Posts Tagged ‘sunshine pop’

“98.6″ by Keith

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

My friend had a fever, but now feels a little better. Some late '60s soft rock should cool it down all the way.

Keith

Here's Keith with his most famous song, 1967's "98.6." Out-of-print of course, but hey! I just found out his third album The Adventures of Keith from 1969 was rereleased last fall! I have a half-birthday coming up, you know...

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“Ten Below” by Chris & Peter Allen

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Last week was very cold.  It's not as cold now.  But last week was very cold.  Let's celebrate getting through it with this delightful wintery sunshine pop song from 1968 by The Allen Brothers, another fine musical product of Australia.

Made up of Peter Allen and Chris Bell (not of Big Star fame), the Allen Brothers were discovered by Judy Garland while on tour in Asia.  Peter even ended up marrying Liza Minelli, despite suspicion that he and Chris were lovers.

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