TERRY HOKNES - MY FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL TIME !  hoknes@hotmail.com  

81

TED HEATH

CAMDEN REUNION

1968

82

BASIA

MORE FIRE THAN FLAME

1994

83

LINDSAY LOHAN

I LIVE FOR TODAY

2005

84

EXPOSE

COME GO WITH ME

1987

85

SPIRIT

GREAT CANYON FIRE IN GENERAL

1968

86

YES

DOES IT REALLY HAPPEN

1980

87

MOODY BLUES

WHEN YOU'RE A FREE MAN

1972

88

PAUL SIMON

KODACHROME

1973

89

YES

SOON

1974

90

BOOTSAUCE

LOVIN' PAIN

1990

91

5TH DIMENSION

BLOWING AWAY

1969

92

TERRY HOKNES

TO GO FAR AWAY

2001

93

MOODY BLUES

I'M JUST A SINGER

1973

94

LARRY NORMAN

HA HA WORLD

1969

95

GOLDEN AVATAR

TIME FOR GOING HOME

1976

96

SIXX AM

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

2007

97

BRENDA RUSSELL

PIANO IN THE DARK

1988

98

BASIA

TIME AND TIDE

1988

99

BEATLES

I ME MINE

1970

100

OLIVER

SUNDAY MORNING

1969
    TED HEATH & his Orchestra - CAMDEN REUNION (1968)

Album:  21st Anniversary Album (1968)

This is a brilliant complex arrangement with powerful horns on this intricate instrumental jazz piece which closed this album with a big bang

October 31st 1988 - my #1 favorite daily song for 7 days at age 17.

George Edward "Ted" Heath (30 March 1902 - 18 November 1969) was a British musician and big band leader.

He led Britain's greatest post-war big band recording more than 100 albums  and selling over 20 million records. Considered the most famous and successful band in Britain it remained active for 55 years until 2000
    BASIA - MORE FIRE THAN FLAME (1994)

Album:  The Sweetest Illusion (1994)

I first heard Basia when she had a top 40 hit in 1988 with Time And Tide.   I was on a huge Basia kick in 2004 and had 2 copies of all her CD's plus copies on cassette tape which I played continuously in my car driving around at that time.   Basia dominated my summer 2004 so much that I had planned to name my first daughter after her.  (never did have a girl!).      

May 20th 2004 my #1 favorite song for 70 days and my #2 favorite song of 2004.  I played this song "loud" in the car.  Basia's only #1 song on my daily charts however Time And Tide had hit #1 on my weekly top 40 chart in 1988.

My wife bought me tickets to see Basia in California in 2011 but we decided not to spend the money on airfare.

The Sweetest Illusion is the third studio album by Polish jazz and pop singer–songwriter Basia, released in the United States on May 3, 1994 by Epic Records. It was her final major-label release of the 1990s, though a live album and a greatest hits collection followed. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 14, 1994 for sales in excess of 500,000 units within the U.S., and earned Basia her first (and so far only) chart-topper on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart with "Drunk on Love".
    LINDSAY LOHAN - I LIVE FOR TODAY (2005)

Album:  A Little More Personal (2005)

My favorite power/pop girl album ever made - she had topped what Avril Lavigne had started in the early 2000's.   I just love every song on this album making it one of my favorites of all time.  While most would laugh at me liking music by Lindsay I defend it as the songs are all so strong, with great hooks and she had the best songwriters working on this album. 

November 11th 2006 - my #1 favorite daily song for 18 days making it my #9 favorite daily song of 2006.

The entire album is catchy but this is the one that you want to sing along with and crank up the volume.  My son Nicholas at this time was 7 months old and I had been dating Valerie for 8.5 months.

A Little More Personal (Raw) is the second studio album by American recording artist Lindsay Lohan. It was released on December 6, 2005 by Casablanca Records (Universal Music). Initially titled There's Only One Angel In Heaven, the album, produced by Kara DioGuardi, Greg Wells, Ben Moody and Butch Walker, features a darker theme when compared to Lohan's previous album, Speak (2004). Recording sessions took place in several locations, including at Lohan's trailer during the shoot of Herbie: Fully Loaded, where she recorded the first and only single of the album, "Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)".

