JAMES BROWN – Live @ The Boston Garden (1968) | Fvll concert

On April 5th 1968, James Brown gave a free concert at The Boston Garden which became a thing of legend. Only 24 hours earlier civil rights activist Dr Martin Luther King had been assassinated resulting in widespread violence across the United States. The mayor of Boston was persuaded to let the concert go ahead and…

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SCOTT WALKER – If You Go Away [Ne Me Quitte Pas] (1969)

"If You Go Away" is an adaptation of the 1959 Jacques Brel song "Ne me quitte pas" with English lyrics by Rod McKuen. Created as part of a larger project to translate Brel's work, "If You Go Away" is considered a pop standard and has been recorded by many artists, including Greta Keller, for whom…

TERRY RILEY – A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

A Rainbow in Curved Air is the third album by American composer Terry Riley, released in 1969 on CBS Records. The title track consists of Riley's overdubbed improvisations on several keyboard and percussion instruments, including electric organ, electric harpsichord, dumbec, and tambourine. The B-side "Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band" is a saxophone-based drone piece…

THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET – Footprints | Live in Sweden (October 31st, 1967)

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop…

SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS – I Put A Spell On You | Live on the Merv Griffin Show (1966)

Jalacy J. "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer. Famed chiefly for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You", he sometimes used macabre props onstage, making him an early pioneer…

ALTON ELLIS – I’m Still In Love With You, Boy (1967)

Alton Ellis OD (1938-2008) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter. One of the innovators of rocksteady, he was given the informal title "Godfather of Rocksteady". In 2006, he was inducted into the International Reggae And World Music Awards Hall Of Fame. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQn_jPaC6mQ I'm still in love, with you girl.I'm still in love, with you girl.I'm still in…

LOUIS ARMSTRONG – What A Wonderful World

"What a Wonderful World" is a song written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released in 1967 as a single. It topped the pop chart in the United Kingdom, but performed poorly in the United States because Larry Newton, the president of ABC…

1910 FRUITGUM COMPANY – Simon Says

The 1910 Fruitgum Company is an American bubblegum pop band of the 1960s. The group's Billboard Hot 100 hits were "Simon Says", "May I Take a Giant Step", "1, 2, 3, Red Light", "Goody Goody Gumdrops", "Indian Giver", "Special Delivery", and "The Train". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53wYiKgY3Xg The band began as Jeckell and The Hydes in New Jersey in 1966.…

RITA PAVONE – Datemi un martello

Rita Pavone (1945-) is an Italian-Swiss ballad and rock singer and actress, who enjoyed success through the 1960s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGIXrziSLCQ Datemi un martelloChe cosa ne vuoi fare?Lo voglio dare in testaA chi non mi va, sì, sì, sì A quella smorfiosaCon gli occhi dipintiChe tutti quanti fan ballareLasciandomi a guardareEh, eh, che rabbia mi faUm, um,…

RITA PAVONE – La partita de Pallone

Rita Pavone (1945-) is an Italian-Swiss ballad and rock singer and actress, who enjoyed success through the 1960s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YqUHVoIkRQ Perché, perché,la domenica mi lasci sempre solaper andare a vedere la partitadi pallone?Perché, perché,una volta non ci porti pure me? Chissà, chissà,se davvero vai a vedere la tua squadrao se invece tu mi lasci con la…