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Originally published: 21st June 2020

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This poem was placed 1st in the "YOU CHOOSE AGAIN " Premier Poetry Contest sponsored by Brian Strand (Judged 22nd February 2024)

The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Bread Billy Joel and The Grateful Dead Suzi Quatro, Wham! Kate Bush Elton John, Yes, Kiss and Rush Aerosmith, The Brothers Four Dolly Parton, Sandie Shaw The Jackson Five and Bruce Springsteen Elvis Presley, Slade and Queen David Bowie, The Beach Boys, Sweet Rose Royce, Madness and The Beat Dusty Springfield, Fox, Nick Drake Soft Cell, Toto, Sting, Greg Lake Three Dog Night and The Ramones Pink Floyd and The Undertones Duran Duran, Nirvana and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Mott The Hoople, E.L.O Dr. Hook and Status Quo Skeeter Davis, Iggy Pop Alice Cooper, ZZ Top The Rev. Al Green and Steeley Dan The Who, The Jam and Steeleye Span The Monkees, Abba, Cream and Free Lynyrd Skynrd, 10CC The Faces, Love and Wishbone Ash The Four Tops, Blondie and The Clash The Moody Blues, Deep Purple, Mud Frankie Goes To Hollywood Bob Dylan and The Shangri Las The Kinks. The Birds. The Doors. The Cars The Seekers and Roberta Flack The Drifters, T. Rex, Fleetwood Mac Tina Turner, Prince, James Brown ..And all the music from Motown.

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Mark Toney

Date: 6/8/2025 5:25:00 PM

Very clever! The soundtrack of our lives! Gary, thank you for supporting my Pop Up Poetry—From Vinyl to Verse (2) blog. Your poem is featured in the ‘Results’ blog, which is up and running. I also see that this gem was a winner on Mile 9 of my 2022 Poetry Marathon contest in July of 2022. Rock on!

Gary Radice
Date: 6/9/2025 9:10:00 PM

Thanks Mark. I felt it was time to put another £1 into the jukebox and give it another listen. :) Cheers - Gary

thriveni c mysore

Date: 6/4/2025 10:20:00 PM

There is so much effort behind this awesome write, pulling off rhythm and rhyme with finesse, one can sing this! +FAV, great work dear poet. great.

Gary Radice
Date: 6/5/2025 9:38:00 PM

Thank you thriveni. I must admit to enjoying the finished product more than putting it together. List poems like this tend to involve a lot of hair pulling. :) Cheers - Gary

Heidi Sands

Date: 1/25/2024 1:22:00 PM

Congratulations on this great win :)

Gary Radice
Date: 1/25/2024 1:49:00 PM

Thanks so much Heidi, I appreciate your lovely comments. Cheers - Gary

Silent One

Date: 1/24/2024 10:53:00 AM

Nice musical choice.. Congratulations on your trophy win in the contest..

Gary Radice
Date: 1/24/2024 9:50:00 PM

Thank you S O. It was a surprise and a very nice one at that. Cheers - Gary

Sara Kendrick

Date: 8/8/2022 1:39:00 PM

Not familiar with but a few. The few I am I enjoyed long ago. I enjoyed the way you worked them in to fit a poetic scheme. I am glad I chose this one to read today. Sara

Gary Radice
Date: 8/9/2022 2:52:00 AM

Thank you Sara - It took a little time to put together but I'm happy how it all came together. Cheers - Gary

Anitha Jayasankar

Date: 8/4/2022 4:23:00 AM

So many band names of those old times you listed Gary... Congratulations on your win in the marathon... God bless... ~ Ani

Gary Radice
Date: 8/4/2022 5:14:00 AM

Thank you Anitha. I'm jumping in and out of the marathon but enjoying the ride. Cheers - Gary

Sam Kauffman

Date: 8/1/2022 9:55:00 AM

Wonderful litany of all time favorites Gary! I was transported back in time to that time in my life when these artists defined my days, nights and hopes with their music! Many thanks for those moments on memory lane! Congratulations on your win! Cheers!

