From the Vinyl Gym: Celebrate Fall With These Fabulous Oldies
It’s fall – sweater weather, longer nights. Perfect for walking a trail of colorful autumn leaves, a moonlight stroll or even watching the night sky and nightlights from your home. Fall can be lighthearted and carefree, just like songs from the Monkees, Gordon Lightfoot and countless others. OR fall can be fun, festive and hard rockin’ – just like the Rolling Stones, The Doors, Rick James, etc. Fall can be filled with romantic songs by 60’s groups like The Shangri-Las, The Platters and so on. In other words, FALL can be everything and anything you want it to be!
So let’s give the oldies a workout in the vinyl gym and celebrate these assorted hits from the past – hopefully some will bring back great memories. Others may be “lost hits” you’ve forgotten about, such as 70’s hit, I love You For All Seasons by The Fuzz, a black female trio hailing from Washington, D.C., or Lou Gramm’s solo 80’s hit, Midnight Blue – a real rockin’ song also overlooked from the lead singer of Foreigner. Paul Revere & The Raiders formed in 1960 and had many hits. Often forgotten on the airwaves is their Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon.
Time to take a step back in time and celebrate fall with these hits from our past:
Autumn Leaves – Roger Williams ‘55 Steve Allen ‘55
Autumn Waltz – Tony Bennett ‘56
Whole Lot Of Shakin’ Going On – Jerry Lee Lewis ‘57
See You in September – Tempos ‘59 The Happenings ‘66
Harbor Lights – Platters ‘60
Red Sails in the Sunset – Platters ‘60 Fats Domino ‘63
Green Onions – Booker T & the MGs ‘62
Remember (Walkin’ In The Sand) – Shangri-Las ‘64
I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher ‘65
Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke ‘65
Rhapsody In The Rain – Lou Christie ‘66
96 Tears – ? and the Mysterians ‘66
I’m A Believer – Monkees ‘66
Reflections – The Supremes ‘67
Jumpin’ Jack Flash – Rolling Stones ‘68
Hello, I Love You – The Doors ‘68
59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) – Harpers Bizarre ‘67
Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie – Jay & the Americans ‘67
Mr. Son, Mr. Moon – Paul Revere & the Raiders ‘69
Time of the Season – Zombies ‘69
Come Together – Beatles ‘69 Aerosmith ‘78
Lookin’ Out My Back Door – Creedence Clearwater Revival ‘70
Rock Steady – Aretha Franklin ‘71
Draggin’ The Line – Tommy James ‘71
I Love You For All Seasons – Fuzz ‘71
Nice To Be With You – Gallery ‘72
Love Train – The O’Jays ‘73
Keep On Truckin’ (Part 1) – Eddie Kendricks ‘73
You’re In My Heart (The Final Acclaim) – Rod Stewart ‘77
Seasons in the Sun – Terry Jacks ‘74
Carefree Highway – Gordon Lightfoot ‘74
Golden Years – David Bowie ‘76
Dream Weaver – Gary Wright ‘76
Fly Like An Eagle – Steve Miller Band ‘77
Carry On Wayward son – Kansas ‘77
You and I – Rick James ‘78
Reminiscing – Little River Band ‘78
September – Earth, Wind & Fire ‘79
Take the Long Way Home – Supertramp ‘79
September Morn’ – Neil Diamond ‘80
Best of Times – Styx ‘81
Take Me With You – Prince ‘85
One Of the Living – Tina Turner ‘85
Rhythm Of The Night – DeBarge ‘85
Change In The Weather – John Fogerty ‘86
Faith – George Michael ‘87
Midnight Blue – Lou Gramm ‘87
Rock The Night – Europe ‘87
Who’s That Girl – Madonna ‘87
Seasons Change – Expose ‘88
Load your favorite oldies into your listening devices. Take an autumn drive down Gordon Lightfoot’s Carefree Highway. Or if you find yourself taking a fall stroll, take Supertramp’s advice: Take the Long Way Home!
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