My Musical Evolution – Part 50 Scratchy 45 Days

Elton John – Crocodile Rock Seals & Crofts – Get Closer Gordon Lightfoot – Sundown Cher – Dark Lady I remember watching this video way back in the day. Cliff Richard – Devil Woman. This always seemed to go along with Dark Lady David Soul – Don’t Give Up On Us Leo Sayer – When …

My Musical Evolution – Part 49 The KISS Age

So there we were at J.C. Penney at the mall back in thoase days they sold records. Yep, downstairs right next to the escalator was a section of albums which eventually grew to include some TV’s and the new Pong Video Game.  My goal used to be to get the pong ball stuck between the …

My Musical Evolution – Part 48 Scratchy 45 Days

Eric Carmen – All By Myself Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods – Billy Don’t Be A Hero you probably know the song even if you don’t remember Bo Donaldson. Harry Nilsson – Without You Helen Reddy – I Am Woman David Geddes – Last Game Of The Season (A Blind Man In The Bleachers) I …

My Musical Evolution – Part 47 Scratchy 45 Days

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – December, 1963 (Oh What A Night) Carly Simon – That’s The Way I always Heard It should Be Chicago – Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is The Association – Windy The Jackson 5 – I’ll Be There Looking at Michael Jackson in this video gives me …

My Musical Evolution – Part 46 Scratchy 45 Days

Steely Dan – Rikki Don’t Lose That Number In the years after I began to collect Compact Discs, I would often try to acquire all thsese great songs from The Scratchy 45 Days and I would become an even bigger fan of these artists. Steely Dan is one of those where I liked the songs in …

My Musical Evolution – Part 45 The KISS Age

I’ve been troubled by how I’d handle the transition here. As you know, up to this point, my most significant musical influence had been my mother and her large collection of 45s. Her main influence being the AM radio of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. In March of 1976, a band called KISS would …