The album takes its title from Edgar Allan Poe’s famous collection Tales of Mystery and Imagination and transforms many of Poe’s best-known poems and short stories into musical compositions.
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe) was the debut album by The Alan Parsons Project and remains one of the most ambitious concept albums of the progressive rock era. Released in the United Kingdom on June 25, 1976, the album marked the beginning of the creative partnership between producer, engineer,
Four more losses to reflect on here, summer of 2026…
These guys were the long time drummer for the rock band ZZ Top; an actor, often cast as a mafioso, best known for his role in The Sopranos; an actor/politician best known as Cooter in the Dukes of Hazzard; and a soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s “The Pink Panther Theme”.
This “Stand Out Single” was a work by Tony Carey. The project’s name was inspired from the fictional “Planet P” in Robert A. Heinlein’s book Starship Troopers.
“Why Me?” was the second U.S. single released from Planet P Project’s self-titled 1983 debut album, a project created by American keyboardist, singer, songwriter, and producer Tony Carey. Carey was already well known among rock fans for his tenure with Rainbow during the mid-1970s before relocating to Germany, where he developed both a solo career and the more experimental Planet P Project.
Tony, the Tiger’s Frosted Sugar Flakes character was born with the pipes of Dallas McKennon, who was Tony from 1952 to 1953.
Dallas Raymond McKennon was born on July 19, 1919, near La Grande, Oregon. His childhood was marked by hardship when his mother died while he was still young, after which he was raised by an aunt and uncle on their farm. Growing up in rural northeastern Oregon fostered a lifelong fascination with nature, history, and storytelling that would later influence both his educational work and his entertainment career. Information regarding his formal education is limited, as he entered the workforce at a
A pioneer of country music, and his 1941 song, “Walking the Floor Over You”, marked the rise of the honky-tonk style of music.
Ernest Dale Tubb was born on February 9, 1914, near Crisp, Texas, to Calvin Tubb and Nora Tubb. Raised on a cotton farm during a period when rural life demanded hard physical labor from an early age, he developed a deep appreciation for country music while listening to the recordings of Jimmie Rodgers, whose singing style would profoundly influence his own career.
My version of this “Stand Out Single” was the 1970, Goldies 45 (D1433), which had “Magic Carpet Ride” as the B-side.
“Born to Be Wild” is one of the defining rock singles of the late 1960s and remains the signature song of Steppenwolf. Released in June 1968 as the lead single from the band’s self-titled debut album, the song quickly became an international hit and transformed the relatively new group into one of the biggest names in hard rock. Although often associated exclusively with Steppenwolf,
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite lazy songs.
“I Get By” is a song by Stealers Wheel from the group’s self-titled debut album, released in late 1972, and is one of several album tracks that showcased the songwriting talents of Joe Egan beyond the band’s internationally famous hit “Stuck in the Middle with You.” Written solely by Egan, the song blends folk rock, soft rock, and roots rock influences with a relaxed but confident groove,
This “Stand Out Single” peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks in April 1970.
Released by Motown on February 24, 1970, “ABC” backed with “The Young Folks” was the Jackson 5’s second major-label single and the follow-up to their sensational debut smash, “I Want You Back.” Rather than merely trying to repeat that success, Motown deliberately refined the same winning formula.
Four more losses to reflect on here in 2026…
These individuals were a rock and roll singer known for hits such as “Tallahassee Lassie”, “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans”, and “Palisades Park”; a Macon, Georgia music exec for such as Otis Redding, Outlaws, and Lynyrd Skynyrd; an actress in such shows as Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Hogan’s Heroes; and an actor known for Jurassic Park, The Hunt for Red October, and Merlin on TV.
This “Stand Out Single” reached the #1 spot, on the charts, in multiple countries.
“We Can Work It Out” / “Day Tripper” was released by the Beatles on December 3, 1965, in the United Kingdom, and three days later in the United States. It was the first Beatles single to be marketed as a true double A-side, with both songs receiving equal billing on the record label and both considered strong enough to stand as the featured song.
