Similar story here. My dad, born in 1937, has a taste in music that 
starts in about 1685 and goes up through about 1960. He said that some 
of the "stuff" that appeared in the 1960s was okay, but he never really 
got past the 1950s when the popular tunes were still basically a 
vocalist with a big band. (Bobby Short, the Four Lads, etc.)

On the other hand, he thought Frank Sinatra was annoying -- didn't care 
for "lounge singers who take themselves too seriously" -- and although 
he didn't like Sam Cooke, my mother, born just a few years later, adored 
him. Go figure.

I'm so out of character doing all this typing. I should go back into 
lurk mode. :P

-Farrar Hudkins
New Orleans, LA

Sam Smith wrote:
> My dad was a Silent whose musical taste reached far enough into rock and 
> roll to appreciate Elvis, and that's about it. He was a big fan of 
> groups like The Platters, and to his credit he loved Sam Cooke. My 
> in-laws are kinda the same. They were there when rock and roll happened, 
> but the never seem to have developed a relationship with it.
>