TERRY HOKNES - My All Time Favorite Songs and Music - Billboard magazine Hot 100 chart data plus my personal chart data plus youtube video and historical facts and trivia hoknes@hotmail.com

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1561	MOODY BLUES	TUESDAY AFTERNOON	1968
1562	PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS	VENUS & MARS / ROCK SHOW	1975
1563	BAY CITY ROLLERS	I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU	1976
1564	ELO	DON'T BRING ME DOWN	1979
1565	KESHA	YOUR LOVE IS MY DRUG	2010
1566	PAUL McCARTNEY	THROUGH OUR LOVE	1983
1567	ELVIS PRESLEY	BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY	1954
1568	GEORGE HARRISON	NOT GUILTY	1979
1569	ELVIS PRESLEY	HE TOUCHED ME	1972
1570	OZZY OSBOURNE	NO MORE TEARS	1991
1571	BEATLES	IF I NEEDED SOMEONE	1965
1572	BEACH BOYS	GOOD VIBRATIONS	1966
1573	BAY CITY ROLLERS	YESTERDAYS HERO	1976
1574	ABBA	TIGER	1976
1575	BEATLES	A HARD DAYS NIGHT	1964
1576	SHAYE	HAPPY BABY	2003
1577	TERRY HOKNES	YOU'RE THE REASON	1996
1578	TERRY HOKNES	LOVE IN THE SKY	1988
1579	AMERICA	PEOPLE IN THE VALLEY	1975
1580	BARDEUX	I LOVE TO BASS	1989

THE MOODY BLUES - TUESDAY AFTERNOON (1968) hit #22

"Tuesday Afternoon" (sometimes referred to as "Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)", or simply "Forever Afternoon") is a 1968 single by English symphonic rock band The Moody Blues, and presented in its original album form on their 1967 album Days of Future Passed in two parts.

The first part, the one most familiar to listeners, called "Tuesday Afternoon", was originally released on The Moody Blues 1967 album Days of Future Passed, a concept album chronicling a typical day. On the album, it was part one of "The Afternoon" track titled "Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)".

Justin Hayward wrote the song originally intending to name it "Tuesday Afternoon". At the insistence of producer Tony Clarke, it was named "Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)" for its release on Days of Future Passed. However, when it was released as a single a year later, its name was changed back to "Tuesday Afternoon", and it has been more commonly known by this name ever since. Some of the Moody Blues compilation and live albums list the song as "Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)" to reflect both titles.

"Tuesday Afternoon" was released as a single in 1968, and was the second single from Days of Future Passed (the first being "Nights in White Satin"). It was backed with another Days track, "Another Morning". The single version of "Tuesday Afternoon" was oddly edited down to 2:16, ending before the repeat of the opening riff and "Tuesday afternoon" verse.

According to an interview with Justin Hayward, he wrote "Tuesday Afternoon" while sitting in the middle of a field near his home in England on a beautiful spring afternoon. He claims that he had his acoustic guitar in hand and the song just came to him. The song features Justin Hayward on lead vocals and acoustic guitar. The backing melody comes from the mellotron, which was played by Mike Pinder. There is also a short flute solo at the end played by Ray Thomas.

On Days of Future Passed, the London Festival Orchestra performs the final orchestral rendition of the chorus. This orchestral link between parts one and two of the song was recorded separately from the Moodys' portions. The link was arranged by Peter Knight, who arranged orchestral sections for the entire album. However, for the single release and subsequent releases on compilation albums, this orchestral finale was not included, and the song simply faded out during Ray Thomas's flute solo.

In concert, "Tuesday Afternoon" is usually ended with a short reprise of the opening acoustic guitar riff after the flute solo. Although, when the Moody Blues perform backed by a live orchestra, the original orchestral link ends the song.

The second half of the album version is a track entitled "(Evening) Time to Get Away", which is uncredited on the original album. Composed by John Lodge, the song hinges on the end of a work day and returning home.

PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS - VENUS AND MARS / ROCK SHOW (1975) hit #12

Venus and Mars/Rock Show" is a medley of two songs written by Paul and Linda McCartney and originally performed by Wings that make up the first two songs of the album Venus and Mars. The single was released in the United States on 27 October 1975 and in the United Kingdom on 28 November 1975. The B-side was "Magneto and Titanium Man", another track from the album. The single version is considerably shorter than the album version of the songs; in the single "Rock Show" is cut by more than 3 minutes and "Venus and Mars" is cut by a few seconds. "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, but failed to chart on the UK singles chart. In the book The Rough Guide to the Beatles, Chris Ingham praised both songs, describing "Venus and Mars" as "atmospheric" and "Rock Show" as "barnstorming."

"Venus and Mars" is an acoustic, folk-like song representing the perspective of a concertgoer waiting for the show to start. Originally when the song was released fans believed the title referred to Paul and Linda. Paul has denied this, stating that the song "is about an imaginary friend who's got a girlfriend who's the kind of person who asks what your sign is before they say hello. That's it: 'A good friend of mine studies the stars.' In fact, in the first verse it's 'a good friend of mine follows the stars,' so it could be ambiguous: a groupie or an astrologer." The song is in the key of D major.

"Rock Show" is a harder arena rock song. The chorus of "Rock Show" mentions concerts at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, New York's Madison Square Garden, and Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl. The verses include musical references such as "Silly Willy with the Philly band" and Jimmy Page's guitar. In addition to the normal Wings line-up, Allen Toussaint played piano on this song. "Rock Show" is in the key of A major. A major is the dominant key of D major, the key of "Venus and Mars."

"Venus and Mars" also has a reprise that appears on the Venus and Mars album, which serves to open the second side of the LP record. The reprise incorporates some science fiction sound effects, reflecting McCartney's reading Isaac Asimov at the time the song was recorded.

THE BAY CITY ROLLERS - I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU (1976) hit #12

I Only Want to Be with You" is a rock-and-roll song by Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde. It was the first solo single released by British singer Dusty Springfield under her long-time producer Johnny Franz. It has since been recorded by many artists and has charted several times

The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish pop band whose popularity was highest in the 1970s. The British Hit Singles & Albums noted that they were "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh", and were "the first of many acts heralded as the 'Biggest Group since The Beatles' and one of the most screamed-at teeny-bopper acts of the 1970s". For a relatively brief but fervent period (nicknamed "Rollermania"), they were worldwide teen idols. The group's line-up featured numerous changes over the years, but the classic line-up during its heyday included guitarists Eric Faulkner and Stuart Wood, singer Les McKeown, bassist Alan Longmuir, and drummer Derek Longmuir

By early 1976, the strain of success (and the discomfort of being a man in his late 20s in a teen band) had taken its toll on bassist Alan Longmuir, who decided to leave the group. He was replaced for seven months by 17-year-old Ian Mitchell – the first band member born outside Edinburgh, Scotland. (He was from Northern Ireland.) With Mitchell, the group released an album titled Dedication, and hit the charts with a cover version of the Dusty Springfield song "I Only Want to Be with You", which reached US No. 12, as well as "Yesterday's Hero" (featuring live material from a 1976 personal appearance in Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square), and "Dedication

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - DON'T BRING ME DOWN (1979) hit #4

Don't Bring Me Down" is a song by the band Electric Light Orchestra, and is the last track from their 1979 album Discovery. It is their highest charting hit in the US to date.

"Don't Bring Me Down" is the band's second highest charting hit in the UK where it peaked at #3 and their biggest hit in the United States, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also charted well in Canada (#2) and Australia (#6). This was the first song by ELO not to include a string section.

The drum track is in fact a tape loop, coming from "On the Run" looped and slowed down.

The song was dedicated to the NASA Skylab space station, which re-entered the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia on 11 July 1979.

On 4 November 2007, Jeff Lynne was awarded a BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc) Million-Air certificate for "Don't Bring Me Down" for the song having reached two million airplays.

