- The First Class – The First Class (1974)
A bittersweet memory of a fantasy girl from the past opens up a look at British one hit wonder The First Class and their 1974 hit "Beach Baby." But just who was The First Class anyway? The answer is a bit more abstract than you might imagine. Bonus: How The Counting Crows' 1996 song "A Long December" became an unlikely companion song to "Beach Baby."
- The Partridge Family – Sound Magazine (1971)
In 2015 Sam Tweedle found long lost fan letter to teen idol David Cassidy from a young girl named Monica. Offering an insight into the real anxieties and thoughts of a young teen fan, Sam shares the letter over fifty years after it was originally written. Bonus: Tiger Beat and 16 Magazine's battle over David Cassidy coverage, David's best friend Sam Hyman, that time Laurie got braces, and how YOU can win one of David's puppies!
- The Partridge Family – Up to Date (1971)
A confession of a Partridge Family fan. Sam Tweedle tells the story of how he discovered the music of The Partridge Family and the profound effect which it had on him as a lonely girl crazy tween via the Partridge's biggest selling album, "Up to Date" Extra: What Partridge Family song did David Cassidy openly hate, only to have it enter the pop culture zeitgeist forever?
- The Partridge Family – The Partridge Family Album (1970)
Everybody remembers David Cassidy as the lead singer of The Partridge Family, but who were the other members of the group? A deep dive into The Ron Hicklin Singers - the most famous uncredited singing group of all time. From Gary Lewis and the Playboys to The Monkees and far beyond, the Ron Hicklin Singers created a sound of an entire generation through television, film, radio and commercials, defining the signature sound of the 1960's and 1970's pop industry.
- Melanie – Candles in the Rain (1970)
This week we said goodbye to the Little Sister of the Sun, Melanie Safka. Sam Tweedle revisits his 2012 interview as Melanie talks about the events that inspired her first Billboard hit "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)." From her unlikely debut on the Woodstock stage, the collaboration with the Edwin Hawkins Singers that nearly didn't happen, and the night that the song saved a platoon of men in Viet Nam, Melanie tells the story of "Lay Down" in her own words.
- The Love Generation – The Love Generation (1967), A Generation of Love (1968) and Montage (1968)
Made up of hand selected session singers from the 1960's music scene, The Love Generation was brothers Tom and John Bahler's attempt to break out in front as a pop act. However, despite some of the best vocal arrangements and harmonies ever recorded in pop music, the band seemed to out of touch for the modern record buyer. Ignored at the time, the Bahler Brothers introduced a sound through The Love Generation that would become recognizable in years to come via their work with major bubblegum acts through the early 1970's. IThe Love Generation is a band that needs to be rediscovered by autophiles, fans of retro 60's sounds and bubblegum pop music.