Tag Archives: 60s girl groups

honey honeycombs

Posted on December 29, 2010 by

top on my list of music to mildly obsess over this week is the honeycombs – a 60s beat group with a rare example (certainly at that time) of a female drummer. the delightful honey lantree – whose brother john … Continue reading →

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everyone loves jackie deshannon, surely?

Posted on December 20, 2010 by

isn’t she just wonderful? not least because her real name is actually SHARON, and being wise enough to know that a name like sharon wouldn’t sell records – even in the 1960s – she created jackie dee shannon, as a … Continue reading →

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museum of bellas artes

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

i first heard about these swedish goddesses about a years ago. almost a year to the day, in fact – just checked when i downloaded their mp3 ‘who do you love’. this is a cover of a song by lesser-known 60s … Continue reading →

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don’t let your friends say you have no taste

Posted on October 11, 2010 by

after the hottest disco ever – steamy windows by 10pm – we watched mermaids (click on that link, the wikipedia plot synopsis alone is laugh-out-loud hilarious). what a film. it’s love on a school bus-brilliant: winona, cher, indoor swimming, 1963, … Continue reading →

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south carolina dreaming

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

south carolina looks just wonderful, if this music video by tennis is anything to go by: vintage ladies dancing in their underwear with gratuitous feathers, viewed through a magic lantern, progressing to parrots and fireworks by the 2 min 30 … Continue reading →

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