Category: The Sixties

On Saturday We Spend Time With The Founders, Elvis Presley and Fats Domino as We Get Back, August 3, 2024

Good morning, musicologists! Today we spend some program time with the founders of rock n’ roll; the inspiration for those whose music inspired the station. We wouldn’t be here without them.

Here’s your musical history lesson:

9:00 a.m. The Founders: Various Artists

Take a trip back in time with the artists who inspired our artists, the founders of rock n’ roll. You’ll hear Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, Hank Williams, Bill Haley & The Comets, Ray Charles, The Drifters, Roy Orbison, Robert Johnson, Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Cash, Muddy Waters and more!

4:00 p.m. Elvis Presley Live at Bloch Arena, Pearl Harbor, HI, March 25, 1961 NEW!

These are tough to come by, but we found an Elvis benefit concert for the USS Arizona, and jumped at the chance to get it. We have it for you this afternoon.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Fats Domino

Was anybody playing rock n’ roll before Fats Domino? I’m not actually sure, but I do know he was playing music that nobody had ever heard before. The man is one of the stalwarts of rock n’ roll, and tonight we put him In the Spotlight.

We’re here 24/7 with music that nobody else is playing anywhere. What’s even better is that we’re totally free and never run commercial advertising. We’re definitely not in it for the money. Just hit the button below and see for yourself!

The Founders!

We Head to the Weekend With Our House EP, Simon & Garfunkel, and Clapton & Winwood, Thursday, August 1, 2024

Good morning, musicologists! Here we are on the downslide to the weekend and at the beginning of a brand new month, and we’ve got a great lineup for you today that starts out with our official House EP!

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. The #BecomeUngovernable House EP: Various Artists

We’re back with the music that inspired the station, with Barry McGuire, The Temptations, Edwin Starr, Peter Tosh, The Beatles, T. Rex, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bob Dylan, Country Joe & The Fish, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Joan Baez, CSNY, Pink Floyd, The Animals, Ten Years After, Plastic Ono Band, Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Three Dog Night, Jimmy Cliff, Richie Havens, Marvin Gaye, The Association, Phil Ochs, Tom Rush, Pete Seeger, The Band, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, Linda Ronstadt and more!

4:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Simon & Garfunkel

The kids who met in grammar school and who made their first live appearance in their teens went on to dominate the music scene and sell more than 100 million records worldwide.

7:00 p.m. Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, February 25-28, 2008

Two masters of their craft together live on stage at Madison Square Garden with music from their days together in Blind Faith and beyond.

Great day to tune us in. It’s going to be brutal here today as we all grapple with global warming. (Yeah. And it is real.) But The Music Mermaid is cool as a cucumber here in The Lounge and she’ll keep everything on track. Just use the button below!

The #BU House EP!

It’s Joni Mitchell Live at Newport, Volume Two of ‘The Sixties Rotation’ and Johnny Rivers at The Whiskey, on Sunday Funday, July 28, 2024

Good morning, musicologists. You know, the weekend really does pass too quickly, but it isn’t over quite yet. We’ve got a full day of great music for you today.

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Joni Mitchell Live at The Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, July 24, 2022 NEW!

Joni Mitchell returned to the Newport Folk Festival after a 53-year absence absolutely electrifying the event. It was a complete and totally unexpected surprise since she had retired from all public performances after her 2015 aneurism. It was her first full concert since 2000. We’ve got it for you this morning.

12:00 p.m. The Sixties Rotation: Volume Two

We spend the afternoon in the Wayback Machine with our sixties friends. You’ll her The Mamas & The Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Buffalo Springfield, Sly & The Family Stone, The Temptations, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Roy Orbison, The Beatles, The Yardbirds, The Animals, Judy Collins, The Ronettes, The Kinks, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jimmy Cliff, The Byrds, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Blind Faith, Spencer Davis Group, CSNY, B. B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, The Doors and more!

