In 1964 Jay and the Americans opened for the Beatles.

[surfaceone]

Hey Steve,

Sam Cooke was shot to death in the Hacienda Motel, by it's manager, in Los Angeles in 1964. He had had 29 Top 40 hits to his credit, and our delight, at the time of his death.

Have a look & listen to You Send Me.

Touch the Hem of His Garment

A too brief video history of Sam Cooke.

From.

 

[surfaceone]

So, Sam Cooke doesn't do it, eh?

Perhaps you prefer Howlin Wolf Don't Laugh at Me. Live 1964.

Spoonful.

 

[Steve/sewell]

I Havent been around much surf,I like Sam Cooke.

 

[southern Maine diver]

"In my five oclock world when the whistle blows...
no one owns a piece of my time.

And there's a long haired girl who waits I know...
to ease my troubled mind."

Jay and the Americans. One of my favorite groups Steve. Along with the Four Seasons, Temptations, Four Tops, The Association, The Rightious Brothers, ... it goes on and on! Oh how I miss the 60's...

"Sounds of the city pounding in my brain...
while another day goes down the drain."

I heard them all on 77 WABC with Cousin Brucie and Big Dan Ingram on my little transistor radio and an ear plug!! Had to have the ear plug cause my parents didn't like rock n Roll! I also grew up watching Captain Kangaroo, Diver Dan, the Little Rascals, Abott & Costello, superman, Rocket man, Flash Gordon, Charlie Chan and the Bowery Boys... Damn good childhood in Paterson, NJ.

Wayne

 

[surfaceone]

Diver Dan

Hey Wayne,

This is a show that I totally missed. Did he have any influence on your becoming a diver, or was it Miss Minerva?

Episode 2, Goldie the Goldfish.