We’re at it again! Excavations below the crust of some pretty simple-minded teenage pap that seemed to occupy the Billboard Top 100 in the year 1960. Marketers had found the right blend of country, rhythm, pop, sentimentality and rock and this led to a churning out of as much and as they could as fast was possible. The result was a mixed bag: quantity over quality in most cases. We call it spit-balling these days. We’ll dig into the substrate of popular music that did not make the Top 40, and in some cases, the Top 100. We’ll hear from Wanda Jackson, Billy Bland, Donnie Brooks, Johnny Preston, Esther Phillips, and a few dozen others in this week’s show. Not withstanding what we do here, we have to consistently remind ourselves of the classic Tony Soprano quote: “’Remember when’ is the lowest form of conversation.” So, we’re mining for the ones we don’t necessarily remember. And the big news? It’s a rare two-parts-over-two-weeks extravaganza. Hope you can join in!

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	John D Loudermilk	Tobacco Road	You Heard It Here First!
2	Wanda Jackson	Dona'a Wan'a	Rockin' With Wanda [US Bonus Tracks]
3	Peter Sellers & Sophie Loren	Goodness Gracious Me	The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 3
4	The Flares	Hotcha Cha-Cha Brown	Foot Stompin'
5	Sugar Pie DeSanto	I Want to Know	100 Northern Soul Classics
6	Ruth Brown with Howard Biggs Orchestra	Takin' Care Of Business	Wail Man Wail!: The Best Of King Curtis 1952-1961 (Disc 3)
7	Billy Bland	Let The Little Girl Dance	The Rock 'n' Roll Era: 1960
8	Larry Hall	Sandy	The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
9	Varetta Dillard	A Little Bitty Tear	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
10	Hank Ballard & The Midnighters	Finger Poppin' Time	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
11	Earl King	Come On, Pt. 1	Living The Blues: Blues Classics 1960-1964
12	Ernie K-Doe	A Certain Girl	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
13	Skip & Flip	Cherry Pie (1960 #11)	Greatest Hit Singles Collection
14	Donnie Brooks	Mission Bell	The Teen Years Collection: Volume 1- Dream Lover [Disc 2]
15	Manos Hadjidakis	Main Title: Never On Sunday	Never On Sunday
16	The Mark II	Night Theme	Banana Split for My Baby
17	The String-A-Longs	Wheels	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
18	The Piltdown Men	Brontosaurus Stomp	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
19	Esther Phillips	Wild Child	The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta!
20	Brenda Lee	That's All You Gotta Do	The Brenda Lee Story: Her Grea
21	Eddie Cochran	C'mon Everybody	Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1]
22	Duane Eddy	Peter Gunn	Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology [Disc 1]
23	Joe Jones	You Talk Too Much	Pure R&B: Vol. 4- Whatd I Say [Disc 1]
24	Ral Donner	The Girl Of My Best Friend	War Paint – The Gone Records Story
25	The Everly Brothers	When Will I Be Loved	The Complete Cadence Recordings 1957-1960 Disc 2
26	Johnny Preston	Cradle Of Love	Running Bear
27	Little Willie John	Sleep	Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962
28	Paul Evans	Happy-Go-Lucky-Me	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
29	The Safaris	Image of a Girl	Teen Ballads
30	Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs	Stay	Pure R&B: Vol. 4- Whatd I Say [Disc 2]
31	Sam Cooke	Wonderful World	Greatest Hits
32	Dinah Washington & Brook Benton	A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around & Fall In Love)	First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story [Disc 2]
33	Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks	Hey Boba Lou	The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks
34	Bobby Vee	Devil Or Angel	Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1)
35	Neil Sedaka	Stairway To Heaven	The Brill Building Sound Disc 1
36	Roger Miller	In The Summertime (You Don't Want My Love)	Super Hits