You just couldn’t write it. When I voted for my #1 hit of the 70s, 80s and 90s in the Greatest Hits poll a few weeks ago, I realised I hadn’t included this song in my list from that year. Egg all over my face. 
So I’ve gone back and redone the 80s charts after trawling through all their suggestions for each year. it wasn’t as bad as I thought – so far there were only 3 or 4 missing.
So, for the detectives among you – can you work out which song it is? There’s a bit of a hint later on.

1. Journey – Don’t Stop Believing – 10-1981
2. Ultravox – Vienna – 02-1981
3. The Jacksons – Can You Feel It – 04-1981
4. Kim Carnes – Bette Davies Eyes – 05-1981
5. Rainbow – I Surrender – 02-1981
6. The Police – Every Little Thing She Does is Magic – 10-1981
7. Randy Crawford – You Might Need Somebody – 07-1981
8. Elvis Costello – A Good Year For The Roses – 10-1981
9. Godley & Creme – Under Your Thumb – 10-1981
10. The Look – I Am The Beat – 01-1981
11. Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure – 11-1981
12. Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight – 01-1981
13. REO Speedwagon – Keep On Loving You – 05-1981

And the bubbling unders:
Squeeze – Labelled With Love – 11-1981
Kiki Dee – Star – 03-1981 (Ariola)
Dire Straits – Romeo And Juliet – 02-1981 (Vertigo)
Quincy Jones – Razzamatazz – 07-1981 (A&M)
Madness – It Must Be Love – 12-1981 (Stiff)
John Lennon – Imagine – 01-1981 (Apple)
Diana Ross & Lionel Richie – Endless Love – 09-1981 (Motown)
Bob Marley & The Wailers – No Woman No Cry – 07-1981 (Island)
Sugar Minott – Good Thing Going (We’ve Got A Good Thing Going) – 04-1981 (RCA)
Julio Iglesias – Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar) – 11-1981 (CBS)
Imagination – Body Talk – 07-1981 (R&B)
The Pointer Sisters – Slow Hand – 09-1981 (Planet)
Cliff Richard – Wired For Sound – 09-1981 (EMI)
The Human League – Don’t You Want Me – 12-1981 (Virgin)

1982 – Top13

I would hazard a guess that my 80s memories are not the same as the true aficionados of that era – I really wasn’t into the whole New Romantic scene at the time, however compared to the last couple of decades, their songs did have some merit, and quite a few are creeping in as the decade progresses. I dare say that if I’d done this at the time, the songs would all be there, but maybe in a different order because I wasn’t making it to anything like as many discos/nightclubs back then.

1. PhD – I Won’t Let You Down – 05-1982 (WEA)
2. Toni Basil – Mickey – 03-1982 (Radialchoice)
3. Foreigner – Waiting For A Girl Like You – 01-1982 (Atlantic)
4. The Stranglers – Golden Brown – 01-1982 (Liberty)
5. Irene Cara – Fame – 07-1982 (RSO)
6. Chicago – Hard To Say I’m Sorry – 10-1982 (Full Moon)
7. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen – 07-1982 (Mercury)
8. Dire Straits – Private Investigations – 09-1982 (Vertigo)
9. Marvin Gaye – (Sexual) Healing – 11-1982 (CBS)
10. Fat Larry’s Band – Zoom – 10-1982 (Virgin)
11. Daryl Hall & John Oates – Maneater – 11-1982 (RCA)
12. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll – 05-1982 (Epic)
13. XTC – Senses Working Overtime – 02-1982 (Virgin)

The J. Geils Band – Centrefold – 02-1982 (EMI America)
Madness – Our House – 12-1982 (Stiff)
David Bowie & Bing Crosby – Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy – 12-1982 (RCA)
Phil Collins – You Can’t Hurry Love – 12-1982 (Virgin)
Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger – 08-1982 (Scotti Brothers)
Clannad – Theme From Harry’s Game – 11-1982 (RCA)
Duran Duran – Hungry Like The Wolf – 06-1982 (EMI)
Kid Creole & The Coconuts – Annie I’m Not Your Daddy – 10-1982 (Ze)
Jon & Vangelis – I’ll Find My Way Home – 01-1982 (Polydor)
Shakatak – Easier Said Than Done – 02-1982 (Polydor)
Charlene – I’ve Never Been To Me – 06-1982 (Motown)
Kids From ‘Fame’ – Starmaker – 10-1982 (RCA)
The Jam – Town Called Malice/Precious – 02-1982 (Polydor)
Kool & The Gang – Get Down On It – 01-1982 (De-Lite)
Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder – Ebony And Ivory – 04-1982 (Parlophone)
Tears For Fears – Mad World – 10-1982 (Mercury)
Bucks Fizz – My Camera Never Lies – 04-1982 (RCA)
Chas & Dave – Ain’t No Pleasing You – 04-1982 (Rockney)

