The Swingin' Surf Rock Shindig - Episode 18 "WIT 1: 1963"

The Wayout mobile is back from the repair shop but they gave us the wrong kind of "Timing Belt" and we were sent all the way back to 1963!

A year punctuated with both triumph and tragedy, 1963 saw uplifting high's like Martin Luther King Junior's "I have a Dream" speach and the lowest of lows, the assasination of John F. Kennedy. Around the world, Russia sent the first woman into space, America was at war in Vietnam and the UK experienced "The Great Train Robbery". Through it all, music was a bright spot. The Beach Boys were #1 on the year end Hot 100 chart with Surfin' U.S.A. and a bevy of bands released tracks that would eventually become surf and instrumental classics. 

ARTIST - TITLE

• Angie and the Citations - Headache
• Eddie and the Showmen - Toes on The Nose
• Johnny and the Hurricanes - KawLiga
• Curt-Goran Orkester - Theme From The Longest Day
• The Vulcanes - Cozimotto
• Johnny Vallons and the DeeJays - Satcha's Tune
• The Blizzards - Silver Strings
• Kai Winding - China Nights
• Richie Allen and the Pacific Surfers - Surfers Slide 
• i 4 Camillo - Red Shadows
• The Fireballs - Torquay Two
• The Cliftones - Swedish Rhapsody
• The Fantasys - Surfs Up
• The Tradewinds - Gotcha
• The Denvermen - Spanish Sands
• Hal Blaine and The Young Cougars - Surfers Slide
• Johnny Fortune - Soul Surfer
• The Titans - The Surfers Lullaby
• i 5 Rizzo - Pony Express
• Adrian And The Sunsets - Boss
• The Enchanters - Surf Blast
• The Blazers - Bangalore
• The Biscaynes - Church Key