A common mondegreen in the song is the perception that, following the title line, Jeff Lynne shouts "Bruce!" According to liner notes, he is saying "Grroosss", meaning "disgusting", in an exaggerated, high-pitched fashion. After the song's release, so many people had misinterpreted the word as "Bruce" that Jeff Lynne actually began to sing the word as "Bruce" for fun at live shows

KESHA - YOUR LOVE IS MY DRUG (2010) hit #4

Your Love Is My Drug" is a song by American recording artist and songwriter Kesha, from her debut album, Animal. It was released as the album's third single on May 14, 2010. The song was written by Kesha, Pebe Sebert, with Ammo, who co-produced the song with Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco. "Your Love Is My Drug"'s initial writing took place during a plane ride. Kesha stated the song had a carefree message and was not meant to be taken too seriously. The song's inspiration came from Kesha and her ex-boyfriend; it is about their psychotic relationship with their love for one another being compared to a drug. According to Kesha, the song sounds happy but also contains a dark undertone, an obsession for someone and is about being heartbroken.

In January 2010, due to strong digital sales, the song charted in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, debuting at numbers forty-eight, twenty-seven, and sixty-three respectively. In the United States the song was listed for six weeks before dropping off to re-enter at ninety-one on the week of April 3, 2010. After weeks of steadily ascending the charts the single reached a peak of four where it was listed for two weeks. The charting gave her her third straight top-ten hit in the country. On June 09, 2010, "Your Love Is My Drug" reached the number one position on the Billboards Pop Songs chart, making Kesha the fifth female artist since the beginning of 2000, and the third in the last two years, to earn at least two number ones from a debut album. "Your Love Is My Drug" also peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs where it stayed for one week. The song has received 2× Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of 2,000,000 units. As of January 2012, the song has sold over 3,000,000 copies in the United States.

PAUL McCARTNEY - THROUGH OUR LOVE (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).

January 1984 - my grandparents came back from holidays in Hawaii and I interviewed them on cassette tape on a "radio show" I hosted called Hey Hey This Is Our World using the song Hey Hey from this album as theme for the radio show I hosted at age 13 which included playing my version of Karma Chameleon which featured the first multi-track recording I had ever done with me playing all the instruments as an instrumental by recording one part at a time and then dubbing to a 2nd tape live by playing the 1st instrument while playing a 2nd instrument live and so on until all the tracks were laid down.

June 27th 1992 - my #1 favorite daily song for 19 days at age 21 while living on my own with my sister Leslie renting at Cumberland Ave just finishing 3rd year University and celebrating Paul's 50th birthday.

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.

ELVIS PRESLEY - BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY (1954)

One of the most important songs ever recorded in history. I first likely heard this on an 8-track tape copy of the Sun Sessions that our family had that I probably started listening to about 1982 at age 11.

The search for another song to release along with "That's All Right" at Sun Records in July 1954 led to "Blue Moon of Kentucky" via Bill Black. "We all of us knew we needed something," according to Scotty Moore, and things seemed hopeless after a while. "Bill is the one who came up with "Blue Moon of Kentucky."...We're taking a little break and he starts beating on the bass and singing "Blue Moon of Kentucky," mocking Bill Monroe, singing the high falsetto voice. Elvis joins in with him, starts playing and singing along with him," as did Moore himself. Presley, Moore, and Black, with the encouragement of Sam Phillips, transformed Monroe's slow waltz (3/4 time) into an upbeat, blues-flavored tune in 4/4 time.

After an early rendition of the song, Sun Records owner Sam Phillips exclaimed, "BOY, that's fine, that's fine. That's a POP song now!." As with all of the Presley records issued by Sun, the artists were listed as "ELVIS PRESLEY SCOTTY and BILL". The same night that Dewey Phillips first played the flip side of this first release of Presley's music on WHBQ ("That's All Right"), Sleepy Eye John at WHHM loosed "Blue Moon of Kentucky". Bob Neal of WMPS played the record too. The pop jockeys, entranced by something new, began slipping "That's All Right" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky" in among the more "easy listening" pop of Teresa Brewer, Nat Cole and Tony Bennett.

With Presley's version of Monroe's song consistently rated higher, both sides began to chart across the South. Billboard has the song listed only in Memphis, and as #6 with That's All Right at #7 on October 9 in the C&W Territorial Best Sellers. By October 23, "Blue Moon" was in the top 10 in Memphis, Nashville, and New Orleans, with "That's All Right" absent from the listings

GEORGE HARRISON - NOT GUILTY (1979)

Album: George Harrison (1979)

I first got this album sometime in 1982 at age 11 while we lived with my grandparents for 9 months on Taylor Street as I have a recording singing along with tracks from this album definitely before we moved to Ruth Street in Dec 1982. This has always been one of my favorite albums by George.

