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CD SHOWCASE MEMORIES
4 songs from the 2nd hour (8p-9p; double play hour) of my 04/13/1996 college radio show: John Conlee’s “Common Man” & “The Old School” & Lee Greenwood’s “It Turns Me Inside Out” & “Hearts Aren’t Made To Break”. Also featured: OC,SH original aerial view of 3 Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh PA from the 1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game booklet, which my Dad (a huge Pittsburgh Pirates fan) has.
#1
“Common Man”
John Conlee
[For more info about JC’s hits & history, check out the 07/06/2015 “CD Showcase Memories” entry via THIS LINK HERE, the 07/23/2016 “CarTunes Saturday” entry via THIS LINK HERE, the 01/21/2017 “Smorgasbord Saturday” entry via THIS LINK HERE & the 01/31/2017 “Turntable Tuesday” entry via THIS LINK HERE.]
This song debuted 03/05/1983, spent 19 weeks on the country charts & claimed #1, sparking a string of 4 straight chart toppers, including 1983’s “I’m Only In It For The Love”, 1983-4’s “In My Eyes” & 1984’s “As Long As I’m Rocking With You”. When I was younger, the lyric of this song that always made me smile: “I’ll take a Chevrolet just any day, so give your Daddy back his Mercedes-Benz.” Course, now as an adult, several lines in this song tell the story of the common man so eloquently.
#2
“Old School”
John Conlee
This is 1 of my absolute favorites of his, & it’s not because I can identify with the premise of the storyline. It’s because, especially as I’ve grown older, I can identify with the “the way it used to be” feel of the lines. Hitting the airwaves 10/26/1985, this single spent 21 weeks on the charts & peaked at #5. After 1985’s “Blue Highway” (#15) stopped a string of 8 Top 10 tunes (in which the above song was 1 of 4 chart toppers), this tune started a string of 5 more Top 10s, including 1986’s “Got My Heart Set On You” (#1) & 1987’s “Domestic Life” (#4, another favorite of mine).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU8nBR7L5-4
#3
“It Turns Me Inside Out”
Lee Greenwood
[For more info about LG’s hits & history, check out the 05/25/2015 “CD Showcase Memories” entry via THIS LINK HERE, the 07/01/2015 “CD Showcase Memories” entry via THIS LINK HERE, the 03/21/2017 “Turntable Tuesday” entry via THIS LINK HERE & the 03/28/2017 “Turntable Tuesday” entry via THIS LINK HERE.]
This song has always tugged at my heart strings, even when I was a kid. Yet, it was just a few, short 5 years ago (when I was forced to sell my family of cars) when the opening line stuck in my mind the most: “In a way I’m glad it’s over, even though it’s going to hurt me once you’re gone.” The premise of the song … goodbyes being good & sad at the same time … made this song very pertinent to me in 2012. Some of the lyrics really fit my mood & mode back then, such as: “Losing you will change my life no doubt” … “In a way I guess it’s better, even though there’s nothin’ good about goodbye” … “It’s for sure I’m gonna miss you, but I guess that’s what goodbye is all about” … “On the 1 hand I know I’ll be better off once you’re gone, but I find a lot of heartaches on the other”. Originally debuting 09/18/1981, this song (his debut release) spent 22 weeks on the country charts & peaked at #17. His career took off after this song, with 19 of his next 20 releases (early 1982 to late 1987) reaching the Top 10. The only non-top 10 in that stretch? 1985’s “It Should’ve Been Love By Now”, a duet with Barbara Mandrell that notched at #19!
#4
“Hearts Aren’t Made To Break”
Lee Greenwood
Can’t say this song has ever been a favorite of mine; however, the idea that hearts are made to love, not break, is a concept very pertinent these days, I think. This single hit the airwaves 04/19/1986, spent 22 weeks on the charts & claimed #1, the last of 4 straight chart toppers in that aforementioned 20-song stretch. The previous 3 chart toppers in that string were 1985’s “Dixie Road”, 1985’s “I Don’t Mind The Thorns” & 1985-6’s “Don’t Underestimate My Love For You” … none of which are particular favorites of mine.