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Car Show/ Cruise night music. ( could rival a camshaft thread?)
Ok, last few years the "oldies" radio stations are playing 70's and early 80' music. Car shows seem stuck in the 50's and early 60's.... STILL.. A 75 year old guy told me today he is sick of the big bopper !!
Time to train the DJ or someone's I pod? Where do YOU think the range should be ( in years). We all " dislike something " ignore that and put your range. |
1960-1985 Don't mind earlier, or later, just not the same songs continuously, like 409, or Little GTO, Deuce Coupe, or Little Cobra.
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I think each answer is going to be based on whatever years were formative for the individual car-wise and the music that reflects that.
For me, my preference is the 70s-80s, but enjoy select songs from any era. |
I would choose a mix of 50s through mid 70s. Not jut car tunes but top tens for each month maybe.
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I think a decent rule of thumb would be to play music that would be coming out of the radio's of the majority of the cars at the car show or cruise-in when the car was new. That could cover allot of years of music, but at least it's a range. As easy as it is to carry a huge catalog on a memory stick now, DJ's should be able to play some deeper cuts from the era as well. There are more than the typical 50 songs that get played to death at every old car show out there.
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If you look at the sound track of American Graffiti they used late 50s and early 60s music, stuff that would be played on radio rock stations at the time frame (1962). George Lucas was very instrumental in choosing the music that was played, and he grew up in southern CA. He also made the Wolfman Jack connection as it was relevant in that area during that time frame.
In the later American Graffiti sequels they moved the songs on the sound track into the mid 60s, they were pretty good on keeping the music in the same time frame as the movie was, while still playing some songs from the earlier years. If someone were to follow that same pattern and play what was actually on play lists during the represented years I would think it would be a good formula. I really enjoyed the sound track used in American Graffiti, but extending it into the 70s would also be fine with me. |
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Ever heard of the Wrecking Crew? Play everything they covered. "There may never be a group of Rock an Roll musicians of this caliber again" If you don't know who they are and Really enjoy diversity... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZgBexrZvM0&t=2s Frank |
Our Weekly carclub "Cruise -In" DJs late 50s thru mid-70s, with a lean towards CCR, some Cream, Skinny Lenard, green onions, some elvis, daytona GTO, HR Lincoln, beached boys.
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For me, "Classic Rock". Mostly 60's + 70's
My everyday driver - Sirius "Classic Rewind" and "Classic Vinyl" all the time |
I would think by this time 70s - 80s with some 60s mixed in.
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The DJ should be able to look at the crowd and figure out what kind of music to play.
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whatever era it is keep it low, I hate loud music at the point you can't talk to people ya meet.
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Sick to death of car show music, there is SO much great stuff off of the well worn grooves. There are great covers & live stuff that would be a change too!
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No music.
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The music at that show yesterday was annoying. |
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Recently they went to 60's and 70's. Getting tired of the big Bopper? The problem with ALL stations that play 50's 60's 70's 80"s is they play music from a PLAY LIST. If you google the top 40 hits of each month of each year for any of the decades I mentioned you will find that those stations only play 20% or less of the top 40 songs! Also there were many good songs that never made the top 40. If your grand kids listened to any of these stations, and it doesn't matter which decade you grew up in, your grandkids would not hear a proper representation of what we actually heard. Another observation of 50's music, because I was there, is almost all the 50's music that these remaining stations will play is music from 1955-59. You won't hear any of the top ten from 1950-54. And they call this 50's music?????? |
