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

1421	SPIRIT	WATER WOMAN	1968
1422	CAROLYNE MAS	IT'S IMPORTANT	1981
1423	PAUL McCARTNEY	GOOD TIMES COMING / FEEL THE SUN	1986
1424	PINK FLOYD	US AND THEM	1973
1425	KLAATU	DOG STAR	1980
1426	MOTT THE HOOPLE	ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS	1973
1427	PAUL MAURIAT	LOVE IS BLUE	1968
1428	STAMPEDERS	CARRY ME	1971
1429	LARRY NORMAN	WALKING BACKWARDS DOWN THE STAIRS	1969
1430	MOUNTAIN	SILVER PAPER	1970
1431	PAUL McCARTNEY & MICHAEL JACKSON	THE MAN	1983
1432	RINGO STARR	A DOSE OF ROCK N ROLL	1976
1433	HENRY MANCINI	FLUTTER'S BALL	1962
1434	CHRIS SQUIRE	SAFE (CANON SONG)	1975
1435	SPIRIT	SO LITTLE TIME TO FLY	1969
1436	LINDA CLIFFORD	LONELY NIGHT	1979
1437	STRAWBS	SIMPLE VISIONS	1976
1438	SUPER DUPERS	THE SHADOW	1966
1439	SUPERGRASS	PUMPING ON YOUR STEREO	2001
1440	THREE DOG NIGHT	YOU	1971

SPIRIT - WATER WOMAN (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.

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.

CAROLYNE MAS - IT'S IMPORTANT (1981)

Album: Modern Dreams (1981)

June 8th 1990 - my #4 favorite daily song for 2 day at age 19 while I slept on the big brown couch in grandmas basement that entire season with the old record player next to the couch.

Carolyne Mas (born October 20, 1955, New York, United States) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and producer. Mas broke out of the Greenwich Village music scene boom of the late 1970s, along with other artists such as Steve Forbert, The Roches, and Willie Nile. Although she remains relatively unknown in the United States, except for a loyal cult of fans, she managed to gain popularity in Europe and Canada, mostly due to the use of television as a promotional tool in these markets.

Mas's energetic live shows, especially during the late 1970s and early 1980s whilst signed to Mercury Records, were well received. She toured the United States, Canada, and Europe extensively with a band of musicians including Crispin Cioe of the The Uptown Horns who later went on to play with acts such as The Rolling Stones; bassist Ivan Elias (1950–1995) who went on to play with Scandal; drummer Bobby Chouinard (1953–1997) who later played with Billy Squier; and keyboardist Charlie Giordano who later played alongside Bruce Springsteen. Her association with Springstein included her involvement with him in the 'Jersey Artists for Mankind' project in May 1986.

Mas currently lives in Florida with her husband and son. Her mother also lives with Mas' family. Her aunt, Ana, whom she had cared for since 2002, died in April 2008. "Our Animal Haus, Inc.", Mas' non-profit sanctuary for unwanted, abused, and special needs animals and birds, continues to grow in size and she last performed in Italy, New York, and New Jersey in 2006. Most recently she reunited with Mark Johnson to record a cover of a song, written by the Italian singer Graziano Romani, called "The Most Crucial Enemy". The song was recorded at Mas' home. It was released in Italy in 2008, as part of a tribute album for Romani's fan club in Italy.

PAUL McCARTNEY - GOOD TIMES COMING / FEEL THE SUN (1986)

Album: Press To Play (1986)

I bought this album brand new immediately when it was released on cassette tape at age 15 in Grade 11.

June 21st 1989 - my #2 favorite daily song for 2 days at age 18 finishing classes at Nutana the year after graduating while celebrating Paul's 47th birthday.

Press to Play is the sixth solo studio album by Paul McCartney, released August 1986. It is notable for being his first album of entirely new music since 1983's Pipes of Peace and his first album released internationally by long-time label EMI after a brief alliance with Columbia Records in the US and Canada.

After the box office flop of the film Give My Regards to Broad Street, McCartney decided that it was time for a change of pace in his career. In an attempt to give his music a more contemporary sound, he joined forces with Hugh Padgham, an in-demand producer famed for having recorded Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Phil Collins, The Police, and XTC. Beginning in March 1985, McCartney began recording Press To Play, having written several new songs, many with current collaborator, former 10cc member Eric Stewart. Guesting on the album would be Pete Townshend, Phil Collins, Eddie Rayner (Split Enz's keyboard maestro) and Stewart himself.

