Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we joyfully celebrate the 86th Birthday of California born multi Platinum recording artist, trumpeter, painter, sculptor, and record company executive, the man who put the "A" in A&M, Herb Alpert. Happy Birthday Herb ! Herb's 32nd studio album, Keep Your Eye On Me, was released February 13,  1987 on A&M and produced by  Herb Alpert, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Les Pierce, Roy Bittan and Shelly Yakus.…

Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today is the 91st Birthday of Australian musician, singer-songwriter, composer, comedian, actor, painter , television personality and more recently a convicted sex offender. That's right, on this page even the criminals get a Birthday. So Happy Birthday Rolf. His third album, The Original Sun Arise, was released in 1963 on Epic Records. It features Harris accompanied by Johnnie Spence. The title track, "Sun Arise"…

Good morning gang and welcome back to the Monday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember  Anglo-Italian conductor, composer and light orchestra-styled entertainer, Annunzio Paolo Mantovani, known the world over simply as Mantovani, on this, the 41st anniversary of his death. He passed away in 1980, age 74. No cause of death was given. His 29th album, Latin Rendezvous, was released in May 1963 on London Records. It peaked at #10 on Billboard's Pop Albums…

Good morning people and welcome to the Palm Sunday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. It is also the 73rd Birthday of British multi-instrumentalist and composer, John Evan, best known for pounding the keyboards in progressive folk fusion band, Jethro Tull. Happy Birthday John ! Tull's sixth studio album, A Passion Play, was released July 23, 1973, on Chrysalis Records and produced by Ian Anderson and Terry Ellis. The concept album exploring the afterlife adventures of Ronnie Pilgrim,…

Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles, a Birthday edition. First up on our candle calendar is New York born  singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress, Mariah Carey, who is turning 52 today. Happy Birthday Mariah. Her single, "My All" was released April 21, 1998 on the  Columbia label and produced by her and Walter Afanasieff. The track, hailing from her  sixth studio album, Butterfly, peaked at #18 on both the Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Top 40…

Good morning audiophiles and welcome back to the Friday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. It addition to Friday, it is also the 73rd Birthday of New York born singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and former television personality, Steven Tyler. Happy Birthday Steven ! Aerosmith's first greatest hits compilation album, conveniently called Greatest Hits, was released November 11, 1980, on the Columbia label, and produced by  Adrian Barber, Jack Douglas, Ray Colcord, Aerosmith, George…

Good morning record enthusiasts and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate Sir Elton John as he celebrates his 74th Birthday. Happy Birthday Elton ! His second album, Elton John, and the first to be released in America, was released April 10th, 1970, on the Uni label and was produced by Gus Dudgeon. The LP peaked at #5 in the UK, #4 in Canada, Australia, and America, and #2 in the Netherlands. It has been certified Gold. "Border Song" (#92 Hot 100, #34 Canada, #25…

Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we joyfully celebrate the 70th Birthday of Scottish bassist, Dougie Thomson, best known for his work in progressive rock band Supertramp. Happy Birthday Dougie ! Supertramp's 9th studio album, Free As A Bird, was released October 13, 1987 on the A&M label and was produced by Rick Davies, Tom Lord-Alge,  and Supertramp. The LP marked somewhat a change in style for the band as they traded their progressive…

Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we joyfully celebrate the 68th Birthday of Yvette Marie Stevens, known the world over as the Queen Of Funk, Chaka Kahn. Happy Birthday Chaka ! Her fifth solo album, I Feel For You, was released October 1, 1984 on Warner Brother Records and produced by Arif Mardin, Robbie Buchanan, John Robie, Russ Titelman, David "Hawk" Wolinski, James Newton Howard, David Foster, Humberto Gatica, and Joe Mardin. It reached…

Good Monday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember  San Francisco born  folk singer, songwriter, arranger and recording artist, Dave Guard, on this, the 30th anniversary of his death. The Kinston Trio guitarist passed away in 1991, age 56, from cancer. The Trio's 5th album, Here We Go Again, was released October 19, 1959 on the Capitol label and produced by Voyle Gilmore. It peaked at #1 on Billboard's Pop Album chart and gave birth to a sole single, "A…

