IV "oldies"

[Doug Millison]

"Moldy Oldies from the Golden Grooveyard" comes booming out of  
youthful memory in the voice of a radio DJ.

I'm a The Beatles/Beach Boys kind of guy, but it's all good.

First time I heard The Beatles was "Love Me Do" on the radio, at a  
backyard swimming pool party in Lafayette, Louisiana, with my  
friends.  A sound to crack open the sky - almost that dramatic for my  
young mind.

"No child of mine will spend a goddam DIME on records by these  
freaks!" Dad swore, shaking his fist at the Ed Sullivan Show.

Robin Landseadel:
Top 40 radio, as I recall*, often had such reliable gimmicks as
"Million Dollar Weekends" featuring "Million Dollar Oldies." …