Thursday Oldies Flashback

The Brothers Four landed on the charts with "Try to Remember" 48 years ago in 1965.  They are a little older now, and seem to be more comfortable singing while sitting down, but, I don't know, as I get older this songs really resonates with me...

The Platters formed in Los Angeles in 1953.  They were the most successful singing group of the 1950s.  Their name lives on in several groups still touring and singing their hits.  Here is one of the last performances of The Platters featuring an 84-year old founding member Herb Reed...

55 years after it hit Number One, "26 Miles ("Santa Catalina") still brings the house down for the wonderful Four Preps.  Here is a video sure to bring a smile to your face!

He was called America's first "teen idol."  Because of the popularity of The Ozzie and Harriet Show, Ricky Nelson was able to promote each new song to a wide television audience each week. He started with hits in the 1950s and made a dramatic come back thirty years later in the 1980s with his #1 song "Garden Party...

The Chiffons were one of the few girl "doo wop" groups of the early 1960s.  They scored right off the bat with two million-selling records, ""One Fine day" and "He's So Fine." Take a look at this clip.  It is great.  The girls get together for the final time as a singing group, more than four decades after they struck gold...

Gene Chandler's 1962 million-seller "Duke of Earl" remains one of the most requested Oldies songs on any nostalgia radio station. Chandler also hit with "Groovy Situation" many years later, but it is the appearance of the suave and cheeky Duke of Earl, white gloves, monocle, cane, black top hat, that still brings crowds roaring to their feet at Oldies reunion shows all over the

"Runaround Sue" hit #1 for Dion in 1959 shortly after he split with his group The Belmonts. The group got its name because two members of the original group lived on Belmont Avenue in The Bronx. Dion DiMucci, lead singer, was the driving force behind the formation of the group...

Connie Francis was the most successful female artists of the rock era.  She dominated the Billboard charts in the1950s and early 1960s.  Her hits included "Where the Boys Are," "Stupid Cupid," "Everybody's Somebody Fool" and "Lipstick on Your Collar." ...

An original smash hit for the Four Tops in 1964, pop singer Johnny Rivers covered this and rode it all the way to #3 on the charts in 1967. Here he is performing the song on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Dodie Stevens was just thirteen years old when she scored with "Pink Shoe Laces" in 1959.  The song sold more than a million copies. Dodie is now 67-years and she is still touring!  Dodie performs with her daughter Stephanie.  She does a one-woman show as well as appearing with other "oldies acts...