A Little More Personal (Raw) received mixed reviews from music critics, who praised Lohan's ambition, despite considering it a weak album. The album failed to enter on major charts, only peaking at number twenty in United States' Billboard Hot 100 and at the same position on Digital Albums. However, A Little More Personal (Raw) was certified Gold in Taiwan; after receiving the news, Lohan stated that she would promote the album touring the country. In the United States, it was also certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Lohan promoted the album in a few television appearances, including at MTV's Total Request Live, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and the 2005 American Music Awards

 
    EXPOSE - COME GO WITH ME (1987)

Album:  Exposure (1987)

March 21st 1987 - my weekly #1 song for 6 straight weeks from the top 40.

I heard this song on Casey Kasem's American Top 40 and it quickly became my favorite song so I rushed out and bought the cassette tape and it was one of my most played albums of 1987.    It was my #1 song of the year from the top 40. 

"Come Go with Me" is a single by the freestyle girl group Exposé. The song was written by producer and group founder Lewis Martineé and appears on their 1987 debut album, Exposure. Jeanette Jurado sang the lead vocal on "Come Go with Me".  In 1985, Exposé had two dance club hits, "Point of No Return" and "Exposed to Love". Between 1985 and 1986, the three original members of Exposé left the group and were replaced by Jeanette Jurado, Ann Curless and Gioia Bruno. These new members re-recorded vocals on "Point of No Return", and both songs were included on the album. Although "Come Go with Me" was the first single released from Exposure, the other two songs were familiar to fans of the group and its music.

"Come Go with Me" became the group's first single to reach the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It peaked at #5 in April 1987 and remained in the Top 40 for 12 weeks. On the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, the song spent two weeks at the summit in January of that year, becoming their second song to achieve this feat (following "Point of No Return"). The 12" single also reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales chart
    SPIRIT - THE GREAT CANYON IN GENERAL (1968)

Album:  Spirit (1968)

The Beatles, Spirit and Yes are my 3 favorite bands of all time.  I discovered Spirit in February 1988 at age 17 when I took a chance picking up a copy of their album 12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus for $2.00 at Tramps record store downtown.   They would go on to have more influence on my songwriting and overall varied taste in music as an adult than any other group.   I discovered Spirit later than I had with The Beatles and Yes.  The great thing to note is that my entire journey discovering their music has been documented from day 1 as I was already listing my daily favorite group, album and song by 1987.

August 9th 2010 - my #1 favorite daily song for 39 days at age 39 living on Ave M South with Valerie married almost 3 years and Nicholas is now 4.

Spirit's self-titled debut album is one whose multifarious experimentalism owes a lot to the contemporary successes of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. It marked the humble beginnings and grand aspirations of its eponymous authors. The eclecticism of Randy California's writing coupled Barrett's psychotropism with Morrison's West Coast bohemianism; and although the result proved somewhat inaccessible to the mainstream masses (at least commercially), it made the project ripe for underground FM airtime. The band would later curtail its psychedelia, focusing on a broader array of genres.   This release was published first by Ode Records in 1968. It has since been reprinted by Sony, repackaged in compact-disc form and remastered from original analogue tapes.
 
    YES - DOES IT REALLY HAPPEN (1980)

Album: Drama (1980)

August 6th 1989 - my #2 favorite daily song  for 2 days at age 18 the summer before entering 1st year University and the last month with my grandpa Les Walters before he passed away on Sept 8th 1989.

After dedicating all of 1980-1983 to The Beatles I discovered Yes in 1984 and that year at age 13 bought every single one of their albums due to their new fame with Owner Of A Lonely Heart but it was their 2nd new single Leave It that had my intrigued.  So I learned their first 15 years of material all in 1984 just as I was entering high school.  Yes would quickly become my 2nd favorite band of all time.   I saw Bill Bruford live in concert in 1992 and chatted with him for a moment.  My wife bought tickets to see Yes in 2008 in Toronto but the concert was cancelled due to Jon Anderson's vocal problems.  We flew to New York in 2011 to see Jon Anderson solo in concert.  Members of Yes are my favorite musicians ever including Rick Wakeman, Trevor Rabin, Steve Howe and Chris Squire.   My high school best friend Nels Krauss and I also bonded through our connection of Yes and playing music and we enjoyed jamming on Yes songs in the mid 1980's.

