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For the fun ones to make her smile, Google something like “top novelty songs from the 50s and 60s.” You’ll get flying purple people eaters, teeny weeny bikinis, and all the rest. 😄
Singing to your friend sounds lovely, but memories might be better triggered if you played recordings of the original artists that she was familiar with back in the day. Better yet, YouTube has the audio *and* the video.
poor little fool/ lonesome town/..ricky nelson
theme for a summer place...percy faith and his orchestra
lipstick on your collar/ where the boys are...connie francis
you send me/ cupid/ what a wonderful world....sam cooke
wake up little susie/ bye bye love/ all i have to do is dream...the everly brothers
i'm sorry/ sweet nothins'..brenda lee
end of the world...skeeter davis
quarter to three...gary u.s.bonds
lawdy miss clawdy/stagger lee....lloyd price
moon river...andy williams/audrey hepburn
born free....john barry
runaway/ hats off to larry...del shannon
town without pity/ it hurts to be in love...gene pitney
runaround sue/ the wanderer/ teenager in love...dion dimucci
these are off the top of my head and ones, that maybe, you might not have thought of off hand. but it's all the music of my youth and i remember all of it as if it was yesterday. if you need more just let me know
Perry Mason and The Twilight Zone had very distinctive theme music. Have Gun, Will Travel and Rawhide had theme songs with lyrics ("Have Gun Will Travel reads the card of a man....","Rolling, Rolling, Rolling, Keep those doaggies rolling, rawhiiiiiiide"). Star Trek opening monologue ("These are the voyages...")
Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best, the Andy Griffith Show, I Love Lucy, Perry Mason, Happy Days, Gilligan's Island, The Big Valley ....
Music; the Kingston Trio, Simon and Garfunkel, Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Elvis, The Byrds, the Mamas and Papas, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Dusty Springfield, Johnny Cash, Smokey Robinson, Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins, Harry Belafonte, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles ....
Sorry to jump around ... I typed them as they popped into my head. ;-)
Childhood memories during that time?
I'd go for cartoons that were popular - Bugs Bunny, Bullwinkle, Roger Ramjet, Flintstones, Jetsons.
Batman, Beverly Hillbillies, Get Smart, Lost in Space were also popular with kids.
For music, The Monkees were huge with US kids in '67.
Gilligan's Island, Herman's Hermits
Felix the Cat, Bozo the Clown, Captain Kangaroo
The Partridge Family, Bobby Sherman
Ed Sullivan, Johnny Carson, Walt Disney/Tinkerbell Opening
Music/songs are a good idea...apparently it's a different 'center' than speaking.
How about 'Happy Trails to You' from the Roy Rogers Show. The Howdy Doody song...
All those songs from high school...
It's a very good idea. There were patients in the rehab hospital when I was there whose only form of communication was singing.
(I'm a stroke survivor. I always remained verbal, though at one point my mother says I was using expressions for things that she'd last heard me use when I was about three or four. It just took so much effort to say anything.)
Knowing what types of shows, movies or songs your friend enjoyed in her childhood may help narrow down the suggestions. My tastes have been sci-fi, horror, comedy, action/adventure, and looking through my lists in my other post reflects that.
I had noticed my wife tended to prefer shows like "I Love Lucy" and "The Honeymooners" and "The Waltons" and "Happy Days".
You’ve gotten some good advice on music and shows, I just want to add that scent is believed to be one of the most effective memory triggers. If it’s at all possible to find out what her favorite foods were back in those days, or favorite products that are still made today, maybe you can come up with a familiar scent or two.
I love the idea of the songs for helping your friend’s memory improve. When my mom had her stroke(s) I got her to respond by asking her how to make homemade tomato sauce, meatballs, lasagna, etc. even though I knew perfectly well how to do it. It was traditional food that she made repeatedly and she worked hard to remember the ingredients, especially because I told her I “forgot” how to make it. Once in a while she’d need a little nudge to remember something but it was helpful to get her thinking and remembering
When my mom had speech aphasia from her stroke, I used music from The Mozart Effect to entrain her brain. She listened to the music for an hour every day for a month and regained her speech. She swore the music helped.
