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Sly & the Family Stone released “Hot Fun in the Summertime” in July 1969, shortly before they played Woodstock. It was one of the biggest hits of 1969 and has since grown into an essential classic summer anthem. #VinylTapCurrent

Laura Branigan’s signature song “Gloria” was an English-translated cover of a song first recorded by Italian singer-songwriter Umberto Tozzi. Branigan’s version stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 for 36 weeks in 1982, a record at the time for a female artist. #VinylTapCurrent

Aerosmith recently announced they are retiring from the road after months of postponement of their Peace Out: The Farewell Tour. Steven Tyler injured his vocal cords last Sept and it sounds like the damage is not something that will have a full recovery. #VinylTapCurrent

How surfing works at the Paris Olympics:

U.S. surfer Caroline Marks took gold at the Paris Olympics. MN may not have the waves of Tahiti, but in the 1960’s surf-rock was a popular sound recorded at Kay Bank studio in Mpls. Virginia, MN band The Vaqueros recorded “80 Foot Wave” in 1964. #VinylTapCurrent

After the news that MN Governor Tim Walz was announced as running mate to Kamala Harris, The Replacements ‘Tim’ album cover got the meme treatment. #VinylTapCurrent

After Brian Wilson shelved the ‘Smile’ project, The Beach Boys gathered at Wilson’s home studio to record a more “relaxed” version of the project. The result was ‘Smiley Smile” with the single “Good Vibrations” tacked on. #VinylTapCurrent

A group of Memphis studio musicians recorded “Yeah Yeah” in 1969 under the name Blackrock. It was reissued in 2018 on Record Store Day. The song has been sampled by The Roots, The Black Keys and others. #VinylTapCurrent

The 6th and final album from The Jam was released in 1982. ‘The Gift’ includes “Town Called Malice”, the only song from The Jam to chart in the U.S. Paul Weller broke up The Jam and formed the Style Council before starting his solo career. #VinylTapCurrent

Billy Joel’s 1978 album ‘52nd Street’ includes “My Life”, featuring backup vocals by Peter Cetera and Donnie Dacus of the band Chicago. The song was used as the theme to the early 80’s sitcom Bosom Buddies, the show that launched Tom Hanks’ career. #VinylTapCurrent

Oliver took “Good Morning Starshine” to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1969. In the musical Hair (1967) the song is performed by the character Sheila. In the movie version of Hair (1977) Sheila was played by Beverly D’Angelo. #VinylTapCurrent

Actor Crispin Glover, best known for playing George McFly in Back to the Future, released a strange and unusual album in 1989, recorded by Barnes and Barnes (“Fish Heads”). The album was reissued in 2023 on Record Store Day. #VinylTapCurrent

The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin’s 13th studio album ‘Aretha Now’ was released in June 1968. The opening track is “Think”, which Aretha re-recorded for the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers. #VinylTapCurrent

Kris Kross was the youngest hip-hop group to gain success. Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly and Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith were discovered by and produced by Jermaine Dupri and had a smash hit right out of the gate in 1992 with their debut single “Jump”. #VinylTapCurrent

Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Peterson released only one album under the moniker Indio. ‘Big Harvest’ came out in 1989 and features the Canadian top 10 song “Big Sun”. The song was covered by Eddie Vedder for the Into the Wild soundtrack. #VinylTapCurrent

The final album recorded by The Beatles, ‘Abbey Road’, was released 55 years ago in Sept 1969. Side two contains the 16-minute medley of eight tracks blended into one long suite. #VinylTapCurrent

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