Drama is the tenth studio album by British progressive rock group Yes. It is the first Yes album without vocalist Jon Anderson. In early 1980, after rehearsing music for the follow-up to the tepidly-received Tormato, both Anderson and keyboardist Rick Wakeman departed the band over creative and financial differences.   Reportedly Anderson and Wakeman were the most enthusiastic about creating a new album, and the rest of the band was lukewarm over the idea, given the relative failure of the last album. This in turn discouraged both Anderson and Wakeman, with the latter at times refusing to leave his room, and both men dejectedly spending time at a local bar. They quit the band soon afterwards.   The remaining members, Chris Squire, Steve Howe and Alan White carried on. Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes of The Buggles (who had recently had a #1 hit in the UK with "Video Killed the Radio Star", and were managed by Yes' long-time manager Brian Lane) were working in an adjacent studio, and, being Yes fans, introduced themselves. As it happened, Squire owned and enjoyed the Buggles' first album, and the pair were invited to sit in during rehearsals. They were soon asked to join the band.
    THE MOODY BLUES - WHEN YOU'RE A FREE MAN (1972)

Album:  Seventh Sojourn (1972)  hit #1 in 1972

One of my favorite groups I saw them live in concert at this time.

This is a great dreamy song and the flute and strings add great mood to the effect.

December 28th 1992 - my #1 favorite daily song for 21 days at age 21 in 3rd year University

"When You're a Free Man" is a song by The Moody Blues from their 1972 album Seventh Sojourn. It was written by the band's keyboardist Mike Pinder, who also sings the lead vocals.

"When You're a Free Man" basically describes a perfect world scenario, similar to the album's previous song "The Land of Make-Believe". However, "When You're a Free Man" uses the approach that we are psychologically imprisoned in the current world, which we will escape from. The details of the song reference Timothy Leary (albeit not by name), who fled the United States. His wife was Rosemary, also referenced in the song
    PAUL SIMON - KODACHROME (1973) hit #2
Kodachrome" is a song written and recorded by Paul Simon. It appeared on his 1973 album There Goes Rhymin' Simon.

The song is named after the Kodak 35mm film Kodachrome. For the week ending May 19, 1973, "Kodachrome" made it onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart and five weeks later, the song moved to number nine, just ahead of "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando and just behind "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" by George Harrison. The song then became a major hit in the United States, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart as well as the Billboard adult contemporary chart, but it was not released as a single in Britain because, according to American Top 40 host Casey Kasem, the British Broadcasting Corporation would not play the trademarked name. Simon is heard saying the word "Okay" before the instrumental coda, before the song's fade.

Eastman Kodak Co. required the album to note that Kodachrome is a trademark of Kodak, and to include the registered trademark symbol (®) after the song's title. In the late 1990s, Kodak used the song in commercials to sell film.

The lyrics on There Goes Rhymin' Simon differed in wording from those on the The Concert in Central Park and Paul Simon's Concert in the Park, August 15, 1991 albums. The former said, "...everything looks worse in black and white," but the later said, "...everything looks better in black and white."

The musicians on this session were the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.   In an interview conducted in November 2008, Paul said that what he had in mind when he was writing the song was to call it "Going Home". However, finding that this would have been "too conventional", he came up with "Kodachrome", because of its similar sound and larger innovative potential. He also refers to its first line as the "most interesting" part of the song. The first line runs, "When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all." For this reason, the song was banned on some radio stations due to the word "crap."   The song was featured in the films Coneheads and Cops & Robbersons.
    YES - SOON (radio single edit) (1974)

Album: Relayer (1974)

November 25th 2007 - my #4 favorite daily song for 37 days at age 36 living at Eastview married to Valerie for 10 weeks and in the process of selling Valerie's home at Bernard Crescent.  Nicholas was now 1.5 years old.

After dedicating all of 1980-1983 to The Beatles I discovered Yes in 1984 and that year at age 13 bought every single one of their albums due to their new fame with Owner Of A Lonely Heart but it was their 2nd new single Leave It that had my intrigued.  So I learned their first 15 years of material all in 1984 just as I was entering high school.  Yes would quickly become my 2nd favorite band of all time.   I saw Bill Bruford live in concert in 1992 and chatted with him for a moment.  My wife bought tickets to see Yes in 2008 in Toronto but the concert was cancelled due to Jon Anderson's vocal problems.  We flew to New York in 2011 to see Jon Anderson solo in concert.  Members of Yes are my favorite musicians ever including Rick Wakeman, Trevor Rabin, Steve Howe and Chris Squire.   My high school best friend Nels Krauss and I also bonded through our connection of Yes and playing music and we enjoyed jamming on Yes songs in the mid 1980's.

