You got it,within the three year age range, Bert. I'm 67.

If you're around my age or slightly older and from the U.S. of A.,upi might remember a recording that I thought changed the history of popular music than any single record. I did a speech on it in college. Back in the early-50's a young kid took his guitar into one of those record your voice booths, and made a rather wobbly recording of a song he'd written. Oh, Happy Day. His name was Don Howard. He got some local DJ to spin it, and the kids liked it, so some small record label decided to release it... wobbly speed and all. At first, everyone over 21 hated it, and tried to get stations from playing it. Then the big labels had singers like Tennessee Ernie Ford cover it. But, despite all the covers, Howard's recording was the one that sold. What was so revolutionary about it was that it was a young kid who couldn't play guitar much beyond strumming, and couldn't sing very well. But, he had a hit record, dammit, and if he could, why not any other skinny young kid in America? The record companies saw that there was money to be made, and it was a wedding made in Corporate Heaven. I still have my 45, which still sounds good to me. They've never re-issued the record, to my knowledge, but it caused a real convulsion in the music industry. Anyone remember it.. sung reallllll slow...

The sun is shining, Oh, happy day
No more troubles and no skies of grey..

Jerry