richardson.

We said goodbye to footballer Billy Meredith, Julia Lennon and singer Martha Powell.

1958