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To celebrate our coverage of, not just 1, but two, 60s Pop Classics, here's DJ Professor Dan's Guide To 60s Pop!

Featuring girl groups, go-go boots, Motown & just the right amount of Monkees... it's The Biggest, The Best & The Most 60s Songs Of All Time!
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About This Time 60 Years Ago… It’s The Hits of April-ish 1966! April 1966 delivers three immaculate songs and absolutely no emotional stability. Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan walks us from “California Dreamin’” (sunshine, allegedly) to “The Sun Ain’t Gon...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of April-ish 1966!

That's 60 Years Ago!

Featuring: "When A Man Loves A Woman" by Percy Sledge, a song that should never be played at a wedding.

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About This Time 60 Years Ago… It’s The Hits of April-ish 1966! April 1966 delivers three immaculate songs and absolutely no emotional stability. Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan walks us from “California Dreamin’” (sunshine, allegedly) to “The Sun Ain’t Gon...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of April-ish 1966!

That's 60 Years Ago!

Featuring: "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" by The Walker Brothers, the tale of the world's saddest teen idol.

The poor lad, all he wanted to be was British.

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About This Time 60 Years Ago… It’s The Hits of April-ish 1966! April 1966 delivers three immaculate songs and absolutely no emotional stability. Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan walks us from “California Dreamin’” (sunshine, allegedly) to “The Sun Ain’t Gon...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of April-ish 1966!

That's 60 Years Ago!

Featuring: "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" by The Walker Brothers, the tale of the world's saddest teen idol.

The poor lad, all he wanted to be was British.

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About This Time 60 Years Ago… It’s The Hits of April-ish 1966! April 1966 delivers three immaculate songs and absolutely no emotional stability. Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan walks us from “California Dreamin’” (sunshine, allegedly) to “The Sun Ain’t Gon...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of April-ish 1966!

That's 60 Years Ago!

Featuring "California Dreamin'" by the grammatically bizarre The Mama's & The Papa's, a song that is nothing more than a comparative analysis of the climate of California & New York City

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About This Time 60 Years Ago… It’s The Hits of April-ish 1966! April 1966 delivers three immaculate songs and absolutely no emotional stability. Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan walks us from “California Dreamin’” (sunshine, allegedly) to “The Sun Ain’t Gon...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of April-ish 1966!

That's 60 Years Ago!

Featuring "California Dreamin'" by the grammatically bizarre The Mama's & The Papa's, a song that is nothing more than a comparative analysis of the climate of California & New York City

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About This Time 70 Years Ago… It’s The Hits of April-ish 1956! There are easier ways to write a hit song than sprinting into a casino bathroom and emerging 20 minutes later with “The Great Pretender”, but fewer that make for better storytelling. In this dispatch...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of April-ish 1956!

That's 70 Years Ago!!

Featuring "Songs For Swingin' Lovers" by Frank S, a triumphant stomping over the entire history of pop music (although admittedly there was only a couple of decades of it at the time).
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About This Time 70 Years Ago… It’s The Hits of April-ish 1956! There are easier ways to write a hit song than sprinting into a casino bathroom and emerging 20 minutes later with “The Great Pretender”, but fewer that make for better storytelling. In this dispatch...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of April-ish 1956!

That's 70 Years Ago!!

Featuring:

"The Wayward Wind" by Gogi Grant, a look back at the days when you could base an entire marketing campaign on "hey, doesn't she have a funny name!"

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About This Time 70 Years Ago… It’s The Hits of April-ish 1956! There are easier ways to write a hit song than sprinting into a casino bathroom and emerging 20 minutes later with “The Great Pretender”, but fewer that make for better storytelling. In this dispatch...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of April-ish 1956!

That's 70 Years Ago!!

Featuring: "The Great Pretender" by The Platters, almost certainly the greatest song ever written in a bathroom stall of a Las Vegas casino.

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About This Time 70 Years Ago… It’s The Hits of April-ish 1956! There are easier ways to write a hit song than sprinting into a casino bathroom and emerging 20 minutes later with “The Great Pretender”, but fewer that make for better storytelling. In this dispatch...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of April-ish 1956!

That's 70 Years Ago!!

Featuring: "The Great Pretender" by The Platters, almost certainly the greatest song ever written in a bathroom stall of a Las Vegas casino.

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About This Time 20 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 2006! Pop music has always rewarded a certain level of instability - some artists just had the courtesy to document it. Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan chimes in to connect the dots between genius, ey...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of March-ish 2006!

That's 20 Years Ago!!

Featuring "I Write Sin, Not Tragedies" by Panic! At The Disco, and the mid-00s frilly shirt burlesque revival.

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About This Time 20 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 2006! Pop music has always rewarded a certain level of instability - some artists just had the courtesy to document it. Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan chimes in to connect the dots between genius, ey...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of March-ish 2006!

That's 20 Years Ago!!

Featuring "Kick, Push" by Lupe Fiasco and the could Lupe actually skate fiasco?

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About This Time 20 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 2006! Pop music has always rewarded a certain level of instability - some artists just had the courtesy to document it. Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan chimes in to connect the dots between genius, ey...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of March-ish 2006!

That's 20 Years Ago!!

Featuring "Kick, Push" by Lupe Fiasco and the could Lupe actually skate fiasco?

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About This Time 20 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 2006! Pop music has always rewarded a certain level of instability - some artists just had the courtesy to document it. Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan chimes in to connect the dots between genius, ey...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of March-ish 2006!

That's 20 Years Ago!!

Featuring "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley, the most popular song ever to ask, why are all the greatest artists insane?

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1996! A jailhouse-written anthem that sounds like an upbeat victory lap, a chart-topper that did its part to terrify small children, and a piano-driven rave track designed to prevent automobile fatalities? ...

