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GET set for some discs of death from the late ‘50s and early ‘60s — maudlin teen tragedies that played out gruesome plots of doom and destruction with music. Listen to an hour of these splatter platters here — or don’t. Suture self!
PLAYLIST: Friday, December 2 — Thursday, December 8, 2022
Jan & Dean — Dead Man’s Curve (1964)
Ray Peterson — Tell Laura I Love Her (1960)
Mark Dinning — Teen Angel (1959)
Wayne Cochran — Last Kiss (1961)
The Cheers — Black Denim Trousers (1955)
The Shangri-Las — Leader Of The Pack (1964)
Jimmy Cross — I Want My Baby Back (1964)
Thomas Wayne — Tragedy (1958)
Johnny Preston — Running Bear (1959)
The Everly Brothers — Ebony Eyes (1961)
Jody Reynolds — Endless Sleep (1958)
Dickey Lee — Patches (1962)
Pat Boone — Moody River (1961)
Roy Orbison — Leah (1962)
Johnny Cymbal — The Water Was Red (1961)
Del Shannon — The Prom (1961)
The Emotions — Echo (1962)
Jeanne Hayes — My Johnny’s Hubcap (1962)
Gene Summers — Chapel Bells Ringing (1962)
Link Wray & His Ray Men — The Black Widow (1963)