8:00 a.m. Johnny Rivers Live at The Whiskey A Go Go, West Hollywood, CA, January 15, 1964

Johnny Rivers, one of the most unappreciated artists of the sixties, presided over the grand opening of the iconic Whiskey back in 1964. We’ve also got that one for you today.

Here’s the thing about all of this. We play stuff you’re not going to hear anywhere else. It’s as simple as that. We listen to a great sixties station at work, but it’s the same playlist day in and day out. That’s not how it works here. See for yourself.

See the Difference for Yourself.

We Keep It Simple On Monday With ‘The Best of Reggae & Ska’ and ‘The Original Sixties Rotation’ EP, July 22, 2024

Good morning, musicologists everywhere! We are back to Monday, Monday again and we’ve got some great stuff waiting in the wings!

Here’s your musical lineup:

10:00 a.m. The Best of Reggae & Ska: Various Artists

Time to bust this one out again! We’ll hear Bob Marley & The Wailers, Prince Buster, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Judy Mowatt, Laurel Aitken, Marcia Griffiths, Rita Marley, The Jiving Juniors, Derrick Morgan, The I-Threes and many more!

3:00 p.m. The Original Sixties Rotation: Various Artists

One of our original playlists that morphed into a monster and split in two. In this volume you’ll hear The Beatles, The Monkees, Sonny & Cher, Joe Cocker, Simon & Garfunkel, Little Eva, The Everly Brothers, the Searchers, Dusty Springfield, The Drifters, The Dave Clark Five, Johnny Rivers, Bob Dylan, The Animals, Petula Clark, The Rolling Stones, Procol Harum, The Turtles, Del Shannon, The Temptations, James Brown, Fontella Bass, The Box Tops, Blues Image, Booker T & The MG’s, The Four Tops, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Them, The Left Banke, Fats Domino and many more!

Before, in between and all through the night it’s our big, wide Open Stream. And today is no exception. We’re totally free and we’re also totally free of commercial advertising. Use the button below.

Monday, Monday.

We’ve Made It To Friday and We’ve Got John Fogerty, ‘The British Are Coming’ EP, and The Original All-Girl Revue, July 12, 2024

Here we are again reporting from the cusp of the weekend here in The Mermaid Lounge with a John Fogerty Spotlight feature for starters. It keeps getting better from there.

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of John Fogerty

We’ve got John Fogerty’s music from his days as singer, guitarist and primary songwriter with Creedence Clearwater Revival to his solo career. Stop by The Lounge.

1:00 p.m. The British Are Coming: Various Artists

We’ve got them all here: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Dave Mason, Electric Light Orchestra, Petula Clark, The Zombies, The Hollies, Small Faces. Dusty Springfield, Small Faces, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Queen, The Kinks, The Dave Clark Five, the Bee Gees, The Moody Blues, Rod Stewart, Them, Herman’s Hermits, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Badfinger, The Yardbirds, Traffic, Elton John, Lulu, Pink Floyd, Yes, The Animals, the Spencer-Davis Group, Donovan, The Searchers and more!

8:00 p.m. The Original All-Girl Revue: Various Artists

This was the very first all-woman music list we put together; several others followed. And then we made our big, bad ‘Ladies Day Out’ EP. The original all-girl revue playlist includes Ann Peebles, Bobbie Gentry, Chi Coltrane, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, Laura Nyro, Roberta Flack, Melanie, Mary Wells, Fontella Bass, Lulu, Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris, Irma Thomas, Janis Joplin, Judy Collins, Patti Smith and more!

It’s all here for you, music lovers, on a 24/7 basis with no commercial interruption and at no charge to you, our listeners. See for yourself. The button’s below.

Freaky Friday!

It’s Saturday in The Lounge With ‘Folk Music From A-To-Z’, Jesse Winchester and Jefferson Airplane, June 29, 2024

Good morning, musicologists! We’re making our way into the dog days of summer. But we’re cool in The Lounge with a folk music start and a psychedelic finish.

