Winter 1961

WINTER 1961
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Well, I guess we’re back in business!! We have been experiencing all sorts of technical glitches while attempting to get from the ‘live’ radio show to a digital ‘pod’ broadcast. Shows from the past three weeks were scrapped because of faulty CD burners, inadequate CD-R readers…I could go on and on, but I’m VERRY happy to say that it appears as though those problems have mysteriously vanished this week, and just in time, because this is a great show, full of wonderful music and some great, informative trivia.
In America, 1961 marked a lull in rock in roll. At the time, it appeared as though it might have been dying altogether, and the artists who were playing it were viewed as slightly out of fashion. In its place, country music went mainstream, while a nascent version of soul music also began to attract popular attention. You’ll here a combination of all these styles in this edition of ‘American Hit Radio’.
It’s great to be back, and we’ll try our best to keep the content coming! Post your response, so we can react to your feedback.
Thanks for listening,
Tom Ryan

Here’s a list of the songs featured in today’s program;
1) Crazy – Patsy Cline
2) The Lion Sleeps Tonight – The Tokens
3) Just Out of Reach – Solomon Burke
4) The Wanderer – Dion
5) I Know – Barbara George
6) Duke of Earl – Gene Chandler
7) America (from “West Side Story”) – as a featured album track
8) Unchain My Heart – Ray Charles
9) Break It to Me Gently – Brenda Lee