Relayer is the seventh studio album from the English progressive rock band Yes, released in 1974 on Atlantic Records. It is the only Yes studio album to feature Patrick Moraz, who replaced keyboardist Rick Wakeman earlier in the year. Relayer reached #4 in the UK (remaining 8 weeks in the Top 40) and #5 in the US (remaining 16 weeks in the Top 200).   After the ambitious concept double album Tales from Topographic Oceans, Rick Wakeman left Yes to resume his solo career. The band auditioned several prospective replacements, the closest contender being the Greek keyboardist Vangelis. He did not become a member of Yes, but these auditions paved the way for several future collaborations between Vangelis and Jon Anderson. The band finally chose Swiss-born Patrick Moraz, previously of the bands Refugee and Mainhorse, as a replacement while this album was well into production. The album title comes from the lyrics of "The Remembering (High The Memory)" from Tales from Topographic Oceans

Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs often with complex instrumental and vocal arrangements, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets. Seventeen musicians have been a part of the band's line-up, which currently comprises singer Jon Davison, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe, drummer Alan White, and keyboardist Geoff Downes. Yes have sold 13.5 million certified units in the United States
    BOOTSAUCE - LOVIN' PAIN (1990)

Album: The Brown Album (1990)

With my new acceptance of hard rock at this time I found a likeness to Canada's new rock group Bootsauce and I rushed out and bought this debut cassette tape.  I bought all their albums and saw them in concert front row in 1992 at the Broadway Theatre.  The music was so loud that it hurt my head unless I turned sideways and then the music shot through one ear and out the other. 

March 16th 1991 - my #1 favorite daily song at age 20.  The first of 2 #1 songs for Bootsauce.

The Brown Album is the debut album from Canadian funk rock band Bootsauce. It was released in 1990 on PolyGram Records and spawned four singles, the last of which, their cover of Hot Chocolate's "Everyone's a Winner," became the band's biggest hit. In 1991, the album was certified Gold in Canada by the CRIA, having sold over 40,000 copies
    THE 5TH DIMENSION - BLOWING AWAY (1969) written by Laura Nyro

Album:  The Age Of Aquarius (1969)

Such a summer good time feel pop song - great vocal arrangement.  This song was a hit song hitting #21 in the USA and #24 in Canada in 1969.

August 16th 1987 my #1 favorite daily song for 7 days.  1st of 2 #1 hits by the group on the 10th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley.    I taped this from my record and played in the backyard that summer when I was 16.

The 5th Dimension is an American popular music vocal group, whose repertoire also includes pop, R&B, soul, and jazz.  The Age of Aquarius is the fourth album by American pop group The 5th Dimension, released in 1969

    TERRY HOKNES - TO GO FAR AWAY (2001) Opus #884 - written in 1994

As the new century began a new chapter in songwriting where the focus was more on recording polished songs but writing way less and very sporadic.    I had written 500 songs by the age of 19 and had hit 1000 songs by the age of 25.  But since then I can go over a year at a time without writing a song but really focusing in most cases on a more commercial type of polished song however I still venture into all possible genres.  I continue to play and sing every part on all my songs and recordings.

I hired Neil Meckelborg of Audio Art to record my songs in 2001.  We started out recording a full album at their location downtown behind the Bus depot but eventually worked on recordings at Neil's private studio.  In total we recorded 3 full albums of material of my songs and a full length album of songs I wrote with Marilyn Parney that I produced.  Neil and I also worked on a Trooper hit song karaoke CD in 2001.  I spent 18 months recording with Neil and over 40 songs and over $10,000.00 in studio bills I paid at that time to record the best quality audio ever on my songs.  Neil had used Sonar Cakewalk so I learned how to use it and have used that now for a decade in my own studio.
    THE MOODY BLUES - I'M JUST A SINGER IN A ROCK AND ROLL BAND (1973) hit #12
"I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" is a hit 1973 single by the English progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was first released in 1972 as the final track on the album Seventh Sojourn. "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" was later released as a single in 1973, with "For My Lady" on the B-side. It was the second single released from Seventh Sojourn, with the first being "Isn't Life Strange" (also written by Lodge).

"I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" was written by the Moody Blues' bassist John Lodge, who won an ASCAP songwriting award for it. It is one of John Lodge's signature high-energy rock and roll songs, and is one of his best known compositions for the Moody Blues, along with "Ride My See-Saw."

"I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" was the final single by The Moody Blues to feature the use of the Chamberlin (which had recently replaced the similar instrument, the Mellotron). The Chamberlin would later be replaced by a more modern keyboard synthesizer.

