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A recovered archive, still unfolding. These are historical entries from 2015–2020, preserved for Nick’s review.

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55 to 55Nov 1, 2020DAY 49

Just Like Starting Over / Watching The Wheels / Woman

Switching gears from the past few days but also staying within the same time frame, because hey, why the fuck not, today is John day. Let everyone alive rejoice in the gift this beast of a musician bestowed…

54 to 54Dec 10, 2019DAY 11

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Carole King music is classic and spellbinding. She wrote songs for other people that you never knew she wrote, but the ones she recorded for herself are timeless and unique. Take Will You Love Me Tomorrow;…

53 to 53Dec 17, 2018DAY 4

Call On Me / Wishing You Were Here

Chicago. No, not the city (though I actually really loved the city the one time we’ve ever visited). No, I’m talking about Chicago, the kick-ass rock and horns band from the late sixties and early…

53 to 53Nov 27, 2018DAY 24

Through The Years

If you’ve paid any attention to me at all these past few years, you may know why Through The Years is on my list. This should have been the song to which I’d have danced the mother-son dance at my wedding.…

53 to 53Nov 3, 2018DAY 48

I Don’t Know How To Love Him

As a small boy, I had no idea this song was from a musical. It was part of the soundtrack of my childhood that had been provided by W.G.B.B. in our small kitchen in Lynbrook, where Mommy would comb my…

52 to 52Nov 18, 2017DAY 33

I Saw The Light / Hello It’s Me

Continuing along the lines of childhood memories, these two Rundgren gems are right in the sweet spot of my AM Radio memories. Mom, Sis, Greg & Linda. I Saw The Light is, by far, one of those that brings me…

52 to 52Nov 5, 2017DAY 46

Heart Of Gold

This song provides me with golden memories of my beautiful sister when I was still just a small boy. In 1971, she was 15 going on 16 and so much of the music of those days reminds me of her. Heart of Gold…

51 to 51Dec 21, 2016DAY 0

Merry Christmas Darling

To end a countdown of 51 songs to 51, when the one in question is born 4 days before Christmas, seems incomplete without a bonus song that only gets played this time of year, but is hands-down my favorite…

51 to 51Dec 20, 2016DAY 1

Those You’ve Known

With one day left to my birthday, I decided to save this song from Spring Awakening as my penultimate. Obviously, unless you’ve seen the show you won’t know the song or what events led up to Jonathan…

51 to 51Dec 19, 2016DAY 2

And I Love Her / In My Life

And then there’s the Beatles. Last year they made my list with Let It Be. This year, I strategically chose two Beatles’ ballads that remind me of my two angels in the cover photo of my Facebook page. First…

51 to 51Nov 1, 2016DAY 50

See You In September

Song 50 is, I think, the oldest one on the list. Overall I don’t usually love the music of the sixties, with the obvious exception of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, but this one, as many songs do,…

50 to 50Dec 21, 2015DAY 0

Finale [In The Heights]

Of all the music in all the genres from all the time eras, it’s been REALLY difficult to cull down 50-ish songs as favorites. I love music. Music is joy and sorrow, an outlet and a hope chest. Songs…

50 to 50Dec 18, 2015DAY 3

Have You Never Been Mellow / Suddenly

The voice of an angel. A.M. Radio’s sweetheart. Olivia Newton-John, who is also MY sweetheart. As a little boy, I recognized the gift she gave us with her voice. Chris and I had an opportunity to meet her a…

50 to 50Dec 9, 2015DAY 12

It Don’t Matter To Me / Everything I Own

Bread, with lead singer David Gates whose voice is pure perfection, might be one of the lamest A.M. Radio bands of the seventies, but as you already know, that shit’s right in my bucket. And anyone who’s…

50 to 50Nov 28, 2015DAY 23

From A Distance / Get Here

A pair of songs from 1990 and 91, both of which bring me to my mother and to the hope for peace in the world and the need to tell the people you love that you love them. From A Distance was released during…

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