Gary Radice
Date: 8/2/2022 7:47:00 AM

Hi Sam. Thanks for your visit and 'listen'. They don't make 'em like this anymore...the music that is..not the poem :) I've written two similar poems at PS. :) Cheers - Gary

Susan Ashley

Date: 7/27/2022 8:28:00 PM

Dear Gary, beautiful memories of my life are stirred by your amazing, clever rhyme of musical greats. So many good times, a great salute to our youth and to these groundbreaking artists. Congratulations for your excellent win in Mark's contest. Warmest wishes, my friend.. ~Susan

Gary Radice
Date: 7/28/2022 1:34:00 AM

Thank you Susan for your wonderful words. It's great to hear your musical taste is in tune with mine. :) I think music is the nearest thing we humans have to a time machine. Cheers - Gary

I Am Anaya

Date: 7/27/2022 3:56:00 PM

We are blessed with music Gary! As Margaret voiced in her response, some didn't have the opportunity to listen to the music of the free world. All of my favorites represented in your list. Wonderfully rhymed. Love it! ~Anaya

Gary Radice
Date: 7/28/2022 1:32:00 AM

Thank you Anaya. I've attempted similar poems listing sweets / candy and TV shows from my childhood and was going to attempt PS poets but gave up before I properly started. :) Cheers - Gary

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 7/27/2022 2:03:00 PM

Congratulations on your win. A creative/fun write. Many of the ones listed I loved to listen to and still do. Have a blessed day writing away...............

Gary Radice
Date: 7/28/2022 1:30:00 AM

Hi Paula. The classics are just that, classic aren't they? Here in the UK many of the best selling vinyl albums tend to be from the stables of the classic bands and singers we grew up with. Cheers - Gary

Mark Toney

Date: 7/27/2022 12:19:00 PM

Very clever! The soundtrack of our lives! Gary, this is not just a wonderful walk through memory lane, this is a comprehensive list of all my vinyl, reel-to-reel tapes, 8-track tapes, cassette tapes, RCA CED videodiscs, CDs, DVDs, and MP3 and MP4 files. A Fave for me for sure. Congratulations on your win on Mile 9 of my 2022 Poetry Marathon Contest. Keep your running shoes on, because Mile 10 has already started! By the way, does anyone have a working RCA videodisc player?

Gary Radice
Date: 7/28/2022 1:28:00 AM

Thanks Mark. Your comments are music to my ears. :) Cheers - Gary

John Watt

Date: 7/6/2022 4:58:00 PM

Love this, Gary. I was always amazed that Billy Joel could create a song based on historical events during his lifetime (We Didn't Start the Fire) and make it work rhythmically AND with rhyme, but you have done an equally amazing job with the soundtrack of our youth (quoting your comment reply below). Too many of my favorite artists to name here, but the Beatles, Billy Joel, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac and Queen certainly added significantly to the soundtrack of my youth. And my first dance was to a Bread song. Absolutely brilliant, I am sending this to my faves, to play on my poetry jukebox of the future. Cheers ~ John

John Watt
Date: 7/7/2022 2:21:00 PM

The song was "Make It With You". It was the first song on The Best of Bread LP. She put the record on at her 16th birthday party and grabbed my hand and said "let's slow dance". I had never danced with a girl before and even though I stepped on her toes 109 times, it was magical. It was her way of saying she wanted to be my girlfriend. Thanks for your reply. I also enjoy Guitar Man and still have the 45 of it somewhere in my house. Incidentally, I attended college with David Gates' nephew.

Gary Radice
Date: 7/7/2022 11:39:00 AM

Thanks John. I look back to the 60s and 70s and early to mid 80s and think how blessed we were to have such great music. My vinyl collection covers this period. What was the Bread song John? Everything I own and Guitar man are two of my favourite tracks of theirs. Cheers - Gary

Margarita Lillico

Date: 1/31/2022 9:37:00 AM

Thanks Gary, I missed on a lot of names having my youth behind the iron curtain but feel motivated to upgrade my music tastes and depth. Your words flow easy, hit hard and settle in deep :) M.

Gary Radice
Date: 1/31/2022 12:00:00 PM

Thank you M! All these artists were the soundtrack of my youth and I've spent the last couple of years buying all their vinyl again so I can listen to how the music sounded back when.. in all its complete scratched vinyl rawness. :) Cheers - Gary

Brian Strand

Date: 9/6/2021 2:53:00 PM

Youtube is cheaper & readily available Gary one of the plusses of the modern world of the tablet over the jukebox(why was it (a large radiogram)called that?

