The Swinging Sixties | Musician/band
The Swinging Sixties
Phone: +61 425 226 485
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25.01.2022 If you've ever wondered what happened to that truck.....well wonder no longer!!
25.01.2022 It's time to settle in front of YouTube for some great entertainment. Happy Birthday, Ringo!!
24.01.2022 Happy 78th Sir Paul!!
23.01.2022 Happy 78th Birthday to the brilliant Brian Wilson!
22.01.2022 Meanwhile....up on Capitol Hill ...
22.01.2022 It's been 193 days since our last show, but it is only 102 until our next at Centro CBD down in Wollongong. Hopefully, by then, restrictions on singing and dancing will be a thing of the past. For more details and bookings please see https://www.trybooking.com/book/event
20.01.2022 The future is looking good.....have a great weekend!!
18.01.2022 Are you at home practising social distancing? Are you getting bored? Are you a Stones fan? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions be sure to click on the below link and have a go at The Rolling Stones online Word Search!
17.01.2022 Come on....who agrees that the kids in the 60s' hands down had the best musical childhoods??
17.01.2022 Captions, please?
16.01.2022 R.I.P Little Richard
14.01.2022 Charlotte is one very excited busker!!
14.01.2022 McCartney tweeted. I owe a lot of what I do to Little Richard and his style; and he knew it. He would say, I taught Paul everything he knows. I had to admit he was right.
14.01.2022 R.I.P singer, guitarist, and actor Trini Lopez who passed away yesterday August 11, 2020 at the age of 83 of a covid related illness. This is a great version of If I Had A Hammer!
14.01.2022 It's a Happy 88th Birthday today to the one and only Petula Clark!
14.01.2022 A classic from The Kinks for those of us that are settling in for a weekend of social isolation. Have a good one!! I'm on an island And I've got no where to swim Oh what a mood I am in... I'm on an island See more
12.01.2022 Wishing everyone a great weekend!!
12.01.2022 Sung by Allan Clarke and featuring Elton John on piano, was released in the UK on 1 September 1969 and on 1 December 1969 in the US. It reached No. 3 in the UK[7] and No. 7 in the US. The song was re-released in August 1988 in the UK following its use in a television advertisement for Miller Lite beer. It reached the No. 1 spot in the UK chart for two weeks in September 1988. - Wikipedia
12.01.2022 In the early 1990's we had the fortune of having the one and only Ray Brown do a guest spot one Sunday evening at the Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel. Here from the archives is a minute of audio recorded that very evening of him singing one of Ray Brown & the Whispers' top 5 hits from 1964 'Pride'.
11.01.2022 It's Black Friday, but watching and listening to this can't not brighten up any day. Have a great weekend!!
10.01.2022 It's almost the weekend....have a great one!!
08.01.2022 The great story behind one the most important songs in the history of rock from the producer himself!!
07.01.2022 Good morning to all the seniors that love 60s' music! We are looking forward to a time when the seniors' shopping hour is a distant memory and we can bring The Sixties Singalong to your favourite reopened club!!
07.01.2022 One for all The Monkees' fans.........written with her then-husband Gerry Goffin!
06.01.2022 Interesting facts: 1. Jackie DeShannon was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock 'n' roll era 2. Glenn Campbell played 12 string on this recording 3. Her '63 version only reached #99 on the US Billboard Hot100 chart while in '64 The Searchers cover version reached #35 ... 4. She and Donna Weiss wrote the Kim Carnes hit 'Bette Davis Eyes' For a great read check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_DeShannon
06.01.2022 Send some love and good wishes to Marianne Faithfull, currently in a London hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus, but reportedly 'stable and responding to treatment'. https://www.rollingstone.com//marianne-faithful-hospitali/
06.01.2022 4 minutes of pure joy!!
06.01.2022 In times like we are in, it helps to listen to lots of music, keep smiling and get some exercise......so watch this, turn up your speakers, jump up and have a boogie and some fun!
05.01.2022 Peace and love.......it's just 5 days until Ringo's 80th!!
05.01.2022 The lockdown seems to be now working!!
04.01.2022 R.I.P. Peter Green
04.01.2022 Thursday, December 3 we finally get back on stage at Centro CBD Wollongong. Dinner & Show or Show Only packages both available. With social distancing etc we are close to full. Grab a ticket to come and join us for a fun musical trip back to the 60s' at https://www.trybooking.com/book/sessions?eid=636599
04.01.2022 It's a happy 74th to Linda Ronstadt!
03.01.2022 A not to be missed doco streaming from this week! Echo In The Canyon celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of LAs Laurel Canyon in the mid-60s as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound.
02.01.2022 The new verse: In shop doorways, under bridges, in all our towns and cities You can glimpse the makeshift bedding from the corner of your eye Remember what you're seeing barely hides a human being... We're all in this together, brother, sister, you and I. See more
02.01.2022 R.I.P Millie Small. She will be forever remembered for My Boy Lollipop which sold over six million records and took ska to a worldwide audience.
01.01.2022 A nice reminder of just how much fun was had by kids back in 1962!!
01.01.2022 Sadly all our show dates (and dates our agent Nancy was working on) have fallen away. While it's no substitute, here is our single set to some of the great photos taken by Nicola and Charles, to help us all remember the great fun we had on stage pre-COVID-19! We are looking forward to getting back out and performing hopefully towards the end of the year. All the best to everyone and stay safe!!
01.01.2022 It's a Happy 77th Birthday today to the one and only Judith Durham AO!
01.01.2022 If you are home working or cleaning out a cupboard, take a break and name just one of the 39 hidden Beatles song titles in this picture. Just one only.....please don't be greedy! ps. If you are working.....you shouldn't be here...
01.01.2022 Thanks for the big turnout at the Diggers this afternoon, and an even bigger thank you for being one the loudest Sixties Singalong audiences to date! It was a great end to Seniors Week 2020......
01.01.2022 We are missing hearing audiences singing along! This was filmed on a Sunday night a long long time ago way before the virus (8/9/91)....