The album would not be finished until the end of the year, by which time only one song would see release from its sessions - the title track to the film Spies Like Us, joined by Phil Ramone in the producer's chair. "Spies Like Us", a non-album single backed by Wings' 1975 recording "My Carnival", proved to be a US top 10 hit (and McCartney's last), setting the stage for Press to Play.

PINK FLOYD - US AND THEM (1973)

Album: Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)

I remember walking along the beach downtown Vancouver in 1985 or 1986 and somebody was listening to the album on the beach. I knew what it was therefore I must have first heard this album possibly in 1984 at age 13.

Us and Them" is a song from English progressive rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon. The music was written by Richard Wright and the lyrics by Roger Waters and it is sung by David Gilmour, with harmonies by Wright. It is 7 minutes, 46 seconds in length, making it the longest song on the album.

"Us and Them" was released as the second single from The Dark Side of the Moon in the United States and "bubbled under" the Billboard Hot 100 at number 101 for three weeks in March 1974."Us and Them" is rather quiet in tone and dynamics, although the choruses are louder than the verses. It has two saxophone solos in it, one at the beginning and another towards the end of the song. Richard Wright introduces the song with harmonies on his Hammond organ, and put a piano chordal backing and short piano solo afterwards on the arrangement. The tune was originally written on the piano by Richard Wright for the film Zabriskie Point in 1969 and was titled "The Violent Sequence". In its original demo form it was instrumental, featuring only piano and bass. Director Michelangelo Antonioni rejected it on the grounds that it was too unlike their "Careful with That Axe, Eugene"-esque work, which was the style of music he wanted to use. As Waters recalls it in impersonation, Antonioni's response was, "It's beautiful, but is it too sad, you know? It makes me think of church". The song was shelved until The Dark Side of the Moon where Waters put some vocals in to it.

The verses have a unique, jazz-influenced chord progression: Dsus2, D6add9 (or Esus2/D), D minor major 7 (or Faug/D), and G/D (the D in the bass is sustained as a pedal point throughout). The D6 with an added 9th is not unlike an Esus2 with a D in the bass, but because the bass line also provides the fifth, it is more accurately described as a kind of D chord. The D minor chord with a major seventh is a rarity in 1970s rock music

KLAATU - DOG STAR (1980)

Album: Endangered Species (1980)

I discovered Klaatu on March 21st 1985 (Klaatu day) age 14 in Grade 9 with the album Hope. I quickly went out and bought all their albums in 1985. I might have bought them all at Nudon Book & Records shop at 1111 Louise Ave across from McDonalds. (I bought at least 100 albums there between 1984 and 1988. Unfortunately I had no daily song charts during the first run of promotion in 1985 to show my first appreciation for the individual songs.

Endangered Species is the fourth and penultimate album by the Canadian progressive rock band Klaatu, released in mid-1980. At this time, the band had virtually no artistic control over the music; the album was a project of Capitol Records. To quote the Official Klaatu Website's FAQ (by Dave Bradley):

"An outside producer was brought in, most of the instruments were played by Los Angeles based session musicians, and the band members were asked to add their voices and (usually) one lead instrument per song. The band was sent home before the album was even mixed."

The difference between this album and the rest of Klaatu's work was immediately apparent. The band evidently resented this, as one track on the album ("Sell Out, Sell Out") was a searing attack on Capitol's attempts to "jump on the bandwagon." As it turned out, Capitol's attempts to turn the band into a more conventional and radio-friendly pop/rock band were completely in vain since the album was a commercial and critical bomb. As a result, the band was dropped shortly afterwards by Capitol, though Capitol's Canadian division picked up the band and released their final album Magentalane in Canada only.

Regular Klaatu artist Ted Jones - who had not painted the cover for the group's previous album, Sir Army Suit - returned to paint the album cover

MOTT THE HOOPLE - ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS (1973)

May 18th 1988 - my #6 favorite daily song for 3 days at age 17 in Grade 12. I had gone out and bought their greatest hits brand new on cassette tape and this was the first time I heard any of these songs as they were not hits in Canada and before my time.

