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Remember when the radio played the songs you sang along to all summer? I Love the Oldies is where those days live on. We dig into the music, movies, cars, gadgets and fashion of the ’50s through the ’90s.
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From the blog
Your Year, Your Stories: The Vintage Made in Year T-Shirt
There is a year you never have to look up. It is written on old birthday cards, tucked into family stories and printed...
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70s Nostalgia Gifts: 12 Groovy Ideas for the ’70s Kid in Your Life
Some people are impossible to shop for. Then you remember they grew up with shag carpet, a Big Wheel and a stack of 45s, and suddenly it gets easy...
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70s Nostalgia Items: 15 Things Every ’70s Kid Remembers
Close your eyes and you can probably still hear it: the clunk of an 8-track changing programs right in the middle of a song. The ’70s were loud...
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Be Home When the Streetlights Come On: A Tee for Everyone Who Still Hears the Call
You knew the rule before you knew how to tell time. You could ride your bike to the end of the world, build a fort in the woods, play...
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Drive-In Movies: The Hollywood Hits That Packed the Lot
Picture a warm summer night, a car full of friends, and a giant screen glowing against the dark. For millions of Americans, drive-in movies were...
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Retro Arcade T-Shirt: Insert Coin to Play One More Time
Remember the weight of a pocket full of quarters? You'd walk into the arcade, the carpet glowing under black lights, and a wall of cabinets would...
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Quarters on the Glass: Remembering the 80s Arcade
If you grew up in the late 70s or early 80s, you can probably still hear it. The electronic thump of Space Invaders marching down the screen. The...
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Pick your decade, then your year. See the No. 1 song, the top movie and what a stamp cost, with checked facts for every year from 1946 to 1999.
October 25
- 1929Born: George Crumb, American composer and educator (died 2022)
- 1930Born: The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)
- 1992The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
- 1998Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.
Source: Wikipedia. Updates every day.
Every day of the year →What was number 1 the year you were born? See every year, 1946 to 1999 →
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Remember sitting by the radio with your finger on the record button, waiting for your song?
Remember riding your bike to the corner store with a pocket full of coins, then staying out until the streetlights came on?
Saturday night, 1975. No phones, no GPS, just a full tank and your best friends.
Do you remember going to the movies when it felt like a special occasion?
Before playlists, before streaming, before downloads, there was the cassette tape.
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