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Week of November 10, 1962 NOV 1 Steady He's A Rebel The Crystals 1 1 10 2 Rising Big Girls Don't Cry The 4 Seasons 6 2 4 3 Rising All Alone Am I Brenda Lee 5 3 7 4 Rising Return To Sender Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires 10 4 4 5 Failing Only Love Can Break A Heart Gene Pitney 2 2 9 6 Rising Next Door To An Angel Neil Sedaka 9 6 6 7 Steady Gina Johnny Mathis 7 7 8 8 Failing Monster Mash Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers 4 1 10 9 Failing Do You Love Me The Contours 3 3 14 10 Rising Popeye (The Hitchhiker) Chubby Checker 14 10 9 11 Failing Limbo Rock Chubby Checker 8 8 10 12 Steady Close To Cathy Mike Clifford 12 12 9 13 Rising Nothing Can Change This Love Sam Cooke 22 13 7 14 Rising The Cha-Cha-Cha Bobby Rydell 15 14 5 15 Failing Sherry The 4 Seasons 11 1 12 16 Rising Don't Hang Up The Orlons 32 16 5 17 Rising James (Hold The Ladder Steady) Sue Thompson 18 17 7 18 Failing What Kind Of Fool Am I Sammy Davis Jr. 17 17 11 19 Rising Bobby's Girl Marcie Blane 41 19 4 20 Rising Desafinado Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd 26 20 7 21 Failing Patches Dickey Lee 13 6 12 22 Rising I Left My Heart In San Francisco Tony Bennett 24 19 14 23 Rising I've Got A Woman (Part I) Jimmy McGriff 29 23 5 24 Rising Love Me Tender Richard Chamberlain 27 24 6 25 Failing Surfin' Safari The Beach Boys 23 14 14 26 Failing Green Onions Booker T. & The MG's 19 3 14 27 Rising Ride! Dee Dee Sharp 44 27 4 28 Rising I Was Such A Fool (To Fall In Love With You) Connie Francis 31 28 6 29 Failing Ramblin' Rose Nat King Cole 16 2 15 30 Rising (Dance With The) Guitar Man Duane Eddy and the Rebelettes 40 30 6 31 Rising Léah Roy Orbison 38 31 6 32 Rising If A Man Answers Bobby Darin 34 32 7 33 Steady Workin' For The Man Roy Orbison 33 33 8 34 Failing I Remember You Frank Ifield 21 5 10 35 Rising Susie Darlin' Tommy Roe 36 35 6 36 Failing Alley Cat Bent Fabric and His Piano 30 7 16 37 Rising My Own True Love The Duprees 45 37 4 38 Failing Torture Kris Jensen 20 20 11 39 Rising The Lonely Bull (El Solo Torro) Herb Alpert And Tijuana Brass 64 39 3 40 Rising Pop Pop Pop - Pie The Sherrys 42 40 6 41 Failing Let's Dance Chris Montez 28 4 14 42 Rising Mama Sang A Song Stan Kenton 47 42 5 43 Rising That Stranger Used To Be My Girl Trade Martin 50 43 4 44 Rising I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) Johnny Tillotson 55 44 3 45 Failing Warmed Over Kisses (Left Over Love) Brian Hyland 25 25 8 46 Failing Little Black Book Jimmy Dean 37 29 9 47 Rising I'll Bring It Home To You Carla Thomas 54 47 5 48 Rising Wiggle Wobble Les Cooper and the Soul Rockers 59 48 4 49 Failing Don't You Believe It Andy Williams 39 39 9 50 Rising Release Me Esther Phillips "Little Esther" 68 50 3 51 Rising Mama Sang A Song Walter Brennan 61 51 4 52 Rising I'm Going Back To School Dee Clark 56 52 6 53 Failing Venus In Blue Jeans Jimmy Clanton 35 7 13 54 Failing Hide & Go Seek, Part I Bunker Hill 49 33 12 55 Rising Lovers By Night, Strangers By Day The Fleetwoods 60 55 5 56 Failing Baby Face Bobby Darin 43 42 7 57 Failing Stormy Monday Blues Bobby Bland 51 43 10 58 Rising Don't Ask Me To Be Friends The Everly Brothers 62 58 4 59 Failing No One Will Ever Know Jimmie Rodgers 46 43 11 60 Rising Eso Beso (That Kiss!) Paul Anka 81 60 2 61 Rising Twistin' With Linda The Isley Brothers 69 54 8 62 Rising Keep Your Hands Off My Baby Little Eva 90 62 2 63 Rising The Burning Of Atlanta Claude King 65 53 6 64 Rising Mr. Lonely Buddy Greco 66 64 8 65 Rising Untie Me The Tams 72 65 4 66 Rising Rumors Johnny Crawford 95 66 2 67 Rising You Can Run (But You Can't Hide) Jerry Butler 70 67 5 68 Rising He Thinks I Still Care Connie Francis 73 57 6 69 Rising I've Been Everywhere Hank Snow 71 69 6 70 Rising Anna (Go To Him) Arthur Alexander 83 70 3 71 Rising Telstar The Tornadoes 85 71 2 72 Failing Second Fiddle Girl Barbara Lynn 63 63 8 73 Rising Let's Go (pony) The Routers 80 73 2 74 New Love Came To Me Dion - 74 1 75 Rising Stubborn Kind Of Fellow Marvin Gaye 77 75 4 76 Steady I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail The Everly Brothers 76 76 5 77 Rising Mary Ann Regrets Burl Ives 87 77 2 78 Rising Somebody Have Mercy Sam Cooke 79 77 3 79 Failing Happy Weekend Dave "Baby" Cortez 67 67 5 80 Rising I'll Remember Carol Tommy Boyce 82 80 3 81 Rising The Alley Cat Song David Thorne 84 79 3 82 Failing Heartaches Patsy Cline 75 75 5 83 New Spanish Lace Gene McDaniels - 83 1 84 New If You Were A Rock And Roll Record Freddy Cannon - 84 1 85 Rising Don't Ever Leave Me Bob And Earl 86 85 4 86 Rising Comin' Home Baby Mel Torme 88 86 2 87 New Chains The Cookies - 87 1 88 New The Push And Kick Mark Valentino - 88 1 89 New Dear Lonely Hearts Nat King Cole - 89 1 90 Rising I Lost My Baby Joey Dee 98 90 2 91 Rising Up On The Roof The Drifters 93 91 2 92 Failing Magic Wand Don & Juan 91 91 3 93 Re-Enter What Kind Of Fool Am I? Robert Goulet - 89 2 94 Rising Heart Breaker Dean Christie 96 94 2 95 Failing I Left My Heart In The Balcony Linda Scott 74 74 8 96 Failing Mama Sang A Song Bill Anderson 89 89 3 97 New That's Life (That's Tough) Gabriel And The Angels - 97 1 98 Rising Dear Hearts And Gentle People The Springfields 99 98 2 99 Failing Four Walls Kay Starr 97 97 3 100 New Go Away Little Girl Steve Lawrence - 100 1 |
Same with 60's music. Seems like for some stations, 60's music started with the British Invasion in 64.
Personally I like 60's/80's and Big Band music from the 40's. |
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