Year: 2009
The album is a rock opera and I’m not super crazy about it, but I enjoy the albums first track quite a bit. From the wiki:
The plot is a love story: a woman named Margaret (voiced by Stark) falls in love with a shape-shifting boreal forest dweller named William (voiced by Meloy). William’s mother, the jealous Forest Queen (voiced by Nova), and the villainous Rake (also voiced by Meloy) bring conflict to the album’s story arc.
Year: 1986
When my daughter was in the womb I would sing this song to her. It seemed to make her upset. But now she has red hair and I’d like to think I willed that into existence.
Year: 1993
A soft rock song by Dave Mason that hit #12 on the pop charts in 1977. I often prefer original rock versions that have been covered by country artists, but in this case I slightly prefer Billy Dean’s version.
The album for this song, “Fire in the Dark,” was one of the first cassette tapes I owned.
Year: 1961
Oh, man. For some reason I never made the connection that this was the same James Darren who played Vic Fontaine on Deep Space Nine.
Year: 1959
Taking an opera song and making it an enormous pop hit is pretty impressive. Love how long he’s able to hold the notes there at the end.
Year: 2009
The Bubble Yum Watermelon of pop music and I can’t ever not sing along to this.
Year: 1992
I’m undecided if Achy Breaky Heart was a good or a bad thing for Billy Ray. It became so reviled so quickly (and it is indeed a horrible song) it might have kept him underrated for the rest of his life. On the other hand, it put him on the map.
He’s got like ten songs I really like but he never got to #1 a second time.
Year: 1994
Oh, this brings me back to 7th grade. I still can’t help myself when someone mentions that someone else’s name is William. I’ll reply with, “I’m sure it’s Bill or Billy or Mac or Buddy.” I get weird looks.
Other than the chorus, the song is all lifted from the poem “Fun” by Wyn Cooper. Of course it’s a poem. Today I learned.
Year: 1969
Mad props for pulling off the line “Thrill me to the marrow.” As well as the alliterative “Lacy lilting lady, losing love lamenting.”
I just looked up the translation of the Spanish lyrics at the end.
“I remember the beauty of Cuba
The Queen of the Caribbean Sea
I want to go back again
I’m so sad that I can’t go.”
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!
Year: 1973
My favorite ballad artist ever. Grateful he recorded this one live before his death. This song pretty much sums up my first relationship. I love this chorus so much.
Still I hope that you can find another
Who can take what I could not
He’ll have to be a super guy
Or maybe a super god
‘Cause I never was much of a martyr before
And I ain’t ’bout to start nothin’ new
And baby, I can’t hang upon no lover’s cross for you
Death By Troggles 
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