1965

1965

Woodbine Avenue

Overbrook

Philadelphia, PA

My age: 9-10

School- Our Lady of Lourdes- My 5^th grade teacher was the creepy Miss Coughlin. She was a terrible human being and in hindsight may have been mentally ill.  She should not have been around children as she was demented.

Music- My grandparents gave me the Beatles’ Rubber Soul album for my 10^th birthday.  I still have the album. And somewhere around this time, I had a turquoise transistor radio that I carried everywhere with me.  I don’t know how I replenished the batteries as I had no money.  My grandfather must have kept me supplied with batteries.

·      All Day and All of the Night  by The Kinks- I was never a Kinks fan but I liked some of their songs.

·      Back in my Arms Again by the Supremes- Dianna Ross had a stage presence.

·      California Girls by The Beach Boys- I never liked this group.

·      Can’t You hear My Heart Beat by Herman Hermits

·      Count Me In by Gary Lewis & the Playboys- this band didn't have many hits but I liked most of their hits.

·      Do You Believe in Magic by The Lovin' Spoonful- this was just a happy song.

·      Down in the Boondocks by Billy Joe Royal

·      Downtown by Petula Clark- she was a sensation who seemed to appeal to all age groups.

·      Eight Days a Week by The Beatles

·      Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire- this was the beginning of protest songs.

·      Ferry Cross the Mersey by Gary & The Pacemakers his song. - I didn’t understand t

·      For Your Love by The Yardbirds

·      Game of Love by Wayne Fontana

·      Get Off My Cloud by The Rolling Stones

·      Go Now by The Moody Blues

·      Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey- I wasn’t old enough to see this movie so I didn’t get all the nuances of this song.

·      Hang on Sloopy by the McCoy’s- this was a stupid song.

·      Help by the Beatles

·      Help Me Rhonda by the Beach Boys

·      How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) by Marvin Gaye

·      I Can’t Get No Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones- I didn’t become a Stones fan until I was in high school.

·      I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) by the Four Tops

·      I Got You (I Feel Good) by James Brown

·      I Got You Babe- Sonny & Cher- they were an old twosome but they had lots of hits.

·      I Know a Place by Petula Clark

·      I Like It Like That - The Dave Clark Five

·      I’m Henry the Eighth, I Am by Herman Hermits- we sang this song in our house all the time.

·      I’m Telling You Now by Freddie and The Dreamers- Freddie was a weird dude.

·      It Ain't Me Babe by The Turtles

·      It's Not Unusual by Tom Jones

·      It's the Same Old Song by Four Tops

·      King of The Road by Roger Miller- this was sort of an old people’s song.

·      Love Potion No. 9 by The Searchers

·      Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds- a hippie song.

·      Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter by Herman Hermits- I loved Herman’s British accent.

·      My Girl by the Temptations- Motown was hitting the scene.

·      Nowhere to Run  Martha and the Vandellas

·      Poppa’s Got a Brand New Bag by James Brown- this guy had soul.

·      Shotgun by Junior Walker

·      Stop in The Name of Love by the Supremes

·      Tell Her No by The Zombies

·      The ‘In’ Crowd by the Ramsey Lewis Trio Band

·      The Name Game by Shirley Ellis- the bad boys at school used to rhyme dirty words to this name game.

·      This Diamond Ring- Gary Lewis & The Playboys- this song made me feel bad for the guy who got shafted.

·      Turn, Turn Turn to Everything There is a Season by the Byrds- this was a hippie song.  It was used in our religion classes a lot as a way for the nuns to appear relevant to our world.

·      Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers- I like a lot of their music.

·      What the World Needs Now Is Love" Jackie DeShannon- this was a feel-good song.

·      What’s New Pussycat by Tom Jones- he appealed to middle aged women.  They used to throw their bras at him when he performed live.

·      Wonderful World  Herman's Hermits- this was another feel-good song.

·      You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feelin’ by the Righteous Brothers- these guys had powerful voices.

Movies

• Mary Poppins-  I loved this movie.  I just watched again last year and it was still magical after 50 years.
• The Sound of Music – I’m not sure I fully understood the complexities of the Nazi’s influence on the world.
• My Fair Lady -  I loved the English accents.
• What's New Pussycat? – I was too young for this movie.
• Cat Ballou – I was afraid of Lee Majors’ character.

Travels- we went to a ranch in West Virginia. We went hiking and horseback riding and sat around a camp fire at night.  This was a whole new world for me.

Popular Musicians

• The Beatles
• The Rolling Stones
• Freddie and the Dreamers 
• The Animals
• The Kinks
• The Searchers 
• The Seekers
• Moody Blues
• Donovan
• Cilla Black
• Dusty Springfield 
• Tom Jones 

Family-

• ·       My uncle was shipped off to Viet Nam for a year.  He was in the Marines. My aunt and cousins moved to NJ for the year to be closer to her family. We all spend Thanksgiving together and I remember the tension as someone said grace.  We all cried.
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• ·       Someone gave my father an old, electronic, play-by-numbers keyboard. We all gave it our best shot to master these skills but we were all very unsuccessful.  We sounded dreadful.  I don’t remember how long we had the keyboard but one day, it was just thrown out and no one seemed to mind.
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