And finally, the song I missed was in the earlier version of these 80s posts which you can find here: https://jroauthor.co.uk/blog/page/6/

Again, Nanowrimo is eating up every spare second of my days, so here’s a cheeky recap of the 80s which I first put up here last October.
Here’s the first one in a new decade when disco and funk are replaced with rock and punk:

1. Styx – Babe – 01-1980
2. Randy Crawford – One Day I’ll Fly Away – 09-1980
3. Martha & The Muffins – Echo Beach – 04-1980
4. Police – Don’t Stand So Close To Me – 09-1980
5. Billy Joel – It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me – 09-1980
6. David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes – 08-1980
7. Billy Preston & Syreeta – With You I’m Born Again – 01-1980
8. The Pretenders – Talk Of The Town – 04-1980
9. Queen – Another One Bites The Dust – 09-1980
10. Rainbow – All Night Long – 03-1980

11. Cliff Richard – Carrie – 02-1980
12. Dennis Waterman – I Could Be So Good For You – 11-1980
13. Marti Webb – Take That Look Off Your Face – 03-1980

And a few which deserve an honorary mention:
Sheena Easton – 9 to 5 (Morning Train) – 08-1980
Michael Jackson – She’s Out Of My Life – 05-1980
Judas Priest – Breaking The Law – 06-1980
Liquid Gold – Dance Yourself Dizzy – 03-1980
Don McLean – Crying – 06-1980
New Muzik – Living By Numbers – 02-1980
Olivia Newton-John/The Electric Light Orchestra – Xanadu – 07-1980
The Nolans – I’m In The Mood For Dancing – 01-1980
Odyssey – Use It Up And Wear It Out – 07-1980
Saxon – 747 (Strangers In The Night) – 07-1980
Barbra Streisand – Woman In Love – 10-1980
Jona Lewie – Stop The Cavalry – 12-1980
John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band – Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – 12-1980

My 80s

I’ve always maintained the 80s was one of the busiest decades of my life, chock-a-bloc full of major events every two years. These are some highlights:

1980 – Finally left the family home to live in a tiny bedsit in Cov. Independence: Yay! Lack of creature comforts: Boo!
One of my strongest memories of my first foray into adulthood was how much all the “sundries” cost. Washing up liquid, loo roll and bin liners – who knew these things didn’t grow on trees? But the biggest shock was having to buy a broom and dustpan and brush.

1982 – Graduated from what is now Coventry University with a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering – the first local female to do so. Although it was a hardware degree, my first job writing telecoms software showed me how much more I preferred this, and I spent a total of 23 years working for GEC Telecoms, which eventually became Marconi.

1984 – Having returned to my childhood town, Warwick, the terraced house I bought last year for £21K, went up for sale. It sold quickly for 22K, but the real kicker was six months later, the identical house next door sold for 65k. Bummer!

1986 – A magical year when my man and I travelled to Crete in May where he proposed. Four months later, we got married and honeymooned in Corfu. Something about a Greek island …

1988 – I’ll never forget 23/7/88, sending my hubby in to work the Saturday morning overtime at 8am, then spending most of the morning howling like a dog as the contractions grew stronger. By 11am, I’d had enough and called him back. We got to the hospital with minutes to spare as I was 10cm dilated, and our firstborn, Chris, popped out half an hour later at 12:30 on his due date. Utterly charmed, and he definitely lived up to the adage “Saturday’s child works hard for a living.”

1989 – In theory, the “every 2 years” thing should have meant 1990, but Joanna didn’t quite go the distance, popping out a month early on November 30th. As I remember, she took her time, waiting to make her grand appearance while Mike Baldwin did the dirty on Deidre Barlow. Being born on a Thursday (and being a Sagi) gave a bit of a clue to her wanderlust. She spent several years in France (where she met and married a marvellous Ukrainian, Artem) and has moved four times since returning to the UK.

These are some of my iconic memories of the 80s – what are yours? I’d love to hear what this era of big shoulderpads, even bigger hair and legwarmers meant to you.

NanoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is taking up all my time this month as I try to do 2000 words a day – average so far is 1948.
So as a bit of a cheat, here’s an extract from Time After Time to give a flavour of Kev’s continuing sleuthing efforts – only this time it’s a tad more personal.
Enjoy!

Star-date: 6/6/88
Mission: Secondary recon
Objective: Verify
Thanks to the sheer brilliance of an inspiration which had Kev checking the calendar in the nursery before rolling the dice for his second sojourn, he had complete confidence in several hours of uninterrupted sleuthing. Nevertheless, inbuilt caution had him checking the front drive to confirm the lack of vehicles and pausing on the landing, listening for any signs of other people in the house. After a few minutes he reckoned the calendar entry was valid and his folks were indeed at the hospital as it indicated. It all stacked up with what he remembered of his ma – she definitely had health problems, so severe no one ever mentioned it. Possibly as a result of her misuse of drugs in her teens. As he retrieved the hook and pulled down the attic hatch, he speculated about the likelihood that his anger issues might have been triggered or even caused by this. From what Georgie said, Isaac’s stunned growth was the direct result of his parent’s drug-misuse.
His first thought on entering was how dark his folks’ attic was – and much smaller than he remembered. But then he only had Isaac’s enormous space to compare it to. Memories flooded back of many years providing the muscle for his ma, usually in retrieving the Christmas tree and decorations on November 30th and returning them on January 6th. A single, low-wattage lightbulb made a half-hearted job of piercing the blackness, so he used his phone torch to read the labelled boxes.
As the low battery warning beeped, he cursed, trying to remember which direction hid the most-likely stack of personal memorabilia. Despite Ma’s infrequent attempts to bring some sense of order to the space, too many things barely made it more than a step from the top of the ladder before being dumped. He’d probably been the worst offender when he lived there, and now he understood the implications of his laziness as he stumbled over things cluttering his path. No doubt a result of his da’s similar failure to do the job properly.

Right now, two decades prior to his excursions into the attic, he saw no evidence of areas reserved for suitcases and camping gear, obsolete furnishings or outgrown toys and games. Even the Christmas stuff was scattered around – the boxes instantly recognisable due to the square of his ma’s favourite wrapping paper taped to the outside. The purple and silver baubles on a pink background had always seemed incongruous – not a holly leaf in sight, let alone the traditional red, gold and green.
But Ma had never been one to conform – probably where he got it from. Although she did have the same logical reasoning. The thought did the trick, leading him to the furthest corner from the ladder – the most obvious place for her to store something she didn’t reckon on accessing often.

With time – or at least his ability to search – running out, he wasted no effort on the boxes labelled school and uni stuff. His instincts said they probably did what it said on the can. Then his torch picked out exactly what he expected: the equivalent of his memorabilia box, larger than a shoebox and covered in girly wrapping paper. The lid sported a picture of some obscure 70s band he didn’t recognise, lovingly covered in once clear plastic, now slightly opaque after so many years.
He paused before opening the lid; this was a massive invasion of his ma’s privacy. A female voice – not quite Georgie’s or Jen’s, but somewhere in between – asked how he would feel if someone rifled through his private stuff. His knee-jerk reaction was that he had nothing to hide; his life was an open book. Another, much more honest, voice, reminded him it hadn’t always been that way. Maybe back then, when he had things he wasn’t proud of, he’d have minded. But he certainly wasn’t daft enough to keep barely-concealed evidence. And neither was his ma.
This thought spurred him to lift the lid and, as he might have expected from her superior organisational skills, the thing was full to bursting with neatly-packed bundles. Switching off the battery-hungry torch on his phone, he took the box over to the lightbulb.

Using memory tricks, he memorised the position of the inevitable stash of mix tapes, bundle of heart-strewn valentine’s cards tied with a red ribbon, and a small pile of letters. How many of these bore German stamps on the thin, pale-blue paper? The return address, in strong, neat handwriting he recognised as male, belonged to a lad who signed himself Helmut with a Munich address. He never knew she had a German pen pal. Why would he?

