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Screen13 · 07-04-2012, 05:22 AM

Mainstream 60's was a very interesting mix. In The States, it was the time when many radio stations took requests and took some notice of what the Public said. One week, you had The Green Barrets at the top (Also #2 Country!), the next you had The Righteous Brothers, and then after that The Young Rascals. It was not all perfect, as a lot of stations were not really forward thinking or adventurous (Note the banning on several records of the day like The Standells' "Try It"), but on the good side, it was also the era where there was the thing called the "Regional Hit" that was known in possibly one or two cities. Even Billboard up to 1966 had regional charts as reported I think by a selected radio station (they were gone I think by 1967). Even if there ware a lot of people who did not or would not get the wildness going on, and also labels that had a very hard time getting great music out there, it was still a very interesting time for music.

You had great stuff, you had mush, but all in all, up until about 1968, when FM Rock took Rock into another scene when Top 40 could not really get into it anymore, it was a crazy mix I liked. The AM Radio was actually exciting then.

I think that through The 70's, the attack of the Automated stations, Radio Mega-businesses, and even taking less requests (Actually a 1980 issue from July had a front-page story in Billboard about the later as a growing trend) caused the serious lame-out of Top 40, although thankfully there were a few good things happening.

07-04-2012, 05:22 AM	#95 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	Mainstream 60's was a very interesting mix. In The States, it was the time when many radio stations took requests and took some notice of what the Public said. One week, you had The Green Barrets at the top (Also #2 Country!), the next you had The Righteous Brothers, and then after that The Young Rascals. It was not all perfect, as a lot of stations were not really forward thinking or adventurous (Note the banning on several records of the day like The Standells' "Try It"), but on the good side, it was also the era where there was the thing called the "Regional Hit" that was known in possibly one or two cities. Even Billboard up to 1966 had regional charts as reported I think by a selected radio station (they were gone I think by 1967). Even if there ware a lot of people who did not or would not get the wildness going on, and also labels that had a very hard time getting great music out there, it was still a very interesting time for music. You had great stuff, you had mush, but all in all, up until about 1968, when FM Rock took Rock into another scene when Top 40 could not really get into it anymore, it was a crazy mix I liked. The AM Radio was actually exciting then. I think that through The 70's, the attack of the Automated stations, Radio Mega-businesses, and even taking less requests (Actually a 1980 issue from July had a front-page story in Billboard about the later as a growing trend) caused the serious lame-out of Top 40, although thankfully there were a few good things happening.