Memories of the Swinging Sixties

joannapiano

I was in Halls of Residence near Didsbury, but could never get tickets for TOTP. I am jealous. I saw the Hollies as the warm up band to the Stones back in London. Stones were wonderful, Hollies not so much.

We were just picked up one morning- no notice really. It was all a bit rushed. And you were pushed about in the studio because the cameras were so huge.

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I loved the Monkees, watched their show on the telly every week. And remember seeing Sonny and Cher on TOTP singing ‘I got you babe’, thought it was wonderful and there and then started a lifelong love of Cher.
But one song that always takes me back is ‘pretty woman’ by Roy Orbison, am sitting in my then single aunties flat in Stockport, above the hairdressers she worked in, watching her dance to this whilst waiting to go out on a date. She was such a beautiful woman, reminded me of Liz Taylor, and looked the business with a beehive and mini skirt, I was just a kid and hung on her every word.
She died twenty years ago, after suffering dementia towards the end.
I love to remember her in her ‘pretty woman’ days.

I remember mum disapproved Elvis, Priscilla's parents who she felt were daft because of the large age gap. She felt Priscills'a parents only allowed Elvis because of money, equally daft as age difference.

I'd no opinion, but assumed mum was correct.

I was a new mum, I don't remember much 60s music.

Babs03

I loved the Monkees, watched their show on the telly every week. And remember seeing Sonny and Cher on TOTP singing ‘I got you babe’, thought it was wonderful and there and then started a lifelong love of Cher.
But one song that always takes me back is ‘pretty woman’ by Roy Orbison, am sitting in my then single aunties flat in Stockport, above the hairdressers she worked in, watching her dance to this whilst waiting to go out on a date. She was such a beautiful woman, reminded me of Liz Taylor, and looked the business with a beehive and mini skirt, I was just a kid and hung on her every word.
She died twenty years ago, after suffering dementia towards the end.
I love to remember her in her ‘pretty woman’ days.

Such a lovely tribute.

I remember being at a friend's birthday party and winning the twisting competition to Twist and Shout. Her mother was an Oxford music graduate and strongly disapproved of The Beatles but my friend one the 45 rpm at a school bazaar so her mother had to give in for the party after much begging.

Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues. It was "our song." I cannot listen to it now he is gone.

We danced to it in the student union to the Moody Blues live - so many brilliant bands heard live at uni - we were very lucky.

Though I was born in 1964 the 60s bring me so many memories growing up with the music, Dad used to sing If you go to San Fransisco by Scott Mackenzie to me when I was a baby as a lullaby.
waiting at a bus stop with mum I kept saying sing Rockapella to me mum everyone was in fits of laughter it was in fact Rock your fella!
I'm not sure if its 60s and 70s but I remember going to the local dairy to fetch fresh cream to put in mums home made cream horns with the radio playing The Walker Brothers on his little portable Bush radio that went everywhere with him it was in his lorry and had a warped front due to being on the dashboard in the sun but played great went everywhere picnics lorry etc