Boomers baffled as their music dies

Back in 1959, on the cusp of the Swinging Sixties, I was posted to Germany as part of my National Service and quickly found myself a new niche. In those days, the Forces radio station played an endless diet of Bing Crosby and Peggy Lee — both wonderful singers, but their music was the sort of thing we young servicemen associated with our parents. 

We wanted something different, something to call our own — and we'd found it in rock 'n' roll.

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-WiscoDave