A promotional music-video was filmed for "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)". This video showed The Moody Blues' flautist Ray Thomas playing a Baritone Saxophone. However, the saxophone was used just for effect in the video. The saxophone sound actually comes from the Chamberlin.

"I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S., becoming one of their highest-charting hits in that country, but fared less well in their native UK, where it managed #36. It was also the final single released by the Moody Blues prior to their five year hiatus, which was agreed upon so each of the band members could pursue their own solo careers. Their next single would not be until 1978, with "Steppin' in a Slide Zone."
    LARRY NORMAN - HA HA WORLD (1969)

Album:  Upon This Rock (1969)

One of a few christian rock albums I have really liked even being non-christian.  This is considered the granddaddy of Christian rock and this album truly is a masterpiece being one of the first records ever to use modern instrumentation and rock styles to sing about religion.   This album was therefore controversial by Christians when first released.

I first picked up this album at the Frances Morrison Library book/record sale and bought the album for 10 cents in 1987 not knowing what it sounded like but just knew it was a late 1960's album which is what attracted me to it.

I like this album so much that it has given me 5 different #1 favorite daily songs over the years.  This one being the best of all.   Incredibly this song has been my favorite 3 different times !!

June 10th 1987 - my #1 favorite daily song for 10 days at age 16

August 7th 1988 - my #1 favorite daily song for 6 days at age 17

February 20th 2002 - my #1 favorite daily song for 21 days at age 31

Upon This Rock is the debut solo album by pioneering Christian rock musician Larry Norman, released in 1969. It is considered to be "the first full-blown Christian rock album  

In 1969 Norman returned to Capitol Records, now headed by Mike Curb, to honor his original 1966 contract with the understanding that he would have complete artistic control. Believing that "Kids just don't want to listen to God's empty songs anymore", in December 1969 Capitol released Norman's first solo rock album, Upon This Rock, "the first major label record to marry rock music with the gospel". "the Sergeant Pepper of Christianity", widely regarded as "the album that first recruited rock in the service of salvation", later cited as being "one of the roots of the current Contemporary Christian Music"; and now considered to be the first full-blown Christian rock album".
    GOLDEN AVATAR - TIME FOR GOING HOME (1976)

Album:  A Change Of Heart (1976)

Another hare krishna inspired progressive rock album that I liked as a teenager.   Great sing along chorus but very intricate instrumentation arrangement and a big moog synthesizer solo in the middle.

May 29th 1990 - my #1 favorite daily song at age 19.

Ninth track off the album "A Change of Heart" (Canadian pressing, Sudarshan Disc SD-1)

Michael Cassidy, a singer associated with the Hare Krishna movement, released an album in 1976 under the band name "Golden Avatar". It was distributed all around the world, and, believe it or not, it actually recieved a gold record plaque in Canada for amount of units sold!

An incredible folk-rock album with touches of prog and funk. I like the fact that the title track reflects the cover art and the funky Moog solo on "Time for Going Home".
    SIXX AM - LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (2007)

Album:  The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack (2007)

Amazing song by Nikki Sixx well known in Motley Crue.  This song has a nice dreamy effect that builds in to this powerhouse rock anthem.   A complex recording with many fascinating instrumentation changes throughout the moods of the song - possibly the greatest rock song ever !

November 10th 2007 - my #1 favorite current rock song for record setting 35 weeks (9 months straight) - the longest running #1 rock song I have ever had making it my #5 favorite rock song of 2007 and my #1 favorite rock song of 2008.

November 27th 2007 - my #1 favorite daily song for 37 days including Xmas 2007 making it my #5 favorite daily song of 2007. 

Life Is Beautiful" is debut single by Los Angeles-based hard rock band Sixx:A.M., and lead single from their debut album, The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack. The song was written by Nikki Sixx, founding member of both Sixx:A.M. and Mötley Crüe. "Life Is Beautiful" quickly gained popularity and reached #2 on the U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. The song is available for download in the Rock Band video games and was used in the promotion of the 2008 horror film One Missed Call
    BRENDA RUSSELL - PIANO IN THE DARK (1988)

Album: Get Here (1988)

June 11th 1988 - my #1 favorite current top 40 song for 2 weeks at age 17 finishing high school.  That fall I believe I bought the cassette tape through my last membership to Columbia Record Club.

August 15th 2007 - my #9 favorite daily song for 30 days at age 36 the month before marrying Valerie.

December 8th 2010 - my #6 favorite daily song for 65 days at age 39.

