Hi, I’m Gene Stevens with a look at what’s next on ‘Vintage Favourites’.

This Sunday, I’ll check ‘the vintage year -1959’, for its top news, sports and entertainment events … like the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, the cancellation of the AVRO Arrow, and ‘the day the music died’.

Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states, the Canadiens won their 4th straight Stanley Cup, and, as the 1950s were ending, the music scene was changing fast – the rock’n’roll pioneers gave way to younger pop stars, the birth of soul music and, in some corners, Sinatra still ruled.

That’s ‘Vintage Favourites’, including a George Harrison triple play and a birthday salute to Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy … this Sunday from 2:00 to 4:30, on Zoomer Radio.