“Music is memories, and we have plenty of both every week on the WMNF Sixties Show,” says DJ Frankie Mopar.
The Sixties Show is the longest-running music program on WMNF. It began as the Phil and Bill Show a few months after the station signed on the air. Through all the years, listeners have depended on the Sixties Show to provide an exciting and fun variety of music from that most interesting decade.
We had the Folk Music Revival, the sounds of Surf Rock, and all those crazy dances. Then there were the Beatles, the Stones, and the rest of the British Invasion. Meanwhile Atco, Motown, and Stax were creating Soul Music, and James Brown invented Funk. There were girl groups and classic Doo Wop. Rock music rediscovered its roots in Blues and Southern Rockabilly and found new connections with Folk, Country, Jazz, and even a little Classical Music now and then. And it became Psychedelic with long guitar solos and elaborate production values. There were protest marches, concerts in stadiums, Rock Festivals, and great songwriters. Expect all this and more each week on the Sixties Show.
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Frankie Mopar was born in Philadelphia and was a teenager there during the exciting music scene of the Sixties. This former US Marine has always had two big loves – cars and music. Frankie loved drag races and owned a couple of beautiful cars. He got his nickname from his love of all things MOPAR – Chrysler Corp. cars. Frankie has an equally impressive collection of classic Rock ‘n’ Roll recordings on vinyl, CDs, cassettes – even 8-track tape. After retiring from the car business, he followed his dream to WMNF where he hosted the popular Retro Jukebox show for more than ten years.
