Re: Whatever happened to...

[Barry Scott <barrys@pop.tiac.net>]

We feature both songs regularly on "The Lost 45s." Actually, the 45
versions of both songs were shorter, since they used an edit. The "Beach
Baby" album version also has a rare intro with a DJ announce coming from
an AM radio...

Bob Nelson wrote:

> Actually,"Stars on 45" and "Life is a Rock" are two
> separate songs by two separate artists. "Stars" was
> a medley of pop songs (I think "Stars on 45" was the
> name of the artist as well), while "Life is a Rock"
> was by Reunion ("CBS and Warner Brothers, RCA and all
> the others/Life is a rock but the radio rolled me/
> Gotta turn it up louder/ So my DJ told me...")
>
> Two bits about the Reunion song:
>   --I remember some stations modified it for the own
> image/call letters. So you'd hear "life is a rock/
> But 'RKO rolled me" on WRKO (in their top 40 days).
>
>   --A few years ago,I heard the Reunion song on
> WVMT in Burlington,VT (was up there on vacation) and
> was amazed to hear it continue on for a minute beyond
> where I thought it had faded out. Turned out that when
> it was a hit, most stations faded it out early (same
> thing with "Beach Baby"). The full versions of BOTH
> songs are on one of those Rhino "Have a Nice Day--
> Super Hits of the 70s" CDs.
> Just thought it was weird--back when it was a hit,
> I never heard that last minute. Twenty years later,
> and there it is.
>
> ---H Glazer <hmglaz@webtv.net> wrote:
> >
> > "Shel" asked:
> >
> > >Do any oldies stations play these at all?<
> >
> > I haven't heard "Starz on 45" ("Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled
> > Me)") for years
>
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