All the Way from Memphis" is a single released by Mott the Hoople. The song tells a story about a rock n' roller whose guitar is shipped to Oriole, Kentucky instead of Memphis. The musician gets half-way there before he realizes his instrument is missing and takes a month to track it down. When he gets the guitar back, he is scolded by a stranger for being neglectful and self-centered. In the original version of the song, the stranger is referred to as a "spade", in later versions the word "dude" is substituted. The song reflects a weariness with the rock and roll lifestyle, including the strain of constant touring and the low public opinion of rock 'n roll singers. This theme appears in the chorus, which is repeated with minor variations: "you look like a star, but you're still on the dole," "you look like a star, but you're really out on parole."

It was covered by Brian May on his 1998 album Another World; Hunter guested on this cover. The event was one of the many times Queen have connected with Mott the Hoople. It was also covered by supergroup Contraband on their 1991 debut and last album. The British rock band Thunder also performed a live version appearing on multiple compilation albums. The song was probably based on an actual event involving guitarist Mick Ralphs. This loss of Mick's guitar is also mentioned on "The Ballad of Mott the Hoople".

PAUL MAURIAT & ORCHESTRA - LOVE IS BLUE (1968) hit #1

"L'amour est bleu" (English title: "Love Is Blue") is a song whose music was composed by André Popp, and whose lyrics were written by Pierre Cour, in 1967. Brian Blackburn later wrote English-language lyrics for it. First performed in French by Greek singer Vicky Leandros (appearing as Vicky) as the Luxembourgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967, it has since been recorded by many other musicians, most notably French orchestra leader Paul Mauriat, whose familiar instrumental version became the only number-one hit by a French artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 in America.

In late 1967, Paul Mauriat conducted an orchestral "easy listening" version that was a number-one hit in the USA for five weeks in February and March 1968, becoming the only performance by a French artist ever to top the Billboard Hot 100. Its five-week run at the top was second longest of any instrumental of the Hot 100 era next to 1960's Theme From A Summer Place. Not surprisingly, the song spent 11 weeks atop Billboard's Easy Listening survey, and held the longest-lasting title honours on this chart for 25 years. It is the best-known version of the song in the United States. The Mauriat recording also reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.

Mauriat's version was featured repeatedly in an episode of Chris Carter's television series Millennium titled "A Room With No View," which originally aired on April 24, 1998 on the Fox Network. During the episode, the omnipresent melody is used by a kidnapper to brainwash a group of youths. His version is also briefly heard in The Simpsons episodes "There's No Disgrace Like Home" and "The Blue and the Gray

THE STAMPEDERS - CARRY ME (1971) hit #2 in Canada

Album: Against The Grain (1971)

The Stampeders are one of my all time favorite Canadian rock bands and had a talent of mixing country and rock like CCR did in that era.

Stampeders are a Canadian rock trio, consisting of Rich Dodson, Ronnie King, and Kim Berly.

The band formed in Calgary, Alberta in 1964 as The Rebounds The Rebounds had five members: Rich Dodson, Len Roemer, Brendan Lyttle, Kim Berly, and Race Holiday. They renamed themselves The Stampeders in 1965 and Len Roemer was replaced with Ronnie King and Van Louis. In 1966 they relocated to Toronto, Ontario, and became a trio in 1968 when Lyttle, Louis, and Holiday left. In 1971 they had a hit with "Sweet City Woman," which won Best Single at the Juno Awards, reached #1 on the RPM magazine charts, and #8 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Written by Dodson, the track stayed in the Billboard chart for 16 weeks and the disc sold a million by September 1971, and the R.I.A.A. granted gold disc status. They also won Juno Awards for Best Group, Best Producer (Mel Shaw), and Best Composer (Dodson) that year.

In 1976 they had another U.S. hit with "Hit The Road Jack", featuring Wolfman Jack. In Canada they went on to score twelve Top 5 hits. The band broke up in 1977, but reunited at the Calgary Stampede in 1992. They released a new album in 1998 titled "Sure Beats Working". They continue to this day to tour Canada doing fairs, festivals, casinos and theatres

LARRY NORMAN - WALKING BACKWARDS DOWN THE STAIRS (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.

June 11th 1987 - my #5 favorite daily song for 8 days at age 16 in Grade 11

August 13th 1988 - my #5 favorite daily song for 9 days at age 17 after finishing high school.

February 20th 2002 - my #4 favorite daily song for 21 days at age 31 living in Dalmeny SK

December 25th 2011 - my #9 favorite daily song for 50 days at age 40 living on Ave M South with Valerie now married 4 yrs and Nicholas is 5.5 years old.

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".