Underneath these were a couple of diaries from 1973, and 76, and an A5 scrapbook, the front of which had a crazy montage of pictures of two girls, one skinny scarecrow with a cheeky grin, the other a dark haired beauty in a leotard.
The sound of the front door slamming made him jump, and he nearly lost his grip on the box. Wtf?
“Only me.” The distinctive voice of his grandma Edie had him choking back a gasp. She mustn’t find him here. Peering out of the opening, he couldn’t see enough of the staircase to pin-point her exact whereabouts, but he knew enough to figure she’d not come empty-handed, and her first destination would be the kitchen. Sure enough, the noises coming from that direction suggested cupboards being opened and goodies being stashed. When she finished that, she had only to glance up the stairs to see the loft-hatch open and the ladder hanging down. That would be game over; she’d know someone else was in the house.
He had two choices: try to return the box and scramble down the ladder before she came out of the kitchen, or pull up the ladder and wait it out till she’d gone. Either way would result in the risk of her hearing the dreadful graunching sound the loft ladder made when it was stowed. And the second option would result in the hook hanging down in plain sight. Unless he ran down and got it before hauling the ladder up. He knew the racket increased the further it was from its regular lubrication – could he take a chance on it being recently oiled? His memory refused to supply the information about how loud it had been when he pulled it down.

A startling din from the kitchen had him revising his options. Edie had obviously decided she was on her own and had put the radio on full blast, singing away to a tune he recognised: Come on Eileen. With a scoff, he remembered it as one she’d always dance to at weddings or any other family get-together.
The gulp past the blockage in his throat reminded him it was the song they played as the curtains enclosed the casket at her funeral. A total rebel, she’d have been around 50-something in 1988, but the energy emanating from the closed kitchen door, said there was plenty of life in the old girl. Hopefully, she’d have made herself a cup of tea – or something – so he’d have a short stay of execution.
A sniff had his mouth watering at the unmistakable aroma of frying onions. Do what? It could only mean one thing – she’d come round to prepare something yummy for his parents’ dinner. A host of memories flooded his mind: his gran’s home-made cottage pie, spag bol and chilli con carne. Staples of his childhood, along with succulent steak and ale pies. In fact, any sort of pie – her melt-in-your-mouth pastry was to die for. Ditto the thick, dark gravy enriched with her own secret recipe of onion and herbs. And yet none of them ever got fat on her generous portion sizes, mainly because nothing artificial had been used in the making of their food. Each dish had fresh ingredients, cooked from scratch. Bygone days indeed.

He padded down the ladder, box in hand, putting it on the landing windowsill where it wouldn’t be obvious to a casual glance from downstairs. Gingerly, he folded the ladder up a couple of rungs, listening for the tell-tale graunch of metal against metal. As he’d hoped, it had been recently oiled, giving him better options. He stowed the ladder and detached the hook, returning it to the restraining clips next to the bathroom door. Creeping down, he paused as the song finished, to be replaced by the equally raucous Girls Just Want to Have Fun. The kitchen door was open a crack, and he peered through to see his gran topping up a glass with red wine before adding a generous slosh to the pan sizzling on the hob. The not-so-secret ingredient of all her delicious dishes. With a grin, he retraced his steps.
After Georgie had nagged about making as few ripples as possible, he decided the best course of action was to return everything to the state in which he found it. But with Edie suitably engaged in her culinary arts, he reckoned he’d have more than a couple of moments to peek inside the diaries and scrapbook. What he found had him desperate to take at least one of them back to his present day to study further, but he had no idea if that was even possible, and preferred not to take a chance on it not working.

1. The Hollies – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother- 10-69
2. Noel Harrison – Windmills Of Your Mind- 04-69
3. Martha & The Vandellas – Dancing In The Street – 02-69
4. The Righteous Brothers – You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – 03-69
5. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tracks Of My Tears – 06-69
6. Blue Mink – Melting Pot – 12-69
7. Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine – 03-69
8. Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer – 05-69
9. Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air – 06-69
10. Jethro Tull – Living In The Past – 06-69
11. The Who – Pinball Wizard- 04-69
12. David Bowie – Space Oddity- 10-69
13. The Archies – Sugar Sugar – 10-69

And here are the ones which didn’t make the cut.
Amen Corner – (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice – 02-69
The Beach Boys – I Can Hear Music – 04-69
The Beatles – Something / Come Together – 11-69
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg – Je T’Aime…Moi Non Plus – 09-69
Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman – 03-69
Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sue – 09-69
Jimmy Cliff – Wonderful World Beautiful People – 11-69
Joe Cocker – Delta Lady – 11-69
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary – 07-69
Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites – 04-69
Bob Dylan – Lay Lady Lay – 10-69
The Edwin Hawkins Singers – Oh Happy Day – 06-69
The Fifth Dimension – Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (Medley) – 05-69
Fleetwood Mac – Oh Well – 10-59
Rolf Harris – Two Little Boys – 12-69
The Isley Brothers – Behind A Painted Smile – 05-69
The Love Affair – Bringing On Back The Good Times – 08-69
Lulu – Boom Bang-A-Bang – 04-69
Dean Martin – Gentle On My Mind – 03-69
The Move – Blackberry Way – 01-69
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition – Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town – 11-69
The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women – 07-69
Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations – I’m Gonna Make You Love Me – 02-69
Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To My Lovely – 02-69
Jackie Wilson – (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher – 06-69
Stevie Wonder – Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday – 11-69
Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) – 08-69
Roger Whittaker – Durham Town (The Leavin’) – 12-69

1. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – Legend Of Xanadu – 03-68
2. Fleetwood Mac – Albatross – 12-68
3. Richard Harris – MacArthur Park – 07-68
4. Barry Ryan – Eloise – 11-68
5. Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer – 08-68
6. Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends – 11-68
7. Tom Jones – Delilah – 03-68
8. Mama Cass – Dream A Little Dream Of Me – 09-68
9. The Small Faces – Lazy Sunday – 05-68
10. Scott Walker – Joanna – 05-68
11. Andy Williams – Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – 04-68
12. Mason Williams – Classical Gas – 09-68
13. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Young Girl – 05-68

And the ones which didn’t quite make the cut:
Dionne Warwick – Do You Know The Way To San José – 06-68
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along The Watchtower – 11-68
The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup -12-68
O.C. Smith – Son Of Hickory Holler’s Tramp – 06-68
Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten – 07-68
Status Quo – Pictures Of Matchstick Men – 02-68
The Move – Fire Brigade – 02-68
Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson – 07-68
Esther & Abi Ofarim – Cinderella Rockafella – 02-68
Bobby Goldsboro – Honey – 05-68
Scaffold – Lily The Pink – 11-68
The Tremeloes – Suddenly You Love Me – 02-68
The Kinks – Days – 08-68
The Four Tops – If I Were A Carpenter – 03-68
John Fred & His Playboy Band – Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) – 01-68
Herman’s Hermits – Sunshine Girl – 08-68
The Hollies – Jennifer Eccles – 04-68
The Honeybus – I Can’t Let Maggie Go – 04-68
Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days – 09-68
Jacky – White Horses – 05-68
Manfred Mann – My Name Is Jack – 07-68

1960s Prices

One pound in 1960 was quite a bit of money. The average manual worker made £14 in a week. 30 shillings (£1.50) would feed the average person for a week. In today’s money one pound in 1960 is about £29.
People were a lot poorer in the 1960s. The average weekly pay packet was less than £10 per week. Allowing for inflation that is £150 in today’s money. Today average weekly earnings are more than £600.

Houses were a lot cheaper in the 1960s than today. In the first quarter of 1960, an average house cost £2,189 (£33,000 in today’s money).

In the last quarter of 1969, an average house cost £24,312 (£47,500 in today’s money).
House prices rose faster than inflation in the 1960s. They were still much more affordable than today. Lenders were more cautious. Banks and building societies lent smaller multiples of income and would only consider a husband’s income, not his wife’s.

The average UK house price was £288,000 in June 2023.

The Daily Mirror was Britain’s most popular paper in the 1960s. The Daily Express came second and the Daily Telegraph third.
The UK Government’s Prices and Incomes Board controlled the prices of newspapers in the 1960s.
Newspaper circulation has halved since the 1960s. Newspapers have to compete with online sources of news.

• Daily Mirror – 1960 (2½d) 1969 (5d) 2019 (75p) 2023 (£1.40)
• Daily Express – 1960 (2½d) 1969 (5d) 2019 (90p) 2023 (£1.30)
• Daily Telegraph – 1960 (2½d) 1969 (5d) 2019 (£2) 2023 (£3.20)

Typical groceries people bought in the 1960s were:

Although I was only seven, music was very firmly a part of my life, and I have really strong memories of so many songs, particularly the almost-novelty ones like Excerpt From A Teenage Opera, Happy Jack, Ha Ha Said The Clown and especially Simon Smith & His Amazing Dancing Bear. But there were several more conventional hits which still stand up today.

