1960s
Murder, Inc. Vinyl Album
Get the full story here.Start grooving with this cut, then find the rest of the playlist on YouTube.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 05, 2023 -
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Category: Crime, Music, Space-age Bachelor Pad & Exotic, 1960s
Amorous Dietitian
Published in 1961. It's got an intriguing title. However, a review on Goodreads reveals that "The title and the cover text have nothing to do with anything in the book."More info: Pop Sensation
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 28, 2023 -
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Category: Books, 1960s, Dieting and Weight Loss
Zip Code Music
Appearing in a post office film didn't seem to do much for the musical career of the Swingin' Six.
Indianapolis Star - Nov 4, 1966
via Postal Museum (Smithsonian)
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 27, 2023 -
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Category: Music, 1960s, Postal Services
Be Fair
The tribulations of a blind lover.The group's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 25, 2023 -
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Category: Disabilities, Music, 1960s, Love & Romance
The Riddle of Today
The other ten tracks are here, but this is the best.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 17, 2023 -
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Category: Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Music, 1960s
Miss Yashica Gold Venus
20 year old Lova Moor, Cabaret performer at the Paris ''Crazy Horse Saloon'' was elected ''Miss Yashica Gold Venus'' under the sponsorship of the well launching on the French market of the new Electro 35 Mecanicor Camera produced by Yashica.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 12, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Photography and Photographers, 1960s
Fire Chief Speaker Hat
No longer just $3.98.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 11, 2023 -
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Category: Toys, Firefighting, Arson, Wildfires, Infernos and Other Conflagrations, Fossil Fuels, Carbon Footprint, and Climate Change, 1960s
HemisFair 1968
These types of ancient festivals seem all but extinct, making them seem weird to our 2023 eyes. Will they ever happen again?The Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 09, 2023 -
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Category: Regionalism, Expositions, World Fairs, Celebrations, 1960s, Nostalgia, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Win A Diamond Doorknob
Dr. Pepper celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1960, and in honor of this ran a contest with the unusual prize of a diamond doorknob. Specifically: "a doorknob of special design encrusted with 50 small diamonds and a huge two-carat, blue-white diamond mounted in its center. As the grand award the diamond doorknob will be attached to a $25,000 Swift Home having a family-size Refinite-Shedon swimming pool in its backyard and a new Rambler station wagon in its driveway."
Edith Dillion of Roanoke, VA eventually won the prize. Reportedly she sold the house but kept the doorknob. And perhaps the doorknob is still owned by the Dillion family.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 04, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s
Boogaloo in Apartment 41
You've never lived till you've heard a Mambo version of "Day Tripper."
Tracklist:
1. Strangers In The Night
2. Mia’s Boogaloo
3. Day Tripper
4. Cool Jerk
5. Way Out Mambo
6. Boogaloo In Apt. 41
7. Yesterday
8. Tijuana Grass
9. Ozzaboo
10. These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 25, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, Cultural Borrowings, Appropriations, Overlays and Transformations, 1960s
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