In 1961 The Queen carried out a six-week tour of India, Pakistan, Nepal and Iran, visiting the Taj Mahal and laying a wreath on Mahatma Gandhi's monument. She also paid a visit to the Vatican City, ...

A previous version of this list incorrectly printed Joe Bonsall's name as Jon Bansall, Dickey Betts' first name as Dicky and Dave Mallet's last name as Mallet. It has also been corrected to ...

Dee Clark bridged doo-wop, rock ’n’ roll, R&B, and soul This underappreciated Chicago singer had his biggest hit with “Raindrops” in 1961, but everything he recorded deserves to be heard. Soulful ...

Computers found their voice in the early 1960s with the IBM 7094, the first computer that was used to program and produce a computer-synthesized voice. The pioneering ditty has recently gained a ...

Eisenhower wound up including a token and generic endorsement of a DOT in his outgoing FY 1961 budget, but it would take until Lyndon Johnson in 1966 to put forward a successful proposal for a DOT ...

The only version to top the Billboard charts, however, was by Pittsburgh-based doo-wop group The Marcels. The group’s uptempo version of the classic song knocked Presley’s “Surrender” out of the top ...

The Marvelettes Last week Weeks at no. 1 Weeks on chart Tamla Week of December 11, 1961 click to see more Tamla Columbia ...

Lee Maye (1934) Maye, who passed away in 2002, was not only a Major League outfielder for the Milwaukee Braves, Astros, Indians, Washington Senators and White Sox from 1959-1971 but also the lead ...

Formed in California back in 1961, The Beach Boys combined their dreamy harmonies ... age and ended up repeatedly playing around with concepts of jazz, rock and roll, doo-wop, R&B and more. It turned ...