Our host is Robert W. Morgan, with Bill Drake and Charlie Van Dyke doing the image voice duties in this edition of the Golden Year 1963, with newsman Mike Cleaver given the sad duty of reporting one of America’s darkest days…November 22.
But the year begins with a blast of sun and surf…from The Beach Boys. Bobby Vinton discusses his “blue” period and Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary tells us “Puff” was really about a dragon.
Plus…Robert W. takes us out of the sugar shack and up on the roof, Phil Spector tells the story of how he first heard The Ronnettes (and met his first wife, Ronnie Spector, in the process), a song about a satellite hits the top of the charts, and we hear a big hit from a 12 year old genius.
Drake-Chenault’s syndicated version of THE GOLDEN YEAR: 1963