Sunday Drive: It's My Party

Lovely Lesley Gore, who resembles a favorite cousin of mine, sings her first hit song on the Ed Sullivan Show, October 13, 1963 -- sixty-one years ago today.

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The T.A.M.I. Show

Our gay sister, the lovely Lesley Gore, singing at the T.A.M.I. Show -
when it was still respectable for a girl to sing rock and roll,
while dressed - and acting - like a lady.

My truckbuddy Tim over in sunny rainy Spain is working on another essay, which he's sent me a draft of - and something in it made me go look up some old sixties rock performances on YouTube. And to my amazement, I found that somebody has uploaded the complete film of the legendary T.A.M.I. Show from 1964 - lots of great music and classic performances there, thought the rest of you fellas might want to revisit your memories with this.

Performers include:

• The Beach Boys
• Chuck Berry
• James Brown
• Marvin Gaye
• Gerry & the Pacemakers
• Lesley Gore
• Jan and Dean
• Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
• The Rolling Stones
• The Supremes

Oh my, that was a good time to be young.  Who's your fave?