Okay, first off, this site freaking ROCKS! Here's why:
1. It's retro and very nicely designed. (Me being a graphic designer....)
2. They played Annette's "Pineapple Princess" only five minutes after I started listening.
3. You can make requests and they play instantly!
4. They played "Pineapple Princess" for god's sake!!!
Okay, enough of me being a little girl. Geez. But seriously, nobody plays Pineapple Princess....
Here's the lowdown on this fantabulous site: With over 5,000 songs, you're sure to hear some of your all time faves. They have the usual oldies that you'd hear on the radio, but there's plenty more that you haven't heard in ages. I'm talkin' you haven't heard them since you were mackin' at the drive-in circa 1962. That's old, okay.
But here's what's awesome: When the station is on Auto DJ (late at night), you can pick any song you want and it will play instantly. Now you couldn't get that at the ice cream shop for a quarter! Only catch to this good thang is that you get 5 requests each hour. I was on a roll before I knew this. I kept hitting play, play, play and then it said, "Please stop! You're a freak!" Okay, maybe it didn't say that. But it did tell me there was a limit.
You're probably wondering why I like oldie music, and the reason is because of my parents. They grew up during the Baby Boomer era and have ever since then shared with me the magic of the 50's & 60's that they experienced. I mean some kids grow up hating their parents and could give a crap about their past. But honestly, I genuinely like and listen to my parents music. I'm not ashamed to say it. Some of my all time favorite artists and songs are from the 50's or 60's. Sam Cooke, Beatles, Ricky Nelson, Elvis, Patsy Cline, Drifters, Bobby Rydell, etc. etc. Those are just a few random samplings there, but in all seriousness, I love this music. You should give it a try as well.
I mean if you've never listened to oldies music before, you're missing out. You're also probably unaware that the majority of today's music are remakes. Just the other day I heard a Beyonce song and recognized the one loop from a Chi-Lites classic. How dare she, I thought. But then I understand that every couple of years somebody copies off of somebody else. Even back in Elvis' time, he was copying off of lesser known black artists. And who got the fame?
Just take a look at a website called Second Hand Songs. They have info on every song ever made. Which artist originally sang it, who remade it, who sampled it, who referenced it...etc. Look up the song "Yesterday" by the Beatles, which is the most remade song of theirs. See how many bands have remade it. You may notice a few popular ones in the bunch. It's a pretty neat site, I must say. Check it out.
Overall, though, the Sock Hop Radio station is grrrreat. I love it and am now going to place it in my favorites folder. Any station that lets you pick the songs is fine by me. Don' you agree??!?!?!
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Likes - variety of rare songs, request tool
Dislikes - limited website
Click HERE to visit site.