March 11th 1989 - my #3 favorite daily song for 1 day while celebrating George's 46th birthday when I was 18 after finishing high school.

Not Guilty" is a song written by George Harrison. It is featured on his 1979 album titled George Harrison and on The Beatles' Anthology 3 album. While Harrison's solo version is mellower and features acoustic guitar and electric piano, The Beatles' original version is harsher, driven by distorted electric guitar and harpsichord.

An acoustic demo of the song was recorded during May 1968 at Harrison's Esher home. This version has never been officially released, but is available on numerous bootlegs. Although the Beatles worked on the song for at least three days in 1968 during the White Album sessions, that version was not officially released until 1996 on Anthology 3, using "take 102" as edited and remixed by Geoff Emerick in 1984 for the aborted Sessions album.

ELVIS PRESLEY - HE TOUCHED ME (1972)

I listened to this album constantly in the fall of 2002 shortly after visiting Graceland for the 25th anniversary Vigil of Elvis in August during my Nashville songwriting trip. During this time I became obsessed with Elvis and filmed a 3 hour documentary of Elvis sites in Memphis and read 5 books on him that month and picked up a cheap cassette tape of He Touched Me afterwards.

He Touched Me is a 1972 gospel music album by Elvis Presley. It earned him his second of three Grammy Awards. The album his third and final studio gospel album, and the most contemporary of the three. He Touched Me was certified gold on March 27, 1992 and platinum on July 15, 1999 by the RIAA.

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is commonly known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".

Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13. He began his career there in 1954, working with Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was the most important popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country and rhythm and blues. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for over two decades

THE BEATLES - IF I NEEDED SOMEONE (1965)

Album: Rubber Soul (1965)

If I Needed Someone" is a song written by George Harrison. Versions by The Beatles and by The Hollies appeared simultaneously, both being released in the United Kingdom on 3 December 1965. The Hollies version appeared on a single. Most of the Hollies' previous singles had been big top ten hits. When their version of "If I Needed Someone" only reached the lower half of the top 20 in the UK, they were quite critical and said they had made a mistake recording it The Beatles' recording of the song first appeared in the UK on the 1965 album Rubber Soul and was later included in the 1966 North American release, Yesterday and Today.

The song was heavily influenced by the music of The Byrds. In a 2004 radio interview with the BBC in London, Roger McGuinn confirmed that Harrison had sent a tape recording of the song to him in Los Angeles before it was released on record. Harrison did this to show McGuinn that the guitar riff he had used in "If I Needed Someone" was based on McGuinn's own riff in "The Bells of Rhymney." "George was very open about it," said McGuinn, who was then going by his given name, Jim. "He sent [the record] to us in advance and said, 'This is for Jim' — because of that lick."

"If I Needed Someone" was the only Harrison composition played during any of The Beatles' tours; otherwise Harrison sang only covers onstage. Hence, it is the first and only song written by Harrison performed by him in concert until the group disbanded in 1970. "If I Needed Someone" is one of only two tracks from Rubber Soul that the Beatles performed live (the other was "Nowhere Man"). It was included on The Beatles final UK tour in December 1965, the 1966 NME Poll-Winners All-Star Concert, and on the 1966 Summer World Tour, including The Beatles' very last concert, in Candlestick Park on 29 August 1966. The 1982 documentary The Compleat Beatles used a clip from The Beatles' haggard performance of the song on stage in Tokyo as an illustration of band's growing weariness with touring.

THE BEACH BOYS - GOOD VIBRATIONS (1966) hit #1

Good Vibrations" is a song by American rock band The Beach Boys, released as a single in October 1966. Composed and produced by Brian Wilson, the song's lyrics were written by Wilson and Mike Love.

Released as a single on October 10, 1966 (backed with the Pet Sounds instrumental "Let's Go Away For Awhile"), it was The Beach Boys' third U.S. number-one hit after "I Get Around" and "Help Me, Rhonda", reaching the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1966, as well as being their first British chart-topper. Initiated during the sessions for the Pet Sounds album, it was not taken from or issued as a lead single for an album, but as a stand-alone single, although it would be later considered for the ill-fated SMiLE project. It would ultimately be placed on the album Smiley Smile eleven months after its release.

