Music of My Life

Last week, Tim Abbott from Walking the Berkshires posted a challenge that asked, What were the 10 most influencial albums of your formative teenaged years? I’ve read several genea-blogger posts and know that once I list the music that shaped my life as an adolescent, I’ll appear as the teeny-bopper I really was!

So without further ado:

• Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies & Welcome to My Nightmare
• Barry Manilow – Tryin’ to Get the Feeling
• Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic & Get Your Wings
• Osmonds – The Plan
• Rick Springfield – Wait for Night
• Bee Gees – Saturday Night Fever & Spirits Having Flown
• Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive
• Original Soundtrack of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
• Original Soundtrack of the Who’s “Tommy”
• Kiss – Alive & Destroyer
• Elton John – Elton John & Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
• Bay City Rollers – It’s a Game
• The Beatles – White Album

Okay – so there are actually 18 albums!  I also had a few singles that shaped my formative teenage years:

• Led Zepplin – Stairway to Heaven
• Cher – Dark Lady
• Rick Springfield – Weep No More
• Bay City Rollers – The Way I Feel Tonight
• Kiss – Beth
• Eagles – Hotel California

See, told you – teeny bopper!  The albums, I’d hear at least once a week & the singles – probably every day!

In all fairness, I enjoy most types of music (just not behind country 100%!)  Music has always been a big part of my life.  My favorite morning is to put on some music, pick up a good book, pour myself a steaming cup of coffee and settle in to enjoy the music of my youth.