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CONNIE FRANCIS – Happiness – (MGM ) – 1967

The album is subtitled “Connie Francis on Broadway Today” And that sums up the album. Connie does Broadway songs popular circa 1967. Every song (with one exception) from “current shows or shows about to open”, according to the liner notes. … Continue reading

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TRINI LOPEZ – Trini Lopez in London – (Reprise) – 1967

I feel like some Trini Lopez. I can almost hear the groan from some of you out there. I don’t care … I like Trini and it’s my time. By 1966, and this album seems to have been recorded in … Continue reading

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EVERY MOTHERS’ SON – Every Mothers’ Son – (MGM) – 1967

  I had no idea who this band was when I first came across them. There are many acts in the US that just didn’t have much impact here, in Australia. Even Gary Lewis and the Playboys, who had seven … Continue reading

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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

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TOMMY ROE – It’s Now Winter’s Day – (ABC Records) – 1967

Amongst the musical intelligentsia (if that isn’t an oxymoron) Tommy Roe is largely forgotten in relation to his musical contributions. The one exception in this album. And that exception is not a result of Tommy’s contributions but of Curt Boettcher. … Continue reading

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BOYCE & HART – Test Patterns – (A&M) – 1967

Boyce & Hart are separate individuals who will always be named in the same breath. Their careers stated independently and they did work along but all their great successes came with working with each other. Like a lot of Los … Continue reading

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PETER AND GORDON – In London for Tea – (Capitol) – 1967

I am partial to Peter & Gordon, I have always been partial to tea, I can take or leave London* *(though if I were to take it I would take North London where I stayed with friends in my salad … Continue reading

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JOHNNY RIVERS – Rewind – (Imperial) – 1967

Johnny Rivers is no stranger to this blog. A much underappreciated (here in Australia) contributor to rock ‘n’ pop, Rivers had many hits but has eluded the critical acclaim thrown on many of his contemporaries. That’s not to say he … Continue reading

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HARPERS BIZARRE – Feelin’ Groovy – (Warner Brothers) – 1967

Harpers Bizarre (formed 1963, disbanded 1970) are another one of those specifically American bands  that hit it reasonably big there but never had a big overseas presence …think Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Happenings, … Continue reading

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TOMMY ROE – Phantasy – (ABC Records ) – 1967

1967. The times were a changing … again. Well, at least the musical times were. Some people that music can change times but I believe that the times create the music. That music may have a profound impact on you, … Continue reading

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