“I was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool”

 Magic strikes again with the Random 45 and LP pulls. 

First I grabbed “George Jones’ Greatest Hits.

Then for the 45 I pulled Barbara Mandrell, “I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool” from 1981.

I know this song and immediately started singing the line where she sings about George Jones. Actually, he sings on the record with her in the final verse.

So we will play that hit from 81 and Jones’ “White Lightning" his first number-one country hit released in 1959. It was Written by legendary “

JP Richardson, “The Big Bopper.”

He recorded it himself in 58, yet was killed in the plane crash with buddy holly six days before jones’ release. And never got to see it be a success. 

Album Turning 50 “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers”

American Girl by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was recorded on July 4th, 1976 in LA.

So on this Magical Monday Musical Matinee, our feature “Album Turning 50” is his debut “Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers”

It wasn’t released until November 1976 so I was saving it.

But since American Girl was recorded on the fourth and reportedly written the day before on the 3rd!?

After all it was a great big world

With lots of places to run to…

In honor of T&T’s wedding, I chose a special “Original and Cover” for this Magical Monday Musical Matinee.

Clearly singing about someone else but so what, “The One” by Taylor Swift.

The cover is by Counting Crows. I’m no Swiftee. I was a Madonna Wannabe.

But Adam made me like this song.

And we are playing both of them.

"The 1"

In honor of T&T’s wedding, I chose a special “Original and Cover” for this Magical Monday Musical Matinee.

Clearly singing about someone else but so what, “The One” by Taylor Swift. The cover is by Counting Crows.

I’m no Swiftee. I was a Madonna Wannabe. But Adam made me like this song. 

And we are playing both of them this Monday July 6th.