Category Archives: Pop Rock

I have commented on a Lou Christie LP before – "What Frank is listening to #15" I am partial to this era of rock because it's, just, fun. The era I refer to is the "post Elvis – pre Beatles" era (though … Continue reading →

   I'm going through a Gary Lewis stage … I've already commented on three other LPs and I have more. The guy was nothing if not prolific and I'm nothing if not sporadically obsessive. OK, so its not taxing stuff … Continue reading →

what Frank is listening to #89 – GENE PITNEY – Blue Angel – (Bronze) – 1975   Everyone has a favourite Gene Pitney song, don't they?   If they don't they don't have a heart.   His music, this music … Continue reading →

what Frank is listening to #88 –  GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS – Everybody Loves a Clown – (Liberty) – 1965 I commented on the Gary Lewis & The Playboys LP "More Golden Greats" back in what is Frank Listening … Continue reading →

what Frank is listening to #86 – THE COWSILLS – On My Side – (London) – 1971 I bought this "way back when" and I am pretty sure I have even sold a copy of it once before at a record … Continue reading →

   what Frank is listening to #80 – DAVID ESSEX – Gold & Ivory (CBS) – 1977  I like David Essex. A dirty little secret? No !  Essex is one of the few contemporary artists I recollect liking in he 70s … Continue reading →

 what Frank is listening to #77 – JAY AND THE AMERICANS – Try Some of This – (United Artists) – 1967     A great underrated US pop band from the 1960s. It baffles me why pop groups like Jay … Continue reading →

what Frank is listening to #72 – GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS – This Diamond Ring – (Liberty) – 1965   I commented on the "Gary Lewis & The Playboys" LP, "More Golden Greats" back in what is Frank Listening to … Continue reading →

 what Frank is listening to #71 – MARK LINDSAY – Silver Bird – (CBS) – 1970 I've had this album floating around in the "maybe" pile since the 80s. I bought it initially, probably, because Lindsay was the lead singer of … Continue reading →

what Frank is listening to #68 – LANI HALL – Double or Nothing – (A&M) – 1979 "Double or Nothing"? … I'll take nothing.   I didn't know who Lani Hall was but the look of the album didn't hold … Continue reading →