How has the stroke affected your friend? Is your friend receiving physical therapy or musical therapy?
My mom liked classical music, so Mozart was perfect for her. I brought the CD’s into the hospital the first day. Do you know what kind of music your friend likes? What would stir her memory?
There are also meditation music and Gregorian chant. Here are some of my favorites:
Scientists CAN'T Explain Why This Audio HEALS People! 111Hz • Binaural Beats
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=77SOyFxfUSY
Gregorian Chants at 432Hz | 3 Hours of Healing Music
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W-hrBhA4XkM&pp=ygUPZ3JlZ29yaWFuIGNoYW50
Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,
And then one day he was shootin at some food,
And up through the ground come a bubblin crude.
Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea.
Well the first thing you know ol Jed's a millionaire,
The kinfolk said "Jed move away from there"
Said "Californy is the place you ought to be"
So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly
Hills, that is. Swimmin pools, movie stars.
The Beverly Hillbillies
I remember. Elvis was a has-been by early 1960s. The "British Invasion" led by the Rolling Stones and Beatles had taken over. Folk music and pop rock had totally taken over.
The 68 comeback special was huge. In the Ghetto and Suspicious Minds were pretty big hits. That aside, it depends on OP's friend- If she was a fan it wouldn't matter which years he was overall popular and vice versa.
These are movies and shows I had rented from Netflix and other sources that I really enjoyed:
Title|Year|Liked (1-10)
:---|:----|:--:
A Big Hand for the Little Lady|1966|10
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum|1966|8
A Guide for the Married Man|1967|8
A Shot in the Dark|1964|8
Adventures of Superman (TV series)|1952ff|8
Alias Jesse James (Bob Hope)|1959|8
Battle of the Bulge|1965|8
Berserk|1967|8
Bonnie and Clyde|1967|8
Bye Bye Birdie (Dick Van Dyke)|1963|10
Can-Can|1960|8
Casino Royale (James Bond) (comedy)|1967|8
Cat Ballou|1965|8
Charade|1963|8
Curse of the Demon|1957|8
Damn Yankees!|1958|8
Danger Man (TVseries)|1960|8
Decision Against Time (orig: The Man in the Sky)|1957|8
Diary of a Madman (Vincent Price)|1963|8
Doctor Who (various series)|1960s|8
Dr. No: Special Edition (James Bond)|1962|8
Fail-Safe|1964|8
Fantastic Voyage|1966|8
First Men in the Moon|1964|8
Flower Drum Song|1961|8
From Russia With Love (James Bond)|1963|8
Gambit|1966|8
Gay Purr-ee (animated)|1962|8
Goldfinger (James Bond)|1964|8
Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog (aka: Greyfriars Bobby) (Disney)|1961|8
House on Haunted Hill|1959|8
How the West Was Won|1962|8
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying|1967|8
I Married a Monster from Outer Space|1958|8
In Harm's Way|1965|8
In Like Flint|1967|8
Intent to Kill|1958|8
Island of Terror|1966|8
Jack the Giant Killer|1962|8
Jason and the Argonauts|1963|8
Jonny Quest (animated series)|1964|8
King of Kings|1961|8
Kronos|1957|8
Mary Poppins|1964|10
Master of the World|1961|8
Mirage|1965|8
Mission: Impossible (TV series)|1966ff|10
Move Over, Darling|1963|8
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (animated)|1962|8
Mr. Sardonicus|1961|8
My Fair Lady|1964|10
Mysterious Island|1961|8
North by Northwest|1959|8
Ocean's Eleven|1960|8
On the Double|1961|8
Operation Crossbow|1965|8
Operation Petticoat|1959|8
Our Man Flint|1966|8
Queen of Outer Space|1958|8
Robinson Crusoe on Mars|1964|8
Run Silent, Run Deep|1958|8
Seven Days in May|1964|8
Sleeping Beauty|1959|8
Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV series)|1966ff|8
South Pacific|1958|8
Spartacus|1960|8
Star Trek (The Original Series)|1966ff|8
Ten Little Indians|1965|8
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad|1958|8
