Early summer of 2025 has taken 4 more rememberable people that I’ll take a look at here.
These guys were televangelist, gospel singer, and author; played Deputy Cletus Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard; composed the music for movies like Cool Hand Luke and The Amityville Horror, and TV like Hawaii 5-0; and wrote songs and played guitar for Mott the Hoople and Bad Company.
Great Balls of Fire (1989) – Dennis Quaid (Jerry Lee Lewis) and Alec Baldwin (Jimmy Swaggart) in Great Balls of Fire (1989)
Continue reading “Jimmy Swaggart, Rick Hurst, Lalo Schifrin, and Mick Ralphs Dies”Its combination of gentle humor, catchy songs, and earnest performances continues to resonate with nostalgic viewers.
The Partridge Family is a classic American musical sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 25, 1970, to March 23, 1974. Created by Bernard Slade and produced by Screen Gems, the series was inspired in part by the real-life musical family, The Cowsills.
Before I go insane I hold my pillow to my head, And spring up in my bed screaming out the words I dread
When I was young before I had cassettes, the only good way of making a playlist of songs was to stack 45s on the turntable. I would arrange them to play my favorite songs in my favorite order. These posts are about records I had in my stacks.
The first African American male to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Louis Gossett Jr. is a highly acclaimed American actor, best known for his versatile performances across film, television, and stage. Born on May 27, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York, Gossett grew up in a creative environment; his father was a porter and his mother was a nurse’s aide. Gossett discovered his passion for acting at an early age and attended New York University on a basketball scholarship, where he initially studied acting.
Voices singing, let’s be jolly, Deck the halls with boughs of holly
“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” was penned by Johnny Marks, a prolific songwriter renowned for his contributions to the Christmas music genre.
Cynthia Weil wrote the lyrics and her husband Barry Mann the music.
Cynthia Weil was an American songwriter and lyricist known for her contributions to numerous hit songs from the 1960s and beyond. Born on October 18, 1940, in New York City, Cynthia Weil grew up on the Upper West Side and the Upper East Side of Manhattan in a Conservative Jewish family.
My hunt for records did not always take place in a record store.
My hunt for records did not always take place in a record store. Like most music collectors, I discovered other places that happened to sell records and tapes. Sometimes it might be a place that provides a one-time shopping opportunity like a garage sale or a monthly flea market. Then there are other places that a music collector can return to as many times as they choose, to see the latest merchandise that has been added to the inventory. This would be places like a Goodwill store or a used bookstore. One such place for me was Peachtree Quality Salvage #5 in Roswell.
I believed that all song lyrics were true-life stories being recounted by the singer in the form of a song.
Like many children in my age group, my first exposure to recorded music was through one of the many mass-produced, simple record players that were designed for the entertainment of children (often referred to as “kiddie record players”). The first one entered my life around the age of three.
Behind the scenes with our Circle Sky artwork
Melody Hill was the Circle Sky Records official magazine while we were open between 2002 and 2010. We took a series of pictures of items strategically placed on a white piece of Coroplast with another piece of Coroplast as the background. Coroplast is a chemically inert, extremely durable polypropylene copolymer, extruded twin-wall fluted plastic sheet. It is resistant to water and we used them all the time to make signs advertising the record store. All the items on display were from Donnie’s personal collection.