1. The Move – Flowers In The Rain – 09-67
2. The Monkees – I’m A Believer – 01-67
3. Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale – 06-67
4. Aretha Franklin – Respect – 07-67
5. The Small Faces – Itchycoo Park – 09-67
6. Traffic – Hole In My Shoe – 09-67
7. The Supremes – The Happening – 06-67
8. The Four Tops – Walk Away Renee – 12-67
9. Nancy & Frank Sinatra – Somethin’ Stupid – 04-67
10. Cliff Richard – The Day I Met Marie – 09-67
11. Petula Clark – Don’t Sleep In The Subway – 07-67
12. Sandie Shaw – Puppet On A String – 04-67
13. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – Zabadak – 10-67

And so, so many which nearly made the cut.
Keith West – Excerpt From A Teenage Opera – 09-67
The Who – Happy Jack – 01-67
Manfred Mann – Ha Ha Said The Clown – 04-67
The Alan Price Set – Simon Smith & His Amazing Dancing Bear – 03-67
Jeff Beck – Hi-Ho Silver Lining – 05-67
The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset – 05-67
The Bee Gees – Massachusetts – 10-67
The Beatles – Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever – 02-67
The Flowerpot Men – Let’s Go To San Francisco – 09-67
Engelbert Humperdinck – Release Me – 02-67
Paul Jones – I’ve Been A Bad Bad Boy – 02-67
The Mamas & The Papas – Dedicated To The One I Love – 05-67
Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) – 07-67
The Tremeloes – Even The Bad Times Are Good – 08-67
Stevie Wonder – I Was Made To Love Her – 08-67
The Young Rascals – Groovin’ – 06-67
The Troggs – Love Is All Around – 11-67
The Spencer Davis Group – I’m A Man – 02-67
Cat Stevens – Matthew And Son – 01-67
The Tremeloes – Silence Is Golden – 05-67
The Monkees – Daydream Believer – 12-67
The Seekers – Georgy Girl – 03-67
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze – 04-67
Bobby Gentry – Ode To Billie Joe – 10-67
The Turtles – Happy Together – 04-67
The Four Tops – Bernadette – 04-67
The Johnny Mann Singers – Up Up And Away – 08-67
The Foundations – Baby, Now That I Found You – 10-67
Engelbert Humperdinck – The Last Waltz – 09-67

Women’s Hair

Men’s Hair

1960s Makeup

The early 60s saw the exaggerated cat eye and full red lip continue. Eyebrows were shaped into subtle peak instead of a high curve. Pink blush was subtle and almost non-existent.
• Powder – Flesh tone.
• Blush – Soft rose pink.
• Eye Shadow – White-pink, purple, light blue, aqua.
• Eye Liner – Dark brown or black, top and bottom lined and extended outwards.
• Lipstick – Deep pink, orange-red.
• Eyebrows – Shaped into a soft peak.

The babydoll look was “in” in the mid 60s. Pale white skin, white lips, bold black eyeliner and heavy eyeshadow made it distinct and dramatic. It was a stark contrast to the girly look of clothing until the mid ’60s, when a layer of childishness was added. Eyes were exaggerated with extra long lashes, shimmer eyeshadow, arched brows, light spot blush, and lips turned to a baby pink pout. Looking back, the combination was a scene from a child-meets-ax-murderer horror movie.
• Powder – Pale, almost white.
• Blush – Warm brown/bronze sculpted the cheeks under the cheekbone.
• Eye Shadow – Frosty-pink, green, blue.
• Eye Liner – Dark brown or black.
• Lipstick – Peach, shimmer pink outlined in a darker lip liner. Slightly overdrawn in the top corners.
• Eye lashes – Add fake eyelashes to top and bottom.
• Eyebrows – Natural and feathered.

For deep skin tones, the pasty white look wouldn’t work, but the other shaping and drawing techniques would still apply. The goal was to create a face that glowed, with dramatic eyes and full lips.
• Powder – Matching skin tone. Foundation: matte.
• Blush – Warm brown/bronze sculpted the cheeks under the cheekbone. Lighter bronze on the cheek apple, nose and chin.
• Eye Shadow – Dark pink, green, blue.
• Eye Liner – Black.
• Lipstick – Deep pink, peach, shimmer pink, red-pink, nude.
• Eye lashes – Add fake eyelashes to top and bottom.
• Eyebrows – Arched in the early years. Peaked in the later years.

The late 60s hippie makeup was the opposite of the Mods (although 1966-1968 hippies wore the mod look.) All natural was the way to go, although many women couldn’t quite adjust to wearing nothing. Instead, they opted for light brown mascara and a clear gloss lip. Face powder was used sparingly as well as a blusher.
• Powder – None or matching skin tone
• Blush – Light pink-brown blush on apples
• Eye Shadow – Skintone colors
• Eye Liner – Top lash brown
• Lipstick – Clear lip gloss or a touch of light pink
• Eye lashes – Light mascara
• Eyebrows – Arched naturally