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I am a child of the Space Age, born in 1953, before anyone or anything had actually left the atmosphere. The launch of Sputnik captured my attention in 1957 and I was privileged to actually see it passing over in the night sky, the family listening to it on the shortwave radio singing beep, beep, beep as it flew. For the rest of the 50’s we heard of Russian satellites and the progress they were making while America struggled to get a rocket to fly. America finally got the space program going and one of the first, (I think Echo was the first, my memory loss kicking in) communications satellites we successfully launched was called Telstar.
As far as music was concerned, the 50’s was pretty much the ending years of the big band era and a slow switch of western music into country and western. Rock and Roll was just a thought, but the “small bands” were coming into their own. One of the early groups did a song in 1962 to honor that first communications satellite named Telstar.
In the later 60’s, I bought my very first record album based on the cover more than knowing the band, but I became a fan of the group and bought several of their albums.
This weekend, I found a couple more groups that I hadn’t heard of doing Telstar and while watching them play, I noticed the difference in their styles. This got me to thinking just how much music had evolved from the 60’s, I am amazed.
Even the Crickettes did a version!
Lastly, did you know there were words to Telstar? I heard them so many decades ago, but I couldn’t remember more than the first few lines. I finally found it and it was a long time ago too, it was called “Magic Star”.
Well, that’s my blast from the past, folks. Be sure to vote in the poll.
Who is talking to who.
Tuesday, June 14
Jimmy Kimmel: TBA
Jimmy Fallon: Dakota Johnson, Adam Scott, Carrie Underwood
Stephen Colbert: Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Bonnie Raitt
Seth Meyers: Miles Teller, Busy Philipps, Jana Schmieding, Jordyn Blakely
James Corden: Chrissy Teigen, Rose Byrne, Kat Radley