Thursday Oldies Flashback

Many considered her to be the best of the female rockers of the 1960s.  She scored a bunch of #1 records and was equally popular both in her native UK and here in America.  Here she is in 1966 singing "I Only Want to Be With You." Do you remember Dusty Springfield...

  Roy Orbison scored 22 Top 40 hits with "Oh, Pretty Woman" being his biggest!  Here he is on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" from June, 1966. Do you remember this classic Oldie?

Conway Twitty was one of the greatest of all country stars.  But he also scored big with the rock and roll crowd early in his career.  His song "It's Only Make Believe" (1958) was a big hit on both the country and rock charts. Take a look at this clip of the great Conway Twitty singing his classic song...

Neil Sedaka owned the Billboard Charts in the early 1960s.  Hit after hit after hit.  "Happy Birthday Sweet 16," "Calendar Girl," "The Diary," "Next Door to an Angel" and many more. After a 55 year career, Neil is still out there swinging for the fences...

This was one for the boys' biggest hits.  It topped the charts in 1965.  How many remember this song?  

Wayne Newton was only 20-years old when he recorded "Danke Schoen."  He was a big, personable young entertainer with a high pitched voice.  The public took to him immediately and he became a star quickly. He hit the Billboard Charts a couple of times, with his biggest hit being "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" in 1965...

A huge hit maker from the 1960s and 1970s, Johnny Rivers scored 17 Top 40 hits and sold more than 40 million records.  Now 70 years old he is still a popular act on the "Oldies" circuit.  Here is a great clip of Johnny singing a medley of his hits...

She was one of the biggest singing stars of the mid 1960s.  Here is a clip of Lesley Gore singing her #1 smash hit "It's My Party."

Petula Clark made history on January 23, 1965 when her song "Downtown" hit the #1 spot on the Billboard charts.  She became the first female in the rock era from the UK to have a #1 record. Do you remember "Downtown?"

Bobby Rydell was one of the long line of Teen Idols from the late 1950s and early 1960s.  Take a look at this very early clip of him singing his smash hit "Volare." Oh, to have hair like that again!