1960 in music. • Page 4

Checked out two other 1960 albums:

Joao Gilberto’s second album is as excellent as you expect from him. Straight bossa nova, well-performed

A Date with the Everly Brothers meanwhile is FANTASTIC. I’ve never heard a whole album of theirs or had the singles really click so I was knocked on my ass. God, the vocals are just spine-tingling

 

So both Etta James' At Last and Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain were tied with 6 points each (each got a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place on three lists). Kinda like the movies thread had to do for 1966, vote for which one of the two you prefer, and that will be the one that "wins" and goes on to the bracket at the end. I'll give it 24 hours so just get the vote in by 10:30 tomorrow and then I'll count them up.

Gonna go ahead and post the 1961 thread now though

 

Sketches of Spain

 

i haven't gotten to sketches yet but at last kinda blew me away so my vote is for that

 

1961 thread is posted

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At Last for me - one of my all time favourite albums, though obviously Sketches of Spain is great too.

 

Kinda leaning At Last

 

I overlooked this earlier, but Hank Mobley - Soul Station is so good. With Paul Chambers, Art Blakey and Wynton Kelly.

They do a killin version of Irving Berlin’s Remember:

 

forgot to call it earlier but Etta James' At Last wins the tiebreaker and will move onto the bracket

 

Favorite 1960 single

1. Theme from “A Summer Place” - Percy Faith

Other favorite 1960 singles..

At Last! - Etta James
I’m Sorry - Brenda Lee
Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison
Spanish Harlem - Ben E King
The Twist - Chubby Checker
El Paso - Marty Robbins
Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles

Notable mention:
Bernard Hermann’s film score for Psycho

Troll mention:
Brian Hyland’s Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini

 

I honestly find “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini” pretty fun, even not trolling. Not gonna put it on any mixtapes or anything but it makes me smile in the summer

 

I loved that ditty when I was in grade school

 

They were playing Sketches of Spain in a record store I went to this weekend and as someone typically very unfamiliar with jazz, it was kind of fun that I could recognize it from listening like two days before thanks to this thread.

 

It's Everly Time by the Everly Brothers is a great album, if you haven't heard it.

 

started a few weeks ago on a series on riffs and quite enjoyed one of the tracks from this year that I found but didn't find when we posted these threads

The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1960