Gary Radice
Date: 9/7/2021 1:49:00 AM

Youtube does what Youtube does but nothing can beat that lovely scratched sound of vinyl for me Brian. :) Cheers - Gary

Brian Strand

Date: 9/6/2021 10:55:00 AM

Gary,jukebox days..ah I remember it well..along with no flood lights at football- Lowry streets in Bolton&Warrington-rent collectors on council estates-delivery vans selling (nothing new about it except you ordered /bought at the van-pictures that showed continuously (so you could go in mid-picture&see it round- so you could catch the convenient bus home)-buses or bikes or shanks pony only optionn for Mr Everyone.Happy days

Gary Radice
Date: 9/6/2021 11:42:00 AM

There's a whole anthology there waiting to be written Brian. I was debating buying a jukebox at one point but it would have got in the way of our 3 piece suite. :) Cheers - Gary

Brian Sambourne

Date: 5/12/2021 3:02:00 PM

What a fantastic rhyme of rock 'n roll greats! The only other name I'd love to see included is Dusty Springfield. How I loved her distinctive voice. She also lived in our neighbourhood for awhile in the early 80's before I settled here. A strong salute to your remarkable skill Gary. Best wishes. Be well. Brian

Gary Radice
Date: 5/12/2021 3:08:00 PM

Wow!! Dusty Springfield. Brilliant singer. I bought her album "A Girl Called Dusty" not long back! Thanks for your comments Brian. You've set me a task now ..I'll think on about adding Dusty. I've written a similar poem on PS about types of sweets /Candy (For All The Sweet Lovers) Thanks again Brian! EDIT: Dusty now added. Cheers - Gary

Sam Kauffman

Date: 9/12/2020 11:50:00 AM

A true hit parade, Gary! Loved all of these groups. Wonderful musical memories! Congratulations on your winning placement with this oh so creative gem!

Gary Radice
Date: 9/13/2020 12:27:00 AM

Hi Sam! Thanks for the comments. The poem is basically the soundtrack of my life. I have a lot of vinyl in my house and would love an old jukebox for some of it but..no room! :) Cheers - Gary

Reggae Magnet

Date: 7/18/2020 9:08:00 AM

You sound too much like we played similar tunes or listen to them on the Juke box but I can remember my first , Fats Domino, and if he is not on your list , I am older than you or you will be put in detention, old school style.

Gary Radice
Date: 7/18/2020 9:29:00 AM

Cheers Reggae :) The very first single I bought was "Moon River" by Greyhound. It was a Top 10 UK hit in 1971. I was 10. I don't have any Fats Domino vinyl but loved his singing of 'Blueberry Hill'. Cheers :) Gary

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/24/2020 9:31:00 PM

I don't think you missed anyone, Cary! The 60's were something else, weren't they?! Peace, Gershon

Gary Radice
Date: 6/25/2020 3:34:00 AM

I love the music of the sixties Gershon and the seventies..and a bit from the eighties..and not so much from the nineties..and I don't have any time for the music today..:) I've come to the conclusion that the music you grow up with stays with you for life. Cheers :) Gary

Brian Strand

Date: 6/23/2020 1:59:00 AM

Ah Gary..a rhyming stroll ... a memory lane..musically and technologically.

Gary Radice
Date: 6/23/2020 3:38:00 AM

Thank you Brian! I really appreciate your visit and comments. On the vinyl front, all the old classics have been re-released and are regularly in the Album charts...so there's hope for my poetry yet! :)

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 6/21/2020 5:26:00 PM

Hello Gary Radica, I remember some of these music. They are still my fav. I have some of thes music CD's i listen to them often. Enjoy your evening my friend.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 6/22/2020 1:37:00 PM

Hello Gary Radica, I listen to music in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon. Enjoy your day my friend.

Gary Radice
Date: 6/22/2020 3:17:00 AM

Hi Darlene! Thank you for your comments. I'm listening to some of the music as I type. Cheers :) Gary

Silent One

Date: 6/21/2020 1:28:00 PM

60s &70s was a great time for music with real singers with fantastic voices... Great poem

Gary Radice
Date: 6/21/2020 2:01:00 PM

Thanks Silent One! Agreed..They were great years for music. In truth I could have written a lot more verses :)