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New York, NY One of my earliest memories
I was 6 or 7. The big thing in my neighborhood was to hold "carnivals" for Muscular Distrophy (we were all moved by the Jerry Lewis Telethons). We...
Read Memory Cleveland, OH Wild Movie
I usually went to the movies on a Saturday during the summer at the Strand Theater. For 45 centsIwould usuallysee two movies and a serial like Batman or...
Read Memory Overland Park, KS Saturday Night In the Frat House
Every Friday and Saturday night during my college years, we would put this song on extra loud and play it, over and over, while getting ready for dates....
Read Memory Riverview, FL Bill and Ruthie
Bill was my boyfriend’s best friend so we doubled with him and whoever he was dating quite often. He had been seeing one particular girl for awhile, but...
Read Memory Riverview, FL Side Trip
In the summer of 1963 my boyfriend and his family had moved from Grass Lake, Michigan to Lakeview, Ohio. Though he was gone all summer, it had been worked...
Read Memory Riverview, FL Sweet Sixteen
Happy birthday, happy birthday, babyOh, I love you soSixteen candles make a lovely lightBut not as bright as your eyes tonight (as your eyes tonight)...
Read Memory Riverview, FL It Seemed Like a Million Miles
In the spring of 1963 my steady boyfriend’s parents announced that they were moving from our small village in Michigan to a resort area outside of Lima,...
Read Memory Riverview, FL Rock 'n' Roll Comes Home
A little over a year after my mother passed away I moved in with one of my sisters, Paula, and her husband, David. It was quite an adjustment for all of...
Read Memory Unknown The first record I ever bought
This was the first record I ever bought to play on my Dansette record player. I thought that Cliff Richard was just wonderful and loved his film Summer...
Read Memory Carrollton, TX The Piano Recital
It's hard to isolate a single instance of memories associated with this song. Being a piano player from age 7, it's impossible to count the times I've...
Read Memory Riverview, FL Imagineering
Like most people I can’t tell you the first time I heard Puff, The Magic Dragon. It is a song that speaks to me even now and provides wonderful...
Read Memory Cleveland, OH British People Spell Funny
When I was a kid, I used to sit at the bottom of the steps leading up to my sister's attic bedroom when she was playing her vinyl 45's of Motown, bubble...
Read Memory Riverview, FL Dang Me
It was August in Michigan and the Jackson County Fair was in full swing. The fair was alwaya the highlight of my summer growing up and that year was no...
Read Memory Riverview, FL Bobby's Girl
It was a song of the times--an upbeat tempo, simple and unsophisticated lyrics that appealed to teenage girls, and unapologetic innocence. In...
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