This Week's Mustang Music Memories:
In 1969, Crimson and Clover by Tommy James and the Shondells was number one, while Someday Soon by Judy Collins made its debuted on Billboards Hot 100s.
Written by Paul McCartney, Badfinger's Come and Get It debuted in 1970.
I'm Just A Singer In A Rock and Roll Band by the Moody Blues debuted in 1973.
This this week in 1982, from their Freeze Frame Album, the J. Geils Band had the number one hit with Centerfold; Joan Jett and the Blackhearts debuted I Love Rock and Roll -- this was the first release with the Blackhearts.
In '83, Journey debuted Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) and went on to spend four weeks at number one. The video, released less than a month later, was chosen in 1999 as MTV's 13th worse videos of "All Time". Steve Perry's defense, "We're musicians, not actors".
Number one this week in '84, Foreigner with I Want To Know What Love Is.
Making its debut this week in '86, John "Cougar" Mellencamp's R-O-C-K in the USA from his Scarecrow album. John Mellencamp produced the album under the alias "Little Bastard" taken from the name James Dean had decaled on his Porsche . It would be the first time Mellencamp credited himself this way but it would not be the last. Look for the "Little Bastard" on your old albums and CDs.