Would you believe that Robert Miles wrote "Children" to express how he was feeling about the Bosnian War?

Not that you can tell, what with it being an instrumental trance track and all...

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1996! A jailhouse-written anthem that sounds like an upbeat victory lap, a chart-topper that did its part to terrify small children, and a piano-driven rave track designed to prevent automobile fatalities? ...

Which of these Hits Of March-ish 1996 is your favourite?

"Return Of The Mack" by Mark Morrison
"Firestarter" by The Prodigy
"Children" by Robert Miles

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1996! A jailhouse-written anthem that sounds like an upbeat victory lap, a chart-topper that did its part to terrify small children, and a piano-driven rave track designed to prevent automobile fatalities? ...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of March-ish 1996!

That's 30 Years Ago!!!

Featuring "Children" by Robert Miles, the tale of a trance classic featuring the Bosnian War, a Russian folk-rocker and 20,000 Italian mamas!

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1996! A jailhouse-written anthem that sounds like an upbeat victory lap, a chart-topper that did its part to terrify small children, and a piano-driven rave track designed to prevent automobile fatalities? ...

Would you believe that Robert Miles wrote "Children" in response to a protest movement of 20,000 Italian mamas? And to save lives?

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1996! A jailhouse-written anthem that sounds like an upbeat victory lap, a chart-topper that did its part to terrify small children, and a piano-driven rave track designed to prevent automobile fatalities? ...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of March-ish 1996!

That's 30 Years Ago!!!

Featuring "Children" by Robert Miles, the tale of a trance classic featuring the Bosnian War, a Russian folk-rocker and 20,000 Italian mamas!

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1996! A jailhouse-written anthem that sounds like an upbeat victory lap, a chart-topper that did its part to terrify small children, and a piano-driven rave track designed to prevent automobile fatalities? ...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of March-ish 1996!

That's 30 Years Ago!!!

Featuring: "Firestarter" by The Prodigy... Keith Flint wanted to sing a song. He'd never sung a song before (other than "One" by U2 in the backseat of a car)... & you can tell.

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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1996! A jailhouse-written anthem that sounds like an upbeat victory lap, a chart-topper that did its part to terrify small children, and a piano-driven rave track designed to prevent automobile fatalities? ...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits of March-ish 1996!

That's 30 Years Ago!!

Featuring "Return Of The Mack" by Mark Morrison, most definitely the most jubilant sounding break-up song ever written whilst in jail.

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Prince - Kiss (Scene from Under The Cherry Moon, 1986)
Prince - Kiss (Scene from Under The Cherry Moon, 1986) YouTube video by e_perez

Everybody's always talking about the best needle drops... but is "Kiss" in "Under The Cherry Moon" the worst needle drop of all time?

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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1986! He just wants your extra time, and your ... musical memories of March 1986! When faux 1930s glam, thrash, and cheeky pop met up like a flash mob. Kiss, Master Of Puppets, Touch Me (I Want Your Body) ...

Is "Kiss" - the second Prince Number One to feature zero bass - Prince's most perfect pop song?

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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1986! He just wants your extra time, and your ... musical memories of March 1986! When faux 1930s glam, thrash, and cheeky pop met up like a flash mob. Kiss, Master Of Puppets, Touch Me (I Want Your Body) ...

Would you believe that James Hetfield almost threw away the chorus to "Master Of Puppets" because he thought it was too catchy and too commercial?

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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1986! He just wants your extra time, and your ... musical memories of March 1986! When faux 1930s glam, thrash, and cheeky pop met up like a flash mob. Kiss, Master Of Puppets, Touch Me (I Want Your Body) ...

In which I try to make the argument that Samantha Fox's "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" is actually a 10.

No, really, it is.

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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1986! He just wants your extra time, and your ... musical memories of March 1986! When faux 1930s glam, thrash, and cheeky pop met up like a flash mob. Kiss, Master Of Puppets, Touch Me (I Want Your Body) ...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of March-ish 1986!

That's 40 Years Ago!

Featuring "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" by Samantha Fox, a Page Three Girl who recorded a 10!

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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1986! He just wants your extra time, and your ... musical memories of March 1986! When faux 1930s glam, thrash, and cheeky pop met up like a flash mob. Kiss, Master Of Puppets, Touch Me (I Want Your Body) ...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of March-ish 1986!

That's 40 Years Ago!

Featuring "Master Of Puppets" by Metallica, an anti-drug song written from the perspective of a very angry-sounding drug.

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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1986! He just wants your extra time, and your ... musical memories of March 1986! When faux 1930s glam, thrash, and cheeky pop met up like a flash mob. Kiss, Master Of Puppets, Touch Me (I Want Your Body) ...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of March-ish 1986!

That's 40 Years Ago!

Featuring "Master Of Puppets" by Metallica, an anti-drug song written from the perspective of a very angry-sounding drug.

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#80srock

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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1986! He just wants your extra time, and your ... musical memories of March 1986! When faux 1930s glam, thrash, and cheeky pop met up like a flash mob. Kiss, Master Of Puppets, Touch Me (I Want Your Body) ...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of March-ish 1986!

That's 40 Years Ago!

Featuring "Kiss" by Prince, the reason so many people are surprised that he doesn't talk like that, and the worst needle drop in history!

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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1986! He just wants your extra time, and your ... musical memories of March 1986! When faux 1930s glam, thrash, and cheeky pop met up like a flash mob. Kiss, Master Of Puppets, Touch Me (I Want Your Body) ...

Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of March-ish 1986!

That's 40 Years Ago!

Featuring "Kiss" by Prince, the reason so many people are surprised that he doesn't talk like that, and the worst needle drop in history!

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