The Popamoto Collection
If you've wandered onto this site - Welcome!
If you are a friend, or have been here before, you know what to do.
If you've wandered onto this site - Welcome!
If you are a friend, or have been here before, you know what to do.
I've been collecting pop music since I was a kid in the 60's. The computer era has put my collecting into overdrive!
There are over 12,000 tunes so far. The actual collection on my hard drive (all are .wav files) has music from the 1940s to the 1980s but the core collection is between 1955 to 1971. None of these tunes were downloaded from the internet. All of them are original recordings.
I have discovered thousands of tunes which were not widely played on the radio, or which sold very few in the stores. It's been a very rewarding experience.
I'd like to share this list with the world, so here it is...
Click here for the main list: Popamoto Collection *
The column on the far right is the highest position the song received on Billboard's Top Pop Singles chart.
"unch" means the tune was uncharted (great tunes you've never heard - ask me about them)
RB means Rhythm and Bluese.g. "9963" (instead of 1963) means it was probably issued in1963
Tunes for download (mp3) to whet your apatite (illegal! - yeah, I'm bad!):
Lord, Mr. Ford - Jerry Reed 1973 - a comedic look at the auto industry
Bomb Iran - Vince Vance & The Valiants 1980 - as infamously sung by John McCain.
My favourite version of this blues favourite: Sweet Home Chicago - Foghat 1978
* This is just a list. If you want to hear any of these tunes contact me.
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WORTH QUOTING
“Military justice is to justice what military music is to
music.” -Groucho Marx
"Rock n' roll does for music what a
motorcyle club at full throttle does for a quiet afternoon. The results bear
passing resemblance to Hitler mass meetings." - Time Magazine, 1956
