A BIG CHT to the reader who recommended
Which was suggested to him by a gracious Christian lady.
It’s a free, Internet jukebox that you can use while you are reading blogs–or otherwise surfing the Internet.
It advertises itself as "The best of the top 100 from the golden years of popular music," and the main section is divided into years from 1952 to 1982. When you click on a year, it generates a pop-up window with a playlist of famous songs from that year that you can listen to in the background as you surf other sites.
In addition, it has links to specialized collections, such as the "Swing Era" (before 1952), the featured artist of the week (e.g., Nat King Cole), Movie Themes, TV Themes, Christmas music, Pop Gospel, and others.
The playlists aren’t (so far as I can tell) randomly generated, making it easy to pick up where you left off last time if you weren’t finished with one. Just scroll down to the same song you left off on.
Enjoy.
GET THE TUNES!
P.S. I really love the fact that the 1955 playlist has the Ames Brothers’ "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" (it’s #13 on the list; scroll down and click on it). This is a song I’m used to round dancing to that presents itself as if it’s naughty, but which reveals itself in the last two verses (and really the last line of the song) to be entirely innocent. Great fake-out. Good things come to those who wait.