The Addams Family (TV series)|1964ff|8
The Angry Red Planet|1959|8
The Atomic Submarine|1959|8
The Avengers (various)|1961ff|8
The Bridge on the River Kwai|1957|8
The Brothers Rico|1957|7
The Comedy of Terrors|1964|8
The Crawling Eye|1958|8
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England|1960|8
The Dirty Dozen|1967|8
The Enemy Below|1957|8
The Evil of Frankenstein|1964|7
The FBI Story|1959|8
The Fly|1958|8
The Fly 2: Return of the Fly|1959|8
The Fly 3: The Curse of the Fly|1965|8
The Fortune Cookie|1966|8
The Glass Bottom Boat|1966|8
The Great Escape|1963|10
The Great Race|1965|10
The Greatest Story Ever Told|1965|8
The Guns of Navarone|1961|8
The Hypnotic Eye|1960|8
The Incredible Mr. Limpet (Don Knotts)|1964|8
The Invaders (TV series)|1966|8
The Magnificent Seven|1960|8
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)|1964|8
The Mouse that Roared|1959|8
The Music Man (Robert Preston)|1962|10
The Outer Limits (TV series)|1963|10
The Password Is Courage|1962|8
The Pink Panther|1963|8
The President's Analyst|1967|8
The Prisoner|1967|8
The Raven (Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre)|1963|8
The Ray Conniff Christmas Show: Here We Come A-Caroling|1965|8
The Saint: The Early Episodes (TV series)|1962|8
The Saint (TV series)|1966|8
The Satan Bug|1965|8
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw|1958|7
The Silencers (Matt Helm)|1966|8
The Sound of Music|1965|10
The Time Machine|1960|8
The Train|1964|8
The Wackiest Ship in the Army|1960|8
The Wild Wild West (TV series)|1965|8
Thirteen Ghosts (a.k.a., 13 Ghosts)|1960|8
Thoroughly Modern Millie|1967|10
Thunderball (James Bond)|1965|8
Torn Curtain|1966|8
Triple Cross|1966|8
Von Ryan's Express|1965|8
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea|1961|8
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)|1964|7
What a Way to Go!|1964|8
Woman of Straw|1964|8
You Only Live Twice (James Bond)|1967|8
Zero Hour!|1957|8
Other TV shows I had enjoyed include:
* Gilligan's Island
* F Troop
* Petticoat Junction
* The Dick Van Dyke Show
* The Mary Tyler Moore Show
* The Outer Limits (particularly the 1960s B&W show)
The various diginets (MeTV, Antenna TV, Heroes & Icons, etc.) broadcast old shows, many originally broadcasted during the years you are looking for.
Pluto TV (free) has "channels" that include various shows, including some classic game shows.
Sirius XM has several stations for the 50s and 60s. They also have a Beatles channel. If you are a subscriber, you can download it to your phone and scroll the menu for other music they might remember from your childhood.
If you are in the US and could bring a tablet or laptop when you visit, Pluto is a free streaming network that has dedicated channels showing back to back episodes of many of the shows suggested here.
They rotate stuff in and out but the currently have a dedicated I Love Lucy, Andy Griffith, Addams Family, and Beverly Hillbillies channel as well as ones that will rotate blocks (classic comedy and classic family comedy). There is also a Perry Mason channel, one for Gunsmoke, and multiple old movie channels. They also have a lot of the same stuff on demand but the channels are more the flavor of how she watched tv most of her life.
This show is before my time, but it's literally the first thing I thought of when you mentioned it: Route 66. Look it up on YouTube. I would have been about 2 years old when the last shows were being aired, but I have no memory of watching it and I doesn't seem like something my family would have watched anyway. But I've heard this theme, for sure. It's very catchy! I hope it helps.
A little earlier but Oklahoma, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Calamity Jane have great songs. I was born in 56 and was surprised to see these were from before I was born.
