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’66 Sunset Strip

09.27.21

Take a trip to ’66 Sunset Strip as dublab steps into the wayback machine and revisits 1960s Hollywood nightclubs like The Trip, Hullabaloo, Whisky a Go Go and Pandora’s Box. Hosted by Domenic Priore.

“The Tropicana is groupie’s paradise… that’s where most of the touring groups who play the Whisky a Go Go stay when they hit town, as well as many members of active local groups like The Doors and The Byrds.” – Frank Zappa, FREAK OUT Hot Spots! Map, 1966


Tracklist:

Billy Strange – All I Really Want to Do (wr. Bob Dylan, cover of Byrds’ arrangement) Nat “King” Cole Trio – (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Nat “King” Cole – Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer The Harry Simeone Songsters – It’s a Beautiful Day for a Ball Game Vin Scully & the Los Angeles Dodgers (1965) – Last Inning Sandy Koufax Perfect Game The Treniers – Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) (cameo by Willie Mays) The Beatles – Ticket to Ride (recorded live at The Hollywood Bowl, 1965) The Beach Boys – Girl Don’t Tell Me (wr. Brian Wilson) The Sunshine Company – I Need You (wr. George Harrison, lead Mary Nance) Wynonie Harris – All She Wants to do is Rock The Coasters – Little Egypt (wr. Leiber/Stoller) Darlene Love – A Fine, Fine Boy (produced by Phil Spector, arranged Jack Nitzsche) The Daily Flash – Queen Jane Approximately (wr. Bob Dylan, recorded live at Whisky a Go Go) The Daily Flash – Green Rocky Road The McCoys – Song for Janie (wr. Tim Buckley) The West Coast Branch – Linda’s Gone The Seeds – Excuse Excuse Art Guy – Where You Gonna Go Gloria Jones – Come Go With Me Brenton Wood – Ooh-La-Da-Dee Cannibal & the Headhunters – Headhunters’ Dance Party Chris Montez – Some Kinda Fun The Romancers – Goofie’s Rabbits Thee Midniters – Brother, Where Are You (wr. Oscar Brown Jr.) Jackie DeShannon – Needles & Pins (produced by Jack Nitzsche, who also wrote the song with Sonny Bono) The Sidewalk Swingers (Leon Russell and Glen Campbell) – Walk Right In The Byrds – The Bells of Rhymney The Mamas & The Papas – Dedicated to the One I Love (lead, Michelle Phillips) The Stone Poneys – New Hard Times (lead, Linda Maria Ronstadt) The Gentle Soul – See My Love (Song for Greg) (lead, Pamela Polland) Eric Burdon & War – Paint it Black (wr. Jagger/Richard, recorded live at Whisky a Go Go, September 8, 1969)

Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches to Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants in S.F., mid-’60s

Sandy Koufax with Nancy Sinatra on Hollywood Stars Night at Dodger Stadium

Sandy Koufax at a home party with Mia Farrow, photo by Frank Sinatra

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