MOUNTAIN - SILVER PAPER (1970)

Album: Mountain Climbing (1970)

My mother bought this album new in 1970 and I always had it growing up but had never listened to it until 1987 at age 16 in Grade 11. I think it was Mountain that made me appreciate hard rock for the first time.

Climbing!, also known as Mountain Climbing!, is the official debut studio album by American blues-rock band Mountain. Released on March 7, 1970, the album featured the 'classic' Mountain lineup of Leslie West (guitar, vocals), Felix Pappalardi (bass, piano) and Corky Laing (drums, percussion), and followed the West solo album Mountain featuring Pappalardi and drummer Norman Smart, released in 1969 and often credited to the band. Produced by Pappalardi, the album reached number 17 on the American Billboard 200 albums chart and featured the band's best-known song "Mississippi Queen".

Mountain is an American rock band that formed in Long Island, New York in 1969. Originally comprising vocalist and guitarist Leslie West, bassist/vocalist Felix Pappalardi, keyboardist Steve Knight and drummer N. D. Smart, the band broke up in 1972 and has reunited frequently since 1973, remaining active today. Best known for the song "Mississippi Queen", Mountain is one of many bands to be commonly credited as having influenced the development of heavy metal music in the 1970s

PAUL McCARTNEY & MICHAEL JACKSON - THE MAN (1983)

Album: Pipes Of Peace (1983)

December 25th Christmas 1983 living at Ruth Street at age 12 in Grade 8 my mother gave me first ghetto-blaster huge double cassette player brand new and a bunch of brand new release cassette tapes including latest releases from Quiet Riot, John Cougar Mellencamp, The Police, Lionel Richie, and Pipes Of Peace by Paul McCartney. This came a little less than two years after receiving my first record player (which did have a cassette and 8-track player in it as well).

July 2nd 1992 - my #2 favorite daily song for 7 days at age 21 the summer after 3rd year University celebrating Paul's 50th birthday while I lived on my own with my sister Leslie at Cumberland Ave.

November 17th 2011 - my #8 favorite daily song for 38 days at age 40 spending a year listening to Paul's recordings in chronological order living at Ave M South with Valerie now married 4 years.

Pipes of Peace is the fifth solo studio album by Paul McCartney, released in 1983. As the follow-up to the popular Tug of War, Pipes of Peace was nearly as successful and the source of more big hits for McCartney although critics were much cooler on the album than they were on its predecessor. Critical reaction was less than what had greeted Tug of War, many feeling that Pipes of Peace was a weaker execution of its predecessor's formula.

The album featured the duet between McCartney and Jackson, "Say Say Say" which reached #2 in the UK and #1 in the US where it remained for six weeks (late-1983/early-1984). From 1981 to 1985, McCartney and Jackson would enjoy a friendship, until the two fell out in 1985, when Jackson purchased ATV Music, the company that owned the bulk of The Beatles' song copyrights. Following "Say Say Say", the album's title track became a UK #1 in early 1984, while in the US, "So Bad" was a Top 30 hit. The album itself reaching #4 in the UK and #15 in the US.

RINGO STARR - A DOSE OF ROCK N ROLL (1976) hit #26

Album: Ringo's Rotogravure (1976)

I had the album and the 8-track both by 1983 at age 12. I bought the 8-track new in the bargain bin upstairs at Sears in the record department at that time.

July 14th 1991 - my #5 favorite daily song for 2 days at age 20 before entering 3rd year University and celebrating Ringo's 51st birthday.

A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" is a popular rock and roll song written by Carl Groszman.

The song was originally released by writer Carl Groszman in 1975 on Ringo Starr's record label, Ring O' Records and Starr decided to do a cover of it for his 1976 album Ringo's Rotogravure. Released in September 1976 in advance of the album, the single spent nine weeks on the Billboard charts, peaking at #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of November 6, 1976

A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" (Carl Groszmann) – 3:24 featuring Peter Frampton on guitar and Dr. John on keyboards

Ringo's Rotogravure is the fifth album by Ringo Starr, released in 1976. Following the end of his contract with EMI, Starr signed on with Polydor Records (which once signed a pre-Ringo Beatles as the backing band of Tony Sheridan) worldwide (Atlantic Records handling US distribution) and was eager to see his solo success continue on in a new era

HENRY MANCINI - FLUTTER'S BALL (1962)

Album: Experiment In Terror (Soundtrack) (1962)

One of my all time favorite instrumental / soundtrack albums. I knew this album for years before I actually watched the movie for the first time which is worth seeing.

