Well the talk on the show was about the value of the sweet
pop music of the 50's and early 60's before the advent of
the Elvis style rock n roll. Was it just something to be forgotten
due to embarrassment or did it have a kind of value of it's own?

I have a different take on it. As an avid Trek and science fiction fan I think that I am a victim of living out an alternate time
line.

In the timeline that should have happened, Bobby Rydell would have
led a big band like Brian Setzer does today-- Setzer who plays
much of the same music but particularly that of Gene Vincent
and a lot of dynamite originals would have jacked up the r&b
sound but maintained the big band swing format.

Well, what we got instead was "How Much is That Doggie in The Window?"
and on a good day "26 Miles".

The name of the book is "Great Pretenders" Prob'ly worth a
read but I'm not sure I can trust the author who is
under 30.

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