Here’s your Saturday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Folk Music From A-To-Z: Various Artists

Songs about hope and bravery is what the early folk music movement was all about. In this EP, you’ll hear John Prine, Dave Van Ronk, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul & Mary, Odetta, Cat Stevens, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Beatles, Arlo Guthrie, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Rush, Joan Baez, The Band, Eric Andersen, Judy Collins, Nanci Griffith, Jesse Winchester, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Lead Belly, Tim Hardin, The Kingston Trio, Simon & Garfunkel, Richie Havens, Phil Ochs, James Taylor, Townes Van Zandt, The Carter Family, Neil Young and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Jesse Winchester

We continue the folk music vibe before we swing into something a bit more…psychedelic. I was fortunate enough to have seen Jesse Winchester perform twice, the first time as the opening act for Emmylou Harris; the second as the headliner. Bob Dylan, the master songwriter himself, once said of Jesse Winchester, “You can’t talk about the best songwriters and not include him.” Indeed.

8:00 p.m. Jefferson Airplane Live at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, May 7, 1969 NEW!

We had the Airplane soaring high over Golden Gate Park as we were moving out of the sixties and into the next decade. However, I beg to differ with people out there talking about 1969 as the ‘Summer of Love.’ Not true. The ‘Summer of Love’ happened in 1967. We have definitive proof, so stop spreading musical misinformation. But I digress, and I apologize.

Speaking of the ‘Summer of Love’, it happened during a banner year in music and we will be celebrating the ‘Summer of Love’ during July, so stick around. Remember, we’re totally free 24/7 with no commercial interruptions. No lie. No bait and switch. Nope.

Folk Music!

On Finally Friday, We’ve Got Beatles Bookends and Volume Two of ‘The Sixties Rotation’ EP, June 28, 2024

Good morning, Beatlemaniacs! Today we open and close with something from The Fab Four, and we have the sixties smack dab in the middle.

Here’s your Finally Friday lineup:

10:00 a.m. The Beatles: The Complete Rooftop Concert, January 30, 1969

An unplanned, impromptu concert on the the roof of Apple’s Saville Row building made everyone’s lunch hour better back in 1969. It was The Beatles’ very last live performance together as a band. I have to tell you that assembling a complete replication of this event is difficult, at best. Missing from this performance is their impromptu take on God Save the Queen, which was in the film, but is difficult to find out there. However, we will continue on and attempt to assemble the most complete representation we can find. In the meantime, there’s this, which is more complete than the one we’ve aired in the past.

2:00 p.m. The Sixties Rotation, Volume Two: Various Artists

Today, we’ve got the second volume of our favorite sixties songs with The Mamas & The Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Jefferson Airplane, The Beatles, Grateful Dead, Buffalo Springfield, Sly & The Family Stone, The Temptations, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Roy Orbison, The Yardbirds, The Animals, Linda Ronstadt, Wilson Pickett, The Band, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, The Ronettes, The Kinks, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jimmy Cliff, The Byrds, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Blind Faith, Marvin Gaye, The Doors, The Box Tops, B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix and more!

9:00 p.m. The Beatles: The Singles Collection

We close out the evening with another Beatles gem: Every single released worldwide, including all the B-sides.

Before, in between and after we’ve got our big, wide Open Stream of 27,000 files and growing daily! We’re on 24/7, we’re totally free and we run no commercial advertising. What’s not to love?

The Beatles!

We Take a Trip On ‘The Psychedelic Express,’ Then It’s Live Jimi Hendrix and Carly Simon, Thursday, June 27, 2024

Good morning, music lovers! We are officially over the hump and are on the downslide to the weekend. Today we start out on ‘The Psychedelic Express,’ then it’s on to some live music.

Here’s your mind bending lineup:

9:00 a.m. The Psychedelic Express: Various Artists

Truly a favorite genre in The Mermaid Lounge and, once again, pioneered by The Fab Four. In addition to The Beatles, you’ll hear Vanilla Fudge, The Chambers Brothers, the Electric Prunes, The Animals, Jefferson Airplane, Blues Image, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Donovan, Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, Traffic, Cream, Dr. John, Procol Harum, The Who, Canned Heat, Yes, Electric Light Orchestra, Tommy James & The Shondell, Mudcrutch, Blind Faith, The Grateful Dead, Velvet Underground, Big Brother & The Holding Company and more!

