Good morning gang and welcome back to Saturday's Singles I've Never Heard Before. Today we take our time machine back to the early 60s and take a look at pop duos. First up is the song  "Mule Skinner Blues"  by The Fendermen. The tune originally written by  Jimmie Rodgers and George Vaughan, became a #32 hit in the UK, #16 on the Country & Western charts, and #5 on the Hot 100, in 1960 when The Fendermen released it on Soma Records. It's B-side is an original Fendermen instrumental named…

Good morning record enthusiasts and welcome back to the Friday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember Walter Becker, guitarist, bassist. songwriter, producer and co-founder of jazz rock fusion band, Steely Dan, on this, the 4th anniversary of his death. He passed away in 2017, age 67  of esophageal cancer. To mark the occasion, we spotlight their debut album, Can't Buy A Thrill. The LP was released November 1972 on the ABC label and produced by Gary Katz. It peaked at #17 on…

Good morning Thursday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember Houston born vocalist, pianist, and producer, Billy Preston, on what would have been his 75th Birthday. He passed away in 2006, age 59, from respiratory failure. With him in mind, we spotlight his  seventh studio album, Music Is My Life. The LP was released October 8, 1972 on the A&M label and was self produced. It peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200, #31 in Canada, and #7 on the R&B…

Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember Atlanta born guitarist, vocalist, and actor, Jerry Reed, on the 13th anniversary of his passing. He died in 2008, age 71, from emphysema. He is severely missed. We honor his legacy, by spotlighting his 1oth studio album, Ko-Ko Joe. Ko-Ko Joe was released in 1971 on the RCA Victor label and produced by Chet Atkins. It peaked at #153 on the Billboard 200 and #7 on the Country Albums chart. The…

Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we bring you this 1967 Fontana Records compilation, England's Greatest Hits. This LP is filled to the rim with great cuts from yesteryear's British Invasion. A lot of acts I was familiar with, such as, The Troggs, Manfred Mann, Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders, as opposed to the ones I hadn't heard before like Millie Small, The Springfields, and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich. The album originally came…

Good morning record enthusiasts and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate the 73rd Birthday of Jamaican Calypso artist Horace Johnson. Happy Birthday Horace ! To mark the occasion, we spotlight this 1978 Folkways records release,  Calypso-Rock Songs Of Jamaica. On it, Horace and The Eagle Star (Leroy Jones, Noel Dona, and Enel Allen) serve up a pleasant listening experience with a mixture of originals and covers by Harry Belafonte and 

Trinidadian calypso singer,…

Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles. Last week dealt quite a blow to the music world with the deaths of UB40 saxophonist, Brian Travers on Sunday (08/22/21), age 62 from cancer, doom/stoner vocalist Eric Wagner of Trouble and The Skull, also 62, from Covid (09/24/21) , and of course, Legendary drummer Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones, who died at age 80, also on the 24th after a medical procedure. They all are severely missed and our Hearts, Thoughts, and…

Good morning Friday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember bassist and vocalist, Tim Bogert, best known for his work in Vanilla Fudge,  Beck, Bogert & Appice, and classic rock supergroup, Cactus, on what would have been 77th Birthday. He died in January from cancer. He is severely missed. To honor his legacy, we spotlight the second studio record by Cactus, One Way ... Or Another. The LP was released  February 24, 1971 on the Atco label and self produced…

Good morning faithful readers and welcome back to the Thursday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Our record of choice today is the second studio album by British post-punk band The The, Infected was released November 17, 1986 on the Some Bizzare and Epic Records. It was produced by Warne Livesey, vocalist and mainstay Matt Johnson, Roli Mosimann, and Gary Langan. The LP stayed on the charts for 30 weeks and peaked at #14 in the UK. It gave birth to four singles ;  "Heartland" (their…

Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate the 72nd Birthday of Chaim Witz, Israeli born musician and actor best known as Gene Simmons, The Demon vocalist and bassist for the rock band  KIϟϟ. Happy Birthday Gene ! To mark the occasion, we spotlight his first solo album, Gene Simmons. The LP was released September 18, 1978 on Casablanca Records. (As was solo albums by the other 3 members, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, and Ace Frehley). It was…

Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember  "The Mouth of Mississippi", comedian Jerry Clower, on the 23rd anniversary of his passing. He died in 1998, age 71, following heart bypass surgery. We honor his legacy by spotlighting his 15th album, Starke Raving ! . Starke Raving ! was released in 1984 on the MCA label and produced by Snuffy Miller. The LP was recorded in Starke, Florida and finds the funny man primarily talking about life in…

Good Monday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember  Pittsburgh born  actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker, and choreographer, Gene Kelly, on what would have been his 109th Birthday. He died in 1996, age 83, after a series of strokes. We mark the occasion by spinning the soundtrack to the 1974 MGM compilation film That's Entertainment. The famous film collects MGM's musical movies from the 20s to the 50s with archival footage from such stars as  Judy Garland,…

Good morning, morning people and welcome back to the Sunday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we celebrate the 77th Birthday of keyboardist Gary 'Mutha' Withem, best known for his work with Minnesota based pop rock group, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap. Happy Birthday Gary ! To mark the occassion we spotlight this 1972 Harmony Records compilatiom, Lady Willpower. We were fortunate enough to see Gary Puckett on the Turtles Happy Together Tour in 2015. Great show, he even sung…

Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles, a Birthday edition. First up, we remember British singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist, Joe Strummer, who would have celebrated his 69th Birthday today. Joe died in 2002, age 5o, from a  congenital heart defect. To honor his legacy we spotlight their song, "Hitsville U.K." , from their 4th album, Sandinista!.   "Hitsville U.K." was released January 16th, 1981 on the CBS label and was produced by the band. The track…

Good morning Friday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember California born keyboardist and bassist, Larry Knechtel, best known for his session work with  Simon & Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, the Beach Boys, the Mamas & the Papas, the Monkees, the Partridge Family, Billy Joel, the Doors, Jerry Garcia, and Elvis Presley, and as a member of the soft rock band Bread, on this, the 12th anniversary of his death. He passed away in 2009, age 69 from a heart attack.…

Good morning faithful readers and welcome back to the Thursday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we remember Manhattan born comedian, actor, writer, stage, film, radio, and television star, Groucho Marx, on the 44th anniversary of his death. He died in 1977, age 86 after a bought with pneumonia. To honor his legacy, we spotlight this 1977 A&M double album, An Evening With Groucho. The LPs see their famous comedian perform his one man show at  Carnegie Hall in New York.…

Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today our record of choice is this 1976 double compilation album from RCA Special Products , Sessions Presents Harmony by various artists. The albums capture a moment in with well known hits by The Turtles,  The Kinks, , The Lovin' Spoonful, and Styx, while balancing it out with lesser known acts, such as Crabby Appleton, Carol Douglas, The Buoys, and Bullet.

A1 The Turtles– Happy Together

A2…

Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we remember Brooklyn born lyricist Ira Gershwin and partner to his composer Brother George Gershwin,  on the 38th anniversary of his death. He passed away in 1983, of heart disease, age 86. Today we focus on one of George's best loved compositions, Rhapsody In Blue, and Ira's part in making it happen. As the story goes, in 1923 bandleader  Paul Whiteman, asked George to write a concerto-like piece for an…

Good Monday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we find ourselves celebrating the 63rd Birthday of Madonna Louise Ciccone, known the world over as simply Madonna. The Michigan born singer, songwriter, actress, and Queen Of Pop has released 14 albums and sold over 300 million copies, but it is her third album, True Blue, which is our focus today. True Blue was released in 1986 on the the Sire label and produced by  Madonna, Stephen Bray, and Patrick…

Good morning record enthusiasts and welcome back to the Sunday edition of  Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we remember actress Georgann Johnson, on what would have been her 95th Birthday. She passed away in 2018, age 91. Her six decade career spanned stage, television, and film. She made appearances in  "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", James Cagney's "Short Cut to Hell" (1957), Midnight Cowboy, "Three's Company", "Archie Bunker's Place",  "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman", and "Seinfeld". I know her…