The We Three Trio: Music from the Space Race
Artifactual
English - November 24, 2021 08:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHistory history archival audio tapes Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the 1960s, astronaut fever turned a tiny Florida beach town into a Cold War-era tourist trap. A lounge act called the We Three Trio capitalized on this trend, earning their fifteen minutes of fame with a song about the Mercury Seven astronauts.
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