The music of the 1950s and 1960s lives again on MusicMaster Online Worldwide! Hear the big hits, little hits, songs that should have been hits, songs that helped create rock and roll, and lots of other surprises.
Today's sample of New Oldies - The Greatest Hits You've Never Heard - comes from Brookfield, Wisconsin. The lead singer is Eric Olson, and he also wrote this song. Steve Thomas is playing guitar, Gordy Wayne Olski plays bass, Mark Buscaglia is on the Hammond organ, and John Kruck is banging the drums. The group was managed by Con Merten and produced by Paul Christy, and you can read more about them here. The band was formed in 1966 as the Toy Factory, and later became known as the Next Five. Their music, in a word, is awesome! It was issued on Wand 1170 in 1968. Take a listen to the Next Five doing Talk To Me Girl.
For me, this was one of those rare songs that becomes one of your favorites the very first time you hear it. It's almost like your brain is tricked into thinking that you're already familiar with the song, even though you've never heard anything like it before. It instantly transforms into a cherished memory! It's a musical magic trick. I hope you like it as much as I do.
New Oldies - The Greatest Music You've Never Heard - is a radio format that I've developed that is unlike any oldies format ever heard before. If you're already a fan of my MusicMaster Oldies online stream, let me assure you, that's NOT what I'm talking about. New Oldies has a very small playlist and the songs play in very fast rotations. If you're interested, contact me and I'll explain!
I am the President/CEO of A-Ware Software, makers of MusicMaster, the #1 Windows-based music scheduling software in the world. I'm a record collector, huge poker fan, and former radio engineer, disc jockey, and programmer.
I don't know why, but some of the audio files I've posted on this blog no longer play properly. I have to re-encode the MP3 file and upload it again to the DivShare hosting service in order to fix the problem. I'm guessing that some my audio files were somehow corrupted by them. If you come across any song that skips or sounds really badly distorted, please let me know so I can replace it. Thanks!
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Wow Joe, a piece of my musical past on your site, what a treat!
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