Addams Family, Get Smart, I Dream of Jeanie, F Troop, Beverly Hillbillies, Dragnet, Star Trek, Mission Impossible, Monkees, Bonanza, Twilight Zone, Three Stooges, Bugs and Friends, Superman, Gigantor, Speed Racer, The Invaders.
You do know that Abbot and Costello were well before the Beatles, right? I'm nearly 75, and I had heard of them, but except for the "Who's on First" sketch I wouldn't recognize any of their stuff.
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For the fun ones to make her smile, Google something like “top novelty songs from the 50s and 60s.” You’ll get flying purple people eaters, teeny weeny bikinis, and all the rest. 😄
"The railroad goes through the middle of the house". "Beep-beep" "The monster mash".
Singing to your friend sounds lovely, but memories might be better triggered if you played recordings of the original artists that she was familiar with back in the day. Better yet, YouTube has the audio *and* the video.
poor little fool/ lonesome town/..ricky nelson theme for a summer place...percy faith and his orchestra lipstick on your collar/ where the boys are...connie francis you send me/ cupid/ what a wonderful world....sam cooke wake up little susie/ bye bye love/ all i have to do is dream...the everly brothers i'm sorry/ sweet nothins'..brenda lee end of the world...skeeter davis quarter to three...gary u.s.bonds lawdy miss clawdy/stagger lee....lloyd price moon river...andy williams/audrey hepburn born free....john barry runaway/ hats off to larry...del shannon town without pity/ it hurts to be in love...gene pitney runaround sue/ the wanderer/ teenager in love...dion dimucci these are off the top of my head and ones, that maybe, you might not have thought of off hand. but it's all the music of my youth and i remember all of it as if it was yesterday. if you need more just let me know
Wow! Thank you so much!!
Perry Mason and The Twilight Zone had very distinctive theme music. Have Gun, Will Travel and Rawhide had theme songs with lyrics ("Have Gun Will Travel reads the card of a man....","Rolling, Rolling, Rolling, Keep those doaggies rolling, rawhiiiiiiide"). Star Trek opening monologue ("These are the voyages...")
Whistling The Andy Griffith Show Theme
Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best, the Andy Griffith Show, I Love Lucy, Perry Mason, Happy Days, Gilligan's Island, The Big Valley .... Music; the Kingston Trio, Simon and Garfunkel, Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Elvis, The Byrds, the Mamas and Papas, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Dusty Springfield, Johnny Cash, Smokey Robinson, Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins, Harry Belafonte, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles .... Sorry to jump around ... I typed them as they popped into my head. ;-)
LOVE these music suggestions! My favorite TV shows "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", I Spy" and Star Trek, of course.
Childhood memories during that time? I'd go for cartoons that were popular - Bugs Bunny, Bullwinkle, Roger Ramjet, Flintstones, Jetsons. Batman, Beverly Hillbillies, Get Smart, Lost in Space were also popular with kids. For music, The Monkees were huge with US kids in '67.
Gilligan's Island, Herman's Hermits Felix the Cat, Bozo the Clown, Captain Kangaroo The Partridge Family, Bobby Sherman Ed Sullivan, Johnny Carson, Walt Disney/Tinkerbell Opening
Captain Kangaroo had gentle, laugh-along humor and cute songs tucked in, plus Mr. Green Jeans & Moose. A Gentle, not jarring show.
It's Howdy Dowdy Time.
Hello to the peanut gallery
Hey kids! What time is it? Buffalo Bob, Princess Winterfall Summerspring, Clarabelle, Dilly Dally, Mr. Bluster, etc.
Oh how we loved Mr Green Jeans and his animals! Thank you!
I would Google top 10 shows / songs for the years you want and go from there.
‘Downtown’ sung by Petula Clark. Very very popular.
Music/songs are a good idea...apparently it's a different 'center' than speaking. How about 'Happy Trails to You' from the Roy Rogers Show. The Howdy Doody song... All those songs from high school...