December 30th 2001 - my #10 favorite daily song for 20 days at age 30 while living in Dalmeny, SK on the road with Marilyn performing now for 8 years and now selling on ebay for 3.5 years.

Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, best remembered for his film and television scores. He won a record number of Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best-known works include the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series ("The Pink Panther Theme") and the theme to the Peter Gunn television series. Mancini had a long collaboration with the film director Blake Edwards and won numerous Academy Awards for the songs in Edwards films including "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's, "Days of Wine and Roses" and for the score to Victor Victoria.

Experiment in Terror is a 1962 suspense-thriller released by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by Blake Edwards and written by Mildred Gordon and Gordon Gordon based on their 1961 novel Operation Terror. The film stars Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers and Ross Martin.

CHRIS SQUIRE - SAFE (CANON SONG) (1975)

Album: Fish Out Of Water (1975)

Yes became my new favorite band in 1984 at age 13 and I bought every album they released that year including venturing into solo albums and I had this album by March 1985 at age 14. Chris is my all time favorite bass guitarist.

Fish Out of Water is the first solo album by English bass guitarist Chris Squire, released in 1975 on Atlantic Records. It was released during a period of inactivity from his progressive rock band Yes. Bill Bruford and Patrick Moraz of Yes contribute to the record, while Squire employs his signature bass skills as well as 12-string guitars and vocals. Also on the album are Mel Collins on saxophone and Squire's friend Andrew Pryce Jackman on piano. The album is in the same vein as the Yes album of the previous year, Relayer, though the sound is more fleshed out with the help of a full orchestra and the jazz context of "Lucky Seven". It was a moderate success, reaching number 25 on the UK Albums Chart.

Andrew Jackman, Squire's former bandmate in The Syn, partnered with Squire in arranging and conceptualizing the album. Over the course of sketching out the album, he ended up making some compositional contributions. Because of this, Squire offered to give him some co-writing credits, but Jackman declined. Squire's staple thematic oratorios appear on this album. First, "Fish" (his nickname) appears in the title (being "...Out of Water" referring to being out of the usual Yes oeuvre); second, the number seven, manifested as the seven-minute, 7/8 time signature piece "Lucky Seven". The song's title was drawn from it being in this time signature. Musically, a melodic passage from Yes' song "Close to the Edge" re-appears in the finale of "Safe". The closing passage on "Safe" was played on the 4-string bass section of a double-neck guitar using only the pickups of the 6-string section

SPIRIT - SO LITTLE TIME TO FLY (1969)

Album: Clear (1969)

Clear was the third Spirit album, written largely in the wake of their work on the soundtrack to the 1968 film Model Shop. Several of the band members have said that they felt there wasn't enough time for developing the album after releasing two albums in 1968, recording a soundtrack and constantly touring, but a growing number of fans feel that it is one of their finest, if not the finest, album the group would ever make. Possibly because of the rushed work on the album, there is a larger reliance upon instrumental work and the jazz backgrounds of several members than any of their other albums, perhaps most exemplified by the three instrumental pieces penned by John Locke. It also features their sound gaining depth and sprawling out even more than it previously had, as they even attempt everything from the bluesy "So Little Time To Fly" to tightly constructed multi-part songs like "Dark Eyed Woman" and "New Dope In Town". Stylistically, "Clear" is a precursor to the band's next album, Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus

LINDA CLIFFORD - LONELY NIGHT (1979)

Album: Here's My Love (1979)

I picked up this album at the Frances Morrison book/record sale in 1987 for 10 cents ! On May 16th 1987 I started writing down my favorite songs that I was listening to every single day. It didnt matter if the song was a new radio hit or a 20 year old album cut this chart would document everything I was liking at that particular moment. Linda Clifford had the #1 song on the very first chart.

June 1st 1988 - my #8 favorite daily song for 2 days at age 17 the week I graduated from high school.

Linda Clifford (born June 14, 1944, New York) is an American R&B, disco and house music singer and actress, who scored hits from the 1970s to the 1980s, most notably "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "Bridge over Troubled Water", "Runaway Love" and "Red Light".In 1973, she was signed to Paramount Records and her first single, "(It's Gonna Be) A Long Long Winter", became a minor hit on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart in the winter of 1974. She moved to Curtis Mayfield's Curtom Records label in the mid 1970s. 1977 saw the release of her first album, Linda, but it was her dance cover of "If My Friends Could See Me Now" in 1978 that she had club and pop chart success with. It was her first number one on Billboard dance chart. Album of the same name became her most successful and included also "Runaway Love", a mid-tempo R&B track that proved to be one of her most recognizable tunes. In 1979 she released her disco version of "Bridge over Troubled Water" from the album Let Me Be Your Woman, followed by another record the same year, Here's My Love. The album hit #117 in USA in 1979.

