Most of my readers probably know that I have a lot of music comprising many genres of which most is either in the pop category or classical. I call the pop category my non-classical music. Currently I have 1,670 hours, 32 minutes, and 10 seconds of non-classical music. I listen to an average of 11 hours, 10 minutes of music each and every day, which means that it takes me about 149½ days just to listen to the non-classical music. It takes me the rest of the year to listen to all my classical music.

Long-time readers also probably know that I listen to my non-classical music in chronological order. Today I’m in the year 1971. Of the many albums released that year, I have 58 of them. In the order in which I listen to them:

1. Kongos by John Kongos
2. First Album by ZZ Top
3. Salisbury by Uriah Heep
4. Chicago III by Chicago
5. Paranoid by Black Sabbath
6. Crazy Horse by Crazy Horse
7. Love It To Death by Alice Cooper
8. Ring Of Hands by Argent
9. The Yes Album by Yes
10. Percy by The Kinks
11. Aqualung by Jethro Tull
12. Manna by Bread
13. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
14. The Doobie Brothers by The Doobie Brothers
15. Survival by Grand Funk
16. Bloodrock 3 by Bloodrock
17. Thirds by The James Gang
18. Songs For Beginners by Graham Nash
19. Ram by Paul & Linda McCartney
20. L.A. Woman by The Doors
21. Indelibly Stamped by Supertramp
22. Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
23. Every Good Boy Deserves Favor by The Moody Blues
24. Fireball by Deep Purple
25. Master Of Reality by Black Sabbath
26. Who’s Next? by The Who
27. April Wine by April Wine
28. Bark by Jefferson Airplane
29. Future Games by Fleetwood Mac
30. Harmony by Three Dog Night
31. Look At Yourself by Uriah Heep
32. Imagine by John Lennon
33. Rock Love by The Steve Miller Band
34. American Pie by Don McLean
35. Other Voices by The Doors
36. REO Speedwagon by REO Speedwagon
37. The Morning After by The J. Geils Band
38. UFO 2—Flying by UFO
39. Distant Light by The Hollies
40. Meddle by Pink Floyd
41. Cold Spring Harbor by Billy Joel
42. Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be by The Sweet
43. Muswell Hillbillies by The Kinks
44. Nazareth by Nazareth
45. People Like Us by The Mamas & The Papas
46. Sittin’ In by Loggins & Messina
47. Year Of Sunday by Seals & Crofts
48. Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
49. Nilsson Schmillson by Nilsson
50. Fragile by Yes
51. E Pluribus Funk by Grand Funk
52. Madman Across The Water by Elton John
53. Killer by Alice Cooper
54. Trafalgar by The Bee Gees
55. Straight Up by Badfinger
56. The Electric Light Orchestra by The Electric Light Orchestra
57. The Concert For Bangladesh by George Harrison & Friends
58. Wild Life by Wings

So which is my favorite album? I couldn’t decide. Maybe there is a tie for first place:

Ram by Paul & Linda McCartney
Who’s Next? by The Who
Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
Nilsson Schmilsson by Nilsson
Trafalgar by The Bee Gees.

If you know those albums well, you’ll notice that every song on the albums are quite singable, and I love to sing.

I also have 71 individual song files but I’m not going to list all of them here. I can’t choose my favorite among them, either, but following are ten that I love to sing along with. I hope they bring back some pleasant memories for someone.

Jeepster by T. Rex
Not released as a single

Another Day by Paul McCartney
McCartney’s first post-Beatles single, a #5 hit

Indian Reservation by Paul Revere & The Raiders
Their only #1 hit

Me & You & A Dog Named Boo by Lobo
Lobo’s first single, a #5 hit

Albert Flasher by The Guess Who
#29 hit

Signs by Five Man Electrical Band
Their first single, a #3 hit

Draggin’ The Line by Tommy James
A #4 hit a year after James said good-bye to The Shondells

Saturday Morning Confusion by Bobby Russell
Russell wrote dozens of hits for others
but had only two hits himself
this his biggest at #28

Where Evil Grows by The Poppy Family
A #45 hit, although until this blog post
I thought it made it much higher.

Rain Dance by The Guess Who
#19

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