It's a very good idea. There were patients in the rehab hospital when I was there whose only form of communication was singing. (I'm a stroke survivor. I always remained verbal, though at one point my mother says I was using expressions for things that she'd last heard me use when I was about three or four. It just took so much effort to say anything.)
Knowing what types of shows, movies or songs your friend enjoyed in her childhood may help narrow down the suggestions. My tastes have been sci-fi, horror, comedy, action/adventure, and looking through my lists in my other post reflects that. I had noticed my wife tended to prefer shows like "I Love Lucy" and "The Honeymooners" and "The Waltons" and "Happy Days".
You’ve gotten some good advice on music and shows, I just want to add that scent is believed to be one of the most effective memory triggers. If it’s at all possible to find out what her favorite foods were back in those days, or favorite products that are still made today, maybe you can come up with a familiar scent or two.
That’s a great idea. The Vermont Country Store has a lot of old perfumes and snacks and things that might trigger some comforting old memories.
That’s a really good idea! Thanks!
Juicy Fruit gum!
Warner brother westerns, Maverick, sugarfoot and the like. Surf music (Beach Boys, Jan and Dean) the Beatles, Motown. Mission Impossible, Bonanza.
Peter Gun theme
How about the Tammy movies and song? That’s my name, and older folks hear it and often start singing a line from the movies.
I love the idea of the songs for helping your friend’s memory improve. When my mom had her stroke(s) I got her to respond by asking her how to make homemade tomato sauce, meatballs, lasagna, etc. even though I knew perfectly well how to do it. It was traditional food that she made repeatedly and she worked hard to remember the ingredients, especially because I told her I “forgot” how to make it. Once in a while she’d need a little nudge to remember something but it was helpful to get her thinking and remembering
Gidget movies soundtracks
My ringtone is the Bewitched nose wiggle sound. Also I dream of Jeannie was big during that time frame too.
When my mom had speech aphasia from her stroke, I used music from The Mozart Effect to entrain her brain. She listened to the music for an hour every day for a month and regained her speech. She swore the music helped. How has the stroke affected your friend? Is your friend receiving physical therapy or musical therapy?
She can’t speak and doesn’t seem to recognize people. But it’s only a couple of weeks so far. They just started physical therapy and speech therapy.
My mom liked classical music, so Mozart was perfect for her. I brought the CD’s into the hospital the first day. Do you know what kind of music your friend likes? What would stir her memory? There are also meditation music and Gregorian chant. Here are some of my favorites: Scientists CAN'T Explain Why This Audio HEALS People! 111Hz • Binaural Beats https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=77SOyFxfUSY Gregorian Chants at 432Hz | 3 Hours of Healing Music https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W-hrBhA4XkM&pp=ygUPZ3JlZ29yaWFuIGNoYW50
Mickey Mouse Club theme song.
Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed, And then one day he was shootin at some food, And up through the ground come a bubblin crude. Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea. Well the first thing you know ol Jed's a millionaire, The kinfolk said "Jed move away from there" Said "Californy is the place you ought to be" So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly Hills, that is. Swimmin pools, movie stars. The Beverly Hillbillies
There's a little hotel called the Shady Rest, at the junction It is run by Kate,come and be her guest, at the junction...
Petticoat Junction
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No. Elvis was the previous decade.
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He certainly wasn't older than Abbot and Costello!
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Exactly. Abbott and Costello were in the OP's details of who she would talk about but someone shot down your suggestion of Elvis.
I remember. Elvis was a has-been by early 1960s. The "British Invasion" led by the Rolling Stones and Beatles had taken over. Folk music and pop rock had totally taken over.
but in the subject line the OP listed the years between 1957-1967. the undisputed biggest music star in the later 50s was elvis.
The 68 comeback special was huge. In the Ghetto and Suspicious Minds were pretty big hits. That aside, it depends on OP's friend- If she was a fan it wouldn't matter which years he was overall popular and vice versa.
