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Category Archives: Pop Rock
TRINI LOPEZ – It’s a Great Life – (Reprise) – 1968
It's a great life. It certainly was (is), for Trini. Okay, I’m sure the life didn’t come without its hardships. Growing up a poor(ish) Mexican American in Texas in the 1950s would have been a challenge. But, he learnt to … Continue reading
BOBBY RYDELL – Salutes the Great Ones – (Cameo) – 1961
The era before the rise of The Beatles, The Beach Boys and others was a particularly exciting time, though not for hard-core rock ‘n’ roll enthusiasts. Pop rock ruled along with big pop ballads, teen dramas, white doo wop, and … Continue reading
CONNIE FRANCIS – Sings Bacharach and David – (MGM) – 1968
Anyone who reads this blog knows I’m partial to vocalists, and, partial to Connie Francis. Connie is perhaps the greatest of the non-writing female singers. And much like her male counterparts, Elvis and Frank Sinatra, she is a wonderful interpreter … Continue reading
LESLEY GORE – California Nights – (Mercury) – 1967
Another great pop singer from the 60s that is often dismissed because, err, she was (yet another) great pop singer from the 60s. There is an assumption that pop singers are just cows waiting to be led by the nose, … Continue reading
TRINI LOPEZ – On The Move – (Reprise) – 1964
Check my other comments for biographical detail on Trini Lopez. This was Trini’s third album. Trini was riding high in 1964. He had hit it big the previous year and become an overnight sensation (despite being in the music business … Continue reading
CONNIE FRANCIS – Sings Spanish & Latin American Favorites – (MGM) – 1960
I have said this before: Connie could do anything. She put out albums in (or partially in) Italian, Jewish, Spanish and German. She sang rock, pop, Broadway standards, film songs, country, vocal jazz, R&B, vocal jazz, children's music, spiritual music, … Continue reading
FRANKIE AVALON – Swingin’ On A Rainbow – (Chancellor) – 1959
I have waxed lyrical on the much maligned talents of Frankie Avalon before so check that for reasons, bio and pseudo philosophical ephemera. Avalon had a time and place and never transcends it but he does reflect the time and … Continue reading
TOMMY SANDS – This Thing Called Love – (Capitol) – 1959
A while back I commented on Tommy Sand’s “Sands Storm” album and during the course of that comment I said this: “Tommy Sands was one of the million Elvis rip-offs in the late 50s (eg: Gene Vincent, Terry Stafford, Bobby … Continue reading
JAY AND THE AMERICANS – She Cried – (United Artists) – 1962
People who long term regular readers of this blog, yes I know there are a couple of you, would know I am quite partial to Jay and the Americans. This album is the first Jay and the Americans album. There … Continue reading
