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