Sunday, March 11, 2012

Stars on 45s

Photo by Brandywine Photography
I have been a longtime fan of pin-up style fashion and photography. My friend Leanna has recently started a business photographing pin-ups, and I was lucky enough to be one of her first models. Since I was so excited about it all, I have been trying to help out where I can. Most recently that included browsing my parents' house for "vintage" stuff that could be used as props in future shoots. I had seen the photo to the right on a pin-up photography site and loved it so much that I thought I could try to recreate it. I have an old record player, all I needed was the forty-fives. My mom spoke up and said, "We've got some old 45's you can have." YES! So we headed to the 5 or 6 milk crates that now contain my parents' much narrowed down record collection, to look for them. I was totally surprised when I saw that the majority of these 45s were mine! How had they survived all this time?! Mom and I laughed and sang as we looked through the stack. She kept a few John Lennon ones that she couldn't part with, and sent the rest home with me. What follows is a list of the 45's in that stack. Enjoy!

Mine:
  • "Jungle Love" Morris Day and The Time
  • "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" Elton John
  • "I'm Satisfied" BeeGees
  • "Conga" Miami Sound Machine
  • "Africa" Toto
  • "Saving All My Love for You" Whitney Houston
  • "Ebony and Ivory" Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
  • "Harlem Shuffle" Rolling Stones
  • "Count Me Out" New Edition
  • "Sharing the Night Together" Dr. Hook
  • "Copacabana" Barry Manilow
  • "Walk Like an Egyptian" Bangles (2 copies)
  • "When Doves Cry" Prince
  • "King Tut" Steve Martin
  • "Beat It" Michael Jackson
  • "We Are Family" Sister Sledge
  • "Shame on the Moon" Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
  • "The Girl Is Mine" Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
  • "Ghostbusters" Ray Parker Jr.
  • "Who's Zoomin' Who" Aretha Franklin
  • "Unchain My Heart" Joe Cocker
  • "Chicken Soup with Rice" Carole King
  • "Georgie and the Noisy Ghost" a Robert Bright story read by George Rose

Not mine (that I did not remember singing to in my room anyway):
  • "White Christmas" Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters
  • "Nobody Does it Better" Carly Simon
  • "Shout" Joey Dee and the Starlighters
  • "This Is It" Melba Moore
  • "Here You Come Again" Dolly Parton
  • "Stars on 45 Get Ready Volume III" Stars On 45 (Both sides are more than 7 min long each)
  • "The Gambler" Kenny Rogers
  • "She Believes in Me" Kenny Rogers