http://sunshinepop.today.com Mellow Music and Summer Smiles! Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:57:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This bizarre video clip is worth watching, if only to hear Lawrence Welk, a native German speaker, say “Dionn-a Warwick-a” (apologies to the great Dionne Warwick!)  No, this is not the fabulous Dionne singing this time … nor  is it the arguably even-more-fabulous diva, Aretha Franklin.  It’s ... http://sunshinepop.today.com/2009/02/05/%e2%80%9ci-say-a-little-prayer%e2%80%9d-1968-tanya-falan/ Here is a video clip of the Australian folk-pop group The Seekers, performing their hit “Georgy Girl” which reached number one on the US pop charts in February 1967. Originating in Melbourne, The Seekers were the first popular music group from Down Under to make it big in the ... http://sunshinepop.today.com/2009/02/03/georgy-girl-1966-the-seekers/ Put this eclectic German import on your wish list! Released in 2003 on the Universal Jazz label, this 2-CD set is a fabulously offbeat collection of '60s easy listening, lounge, and pop-rock. Some of these tunes are recognizable, while others are ... well ... not so much. ... http://sunshinepop.today.com/2009/02/02/the-get-easy-sunshine-pop-collection/ One of my favorite songs from the '60s is, without a doubt, the Tremeloes' version of "Silence Is Golden". Many prefer the 1964 recording by The Four Seasons, but this one is far superior, in my view. No offense to the Jersey Boys, who rocked it, but you ... http://sunshinepop.today.com/2009/01/18/the-tremeloes-silence-is-golden-1967/ Visit CNN/entertainment for a great story about music and its lasting impact on people’s lives, “Love at First Listen” . Here’s a link to the CNN user-generated news site, iReport , where you can sound off about which album “made you a music-lover for life”. And, finally, here's a link ... http://sunshinepop.today.com/2009/01/14/the-albums-that-changed-our-lives/ I miss records. Not only the sound quality -- crackles, fuzz, and all -- but the experience of lying back between speakers, studying the cardboard sleeve and liner notes while listening. What '60s teenager didn't spend hours doing that? (Or what '80s teenager, as I was?) Vinyl ... http://sunshinepop.today.com/2009/01/14/a-sunshine-pop-record-collection/ Spanky & Our Gang, a folk-rock ensemble with origins in Chicago and Florida, emerged during the Summer of Love, a time so memorable in pop music. Their breakout single (“Sunday Will Never Be the Same”) was released in May 1967 on Mercury Records and would reach #9 on the ... http://sunshinepop.today.com/2009/01/11/sunday-will-never-be-the-same-1967-spanky-our-gang/ It would be difficult to argue that the ultimate sunshine pop band was not The Association – and they’re still around!  Like the Beach Boys, they were a product of Southern California, and the group enjoyed much commercial success in the late 1960s, with several hits on the Billboard charts.  ... http://sunshinepop.today.com/2009/01/03/the-association-kings-of-sunshine-pop/ Twelve years ago, the California-based record label Varèse Sarabande released Sunshine Days: 60s Pop Classics, a five-volume CD series.  It is, to date, one of the most comprehensive collections of sunshine pop songs.  Consider it a must-have!  Released and sold individually, each CD contains 14 to 16 tracks.  The first ... http://sunshinepop.today.com/2009/01/02/sunshine-days-60s-pop-classics/ Hello, music fans – and welcome to your source for everything SUNSHINE POP! This will be a spectacular trip for us all. Whether you remember the ‘60s or not, and whether you’re a Baby Boomer or a teenager or something in between, you’ll find something groovy here. Just keep reading and ... http://sunshinepop.today.com/2008/12/16/hello-world/