Nothing Like Finding a Forgotten Song
Once upon a time, there was no Internet. No Pandora, Spotify, YouTube or Google. In many ways, those were better times. We listened to the radio, which we all know could be hit or miss. Maybe we'd have to listen extra carefully to hear the DJ list the songs they played before a commercial came on. Or we'd actually call and talk to the disc jockey (or whoever answered the phone). Once you knew what the mystery song was, and who recorded it, it was time to either buy the 45, or LP. Or be on the ready with the portable radio/cassette player to tape it the next time it played on the radio. If you got tired of waiting, you could request it, and then wait some more. I mostly listened to "Classic Hits" or "Album Oriented Rock" stations. Sometimes if there wasn't anything good on those, I'd check the "Oldies" and "Soft Rock" options, and finally, contemporary or Mixed channels. By the end of the 80's there really wasn't much ...