Santo and Johnny were an Italian-American rock and roll duo from Brooklyn, NY, composed
of the brothers Santo and Johnny Farina. They are best known for their instrumental “Sleep Walk”, which became a
regional hit and eventually reached #1 on the pop charts, when It was released nationally, in 1966.
"Porcelain"
Moby is one of the most controversial figures in techno music, alternately praised
for bringing a face to the notoriously anonymous electronic genre. "Porcelain" is a haunting melody, released by Moby in 1999.
The song makes you want to hear it again and again.
"Novia"
Another release by Moby, reflecting a soothing, ethereal melody.
"North to Alaska"
Although he is better-remembered for his historical songs, Johnny Horton was one
of the best and most popular honky tonk singers of the late '50s. Horton managed to infuse honky tonk with an urgent
rockabilly underpinning. His career may have been cut short by a fatal car crash in 1960, but his music reverberated throughout
the next three decades. "North to Alaska" was released in 1959.
"In the Year 2525"
Zager and Evans were a rock-pop duo of the late 1960s and early 1970s named after its two members, Denny
Zager and Rick Evans. Artists Dave Trupp and Mark Dalton backed up the duo. Best known for their immensely
popular "In the year 2525." The song warned of the dangers of technology, portraying a future in which the human race would
at length be destroyed by its own technological and medical innovations and Divine wrath. The last stanza of the song intimates
a continuing cycle of birth, death and rebirth of mankind.
"The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Canadian Gordon Lightfoot first began to gain recognition in the mid-'60s as a songwriter. He is a singer
and songwriter who achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music. As a singer-songwriter, he came
to prominence in the 1960s, and entered the international music charts in the 1970s with songs such as "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
(1976).
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a film directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood, Lee
Van Clee and Eli Wallach.
"Crocket's Theme"
This is one of the music tracks from the mega TV series "Miami Vice". Who is cooler than Crocket, in his pastels and sockless
slippers?
