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[Bob Nelson]

I know a DJ who does oldies countdowns for hospital radio in the UK,Terry
Askew, and he podcasts them.It's fun to hear cuts by the likes of
Faith,Shapiro,Cliff Richard,etc. In the UK Status Quo had more than one hit.

Some young group called the Beatles used to open for Shapiro.

On Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 9:18 PM Mark Connelly via Boston-Radio-Interest <
boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org> wrote:

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> I would jump for joy if any station played my favorite '60s singer Helen
> Shapiro.
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I2cG-ed6hw
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> She was a 14 year old superstar in the UK in 1961 and made Top 20 on
> several stations in MA (and a few other places in the US and Canada) but
> only had one song sneak into the lower reaches of Billboard so, as a rule,
> is not to be found on US oldies station - terrestrial, web, or satellite.
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> As Steve says, streaming services from Europe are going to give you a
> better chance to hear '60s UK (+ Holland, Germany, etc.) hits.
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> But with the changes in how much streaming services have to pay in music
> licensing fees, will the days of this online bounty be numbered?
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> Besides hits from Old England that tended to do better in New England than
> in other parts of the US, there were a lot of local bands getting WBZ etc.
> airplay in the mid '60s.
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> But nowadays how often do radio stations play the Lost, the Others (from
> RI), the Barbarians, Miles and the Wild Ones, Rockin' Ramrods, Teddy & the
> Pandas, Remains, or (for that matter) Freddie Cannon and the G-Clefs?
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> We had some great bands in the '64 - '67 peak garage band period.  The
> region's '70s bands are better known - Aerosmith, Cars, J. Geils, Boston
> for sure, but we also had Reddy Teddy, Modern Lovers, and quite a few
> others whose music barely sees the light of day anymore.
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> Other parts of the US such as the Lakes Area (OH / MI / IL / WI etc.) also
> had a strong mid-sixties garage band culture, not to mention a lot of local
> soul / R&B as well.  Many great local bands.  But now, if the song didn't
> get to a critical mass nationally, it gets forgotten by programmers who
> tend to be "Billboard slaves".  There is very little in the way of
> customizing to local markets.
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> Once in a while a "wow I haven't heard that for like forever" song is
> remembered by a movie director or someone else influential enough to get it
> to mainstream consciousness.
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> The Robin Williams movie "Good Morning Vietnam" movie spun up Adam Faith's
> "It's Alright".  I hadn't heard it since high school in '64.  Good for a
> "cool!" and a couple of "wicked pissahs".
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtAc_CtmW7A
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> The movie "Four Weddings and a Funeral" had a "Caribbeanized" version of
> Helen Shapiro's "Walkin' Back to Happiness".  As good as the original?  No,
> nobody's as good as Helen.  Still fun to hear?  Yes, definitely.
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> I could come up with at least 200 songs that would send me into a very
> happy zone if I ever heard them on the radio or in a movie again.
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> 99% of the time it isn't happening.  The thrill is when we hit that 1%.
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> WJIB / WJTO is one of the brighter spots at least in the non-hard-rock
> domain.  Stuck in a traffic jam and the "Sundowners" theme (Felix Slatkin,
> 1960) comes on and, all of a sudden, it's a good day.
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> Mark Connelly
> South Yarmouth, MA
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> Kevin,
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> The "Top 40 of the early and mid 60's" is something I have been excited to
> find is still alive and well on the streaming services devoted to the
> pirate radio era in Europe.  They run all the old, lamented hits from that
> period and also some great unfamiliar ones from the other side of the
> pond.  I find it an emotional roller coaster if I listen for an hour.  I
> had no idea what was going on over there in those heady days!
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> Steve Snow
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