![]() One of Osmond’s biggest solo hits was 1972’s “Puppy Love,” and Linda expressed admiration for the way Osmond has continued working in show business while remaining a good person. In the early 1970s, Osmond performed with his impossibly clean-cut brothers, with his impossibly girl-next-door sister Marie, and as a solo artist. Linda Englebarts of Springfield had a copy of squeaky clean Donny Osmond singing “Puppy Love.” “ … Sometimes we’d go to Douglas Park and get on the bandstand and sing their songs.” “The music is simple, but it still makes me feel good,” wrote Sharon, who also owns each episode on DVD. (Spoiler alert! Professionals played Tracy Partridge’s tambourine parts!) Sharon’s first album was “The Partridge Family Album.” Sharon Huck of Springfield enjoyed music by the Partridge Family - or, more accurately, music from the sitcom about a family band, featuring actors David Cassidy and Shirley Jones on vocals. Some enjoyed pop singers who made the teen girls scream. Not everyone in central Illinois gravitated toward foot-stomping rock ‘n’ roll. “Seeing the Dave Clark Five inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year validated my taste in music,” Bruce wrote. The album contains the title track and “Bits and Pieces,” a reminder of a time when the DC5 became the second British band to find stardom in the former Colonies. “ … Sure, the Beatles existed, but I wanted hair like Dave Clark.” ![]() One look at the album cover and you could hear the boots pounding the rhythm of ‘Bits and Pieces’ on the floor,” Bruce wrote. “White turtlenecks, black jackets, white slacks and black Cuban heel boots. He purchased the LP “Glad All Over” back in 1964. “I figured this was safe enough to play when the whole family was riding together, as opposed to some of my older brother’s stuff from the Columbia Record and Tape Club.” (Yet another fading memory from music’s past.)īruce Paisley of Virden fondly remembers another British Invasion band: the Dave Clark Five. And Steve remembers bringing “Band on the Run” with him when the family traveled. Remember “Program 1” “Program 2,” etc., where a song would fade out right in the middle, only to be picked up again on the next program? Frustrating.īut the 8-track was small enough that you could install a player in your car. He owned a pretty good album, “Band on the Run” by Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles band Wings, on 8-track tape, a pretty awful format for releasing music. Special mention goes to Steve Sandstrom of Springfield. A classmate brought the album in one day and I instantly knew I had to have it, too.” (Stephanie still has her original copy.) “When the weather was bad and we couldn’t go out for recess, our teacher Mrs. “When I was in third grade, we had a record player in the back of the classroom,” she wrote. Stephanie Markou George of Springfield remembers when she first heard a copy of “Beatles 65.” “(It) took me about five years to get over that schoolgirl crush, but even today, I still like them and their music. ![]() “That was back in 1964 and everybody had ‘Beatlemania,’” wrote Margy Robb of Springfield, whose first album was the Fab Four’s “Something New.” She bought it for $3 at Kmart, using Christmas money.
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