Wilson's publicist Derek Taylor described "Good Vibrations" as a "pocket symphony". It featured instruments unusual for a pop song, including prominent use of the cello and an electro-theremin. It is number six on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time." The song "Good Vibrations" is part of the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list

THE BAY CITY ROLLERS - YESTERDAY'S HERO (1976)

June 5th 2007 - my #3 favorite daily song for 21 days at age 36 when me and Valerie reunited and got engaged. Nicholas was 15 months old and I lived at Eastview.

As the group's popularity swelled to superstardom in the UK, a concerted effort was made by Arista Records (the record company that evolved from Bell) to launch the Rollers in North America. New Arista head Clive Davis was instrumental in grooming and overseeing the project. His work paid off, as in late 1975, the Rollers reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 with "Saturday Night", the song that had missed the UK chart completely two years earlier. The Rollers gave the track their American debut via a satellite-link performance on Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell. In Canada, it fared equally well, hitting No. 1 on the RPM national singles chart on 10 January 1976. The Bay City Rollers album (North American release only) hit No. 1 in the same chart on 7 February

ABBA - TIGER (1976)

Album: Arrival (1976)

Arrival is the fourth studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally released in Sweden on 11 October 1976 by Polar Records. Recording sessions began in August 1975 and continued until September 1976. The album was recorded at Metronome and Glen studios in Stockholm, Sweden. Arrival was first released on CD in 1984. Upon its original 1976 release, "Fernando", released as a single earlier the same year, did not appear on Arrival, but it was included on the South African, Australian and New Zealand versions. "Fernando" remained unreleased on Arrival until the first remastered issue in 1997. The album also contains three of the group's biggest hits, "Dancing Queen", "Money, Money, Money" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You". The helicopter used for the album art is a Bell 47. Arrival was the best-selling album of 1977 in the United Kingdom. In April 1977, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

ABBA was a Swedish pop/rock/disco group formed in Stockholm in 1972, comprising Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. ABBA is an acronym of the first letters of the band members' first names and is sometimes stylized as the registered trademark ᗅᗺᗷᗅ. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of pop music, topping the charts worldwide from 1972 to 1982. They are also known for winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, giving Sweden its first victory in the history of the contest and being the most successful group ever to take part in the contest

THE BEATLES - A HARD DAYS NIGHT (1964)

Album: A Hard Days Night (1964)

A Hard Day's Night" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. Written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was released on the movie soundtrack of the same name in 1964. It was later released as a single, with "Things We Said Today" as its B-side.

The song featured prominently on the soundtrack to The Beatles' first feature film, A Hard Day's Night, and was on their album of the same name. The song topped the charts in both the United Kingdom and United States when it was released as a single. Featuring a prominent and unique opening chord, the song's success demonstrated that The Beatles were not a one-hit wonder in the US.

The American and British singles of "A Hard Day's Night" as well as both the American and British albums of the same title all held the top position in their respective charts for a couple of weeks in August 1964, the first time any artist had accomplished this feat

SHAYE - HAPPY BABY (2003)

Album: The Bridge (2003)

Shaye was a great team of powerful Canadian female songwriters. I was familiar with Kim Stockwood who had many major solo hits in the 1990's in Canada. But this song which may have been played on CMT for the country market really caught my attention enough to be my #1 song in early 2004.

January 10th 2004 - my #1 favorite daily song for 40 days straight at age 33 living on my own. It was my #4 favorite song of 2004 with a great chorus hook.

Shaye was a Canadian pop group, consisting of singer-songwriters Kim Stockwood, Damhnait Doyle and Tara MacLean who left the group in 2007

Shaye's debut album The Bridge (produced by Bill Bell and Jay Joyce) was released in 2003 on EMI Canada. The album features songs by Ron Hynes, Sinéad Lohan and Crash Vegas. Support for the album included shows in Canada and Japan. "Happy Baby", the lead single, was nominated for Single of the Year at the 2004 Juno Awards. This was followed by "Beauty" in January 2005

