I was lucky that she was my mother. She was there with me when I was born, and while I was growing up.

Fools rush in where wise men never go.
But wise men never fall in love, so how are they to know?

It happened to Sue Thompson in the fall of 1961, and to Lesley Gore in the Spring of 1963. Sue was at the movies, and Lesley, at her own birthday party. It’s enough to make any teenage girl cry.

Many music memories have come from motion pictures.

It might be an up-beat pop tune from the sixties, or a country music song — or both. It’s an old-fashioned love song. Listen to some for me.

Tommy Edwards’ most successful record topped the Hot 100 in 1958. It was a re-recording of a 1951 song, and it also has the distinction of being the only number one pop hit to have been written by a former Vice-President of the United States.

Remember the lessons from the 12 days of Christmas: believe, light a candle, ring a bell, laugh, and give the gift of love.

They came one-after-another in the early sixties: hit songs based on new dance fads: “The Twist”, “Pony Time”, “The Peppermint Twist”, “Mashed Potato Time”, “The Wah-Watusi”, The “Loco-Motion” just to name a few.

(And wouldn’t you know it?) The number 1 song on the Hot 100 on Halloween, 1962, was—what else—a dance fad?

For dog days music memories, I present some classic dog songs: Hound Dog, Puppy Love, and Old Shep from Elvis Presley and Paul Anka

Some early Rock and Roll music consisted of R&B songs that were “repackaged” to make them “suitable” for white America. Here’s a story about some of that music.