Music Monday: November 27, 2023

Hi, everyone. Welcome to another triple edition (plus a bonus track) of Music Monday.

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Note: This will be the final Music Monday for 2023. Starting December 1st, the Christmas Countdown begins and will end on the last Monday of the year, which is Christmas Day. I would love to hear about some of your favorite holiday songs so please email me or comment below with your top choices. Music Mondays will resume on January 1, 2024. And now to the music.

Happy 60th anniversary to With The Beatles, the band’s second studio album. It was released on November 22, 1963 and included six cover songs. Today’s first feature was The Fab Four’s salute to Motown. I love that one of my favorite bands saluted one of my favorite genres (and theirs, too) with one of my favorite songs. The harmony between the group really shines through on this track.

Exactly five years later came the release of The Beatles, more commonly known by its nickname, The White Album. It was the band’s ninth studio album and the only double record of their career. It was also the first time the band had another famous musician join them in the studio. Eric Clapton played lead guitar on today’s second feature which is one of my all time favorites by George Harrison.

Nearly five years after that, Ringo Starr had the #1 song in the country. The tune hit the top spot on the chart on November 24, 1973 for one week, only two months after it was released. Co-written with his old Beatles chum Harrison, the track was the lead single from Starr’s third solo album-aptly titled Ringo-released the same month. It peaked at the #2 position on the Billboard album chart, but never hit the top spot because another chap from England-Elton John-was in that spot for the last eight weeks of that year with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

Starr’s album went on to produce another #1 record two months later when the second single-his cover of “You’re Sixteen”-topped the charts for one week in January 1974. But it was the lead track that took a very sentimental turn for Starr who performed it in tribute to Harrison at “The Concert For George” in 2002. Harrison died 22 years ago on November 29, 2001. But thanks to some recordings he did in the 1990’s with Starr and McCartney together with a pre-recorded assist from Lennon, the world received an early Christmas gift: “the last Beatles song”. The track has a really sweet sentiment and the video takes us on a great walk down memory lane of the four lads from Liverpool we met on a Sunday night one February almost 60 years ago.

Picture 1: The Beatles’ 1963 album. Picture 2: The four pictures that came inside The White Album (L-R: George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney). Picture 3: Ringo and George in the early days of The Beatles era, circa 1963. Picture 4: George and Ringo circa 1990. Bottom: Ringo’s self-titled 1973 album. (Images found online. Original sources unknown.)

The Beatles: “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” (1963, written by William Robinson Jr.).

The Beatles: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (1968, written George Harrison).

Ringo Starr: “Photograph” (1973, written by George Harrison and Richard Starkey).

Bonus: The Beatles: “Now And Then” (2023, written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Richard Starkey).

Stay safe and well.

20Nov2023

Music Monday: November 20, 2023

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Hi, everyone. Welcome to another triple edition of Music Monday.

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We have three more songs celebrating milestones this week. The first is by the band Chicago. They released their fifth album-Chicago VI-in June 1973. It contains today’s first feature-my favorite track by the band-and the hit, “Just You ‘N’ Me“. Fifty years later, both songs remain two of the most popular from the group’s legendary catalog.

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In the fall of 1977, the band Player released their self-titled debut album. By January of the following year, their first single became the #1 song in the country for three consecutive weeks. Their second single from the album, “This Time I’m In It For Love“, hit #10 in June 1978.

Player’s 1977 self titled debut album (L -R): Peter Beckett (lead vocals & guitar), Ronn Moss (vocals & bass), John Friesen (drums) and John Charles J.C. Crowley (vocals & keyboards). (Image found online. Original source unknown.)

In September 1978, Nicolette Larson released her debut album, Nicolette. It included really nice covers of Marvin Gaye’s “Baby Don’t You Do It” and Sam Cooke’s “You Send Me“. The lead single was written by Neil Young whom she sang back-up for from 1977 to 1993. It spent four weeks as a Top Ten hit, peaking at #8 in February 1979. Later that year she performed the song at the “No Nukes” concerts in NYC backed by The Doobie Brothers. I do not think too many people can cover Young’s songs well, but Larson is one of the exceptions. I adore her version of this track as much as I love Young’s polar opposite acoustic original.

Nicolette Larson’s 1978 debut album, “Nicolette”. (Image found online. Original source unknown.)

Chicago: “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day” (1973, written by Peter Cetera and James Pankow).

Player: “Baby Come Back” (1977, written by Peter Beckett and John Charles “J.C.” Crowley).

Nicolette Larson: “Lotta Love” (1978, written by Neil Young).

Stay safe and well.