TERRY HOKNES - YOU'RE THE REASON (1996) Demo Opus #1009

I wrote my first song in 1982 at age 11 in Grade 6. I would sporadically write 18 few songs over the next 4 years. Starting with my 19th song (Opus #19) I began writing on a very regular basis starting in December 1986 in Grade 11 at Aden Bowman. This included writing over 58 songs with my best friend Nels Krauss over the period of 1986-1992. I wrote 97 songs in 1987 and then 215 songs in 1988. By the time I graduated high school at age 17 I was up to Opus #268. I wrote another 178 songs in 1989. By the time I celebrated my 19th birthday I was up to Opus #524. At that time I was in first year University living in Muenster, SK in residence at St Peters College at the monastery. I met a poet from New York named Philip Murray who I collaborated with writing music to his words 91 songs in total. I wrote my 1000th song the week I turned 25 in January 1996.

TERRY HOKNES - LOVE IN THE SKY (1988) Opus #271 - AGE 17

Even though I was writing all the time and working and performing my own songs at home I never had a band so I didn't play any of the songs in public and I didn't have any money or materials to record proper good quality recordings. So all my demo's were quite primitive and low quality audio. I started recording in 1982 singing along with records. In 1983 I started recording my own versions of songs live on guitar and vocals along with my best friend of the time Zender Millar. In 1989 Nels Krauss and I rented a 4-track cassette recorder for the first time and I rushed through 55 songs in 7 days just to get them on tape though I didnt have any good quality microphones, headphones and knew nothing about EQ and recording levels etc. Each year my demo's would get a bit better sounding and a little more polished so to this day I don't feel I have done justice to any original songs I recorded from 1986 to 1994 when I did the bulk of my writing and recording.

AMERICA - PEOPLE IN THE VALLEY (1975)

Album: Hearts (1975)

December 29th 1987 - my #2 favorite daily song for 4 days during Christmas at age 16 in Grade 12.

Hearts is the fifth original studio album by American folk rock trio America, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1975. The album was produced by legendary Beatles producer George Martin.

This album was a big hit in the US, reaching number 4 on the Billboard album chart and being certified GOLD by the RIAA. It produced three hit singles: "Sister Golden Hair" went to number 1 on the Billboard singles chart and number 5 on the Adult Contemporary chart; and "Daisy Jane" which peaked at 20 on the Billboard singles chart and number 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart; and the funky "Woman Tonight" which reached 44 on the Billboard singles chart and 41 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Several other songs received radio airplay on FM stations playing album tracks including "Old Virginia", "Bell Tree" and "Midnight".

America is an English-American folk rock band, that originally consisted of Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek. The three members were barely out of their teens, when they became a musical sensation during 1972, scoring No. 1 hits and winning a Grammy for best new musical artist. Their recording success stretched throughout the 1970s; some of the band's best known songs are "A Horse with No Name", "Sister Golden Hair" (both of which reached No. 1), "Ventura Highway", "Tin Man", "Daisy Jane", and "Lonely People". George Martin produced seven of their albums.

BARDEUX - I LOVE TO BASS (1989)

Album: I Love To Bass (1989)

I loved this song so much - I bought the cassette single which I kept for over 20 years.

March 17th 1990 - my #8 favorite daily song for 1 day while living at the monastery in Muenster, SK for 1st year University.

Bardeux is a dance duo from the late 1980s. The group was formed in 1987 and consisted of Stacy "Acacia" Smith and Tairrie B. The group's first single "Three Time Lover", went to #10 on Billboard's Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. Tarrie B left the group to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Lisa "Jaz" Teaney. In 1988 the group released their album Bold as Love and their second single "Magic Carpet Ride". The single went to #5 on Billboard's Hot Dance Singles Sales chart and #81 on the Billboard Hot 100. The group performed the song on Club MTV. "When We Kiss", the third single from the album, would turn out to be the group's biggest hit going all the way to #36 on the Billboard Hot 100. The fourth single released from the album, Bleeding Heart, was a top 40 hit on the Billboard's Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. A fifth and last single release from that album, "Hold Me, Hold Me" did not chart.

Jaz left the group in 1989 and was replaced by Melanie Taylor. Shangri La was the group's second and last album. "I Love to Bass" was the only single to make it on to the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #68, #3 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, #32 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. The second single "Thumbs Up" made it to #17 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and #59 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. The last single from the album Shangri-La went to #40 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.