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Ringo Starr – “Photograph”, “You’re Sixteen” And “Six O’Clock”

by Paul

In 1974 while visiting my older brother in Invercargill at the very bottom of New Zealand’s South Island, I bought the Ringo Starr album “Ringo”, featuring the single “Photograph”, which went to No. 1 in America. Another song from the album, also a Number 1 hit in the USA, was “You’re Sixteen”. I also rather […]

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Nils Lofgren – “No Mercy” And “Keith Don’t Go”

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I don’t know a lot from Nils Lofgren, just two songs really, “No Mercy” and “Keith Don’t Go”. Nils Lofgren, who has had a long solo career, also worked with Neil Young in the Seventies, as well as playing in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band for 25 years. But I didn’t know that until just […]

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Gary Numan – “Cars”

by Paul

At the very end of the Seventies, late 1979, I remember Englishman Gary Numan singing “Cars”, from his album “The Pleasure Principle”. In fact, whenever I hear it or think of Gary Numan or “Cars”, it reminds me of being in not a car but a Transit van, at 4 o’clock in the morning. We […]

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Harry Nilsson – “Without You”, “One”, “Everybody’s Talkin'” and “I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City”

by Paul

The Harry Nilsson song that stands out in my mind is his version of the Badfinger song “Without You”, which went to Number 1 across the charts (U.S., Canada, UK, Australia, Ireland…) in 1971. “Without You” For a long time Harry Nilsson, who became close friends with the Beatles (in particular John Lennon, with whom […]

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Lobo – “Me And You And A Dog Named Boo”, “How Can I Tell Her About You”, “I’d Love You to Want Me”, “Stoney”, “Hope You’re Proud Of Me Girl”, “It Sure Took a Long, Long Time”, “Don’t Expect Me To Be Your Friend”, “Standing At The End Of The Line” and “Goodbye Is Just Another Word”

by Paul

When I was about 16, I used to listen to Lobo over and over again. Songs like his big hit “Me And You And A Dog Named Boo”; “How Can I Tell Her About You” and “I’d Love You to Want Me”. Or “Stoney”, “Hope You’re Proud Of Me Girl”, “It Sure Took a Long, […]

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