13Nov2023

Music Monday: November 13, 2023

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Hi, everyone. Welcome to another triple edition of Music Monday.

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One of the most talented, prolific, eloquent and beautiful singer-songwriters in this or any universe hit a milestone birthday last week. Joni Mitchell-born Roberta Joan Anderson-was born 80 years ago on November 7, 1943, in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada.

Music and art were interwoven throughout her childhood and teenage years, but Mitchell began to pursue music full time by the age of 20 after she quit art school. She came to the U.S. in 1965 and a year later she played a small set at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island. By 1968 she released her first album followed by three of her most important & prolific records: Clouds in 1969, Ladies Of The Canyon in 1970 and Blue in 1971.

She spent the next five decades making history, art and winning every award and accolade in the industry. In 2015 she suffered a brain aneurysm but fought her way back to play at the Newport Folk Festival in July 2022 after a 53 year absence. The show was recorded and released in July 2023 with the simple but significant title, Joni Mitchell At Newport. It has been nominated for Best Folk Album at the 2024 Grammy Awards. Last month she released the compilation, Archives-Volume Three: The Asylum Years (1972-1975). Mitchell-one of the greatest women in music without question-is still thriving. What an incredible gift.

Top: Joni Mitchell circa 1968. Bottom: At the Newport Folk Festival, July 2022. (Images found online. Original sources unknown.)

In November 1968, Glen Campbell released his 11th studio album. It features covers of songs by Otis Redding (Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay”), The Bee Gees (“Words”) and Tim Hardin (“Reason To Believe”). But for me, the title track is the star of the show, written by the incomparable Jimmy Webb who also played organ on the tune which was produced by Al De Lory. It became Campbell’s signature tune until “Rhinestone Cowboy” came out in 1975.

Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb at their Feinstein’s at the Regency, May 2000 smash sold-out engagement. New York City © Sandra Gillard/Lightkeepers (Image found online).

In November 1973 Hall & Oates released their second album, Abandoned Luncheonette. Despite being a great tune, the first single only reached #60 on the Billboard 100 chart. But after “Sara Smile” (from their self-titled fourth album) reached the #4 spot in June 1976, today’s third featured song was re-released and hit #7 in October of the same year. Thus began Hall & Oates’ reign as music’s most successful duo of all time. And as of November 1 Hall’s show, “Live From Daryl’s House“, returned after a lengthy hiatus with Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze as the first guest. Cheers for real music again from one of the greatest blue-eyed soul singers of our time.

Top: The front & back covers of 1973’s Abandoned Luncheonette. Bottom (L-R): John Oates and Daryl Hall.

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Joni Mitchell: “Both Sides Now” (1969, written by Joni Mitchell).

Glen Campbell: “Wichita Lineman” (1968, written by Jimmy Webb).

Hall & Oates: “She’s Gone” (1973, written by Daryl Hall and John Oates).

Stay safe and well.

6Nov2023

Music Monday: November 6, 2023

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Hi, everyone. Welcome to another edition of Music Monday.

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Last month “CBS Sunday Morning” featured a surprising and fabulous update on the life of the inventor of funk, Sly Stone. He worked with Questlove, the man who brought us the Oscar winning documentary, “Summer Of Soul” which features an unforgettable performance by Sly and his band, The Family Stone, to bring us his story in a memoir named after the group’s #1 song from 1970, “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”.

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Questlove also wrote the foreword for the book which was written with Ben Greenman. I am sure it will be an incredible read about the man born Sylvester Stewart, who celebrated birthday #80 earlier this year. The fact that the frontman for Sly & the Family Stone- who was born March 15, 1943 in Denton, Texas- survived the 1970’s, let alone has lived to see eight decades of life is remarkable, especially since the report revealed he has only been sober for the last four years.

Stone and his band charted three #1 singles in their career (featured below) while another Top 20 song, “If You Want Me To Stay”, just turned 50 years old after its peak at #12 in September 1973. But despite Stone’s musical prowess, his battle with addiction ended his career and sent him on a downward spiral for most of the last five decades.

While he did not appear in the the CBS segment, we learned from his three children that in addition to his sobriety, Stone is now living a quiet anonymous life in the outskirts of Los Angeles, California. His legacy as a creator of one of the most influential and groundbreaking sounds in music not only remains but continues to influence performers the world over. One of them-the multi-talented Questlove-closes out the report with these incredible words: “As long as Sly is breathing on earth, I consider that OK”. Amen.

