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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Good morning record enthusiasts and welcome back to the Thursday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate Dutch guitarist and vocalist, George Kooymans, best known for his work in Golden Earring, as he celebrates his 73rd Birthday. Happy Birthday George. Golden Earring's first live album, appropriately titled Live, was recorded at the Rainbow Thatre in London, and then released later that year in 1977 on the MCA label. The double album reached #203 in America and #1 in the…
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Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember Henry D. "Homer" Haynes, Tennessee born comedy entertainer and musician and one half of the duo Homer And Jethro, on what would have been his 101st Birthday. Homer passed away in 1971, age 51, from a heart attack. The pair's 1962 RCA Camden compilation album, Homer & Jethro Strike Back is currently turning on our table. The 12 tracks contained therein are guaranteed to make you snort, snicker,…
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Good morning to you all and welcome back to the Tuesday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate the 76th Birthday of English rock guitarist and vocalist, Robin Trower, best known for his work with Procol Harum as well as a solo artist. Happy Birthday Robin ! Robin's fourth solo effort, Long Misty Days, was released October of 1976 on the Chrysalis label and produced by Geoff Emerick and Robin Trower. It peaked at #63 in Australia, #31 in the UK, and #24 on the Billboard 200.…
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Good Monday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. 43 years ago this month, German electronica band, Kraftwerk, released their sixth studio album, Trans-Europe Express, on Kling Klang Records. The album reached #119 in America, #49 in the UK, #32 in Germany, and #2 in France. It was produced by band members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. Two singles were released ; the title track (#96 Canada, #67 US, #34 Italy, #26 France, #15 Sweden) and "Showroom Dummies" (#28…
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Good Monday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. 43 years ago this month, German electronica band, Kraftwerk, released their sixth studio album, Trans-Europe Express, on Kling Klang Records. The album reached #119 in America, #49 in the UK, #32 in Germany, and #2 in France. It was produced by band members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. Two singles were released ; the title track (#96 Canada, #67 US, #34 Italy, #26 France, #15 Sweden) and "Showroom Dummies" (#28…
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Good morning Sunday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Our record of the day is kind of our record of the month as we present this promotional DJ broadcast sampler (Not For Sale) from March 1966, from Capitol Records. It's full of great pop standards from well known artists of the day, such as, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Peggy Lee, and Jackie Gleason, as well as artists I wasn't familiar with like, Guitars Unlimited and The Hollyridge Strings. Speaking of the latter, they have…
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Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles. First up in our way back machine is the 1976 Reprise Records recording, "Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac. The song was released 44 years ago today off of their self titled album, and would go on to reach #11 on the Hot 100, #9 on the Cash Box, and #4 in Canada. It's B-side is "Sugar Daddy" also from their self titled 10th album.
Fleetwood Mac :
Lindsey Buckingham – electric, acoustic, and resonator guitar,…
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Good morning record enthusiasts and welcome back to the Friday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember Mary Christine Brockert, Santa Monica born singer-songwriter, musician, composer, arranger, and producer, better known by her stage name, Teena Marie, on what would have been her 65th Birthday. She passed away in 2010, age 54, after suffering a a grand mal seizure. Her seventh studio album, Emerald City, was released July 22, 1986, on the CBS/Epic labels and was self…
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