4:00 p.m. Jimi Hendrix Live at The Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA, May 30, 1970

We’ve got Hendrix in a great live performance this afternoon that took place just months before his untimely death.

8:00 p.m. Carly Simon Live at Grand Central Station, New York, NY, April 2, 1995 NEW!

It was Jackie Onassis’ idea for Carly Simon to perform at Grand Central Station as a precursor to her first tour in 14 years. We’ve got it for you here this evening.

We’re on track for another great music day here in The Mermaid Lounge. All you need to do is push the button below!

The Psychedelic Express!

On Sunday It’s Jefferson Airplane, Our ‘Ode to Morning’ EP, and The Band Live in Japan, On June 23, 2024

Good morning, weekenders! We’ve got some great music today that includes a Jefferson Airplane Spotlight feature and The Band live from Kosei Nenkin Hall in Tokyo.

Here’s your Sunday lineup:

10:00 a.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Jefferson Airplane

Or, as we used to affectionately call them, The Airplane. The band was a true pioneer of the American psychedelic music genre, and we thank them for all their hard work.

1:00 p.m. Ode To Morning: Various Artists

This afternoon we have songs extolling the virtues of the morning from Cat Stevens, Hoyt Axton, The Beatles, Neil Young, The Rascals, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, James Taylor, Gram Parsons, Simon & Garfunkel, Taj Mahal, Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Harry Chapin, Three Dog Night, Ry Cooder, Tim Buckley, Muddy Waters, Jonathan Edwards, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Pure Prairie League and more.

8:00 p.m. The Band Live at Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, September 2, 1983

We close out a great day with a The Band live from Tokyo. They went from being Bob Dylan’s back up band to becoming one of the most influential bands in the evolution American popular music.

It’s an official ‘day of rest,’ so kick your heels of and join us. The Magic Button is below. It’s as simple as that.

The Magic Music Button.

We’re Over The Hump and We’ve Got Our ‘Original Sixties Rotation’, Sir Paul Live in New York, and Ringo In the Spotlight on Thursday, June 20, 2024

We’re over the hump and headed toward the weekend with a great lineup today, including a visit from the two surviving Beatles!

Here’s your musical lineup for Thursday:

9:00 a.m. The Original Sixties Rotation: Various Artists

These were the days, my friends, we’d thought they’d never end. They did, of course, but the music lives on through The Beatles, The Monkees, Sonny & Cher, Simon & Garfunkel, Little Eva, The Everly Brothers, The Searchers, Dusty Springfield, The Drifters, The Dave Clark Five, Johnny Rivers, Bob Dylan, The Animals, Petula Clark, The Rolling Stones, Procol Harum, The Turtles, Del Shannon, The Temptations, James Brown, Fontella Bass, The Box Tops, Blues Image, Booker T. & The MGs, The Four Tops, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Left Banke, Fats Domino and more!

4:00 p.m. Paul McCartney Live at Citi Field, Queens, NY, July 17-21, 2009

We’ve got Sir Paul live this afternoon from Citi Field in Queens on The Summer Live 09 Tour, his fourth North American concert tour of the 21st Century. There was special significance to his performance at Citi Field, opening a brand new venue in 2009. The Beatles opened a brand new venue at the same spot in 1965. Back then, it was known as Shea Stadium.

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Ringo Starr

The energizer bunny of music visits tonight with music from The Beatles and as a solo artist with his fantastic All Starr Bands. Ringo is undoubtedly one of music’s most accomplished percussionists and drummers, and he has made more than forty albums since the Beatles broke up.

It’s a Beatle kind of day here in The Lounge. The Beatles were the genesis for so much of the sixties music it’s unbelievable. We’ve got the full catalogue here, along with 27,000 other songs free of charge every day 24/7.

The Sixties!