DAVE CLARK, ET. AL

Because was a song I recall from 1964. The Dave Clark Five, or the first besides The Beatles to hit the American pop scene from Britain. When I came across this photo, it made me think, categorize, and pidgeon hole songs from that era with the years that I recall.

So I'll start one year before Because with You Belong to Me. I remember hearing that song and watching the older guys, the Seniors in high school, slow dancing with their hunnies at the Sub, a teen hangout for decades in MTV.

'65 was all about Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones. Still one of the greatest all-timers. Like a few old movies that I can't pass up watching just a little, this song will be listened to by me as long as it plays on the oldies. Somewhere, sometime, I will join in "and, I try, and I try, and I try..."

1966 was maybe the peak of the classics topped by Yesterday. One of the greatest of McCartney/Lennon. This was about the time of the silly Beatles cartoons. I was stuck watching the show because they always played at least two Beatle songs in the 30 minutes and it was worth watching the drivel to hear the music. Later in the year, Lou Christie's Lightning Strikes was a fave, too.

The Doors in '67, Spanky and Our Gang, The Association, Gene Pitney, well the hits just kept on happening. And that's the White artists. More tomorrow about The Supremes, Dionne Warwick, Smoky Robinson, et.al.