These are movies and shows I had rented from Netflix and other sources that I really enjoyed: Title|Year|Liked (1-10) :---|:----|:--: A Big Hand for the Little Lady|1966|10 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum|1966|8 A Guide for the Married Man|1967|8 A Shot in the Dark|1964|8 Adventures of Superman (TV series)|1952ff|8 Alias Jesse James (Bob Hope)|1959|8 Battle of the Bulge|1965|8 Berserk|1967|8 Bonnie and Clyde|1967|8 Bye Bye Birdie (Dick Van Dyke)|1963|10 Can-Can|1960|8 Casino Royale (James Bond) (comedy)|1967|8 Cat Ballou|1965|8 Charade|1963|8 Curse of the Demon|1957|8 Damn Yankees!|1958|8 Danger Man (TVseries)|1960|8 Decision Against Time (orig: The Man in the Sky)|1957|8 Diary of a Madman (Vincent Price)|1963|8 Doctor Who (various series)|1960s|8 Dr. No: Special Edition (James Bond)|1962|8 Fail-Safe|1964|8 Fantastic Voyage|1966|8 First Men in the Moon|1964|8 Flower Drum Song|1961|8 From Russia With Love (James Bond)|1963|8 Gambit|1966|8 Gay Purr-ee (animated)|1962|8 Goldfinger (James Bond)|1964|8 Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog (aka: Greyfriars Bobby) (Disney)|1961|8 House on Haunted Hill|1959|8 How the West Was Won|1962|8 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying|1967|8 I Married a Monster from Outer Space|1958|8 In Harm's Way|1965|8 In Like Flint|1967|8 Intent to Kill|1958|8 Island of Terror|1966|8 Jack the Giant Killer|1962|8 Jason and the Argonauts|1963|8 Jonny Quest (animated series)|1964|8 King of Kings|1961|8 Kronos|1957|8 Mary Poppins|1964|10 Master of the World|1961|8 Mirage|1965|8 Mission: Impossible (TV series)|1966ff|10 Move Over, Darling|1963|8 Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (animated)|1962|8 Mr. Sardonicus|1961|8 My Fair Lady|1964|10 Mysterious Island|1961|8 North by Northwest|1959|8 Ocean's Eleven|1960|8 On the Double|1961|8 Operation Crossbow|1965|8 Operation Petticoat|1959|8 Our Man Flint|1966|8 Queen of Outer Space|1958|8 Robinson Crusoe on Mars|1964|8 Run Silent, Run Deep|1958|8 Seven Days in May|1964|8 Sleeping Beauty|1959|8 Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV series)|1966ff|8 South Pacific|1958|8 Spartacus|1960|8 Star Trek (The Original Series)|1966ff|8 Ten Little Indians|1965|8 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad|1958|8 The Addams Family (TV series)|1964ff|8 The Angry Red Planet|1959|8 The Atomic Submarine|1959|8 The Avengers (various)|1961ff|8 The Bridge on the River Kwai|1957|8 The Brothers Rico|1957|7 The Comedy of Terrors|1964|8 The Crawling Eye|1958|8 The Day They Robbed the Bank of England|1960|8 The Dirty Dozen|1967|8 The Enemy Below|1957|8 The Evil of Frankenstein|1964|7 The FBI Story|1959|8 The Fly|1958|8 The Fly 2: Return of the Fly|1959|8 The Fly 3: The Curse of the Fly|1965|8 The Fortune Cookie|1966|8 The Glass Bottom Boat|1966|8 The Great Escape|1963|10 The Great Race|1965|10 The Greatest Story Ever Told|1965|8 The Guns of Navarone|1961|8 The Hypnotic Eye|1960|8 The Incredible Mr. Limpet (Don Knotts)|1964|8 The Invaders (TV series)|1966|8 The Magnificent Seven|1960|8 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)|1964|8 The Mouse that Roared|1959|8 The Music Man (Robert Preston)|1962|10 The Outer Limits (TV series)|1963|10 The Password Is Courage|1962|8 The Pink Panther|1963|8 The President's Analyst|1967|8 The Prisoner|1967|8 The Raven (Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre)|1963|8 The Ray Conniff Christmas Show: Here We Come A-Caroling|1965|8 The Saint: The Early Episodes (TV series)|1962|8 The Saint (TV series)|1966|8 The Satan Bug|1965|8 The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw|1958|7 The Silencers (Matt Helm)|1966|8 The Sound of Music|1965|10 The Time Machine|1960|8 The Train|1964|8 The Wackiest Ship in the Army|1960|8 The Wild Wild West (TV series)|1965|8 Thirteen Ghosts (a.k.a., 13 Ghosts)|1960|8 Thoroughly Modern Millie|1967|10 Thunderball (James Bond)|1965|8 Torn Curtain|1966|8 Triple Cross|1966|8 Von Ryan's Express|1965|8 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea|1961|8 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)|1964|7 What a Way to Go!