Good morning Sunday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. On this day in 1970 the first ever San Diego Comic-Con International opened at the U.S. Grant Hotel. Now, we don't have a album from that convention or any other one. What we do have is this 1966 Columbia Masterworks release, It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman. It's a musical comedy composed by Charles Strouse, with lyrics by Lee Adams and book by David Newman and Robert Benton. The shows original Broadway run…

Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles. Our first selection today comes to us via Atlanta, Georgia born country music singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter, and actor, Jerry Reed. The legendary performer would have celebrated his 84th Birthday today. He passed away on September 1, 2008, age 71, from complications from emphysema. He is severely missed. His song, "Alabama Wild Man" was released July 3, 1972 on the RCA Victor label and produced by Jerry Reed and…

Good morning record enthusiasts and welcome back to the Friday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember  British guitarist, record company executive, and founding member, Paul Atkinson,  of psychedelic pop rock, The Zombies, on what would have been his 75th Birthday. He passed away in 2004, age 58 due to liver and kidney disease. The double compilation album, The Time Of The Zombies was released in 1974 on Epic Records. The first record includes hits, non-album singles, and…

Good morning Thursday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember South Carolina born  singer, guitarist, songwriter, and promoter, John Phillips, of The Mamas & The Papas, on this, the 20th anniversary of his passing. He died in 2001, age 65, of heart failure. To honor his legacy, we spotlight the debut album by the Canadian-American folk rock vocal group. If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears was released February 28, 1966 on the Dunhill and produced by Lou…

Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome to the St. Patrick's Day 2021 edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. In addition to St Patty's Day it is the 10th anniversary of the death of Missouri born country music star Ferlin Husky. He passed away from congestive heart failure at age 85. His album, Green, Green Grass Of Home was released on the Hilltop/Pickwick label in 1970. The whole album is great and a song I think stands out a lot is "Hank's Song", which uses Hank Williams' song titles to…

Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In the Vinyl again. Today we joyfully celebrate the 72nd Birthday of actor and singer Victor Garber. Happy Birthday Victor !  The Canadian star of stage, television and film also formed a sunshine pop band in the late 60s called The Sugar Shoppe, that released one self titled album. The Mrs was reading a post by Burton Cummings where he talked about the group, describing them as Canada's answer to the Mamas And The Papas. She searched…

Good Monday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today our record of choice is this 1969 Post Records compilation called WAKY  (The Big 79) (22 Super Giants). It is a radio station compilation from WAKY in Louisville, Kentucky compiled from listeners surveys. WAKY, called Wacky but it's fans was first broadcast in 1936 and went through many music formats since it's inception, including Top 40, Adult Contemporary, Country, Oldies, Talk, and now Sports. It is the home of…

Good morning Sunday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we joyfully celebrate the 76th Birthday of Texas born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist,  Michael Martin Murphey. Happy Birthday Michael ! His career, spanning 6 decades and over 33 albums, have seen him dabble in cowboys ballads, Western, Outlaw country, country rock and pop. His fifth album, Swans Against The Sun,  was released under the name Michael Murphey, in 1976 on the Epic label and produced…

Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles. a Number Ones Edition. First up under our needle is last single from English singer-songwriter Andy Gibb's debut album,  Flowing Rivers. "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" was released in September 1977 on the RSO label and produced by Gibb-Galuten-Richardson. The song, written by Andy and his Brother Barry, reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 during this week in 1978. In addition to topping that chart, it also landed at #1 in…

Good morning faithful readers and welcome back to the Friday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we joyfully celebrate the 73rd Birthday of Boston born singer-songwriter and guitarist, James Taylor. Happy Birthday James ! His first greatest hits album, called Greatest Hits, was released November 1976 on the Warner Brothers label and produced by Peter Asher, David Spinozza, Lenny Waronker, and Russ Titelman. It peaked at #67 in Australia, #27 in Canada, and #15 in America, where it has…