July Music

My July order is finishing up my Billboard's Number One Hits Extravaganza. It's always struck me how 'Critically Acclaimed' and 'Number One Hit' never seem to match. But these are the ones people from their high school days. Also in this order are two new collections I'm working on. In this order and the August order I made a big effort to get Comedy. Victor Borge, Lenny Bruce, Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, and Rodney Dangerfield all made it into this order. I also started working on Blues. Blues has an unusual history. Basically it's southern black folk music and it would have been forgotten except by musicologists except that during the 20's and early 30's the record companies were running around looking for music to record both for vinyl records and radio. Blues, like early Country found it's way onto radio this way, but while Country developed a permanent home on radio with 'Grand Ole Opry' and 'Louisiana Hay Ride', the Blues sort of faded away even thought it did have a major influence on Jazz. The Blues then went through a major revival in the 50's and 60's. Many of the old Blues men were rediscovered. The British were huge fans of American Blues and Groups like the Rolling Stones got their start as an English Blues band.

(Three Progressive Rock Albums I missed before.)
Days of Future Passed - Moody Blues
On the Threshold of a Dream - Moody Blues
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

Albums with Number One Hits

Purple Rain - Prince
Around the World in a Day - Prince
Sign O' the Times - Prince
Best of Me - Bryan Adams
Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
Riptide - Robert Palmer
Like a Virgin - Madonna
True Blue - Madonna
Fore! - Huey Lewis
Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi
New Jersey - Bon Jovi
Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses
Back in the High Life - Steve Winwood

Comedy

Caught in the Act - Victor Borge
Comedy in Music - Victor Borge
Phonetically Speaking - Victor Borge
Radio Stars of America - Jack Benny
Radio Stars of America - Burns and Allen
Lenny Bruce Originals Volume 1
Lenny Bruce Originals Volume 2
20th Century Masters - Millennium Collection: Best of Rodney Dangerfield

Blues
Back Door Wolf - Howlin Wolf
His Best - Little Walter
Blind Boy Fuller Remastered: 1935-1938

Odds & Ends
War of the Worlds - Orson Welles
Bali - Gamelan (Balinese Pop-Folk)