Top: Sly Stone circa 1973. Bottom: Sly and the Family Stone in their heyday circa 1972 (L-R): Rose Stone, Larry Graham, Sly Stone, Freddie Stone, Greg Errico, Jerry Martini (seated) and Cynthia Robinson. Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. (Image found online. Original source unknown.)

Sly & The Family Stone: “Everyday People” (1968, written by Sly Stone). It hit #1 in February 1969 for 4 weeks.

Sly & The Family Stone: “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” (1969, written by Sly Stone). It hit #1 in February 1970 for 2 weeks.

Sly & The Family Stone: “Family Affair” (1971, written by Sly Stone). It hit #1 in December 1971 for 3 weeks.

Stay safe and well.

30Oct2023

Music Monday: October 30, 2023

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Hi, everyone. Welcome to the Halloween triple play edition of Music Monday.

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Before we get to the music, I want to take a minute to share how truly brokenhearted I am over the loss of actor Matthew Perry. “Friends” is part of my DNA and his portrayal of Chandler Bing is a huge part of that. To lose such a beautiful person so unexpectedly at such a young age is an absolute shame, not to mention truly crushing. It is just too sad for words but I am forever grateful for the legacy he left behind.

Top: Matthew Perry circa 2004. Bottom: The cast of “Friends” circa 2004 (L-R): David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Perry, Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc. (Images found online. Original sources unknown.)

On a much lighter note, happy Halloween, everyone. I have three songs to help you celebrate this special day.

The first is a his and her version from two of the best voices we have ever been privileged to hear. Hers belongs to the great Ella Fitzgerald. Her jazz infused take gives me “The Great Pumpkin” vibes as it reminds me so much of the soundtrack created by Vince Guaraldi for those fabulous and iconic Peanuts specials. His is by the Chairman Of The Board, Francis Albert Sinatra. You cannot go wrong with either and they both add a touch of elegance and style to what is traditionally known as a children’s holiday.

The second feature is a staple for kids of all ages this time of year, whether you embrace the spooky side to the holiday or not. It is just campy light-hearted fun. And it is part of the soundtrack of my life thanks to my mother who introduced it to me when I was a child.

The third song of the day is a surprise to me as I was never a fan of the artist. Donovan was primarily known as a folk singer and later embraced a psychedelic sound, neither of which were genres I related to. But much to my surprise, I heard his spooky track on an episode of “House” (S3 E11) and could not believe the song I was enjoying was by the same man who sang “Jennifer Juniper”. I also never knew his daughter is actress Ione Skye from one of my favorite movies, “Say Anything”.

Enjoy the last day of October, everyone.

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Frank Sinatra: “Witchcraft” (1957, written by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh).

Ella Fitzgerald: “Witchcraft” (2007 (recorded circa 1960), written by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh).

Bobby “Boris” Pickett: “Monster Mash” (1962, written by Leonard Capizzi and Bobby Pickett).

Donovan: “Season Of The Witch” (1966, written by Donovan and Shawn Phillips).

Stay safe and well.

23Oct2023

Music Monday: October 23, 2023

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Hi, everyone. Welcome to another triple play edition of Music Monday.

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Our first feature turned 50 years old earlier this year. It was released in May of 1973 and peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1973. It later appeared on Three Dog Night’s ninth studio album, Cyan, which came out in October 1973. Led by an incredible vocal by group co-founder Cory Wells, it is not only my top pick of theirs but also one of my favorite songs of all time. I was overjoyed when it was featured in one of my most beloved shows in 2007. So if this track does not give you “Lost” vibes picturing Hurley, Charlie, Sawyer, Jin and Vincent enjoying a van ride on a not so deserted island, then we cannot be friends.

Top: Three Dog Night circa 1972. Back L–R: Joe Schermie, Floyd Sneed, Michael Allsup and Jimmy Greenspoon. Front L–R: Danny Hutton, Cory Wells and Chuck Negron. Bottom (L-R): Vincent the Lab, Charlie, Jin, Hurley and Sawyer in front of the VW van which would transport them back to 1973, courtesy of the first of today’s three songs. (Images found online. Original sources unknown.)

A song turning 35 this year was covered by Phil Collins for his 1988 movie, Buster. I never saw the film but adored this version of the track from the very first note. It was originally recorded by The Mindbenders in 1965. If you are a “Friends” fan, you know that Chandler was escorted down the aisle by his parents to a beautiful string instrumental version of this tune at his & Monica’s wedding. But even before that I loved Collins’ take on this pretty romantic ballad.

The movie poster for the 1988 film, Buster. (Image found online. Original source unknown.)

