"Sixties" Blogs & Blog Posts

Both Alex Trebek and Gordon Lightfoot were born in Canada, so I guess it makes sense their paths would have crossed professionally at some point. Here they are in 1963 on Music Hop, a teen dance show in Canada akin to American Bandstand. — Read...

In 1968, a 9-year-old Michael Jackson and his brothers auditioned for Motown Records in Detroit, which led to the group's signing. Although Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. was not present, other executives, including producer Hank Cosby, were impresse...

Zagreb Film produced groundbreaking animated shorts in the 20th century, but their work has been hard to access until recently. Thanks to support from the Croatian government, the studio's curious animations are being restored and released on YouTube...

In 1964, ABC premiered "A Carol for Another Christmas," a made-for-TV movie written by Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling as a modernization of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." The film, which aired only once on December 28, 1964, is both a retel...

Pee-wee Herman shared this awesome twangy mashup of "Frosty the Snowman" and The Champs' "Tequila" and I can't get enough of it. The only thing missing is the exclamation of "Tequila!" at the end, or maybe it should be "Eggnog!"? It's from The Ventur...

While working on the Rhys Ifans article I had an opportunity/excuse to re-watch The Boat That Rocked. I don’t need an excuse to watch it more than the couple or three times a year it currently gets. Why does The Boat That Rocked resonate so much fo...

Sixty years ago this week, the Cow Palace in South San Francisco saw its first major concert when Chubby Checker headlined for his "Twist Party." At that time, "The Twist" was in the number one spot again, having first charted as number one in 1960.