The song “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and the Comets will always hold significant meaning for me. My sister is ten years older than me and in...
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Christmas 1959.  I had been very, very sure my parents knew I wanted a record player for Christmas.  Very sure!!!  And there it was on Christmas...
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My best friend in high school introduced me to Jimmy Clanton, who was from Louisiana also.He had the most beautiful blue eyes and was a true teenage heart...
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My sister, Mary had a fabulous collection of 45's when I was young and I loved playing them whenever I got the opportunity.  Quite often we would...
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“Down by the Old Mill Stream” always surprises me, and always makes me laugh. My mother loved Mitch Miller, I heard him often while she washed,...
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It was 1959 and I was 12.  My sister, and best friend at the time, was getting married.  Our home was filled with family from out of town.  To...
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