Piano In The Dark" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Brenda Russell (featuring backing vocals by Joe Esposito). It was the first single to be taken from Russell's 1988 album, Get Here.

"Piano In The Dark" was released in early 1988, nine years after Russell's previous charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 (1979's "So Good, So Right"). The song gained heavy airplay and became Russell's biggest hit, peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 8 on the R&B Chart and number 3 on the Adult Contemporary Chart. The song was also a moderate hit in the UK, peaking at 23.   The song earned Russell three Grammy Award nominations in 1989, including one for Song of the Year.

Brenda Russell (born Brenda Gordon, April 8, 1949, Brooklyn, New York) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Known for her eclectic musical style, her recordings have encompassed several different genres, including pop, soul, dance, jazz and adult contemporary. As well as composing and recording her own material, Russell's songwriting and vocal talents have been used by Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Earth, Wind & Fire, Joni Mitchell, Donna Summer, and Sting.
    BASIA - TIME AND TIDE (1988)

Album: Time And Tide (1988)

I discovered Basia because this song became a top 40 hit on America's Top 40 countdown.  I did buy the album on cassette and then picked up duplicate copies of all her albums in 2004 and even at a time planned to name my first daughter Basia.   My wife bought me tickets to see Basia in California 2011 but decided not to go and spend the money on airfare.

October 8th 1988 - my #1 favorite current top 40 hit for 4 weeks

October 12th 1988 - my #3 favorite daily song for 2 days at age 17 after graduating high school.

December 15th 2003 - my #5 favorite daily song for 17 days at age 32 while living on own at Eastview.

March 16th 2004 - my #6 favorite dialy song for 21 days at age 31 living with Michelle and Brianna.

Time and Tide is the debut album by Polish jazz and pop singer–songwriter Basia, released in the United States on August 21, 1987 by Epic Records. Co-produced and mostly co-written by Basia herself and Danny White, it showcases considerable influences from Brazilian music, noted in the track "Astrud", a tribute to Astrud Gilberto.

On November 3, 1989 the album was awarded a platinum sales certification by the RIAA for surpassing one million copies sold in the U.S. alone, with the singles "Time and Tide", "New Day for You", and "Promises" all achieving adult contemporary success and the former becoming a top thirty pop hit as well. "New Day for You" was also covered in Japanese by J-pop and future enka singer and actress Yoko Nagayama.

Time and Tide was directly followed by the even more successful London Warsaw New York
    THE BEATLES - I ME MINE (1970)

Album:  Let It Be (1970)

I bought the Let It Be album in likely 1982 at age 11.

"I Me Mine" is a song by The Beatles, written and sung by George Harrison. I Me Mine is also the title of Harrison's autobiography. The song traces its origins to the January 1969 Get Back/Let It Be sessions, when it was rehearsed by the band at Twickenham Film Studios.

The verses of this Song are in the key of Am but the chorus in A major, this technique of parallel minor/major contrast also present in Beatles' songs such as While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Savoy Truffle, The Fool on the Hill, Fixing a Hole, Michelle, Things We Said Today, Do You Want to Know a Secret and Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown). The Song begins in 6/8 time on "All through the day" with a shift from the I minor (Am) chord to a IV (D7) which Pedler considers emphasises the Dorian mode. The progression in 3/4 time beginning with an F melody note on "Now they're frightened of leaving it" against minor iv (Dm) chord (the ♭3rd emphasising in Pedler's view the Aeolian mode) shifts to an V7 (E7) on "comin' on strong", but here (at 0.27 secs) the hauntingly strong ♭9 (F natural) melody note results in the suitably "dark drama" of the very rare (in pop music) E7♭9 chord in the key of Am. The song is also notable for concluding on an ♭VI (Fmaj7) chord in Am key
    OLIVER - SUNDAY MORNING (1969)

This song is still powerful and haunting and love the 60's creepy string sections on this minor top 40 hit.

It became my #1 favorite daily song on June 4 1991 at the age of 20.  It was my 3rd favorite song of 1991.

William Oliver Swofford (February 22, 1945 – February 12, 2000), known professionally as Oliver, was an American pop singer

"Sunday Mornin'" is a song written by Margo Guryan and made famous by Spanky and Our Gang, whose version in summer of 1968 became a well-known single hit on the Billboard Hot 100 reaching #30 and #39 on the easy listening chart. The song also appeared in Spanky and Our Gang's album Like to Get to Know You. Singer Oliver released a 1969 version that went to #35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #14 on the easy listening chart