This is a series of posts that will talk about Cheesecake album covers. Do you think these would have sold better with a picture of the band?
Cheesecake album covers—typically featuring glamorous, provocatively posed women—became a widespread marketing tactic in the 1950s and 1960s to attract buyers and boost record sales, especially for jazz, instrumental, and lounge music albums that might otherwise struggle for attention in crowded bins.
It crossed the Atlantic to top the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in December 1962, making it the first UK instrumental to achieve this feat.
Instrumentals
This is my first inductee for my Telstar Award. It is given to great instrumental 45’s, albums, individuals, or bands that are the best in this genre. This initial award will go to the single, Telstar, by the Tornadoes, and will be the name – “Telstar Award” – awarded for this honor.
The reason I worked so well with them [The Smothers Brothers] was that [like them] I had been a folksinger and I knew about 300 folk songs – Mason Williams
As a record collector, I went out and hunted down a lot of my favorites but obviously came nowhere near getting them all. These are some of the favorites that I didn’t own at the time.
You think that you’re such a smart girl, And I’ll believe what you say, But who do you think you are, girl , To lead me on this way, hey
“Lies” is a song by The Knickerbockers, an American rock band from the 1960s. The song was released in November of 1965 and became one of the band’s most well-known hits.
From The Ventures to The T-Bones
When I was young before I had cassettes, the only good way of making a playlist of songs was to stack 45s on the turntable. I would arrange for them to play my favorite songs in my favorite order. These posts are about records I had in my stacks.
