Mapping Influences Over Time
KISS was more than just a little smart when it came to cashing in on their fame. They knew that people were joining the KISS Army all over the place. Sales of Alive! and Destroyer were on the rise. They enticed people to buy their first three albums by bundling them together and throwing in …
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King Harvest – Daning In The Moonlight The Hollies – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Hues Corporation – Rock The Boat Mary MacGregor – Torn Between Two Lovers Paul Anka – I Believe There’s Nothing Stronger Than Our Love Elton John – Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me Joni Mitchell – …
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The Jackson 5 – Never Can Say Goodbye Paul Simon – 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover Rod Stewart – Tonight’s The Night The Caprenters – Yesterday Once More Alice Cooper – I Never Cry Another instance where things seems so odd to me. In the mid to late 80’s I became more familiar with …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Charlie Rich – The Most Beautiful Girl In The World The Reighteous Brothers – You Lost That Loving Feeling George Benson – On Broadway Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music England Dan & John ford Coley – I’d really love to see you tonight Eric Carmen – Never Gonna Fall In Love Again Olivia …
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