THE STRAWBS - SIMPLE VISIONS (1976)

Album: Deep Cuts (1976)

I became a fan of The Strawbs in December 1984 at age 13 after borrowing The Best Of Strawbs cassette tape from the JS Wood Library due to their connection to my favorite band at the time Yes which they both shared keyboardist Rick Wakeman. The Strawbs would be one of the most important groups to me from 1984 to 1991 in my teenage years. I bought this album used in 1985 at age 14 in Grade 9.

Strawbs (or The Strawbs) are an English rock band founded in 1964. Although the band started out as a bluegrass group they eventually moved on to other styles such as folk rock, glam rock and progressive rock. They are best known for their hit Part of the Union, which reached number two in the UK charts in February 1973, and for touring with Supertramp in their Crime of the Century Tour, doing their Hero and Heroine Tour, which drew musical similarities and themes

THE SUPER DUPERS - THE SHADOW (1966)

Album: The Super Duper Record Of Super Heroes (1966)

I bought this album in about 1979 at a flea market at John Lake School when I was in about Grade 3. This might be possibly the first record album I ever listened to and learned actual rock songs. I have always loved this entire album. I never knew what the album cover looked like as I never saw until 30 years later.

The Super Dupers produced by Leon Russell. The band is a group of unnamed studio musicians that cam up with campy theme songs for a bunch of familiar superheroes and popular themes. Garage rock superhero original rock songs.

Super Dupers, The‎– The Super Duper Record Of Super Heroes

Label: Design Records (2) – SDLP-257 Genre: Funk / Soul, Rock Style: Garage Rock, Soul

A1		Batman & Robin
A2		The Phantom
A3		The Shadow
A4		Flash Gordon
B1		March Of Tarzan
B2		Captain Marvel Jones
B3		Mickey Mouse March
B4		The Green Hornet

SUPERGRASS - PUMPING ON YOUR STEREO (2001)

June 30th 2000 - my #5 favorite daily song for 70 days at age 29 now living in Dalmeny, SK playing on the road with Marilyn now for almost 7 years and selling on ebay for 2 years.

Pumping on Your Stereo" is a song by Supergrass, released as their first single from their self-titled third album, Supergrass (1999). The single reached #11 in the UK Singles Chart. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 124 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". Mick Quinn said in regards to the recording of the song; "There were certain instances where Danny didn't hit the snare [drum] loud enough so we all had to clap over the snare. In the end it sounds like [David] Bowie. Danny Goffey: "It came about when we were just in our rehearsal studio and we all started singing it over three chords. It's quite easy to play. The easier the song is to play, the better we play it. It just happened really quickly. It was one of those songs that just comes together in 10 minutes." Though the title of the song is "Pumping on Your Stereo," the band thought it funny to actually sing the word "humping" in place of "pumping," and this is how it is thus heard on the recording. In live performances, the band has sung "pumping" instead.

THREE DOG NIGHT - YOU (1971)

Album: Harmony (1971)

November 3rd 1987 - my #4 favorite daily song for 10 days at age 16 in Grade 12.

I saw Three Dog Night in concert finally in Saskatoon, SK in 2011 and posted one video clip on youtube from the outdoor concert.

Three Dog Night is an American rock band best known for their music from 1968 to 1975. During that time all of the band's 21 Billboard top 40 hits in America were consecutive, three of which reached Number One. As of 2012, they are still recording and making live appearances. In 1967, Three Dog Night was founded by Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, Chuck Negron, Joe Schermie, Floyd Sneed, Jimmy Greenspoon, and Michael Allsup. The group was a successful live act in Los Angeles and gathered considerable attention by several record labels. After a show at the Troubadour, the group was signed to the Dunhill ABC label, and the band started work on their first studio album.

Harmony is the seventh album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1971. The album featured two Top 10 hits: a cover version of Paul Williams' "An Old Fashioned Love Song" (U.S. #4) and Hoyt Axton's "Never Been to Spain" (U.S. #5).