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December 21, 2024 

Do you need a quick fix? Oldies music fix that is. If so you can check in here daily for a new five song medley of oldies to start your day off to give you that needed fix for the day. I guarantee it will put a smile on your face and your feet will start tappin'. What a way to start the day. The 60s Official Site remains the top choice on the internet to listen to the great sounds of the 60s. Enjoy whether at work, play or whatever you may be doing. Sing a long with these memories.

On This Day in Music History



1956 - LaVern Baker recorded the song "Jim Dandy."

1960 - Elvis Presley was inducted into the Los Angeles Indian Tribal Council coinciding with the opening with his movie Flaming Star.

1968 - Crosby, Stills and Nash performed together in public for the first time.

1968 - Janis Joplin gave her first solo performance in Memphis, TN.

1968 - "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" charts and becomes Bob Seger's first hit.

1969 - Diana Ross gave her last television performance as a member of the Supremes on The Ed Sullivan Show.

1970 - Elvis Presley went to the White House to volunteer his services to U.S. President Nixon on fighting the nation's drug problems. He gave Nixon a chrome-plated Colt .45 and Tricky Dick gave Elvis a Narcotics Bureau badge.

1972 - Martha Reeves & the Vandellas gave their farewell performance in Detroit, MI.

2012 - Lee Dorman, bass guitarist, Iron Butterfly, dies at 70

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