[discostu]

But bands from the 60s did do versions of classic songs from the 20s 30s and 40s. There was a stretch of time there where unless your band had a rendition of Hootchie Kootchie Man or Stormy Monday you simply weren't a blues/ rock band (I've got about a dozen different versions of each in my collection). Nobody had invented the tribute band yet, but covers were around and fairly prevalent.

[gcruse]

I'm sure there were some. But the stars of the day, such as Ruth Etting (Take Good Care of Yourself), Rudy Vallee as mentioned, Al Jolson, and most others were getting no radio play on popular stations in the sixties, not in Texas, anyway.

[gcruse]

Just to add, BTW, I played in a band from 1962 until 1966. The oldies we did were mostly C&W, like Hank Williams. The blues that was requested was redone versions by Chuck Berry and early rock and roll. No one ever requested, to my memory, anything earlier than the 1950s, with the exception of C&W.