Welcome to Oldies Connection, your forum for discussing the great music and artists of the 50's, 60's and 70's. From New York's Brill Building to the California surf, from Detroit to New Orleans, from North America to Great Britain - from the pioneers of rock and roll to the girl groups to the British Invasion to bubblegum and sunshine pop - it's all there for the taking!
In no particular order: Bill Haley and His Comets, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard. Elvis. Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers. Ricky Nelson, Fabian, Bobby Rydell. The Everly Brothers. Joey Dee and The Starliters. Dion and The Belmonts. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper. Frankie and Annette. The Archies, The Beatles, The Beach Boys. The Dave Clark Five, Gerry and The Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas, Peter and Gordon, Herman's Hermits. The Monkees. Don Kirshner and Phil Spector. Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr. Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. Neil Sedaka, Neil Diamond, Andy Kim, Jeff Barry, Ron Dante, Barry Manilow. Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Bruce Johnston. The Ronettes, The Crystals, The Dixie Cups, The Shangri-La's. Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Supremes, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas, The Shirelles, Dionne Warwick. Diana Ross and Mary Wilson. The Ohio Express, The 1910 Fruitgum Co. The Jackson Five, The Osmond Brothers, The Partridge Family. Carole King, James Taylor, Billy Joel. It's all good! Let's talk about the music and the artists - those who are still touring, and those who are no longer with us. Have you been to any good concerts lately? Got any pix to share? Visit any good oldies sites? Feel free to post links to related websites, online communities, and MySpace band profiles.
Also check out my
Jeff Barry MySpace Group - a forum for discussing the career of this legendary Brill Building songwriter/producer who's responsible for such hits as "Tell Laura I Love Her," "Baby, I Love You," "Chapel of Love," and "Sugar, Sugar."
