Somewhere, some place, I still have the very first record my mother ever bought me, a copy of Danny & the Juniors' "At the Hop" on ABC-Paramount records. I have no idea why she got it for me.
I was very young, still single digits and short pants (and a Y at the end of my first name), I suspect, and I have no idea where I would have played the single as 'the victrola' as we called the record player back in the day was something we kids were never allowed to go near at the time.
Decades and decades later, I have over 7,500 albums, organized alphabetically and chronologically, a thousand or more compact discs (sorted the same way), and more music streaming services than I have ears with which to listen to them.
When I stumbled across this article, The 50 Most Influential Albums to Hear Before You Die, I was like a cat with an open box.
Give my regards to Desert Island Discs. Yes, I have every one of them.
-bill kenny
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