Which Decade Is Tops For Pops?
Sep 30, 2026 · 17 min · 8 segments
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Nick ParkhouseHostFirmly in last place, earning minus one points for the 1960s, it's Brian Highland with Ginny Come Lately.
I'd recommend the mid-sized 1966 US Brian Highland hit, The Joker Went Wild, because it is 100% in the style of Gary Lewis and the Playboys.
Hedgerow says, I find this more interesting as a comparison point to where he went later than as a song on its own.
Anne Bryan says, Nostalgia for a time before we were around, when love was all innocent, at least according to the pop songs.
No coincidence that SAW pilfered the early 60s catalogue for their chaste, parent-friendly love songs at the time when actual sex was likely to give you a nasty disease.
John Fred and his Playboy band, but I don't know anything about Gary Lewis and the Playboys either.
Firmly in last place, earning minus one points for the 1960s, it's Brian Highland with Ginny Come Lately.
I'd recommend the mid-sized 1966 US Brian Highland hit, The Joker Went Wild, because it is 100% in the style of Gary Lewis and the Playboys.
Hedgerow says, I find this more interesting as a comparison point to where he went later than as a song on its own.
Anne Bryan says, Nostalgia for a time before we were around, when love was all innocent, at least according to the pop songs.
No coincidence that SAW pilfered the early 60s catalogue for their chaste, parent-friendly love songs at the time when actual sex was likely to give you a nasty disease.
John Fred and his Playboy band, but I don't know anything about Gary Lewis and the Playboys either.
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