Movie of the Week Double Feature: Dance Craze (1962 and 1981)

Dance Craze (1962)

Dance Craze (1981)

This new years thing, its a good show...

Tony Rodelle Larson - Bear Rug (B-side of Cool Yule, 1962)

Before & After: Have a cool yule, man, and later, like, dig?

Before: Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes - Yulesville (1959)

After: Tony Rodelle Larson - Cool Yule (1962)

Shirley Bassey digs vinyl

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Shot by: Jim Marshall

Mavis Staples, 1962, by Jim Marshall

Shot by: Jean-Pierre Leloir. Happy birthday Duke Ellington!

Duke Ellington by Jean-Pierre Leloir.

And here is one of my favorite recordings, a 1962 collaboration between Duke and John Coltrane, "In A Sentimental Mood."

Happy Rolling Stones Day!

It was fifty years ago today, Brian Jones taught the band to play. Image courtesy of Retronaut.