Another track turning 35 in 2023 is from the debut album from what is arguably music’s most premier super group. Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 was released October 25, 1988 and reacquainted us with five enormous musical powerhouses: Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne & Tom Petty. What these five men accomplished on their own, in prior bands and together is one of the best chapters of rock music’s history.

The Traveling Wilburys (L-R): Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, George Harrison and Tom Petty. (Image found online. Original source unknown.)

Three Dog Night: “Shambala” (1973, written by Daniel Moore).

Phil Collins: “A Groovy Kind of Love” (1988, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager and Toni Wine, music by Muzio Clementi).

The Traveling Wilburys: “Handle With Care” (1988, written by The Traveling Wilburys: Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne & Tom Petty).

Stay safe and well.

16Oct2023

Music Monday: Oct 16, 2023

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Hi, everyone. Welcome to another edition of Music Monday.

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Happy 75th birthday to Jackson Browne. Born on October 9, 1948 in Germany where his father was stationed, the family moved to California three years later and Browne has called that state home for nearly all of his life. His professional music career started in 1966 when he joined the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and became part of the Laurel Canyon music scene. His songs were recorded by several artists including Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles (Browne co-wrote “Take It Easy” with Glenn Frey), Gregg Allman and others.

By 1971 Browne was signed to Asylum Records. Despite his well received 1972 self-titled debut album, it was his 1977 album, Running On Empty, that put Browne on the map. His days as an advocate for social and political change started in that decade as well, marked by his participation in the 1979 “No Nukes” concerts in New York City.

As much as I like many of his songs-“Running On Empty” (featured so wonderfully in Forrest Gump), “You Love The Thunder”, “Tender Is The Night”, “Somebody’s Baby”-Browne is one of those artists who stays on my periphery much more than he should, especially for such a talented singer & songwriter. And today’s track proves that so beautifully.

“I’m gonna find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we’ll fill in the missing colors
In each other’s paint-by-number dreams“.

Top: Jackson Browne sometime in the 1970’s. Bottom: Brown circa 2022. (Images found online. Original sources unknown.)

Jackson Browne: “The Pretender” (1976, written by Jackson Browne).

Stay safe and well.

9Oct2023

Music Monday: Oct 9, 2023

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Hi, everyone. Welcome to another edition of Music Monday.

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Today marks the 83rd birth anniversary for the intelligent and passionate man who was first introduced to the world as a Beatle. John Winston Ono Lennon was born October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, England. His love of music began young and by the time he was 15, he had formed The Quarrymen. That is how he met Paul McCartney and later, George Harrison.

Out of the ten albums Lennon released separately from The Beatles (an 11th album, Milk and Honey, was released posthumously in 1984), half were with Yoko Ono. But the album turning 50 this year is credited to him only.

It was recorded in the summer of 1973 at the famous Record Plant Studio (where Bruce Springsteen recorded Born To Run) in New York City, the place where Lennon made his home after leaving the United Kingdom. It was released in October 1973 and was his first time as the sole producer, having previously shared that role with Phil Spector. The album went to #9 & the title track went to #18 on the Billboard charts in December 1973. More importantly, the song had the line which became synonymous with one of Lennon’s basic views on life:

“Love is the answer and you know that for sure“.

Sending “limitless undying love” across the universe to the man who gave us so much and who took a big part of our hearts when he left over 40 years ago.

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Top: John Lennon during his Beatles days circa 1965. Middle: His 1973 album. Bottom: Lennon in the studio in 1980. (Images found online. Original sources unknown.)

John Lennon: “Mind Games” (1973, written by John Lennon).

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2Oct2023

Music Monday: Oct 2, 2023

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Hi, everyone. Welcome to another edition of Music Monday.

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One of Sir Elton John’s most revered records is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, his first double LP, his seventh studio album and the one widely regarded as his crowning achievement, was released September 29, 1973. (That is according to EJ’s Instagram page, although his website lists the date as “October 5, 1973, on MCA Records in the US and Canada”). It hit the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 Albums chart for the last eight weeks of 1973. As of 2020, it has reportedly sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.

Between the title track (which peaked at #2 in December 1973), today’s three featured songs (see below for stats), his ode to Marilyn Monroe, “Candle In The Wind” (which was re-written in 1997 to honor his friend, Princess Diana. That version spent 14 weeks in the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 that year) and all the other incredible tracks on this record, it is easy to see why it is one of EJ’s most successful and well loved albums.

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It bears mentioning that Goodbye was the second album he released in 1973. In January he and Taupin gave us, Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player (a #1 record for two weeks in March 1973), which gave us gems like “Daniel” (which peaked at #2 in June 1973) and “Crocodile Rock” (a #1 song for three weeks in February 1973). Both of these songs, especially “Daniel”, were the main reason I purchased EJ’s “Greatest Hits” (1974), the first album I ever bought myself. They began the soundtrack of my life. And my love affair with John-Taupin music has never waned.

