Chronology - The 1970's

I know probably no one else is interested in this but me. But, in my further work on my iTunes playlist I'm creating a Mac Daddy playlist called "Chronology" which essentially will compile every song on my playlist in the order I recall being introduced to them and they stuck in my memory.

Saying it's a soundtrack to your life is a bit inaccurate because that lends one to believe that it speaks something about you. In this case, it doesn't speak anything to me but rather is what transports me back to a time and place in my life - a memory. The tough part, of course, is doing this in order!

1. Baby Won't You Please Come Home, Frank Sinatra - This was my lullaby. Still works.
2. Rhinstone Cowboy, Glen Campbell - I know I was four years old and I sang this jumping up and down on the bed.
3. Sugar Town, Nancy Sinatra - This was a 45 of my mom or dad's and we played it to death on the little record player my grandparents bought us sometime in 1977. At least until my sister broke the needle for a second time.
4. Y.M.C.A, The Village People - I actually asked for this 45 and more remarkably my mother bought it at Sears.
5. How Deep Is Your Live, The Bee Gees - There probably is no more definitive song of my childhood than this one. Played often on the jukebox at Kelseys Road House in Barrington, the 70's in all its Travolta glory and happy, happy memories.
6. Short Grass, Ian & Sylvia - I have incredibly fun memories of dancing around the living room with my dad to this song. I think we thought it was rock music.
7. Wooden Heart, Elvis Presley - I can actually sing this in German. This was another dance favorite in the house, this time the polka.
8. Early Morning Rain, Ian & Slyvia - Memories of laying on the couch falling asleep or even being in bed and hearing it downstairs. It always made me sad and I remember thinking, "I'd rather be on the plane than crying on the ground."
9. Circle of Steel, Gordon Lightfoot - This song probably was no more played in the house than any other Gord tune but I always liked this one a lot.
10. Please Mr. Please, Olivia Newton John - When I was allowed to play records on the big stereo without supervision, this song was a big hit. Later on in the early 80's my sister and I would do pantomime to this song much to our mutual hilarity.
11. Sundown, Gordon Lightfoot - Nothing reminds me more of the red carpet we had in the house than this song. I contemplated the movement of sunlight to this song. Really.
12. The Rainbow Connection, Kermit The Frog - This was a big hit with me in 1979. It continued to be a musical force through the early 80's as well. Ha!