Four more losses to reflect on here fall of 2026…
These folks played football for Kentucky and then center for the Atlanta Falcons for 18 years; was a movie/TV star best known for Animal House; was a co-founder for the R&B vocal group The Dells; and was a Country Hall of Fame singer/songwriter known for “Wild and Blue”, “Straight Tequila Night”, and the 1983 “Swingin'”.
Their music combined power pop, indie rock, folk-pop, alternative rock and elements of older pop songwriting.
The Format is an American indie-pop and power-pop band formed in Arizona in 2002 by childhood friends Nate Ruess and Sam Means. The two had actually met several years earlier, bonding over their shared enthusiasm for bands such as Weezer, and eventually began making music together. Before The Format, they were members of the emo-oriented group Nevergonnascore, but Ruess and Means eventually became dissatisfied with the limitations of that style and wanted to write more melodic, carefully arranged pop songs.
The Beau Brummels performed their big breakout hit, “Laugh, Laugh,” on The Flintstones as The Beau Brummelstones in the 1965, season six episode titled, ”Shinrock A Go-Go”.
The Beau Brummels were one of the most influential yet underappreciated American rock bands of the 1960s. Formed in San Francisco in 1964, the group’s classic lineup consisted of lead singer Sal Valentino, guitarist and songwriter Ron Elliott, bassist Ron Meagher, guitarist and harmonica player Declan Mulligan, and drummer John Petersen.
Best known for his observational humor and deadpan delivery.
George Robert Newhart, known as Bob Newhart, was born on September 5, 1929, in Oak Park, Illinois. He was the son of George David Newhart, a part-owner of a plumbing and heating supply business, and Julia Pauline (Burns) Newhart, a housewife. Raised in a Roman Catholic household, Newhart was of Irish and German descent. He attended St. Catherine of Siena Grammar School in Oak Park and later St. Ignatius College Prep, a Jesuit high school in Chicago.
Open your heart, open your mind
A train is leaving all day
A wonderful trip through our time
And laughter is all you pay
This is where I’ll talk about the Album Art I like. That is one of the benefits of 12″ vinyl albums, the cool packaging surrounding the record. Here I’ll research the creations that we all loved as children, teenagers, and adults. I’ll try to find as much information on the artists as possible.
My 4th inductee this year (2023) and my 16th overall was created by Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood, and Bev Bevan, who were members of the band The Move.
The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) is a British rock band that was formed in Birmingham, England in 1970. The group was created by Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood, and Bev Bevan, who were members of the band The Move at the time. The idea for the Electric Light Orchestra was to fuse classical music with rock and roll, creating a unique sound that would set them apart from other bands of the era.
One of the truly definitive box sets of its era.
My Mom and I were at Woolworth’s department store in the early 70s and I bought the boxed set, Superstars of the 70’s. The 4-album set was a compilation release from Warner Special Products[1], a division of Warner Bros. Records, in 1973. It contains 49 songs by 41 artists. A copy on Amazon.com carries a 5 out of 5 rating.
My 15th inductee, number 3 for 2023 is Chicago.
Chicago’s songs combine elements of classical music, jazz, R&B, and pop music. They were formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1967. Chicago began writing politically charged rock music and later moved to a softer sound, generating several hit ballads. The group had a steady stream of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
“Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end”
Discipline is the eighth studio album by the English progressive rock band King Crimson, released on September 22, 1981, by E.G. Records in the United Kingdom and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The band was founded by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, and lyricist Peter Sinfield in 1969.
Jim Seals and Dash Crofts were both born in Texas, Seals in Sidney and Crofts in Cisco.
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 for them to play my favorite songs in my favorite order. These posts are about records I had in my stacks.
