Here is another collection of songs that take me back. Most are 45s I had, ripped from them ol' seven-inch pieces of memory when I was given that USB turntable a few years ago.
Here's the line-up:
1970
1 Mississippi Queen Mountain2 Uncle Charlie and His Dog Teddy/Mr Bojangles Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3 We Gotta Get You a Woman Todd Rundgren
1971
4 That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be Carly Simon 5 Walk Away James Gang
6 Tiny Dancer Elton John
7 Hocus Pocus Focus
8 Behind Blue Eyes The Who
1972
9 School's Out Alice Cooper 10 Rock And Roll Part 1 & 2 Gary Glitter
11 A Piece of Paper Gladstone
12 Back Off Boogaloo Ringo Starr
13 Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) Stevie Wonder
14 Give Ireland Back to the Irish - instrumental - (Version) Wings
15 Early 1970 Ringo Starr
16 Mary Had a Little Lamb Wings
1973
17 You Light Up My Life Carole King 18 Back When My Hair Was Short -single version Gunhill Road
19 Rocky Mountain Way Joe Walsh
20 Under the Boardwalk Rickie Lee Jones - 1983
21 It's the Real Thing The New Seekers - 1971
Track 2 is a recreation of the B side of my 45 release of "Mr Bojangles." The A side was the song by itself, as heard on the radio. Side B was the same song, prefaced with a spoken reminiscence from an old man talking about his life and his "singing" dog. When I finally heard the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album I discovered several of these spoken tidbits sprinkled through the two sides.
For some reason, at Bartlesville's Madison Junior High School in 1970, it was a small catchphrase to mimic the old guy when he said to his dog, "Sit down, Teddy!"
The last cut is from a promo 45 given out at record stores, containing "the Coke song."
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