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Originally posted by charlene:
Looking thru a box of old albums that were my parents today brought back memories...Mitch Miller (1962 album), Perry Como, Streisand, Sinatra, Vic Damone, Steve and Eydie (sp), Nana Mouskouri, Dean Martin, Jerry Vale....Ray Coniff singers, Glen Miller, Jerry Dorsey, Connie Francis, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Eddy Arnold, Jack Jones, Andy Williams, Ray Charles, Pat Boone.....
mostly men...probably why I prefer male singers ...
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Hey, that was my parents' box of records! Seriously, they had many of the same records. I think my favorites were Nat King Cole, Pat Boone and Perry Como. Then, circa. 1968, Mom went out and bought a new record player, and some new albums, one for each of us. Lisa got Aquarius. Diana got a compilation of children's songs. I got one of the early Simon & Garfunkel albums, but I can't for the life of me remember which one. I just remember playing it to death, then going out and buying every S&G album I could find, and trying to play guitar 'just like Paul Simon', or as close as I could get at age 12. I think I learned more about playing from listening to S&G than from any other artists of the day.
I remember Mom having a couple of Lightfoot albums, but didn't really get interested in his music until the WB/Reprise years. I saw him on TV, sitting on a stool, singing IYCRMM and was just mesmerized. But evidently, not enough to buy one of his albums until Gord's Gold came out. By that time, I had my own car, with an 8-track in it. I completely wore that 8 track out! But, for some strange reason, I didn't buy any other Gord CDs until the late '90s. That's when I really got hooked.
[ September 26, 2006, 13:20: Message edited by: Cathy ]