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Certain Songs #1938: Ringo Starr – “Photograph”

October 20, 2020 by Jim Connelly

Album: Ringo
Year: 1973

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1973 was the year when whatever made me a music fanatic finally completely broke loose in my brain, and I spent that year utterly immersed in the glories of AM Top 40 radio, often hearing songs three or four times a day — I mean, when I wasn’t in school or some stupid shit like that.

And, of course, the ones I loved to pieces I started buying as singles — “Daniel” and “Cisco Kid” were the first two of many — but even the ones I just liked a lot I memorized completely.

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Certain Songs #1937: Ringo Starr – “It Don’t Come Easy”

October 19, 2020 by Jim Connelly

Single, 1971

Recorded a full year before it was released as a single, “It Don’t Come Easy” was the first of a ridiculous run of Ringo Starr singles.

And I do mean ridiculous: from 1971 – 1975, every single single Ringo released made the the top ten, two of them peaking at #1. That’s a better five-year run than — to pull some random names out of a hat — John Lennon, George Harrison or Paul McCartney ever had. Though Macca ended up with more, eventually.

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24 Musical Moments To Die For, Part 2

August 29, 2008 by Jim Connelly

NOTE: Because of a godsdammed bug between Flash and Firefox for Windows, I’ve had to break this up into two parts in order for the players to work for those with that particular configuration. Stupid internets.

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Filed Under: Music, That's What I Like Tagged With: Blow Monkeys, Cat Heads, Drive-by Truckers, Guided by Voices, Individuals, Jason Isbell, John Lennon, Lloyd Cole, Miss Alans, New Order, Paul McCartney, Paul Weller, Ringo Starr, Robert Pollard, Temptations, The Beatles, The Jam, Yo La Tengo

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