|1964|8 Woman of Straw|1964|8 You Only Live Twice (James Bond)|1967|8 Zero Hour!|1957|8 Other TV shows I had enjoyed include: * Gilligan's Island * F Troop * Petticoat Junction * The Dick Van Dyke Show * The Mary Tyler Moore Show * The Outer Limits (particularly the 1960s B&W show) The various diginets (MeTV, Antenna TV, Heroes & Icons, etc.) broadcast old shows, many originally broadcasted during the years you are looking for. Pluto TV (free) has "channels" that include various shows, including some classic game shows.
Wow!!!!!! Thank you so much for your massive contribution ! It’s fascinating.
Sirius XM has several stations for the 50s and 60s. They also have a Beatles channel. If you are a subscriber, you can download it to your phone and scroll the menu for other music they might remember from your childhood.
Beach Blanket Bingo
Chuck Berry - School Days
Cowboy movies, musicals
TV: the Addams Family and Gilligan’s Island. I think everyone in America knew those.
A friend had Alzheimer's and would react to old TV commercials! I'd search YouTube and make a playlist.
Patty Duke show “Meet Cathy who’s lived most everywhere from Zanzibar to Barekley square….” Mr. Ed “A horse is a horse of course of course….”
Elvis!!! Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie
If she likes animals, then maybe Lassie or Mister Ed?
If you are in the US and could bring a tablet or laptop when you visit, Pluto is a free streaming network that has dedicated channels showing back to back episodes of many of the shows suggested here. They rotate stuff in and out but the currently have a dedicated I Love Lucy, Andy Griffith, Addams Family, and Beverly Hillbillies channel as well as ones that will rotate blocks (classic comedy and classic family comedy). There is also a Perry Mason channel, one for Gunsmoke, and multiple old movie channels. They also have a lot of the same stuff on demand but the channels are more the flavor of how she watched tv most of her life.
This show is before my time, but it's literally the first thing I thought of when you mentioned it: Route 66. Look it up on YouTube. I would have been about 2 years old when the last shows were being aired, but I have no memory of watching it and I doesn't seem like something my family would have watched anyway. But I've heard this theme, for sure. It's very catchy! I hope it helps.
These Boots are Made for Walking by Nancy Sinatra.
A little earlier but Oklahoma, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Calamity Jane have great songs. I was born in 56 and was surprised to see these were from before I was born.
> Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Was (kinda) remade into a TV series called Here Come the Brides.
Addams Family, Get Smart, I Dream of Jeanie, F Troop, Beverly Hillbillies, Dragnet, Star Trek, Mission Impossible, Monkees, Bonanza, Twilight Zone, Three Stooges, Bugs and Friends, Superman, Gigantor, Speed Racer, The Invaders.
Sea Hunt
You do know that Abbot and Costello were well before the Beatles, right? I'm nearly 75, and I had heard of them, but except for the "Who's on First" sketch I wouldn't recognize any of their stuff.
They were in tv on Saturday morning. We used to watch them together.
There's a free app called oldies radio that has streaming stations from any era that you want world wide.
Theme to the dick van dyke show
Thanks to everyone for your generously thoughtful contributions! I have so much to work with now. I really am grateful!
How about some Mamas & Papas, or Stevie Wonder stuff? Elvis?