CD SHOWCASE MEMORIES

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LOOK AHEAD: Starting this Saturday, 11/28/2015, the regular features of “Wednesday Wrap: CD Showcase Memories” (9p US central) & “CarTunes Saturday: CD Showcase Memories” (8a US central) will be pre-empted by highlights from the “CD Showcase – Holiday Edition” radio shows I hosted 12/24/2009, 12/24/2010 & 12/24/2011. These highlights will continue until Wednesday, 01/06/2016.

Ending the day listening to “Thanksgiving Prayer” by Johnny Cash & “Thank You For The Music” by ABBA, a pair of songs appropriate for tomorrow (Thanksgiving Day), while checking under the hood of a Ford Mustang, photographed by OC,SHer CHRIS L S at the 2015 Ocean Gate Car Show….

#1 “Thanksgiving Prayer” | Johnny Cash
If you watched CBS’ “Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman” (01/01/1993 – 05/16/1998), you may remember this song. From Season 3, Episode 10 (originally airing 11/19/1994), this song was written specifically for the episode by the show’s producer, Josef Anderson. Cash sings it as Kid Cole (a role he portrayed in 4 episodes during the series run) to his real-life wife June Carter Cash (portraying his then-TV wife Sister Ruth). Series regulars Jane Seymour (as Dr Quinn) & Joe Lando (as Byron Sully) are also in the room.

#2 “Thank You For The Music” | ABBA
This single was officially released 11/06/1983 to promote the band’s last album, a compilation effort of the same name, though the song had appeared as the B-side to the band’s 1978 release “Eagle”, from the band’s 1977 album (5th studio) ‘ABBA: The Album’. This single peaked in early 1984 at #17 in Ireland, #23 in Netherlands & #33 in England; it capped a career that spanned 1972-1984, including many memorable tunes such as 1976’s “Dancing Queen” & 1978’s “Take A Chance On Me”.