Zero to 180 – Three Minute Magic
Today’s piece is inspired by (i.e., lifted from) a special Top 40 list of 7-inch vinyl compiled by 45Cat contributor, stereotom. These (literally) defining songs — whose titles all begin with the phrase “What Is a [blank]” — have been organized chronologically and married with streaming audio where possible (click
I have a transcription LP of a Ralph Emery radio show from 1971, with Glen Campbell as the featured guest, in which Emery announced the song in the following playful manner: Emery: The Ralph Emery Show rolls along. Here’s Tom T. Hall, and uh, hey, I think you’re gonna —
One of the country “outlaws” who doesn’t always get the recognition is Shel Silverstein, who not only wrote Johnny Cash’s iconic “A Boy Named Sue” [which spawned at least one parody — Joni Credit‘s “A Girl Named Harry” released August 1969] but also many great songs for his close friend’s
Normally, I have no patience for vinyl records that are divorced from their cardboard jackets, but I once took a chance on three loose LPs — a transcription of a syndicated radio program that had been broadcast in 1977 — and was richly rewarded. But only because I had spent
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