The 1960s' Most Wanted

by Shea, Stuart

• ISBN13: 9781574887211
• ISBN10: 1574887211
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-28
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Summary

The 1960s was a decade of contrasts. It had the Summer of Love, but it also witnessed the assassinations of three American leaders. It fulfilled President Kennedy's promise of successfully landing a man on the moon but also saw the beginning of the ultimately disastrous Vietnam War. It gave us beach tunes on one end, psychedelic songs to trip to on the other, and in between heralded the British Invasion. Now you can look back on and celebrate all the events and fads from the 1960s with Stuart Shea's trivia-laden The 1960s' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Hip Happenings, Swinging Sounds, and Out-of-Sight Odditiesfrom Potomac's Most Wanted­'„¢ series. Lucky Charms cereal was introduced in 1964 with more than fifty percent sugar, the first cereal to pass the halfway point in sugar content. In 1967, Louis Washkansky was the recipient of the first-ever heart transplant. In 1961, the entire U.S. Olympic figure skating team was killed in an airplane crash in Belgium. And in 1965, with the now-classic songs "Turn, Turn, Turn," "Satisfaction," "My Girl," and "Yesterday" debuting on the airwaves, the Grammy for best rock-and-roll recording instead went to Roger Miller's "King of the Road"! Stuart Shea gives you dozens of top-ten lists with entertaining and remarkable trivia on historic events, political revolutionaries, great moments in space, forgotten but once-popular television shows, fashion breakthroughs, great sports stories, and the best and worst of the silver screen. It's been said that if you remember the 1960s, you didn't live through them. Whether you lived through them or not, you can remember them in style with The 1960s' Most Wanted'„¢.

Table of Contents

Photographs	xii
Introduction	xiii
That Was the Week That Was	1	(13)
Top American News Stories of the 1960's
'Til Her Daddy Takes the T-Bird Away	14	(5)
Classic 1960's Cars
Busy Doin' Nothin'	19	(5)
1960's Dilettantes
Something Happening Here	24	(5)
Protest Songs of the 1960's
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	29	(5)
Obscure 1960's TV Programs
He Blew His Mind Out in a Car	34	(5)
Well-Known 1960's Auto Fatalities
Something Better Beginning	39	(5)
Professional Sports Franchises Founded in the 1960's
Family Entertainment	44	(4)
Famous Families, Real and Imaginary
I've Got a Secret	48	(5)
Film and Television Embrace the Spy Craze
Say It Loud!	53	(5)
Slogans of the 1960's
Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast	58	(5)
New Cereals of the Sixties
Camelot and His Wife	63	(7)
Snapshots of the Kennedy Presidency
Paperback Writer	70	(5)
Books of the 1960's
Try to Remember	75	(5)
Once-Popular Singers of the Sixties
It Doesn't Matter What You Wear (Just as Long as You Are There)	80	(6)
Fashion Trends of the 1960's
Jingle, Jingle, Jingle	86	(5)
Ad Campaigns of the Sixties
The Fickle Finger of Fate	91	(6)
Nine-Day Wonders of the 1960's
The Other Side of This Life	97	(5)
Odd Sixties Passings
Screen Gems	102	(7)
Ten Vital Sixties Films
Funny Face	109	(5)
Cartoon Characters of the 1960's
Sweet Soul Music	114	(7)
Ten Who Birthed the Genre
Laugh, Laugh	121	(6)
Standup Comics of the Sixties
Painted Day—Glo Smile	127	(6)
Politics and Show Business in the 1960's
One Has My Name	133	(7)
Single-Named Celebs of the Decade
Up, Up, and Away	140	(6)
They Died While Working in the 1960's
The New Soft Shoe	146	(5)
Great 1960's Inventions
A Change Is Gonna Come	151	(9)
Civil Rights Watersheds
I Think I'm Goin' Back	160	(4)
Revivals During the Sixties
Watch Your Phraseology	164	(5)
1960's Phrases
Watch the Charts Carefully! (I'm Talkin"Bout Those Medical Charts)	169	(6)
Medical Innovations of the Sixties
Little Games	175	(6)
Great Sports Stories of the 1960's
I Don't Believe It	181	(6)
Trippy Television Moments of the Sixties
In One Ear and Gone Tomorrow	187	(5)
One-Hit Music Wonders of the 1960's
Voice Your Choice	192	(6)
Strange Sixties Awards Show Decisions
I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician	198	(5)
Non-Mainstream Political Candidates of the Decade
Do You Wanna Dance?	203	(5)
1960's Dances—and How to Do Them!
The Great Banana Hoax	208	(5)
Selling the Counterculture
Happiness Is a Warm Property	213	(5)
The Rise of "Peanuts"
Grits Ain't Groceries	218	(5)
Food Trends of the 1960's
Rights in Conflict	223	(5)
Popular Songs Banned from the Airwaves
Beautiful People	228	(7)
Scandals and the Like
Crash Landing	235	(5)
Airplane Disasters of the Sixties
Change Is Now	240	(8)
Some of the Decade's Political Revolutionaries
Future Shock	248	(5)
...The Seventies Began in the Sixties
Select Bibliography	253	(2)
Index	255	(16)
About the Author	271