Monthly Archives: November 2007

America – A Horse With No Name (Mp3)
Mott the Hoople – All The Young Dudes (Mp3)
T-Rex – Bang A Gong (Get It On) (Mp3)
Looking Glass – Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl) (Mp3)
Raspberries – Go All The Way (Mp3)
Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now (Mp3)
Jim Croce – Operator (Mp3)
Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music (Mp3)
Paul Simon – Mother and Child Reunion (Mp3)
Gary Glitter – Rock & Roll Part 2 (Mp3)
Elton John – Rocket Man (Mp3)
Alice Cooper – School’s Out (Mp3)
David Bowie – Space Oddity (Mp3)
Seals & Crofts – Summer Breeze (Mp3)
America – Ventura Highway (Mp3)
Nilsson – Without You (Mp3)

Badfinger – No Matter What (Mp3)
David Bowie – Changes (Mp3)
Alice Cooper – Eighteen (Mp3)
Donny Osmond – Go Away Little Girl (Mp3)
T-Rex – Jeepster (Mp3)
The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Mp3)
Steven Stills – Love The One You’re With (Mp3)
Rod Stewart – Maggie May (Mp3)
Jackson 5 – Never Can Say Goodbye (Mp3)
Osmonds – One Bad Apple (Mp3)
Chicago – Saturday in the Park (Mp3)
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (Mp3)
Elton John – Your Song (Mp3)

I didn’t grow up with an older sibling in the house…a brother or sister who’d clue me in as to what’s hip or not. I relied on that blue, round thing right there in the logo — my AM radio. Before you laugh, the AM dial was more alive than you’d think back in the day. I grew up in New Jersey and was force-fed NYC’s radio stations with surprisingly good play lists. Any moment you’d hear such classics as…well, wait a minnit. Why spoil the surprise?

Over the next 10 days, we’ll dig into the best of AM radio as it informed and shaped my brain. MY AM classics as I recall them and most likely they’re yours as well. So sit back, open your lunchbox, and let’s get started…

The Beatles – The Long and Winding Road (Mp3)
Carpenters – Close to You (Mp3)
Mungo Jerry – In the Summertime (Mp3)
B.J. Thomas – Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (Mp3)
Partridge Family – I Think I Love You (Mp3)
George Harrison – My Sweet Lord
Badfinger – Come and Get It

1971…brainwashed by the likes of Alice Cooper, Bowie, KISS, Sweet. You can see it in the eyes.