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As if the golden anniversary of these two albums were not enough to celebrate, both men remain as vital and active today as they ever were. EJ just retired from the road but is still doing music collaborations, hosting his Aids Foundation Oscar gala each year and his “Rocket Hour” radio show on Apple Music. He and his husband, David Furnish, have been together since 2005, married since 2014 and are raising two sons. Last month Taupin released his autobiography, “Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me”. I just received my copy and cannot wait to read the journey from Taupin’s perspective. He and and his wife, Heather, will be married 20 years in 2024 and have two daughters.

Thank you, Elton and Bernie, for every record, every note and every word. I cannot imagine the universe without the two of you in it. “How wonderful life is” with your presence in my world and everyone else’s.

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Elton John: “Bennie And The Jets” (1973, written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. It hit #1 for one week in April 1974).

Elton John: “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting” (1973, written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. It peaked at #12 in September 1973).

Elton John: “Harmony” (1973, written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin).

Stay safe and well.

25Sep2023

Music Monday: September 25, 2023

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Hi, everyone. Welcome to another triple edition of Music Monday.

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Three big songs (plus a bonus one) are celebrating milestones in 2023.

The first is from my favorite Beatle, George Harrison. It is from his fourth solo album, Living in the Material World, which was released 50 years ago in May 1973. The following month, the first single reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week. Both the song and album feature Gary Wright on organ. He had his own hits in the 1970’s with “Dream Weaver” (used spectacularly in the 1992 movie, “Wayne’s World”) and “Love Is Alive“. Both songs reached the #2 spot in the country in 1976. Wright died earlier this month on September 4, 2023 at the age of 80.

Bonus: 55 years ago on September 28, 1968 The Beatles had the #1 song in the country. The track stayed in that position for nine consecutive weeks. Name that tune!

Top: George Harrison circa 1969. Bottom: The Beatles perform on a TV show in 1968. (Images found online. Original sources unknown.)

In October 1973 Gladys Knight & the Pips released their 11th studio album, Imagination. One of the singles from it reached the #1 spot on 10/27/73 for two consecutive weeks. It was the group’s only top selling song but it quickly became their signature tune. It has stood the test of time, reaching iconic status and forever cemented in pop culture with shows like “Will & Grace (2001)“, “30 Rock (2008)” (which featured her majesty Gladys Knight herself appearing at the end of the song), “House (2010)” and “Modern Family (2013)” having characters perform the exemplary track.

Gladys Knight & The Pips in the 1970’s (L-R): Edward Patten, Merald “Bubba” Knight, Gladys Knight and William Guest. (Image found online. Original source unknown.)

In August 1978, Boston followed up their massive record breaking debut album (it spent a whopping 138 weeks on Billboard’s 200 chart) with their second studio release. It may not have been as successful as their first but the follow up did go on to sell over seven million copies. The record’s title track peaked at #4 on Billboard’s Hot 100 on October 4, 1978 while the album reached the #1 spot in the country for two weeks a month earlier, a feat the first album did not achieve (it peaked at #4 in December 1976). Back in the day and now 45 years later, it is clear Boston avoided the “sophomore slump”.

Boston circa 1977 (L-R): Barry Goudreau, Tom Scholz, John Thomas “Sib” Hashian, Brad Delp and Fran Sheehan (Image found online. Original source unknown.)

George Harrison: “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)” (1973, written by George Harrison).

Bonus: The Beatles: “Hey Jude” (As performed on David Frost’s “Frost On Sunday” show in September 1968. Released the same year, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney).

Gladys Knight & The Pips: “Midnight Train To Georgia” (1973, written by Jim Weatherly).

Boston: “Don’t Look Back” (1978, written by Tom Scholz).

Stay safe and well.

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Hi, everyone. Welcome to another edition of Music Monday.

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Out of the ten albums Lennon released separately from The Beatles (an 11th album, Milk and Honey, was released posthumously in 1984), half were with Yoko Ono. But the album turning 50 this year is credited to him only.

“Love is the answer and you know that for sure“.

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Top: George Harrison circa 1969. Bottom: The Beatles perform on a TV show in 1968. (Images found online. Original sources unknown.)

Gladys Knight & The Pips in the 1970’s (L-R): Edward Patten, Merald “Bubba” Knight, Gladys Knight and William Guest. (Image found online. Original source unknown.)