I was going through my collection of old 45's and played one of my favorites "The World Is A Wheel" by Bobbe Norris from 1966. I then looked up her name on the Internet and came up an interesting article (see the link below) which said that in 1966 she was offered but refused a j0b singing with Brasil 66! She was discovered by the renown producer John Hammond, the same person who promoted the careers of Benny Goodman, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. She released one album in 1966 entitled "The Beginning" on what was then the top record company in the U.S.--Columbia Records. Alas, she wasn't ready for the ruthless rigors of show business. But what a voice she had.
A few words about the Billboard magazine Easy Listening/Middle of the Road record charts from the 1960s. What a time it was--my favorite musical artists and sounds from my teenage years were heard on Easy Listening radio stations with the likes of the TJB, Brasil 66, Baja Marimba Band, Jimmie Rodgers, the 5th Dimension, Sinatra, Streisand, Steve & Eydie, Tony Bennett, Bobbe Norris, Perry Como, Nancy Wilson, Sammy Davis Jr., Vikki Carr, Nat King Cole, Jack Jones, Connie Francis, Tom Jones, the Lettermen etc. You get the idea--for me they were the crème of the crop--the likes of which we will never see again. And this music was heard on the top radio stations in the 1960s, such as NBC Radio Monitor on weekends with hosts Gene Rayburn and Ed McMahon, on WNEW in New York with William B. Williams, on KMPC in Los Angeles with Wink Martindale and KBIG with Ray Willes, and here in San Diego on KFMB, KDEO, and KOGO with Rod Page.
Someone had wrote that the huge popularity of the Tijuana Brass was instrumental in extending this kind of music through the end of the 1960s. By the end of the 1970s, many of these musical performers could no longer be heard on radio and lacked record contracts, and this musical era was over. I know that music appreciation is a very subjective thing, but for Popular music, these artists represented the epitome of musical talent in my lifetime.
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment...elebrates-70th-birthday-with-song-3228299.php
A few words about the Billboard magazine Easy Listening/Middle of the Road record charts from the 1960s. What a time it was--my favorite musical artists and sounds from my teenage years were heard on Easy Listening radio stations with the likes of the TJB, Brasil 66, Baja Marimba Band, Jimmie Rodgers, the 5th Dimension, Sinatra, Streisand, Steve & Eydie, Tony Bennett, Bobbe Norris, Perry Como, Nancy Wilson, Sammy Davis Jr., Vikki Carr, Nat King Cole, Jack Jones, Connie Francis, Tom Jones, the Lettermen etc. You get the idea--for me they were the crème of the crop--the likes of which we will never see again. And this music was heard on the top radio stations in the 1960s, such as NBC Radio Monitor on weekends with hosts Gene Rayburn and Ed McMahon, on WNEW in New York with William B. Williams, on KMPC in Los Angeles with Wink Martindale and KBIG with Ray Willes, and here in San Diego on KFMB, KDEO, and KOGO with Rod Page.
Someone had wrote that the huge popularity of the Tijuana Brass was instrumental in extending this kind of music through the end of the 1960s. By the end of the 1970s, many of these musical performers could no longer be heard on radio and lacked record contracts, and this musical era was over. I know that music appreciation is a very subjective thing, but for Popular music, these artists represented the epitome of musical talent in my lifetime.
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment...elebrates-70th-birthday-with-song-3228299.php
