Pure Pop for All People!!

January 1965
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Pure Pop for All People – January 1965

It was great being a kid in 1965. At the time, I was only six years old, but the music still spoke to me, even at that tender age. It seemed as though popular music was custom-designed for a younger audience, and yet the songs were also good enough to appeal to adults. This show features songs that debuted on the charts in January and February of 1965, and each of them helps me to prove my point. Almost every song featured in this show has an element that could appeal directly to a little kid, and yet has enough sophistication to seduce an older audience, too. In short, it was a classic era for capital ‘P’ ‘Pop’ music. Here’s a list of songs that we address in this edition of ‘American Hit Radio”;

1) Downtown - Petula Clark
2) My Girl – The Temptations
3) Hold What You’ve Got – Joe Tex
4) Tell Her No – The Zombies
5) The “In” Crowd – Dobie Gray
6) Jolly Green Giant – The Kingsmen (as a ‘Great Miss’)
7) Give Him a Great Big Kiss – The Shangri-Las
8) Eight Days a Week – The Beatles
9) Ferry Cross the Mersey – Gerry and the Pacemakers

We also feature an album track from the Byrds’ Mr. Tambourine Man. Enjoy the show!