[Tom Hannon]

This thread has a life of it own. I posted the original starting post nearly a year ago. And yes, asking for three (3) favorites was ridicules. Asking for ten favorites would even difficult to choose from. We all relate from special songs in our past and as our lives change so does our taste in music. I remember in the early to mid mid 60's some of my favorite bands included, Hermins Hermits, Gary Lewis and the Playboys and Dave Clark Five. Of course, noteworthy bands like the Four Seasons, Beachboys and Rolling Stones were on the same list and of course the greatest of them all The Fab Four.

Although my music interest didn't capture me until mid 1963 I remember my first favorite songs was "Quicksand" by Martha and The Vandella's. My first record (of more than a thousand in my collection) was Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me. Shortly after my interest in music began I witnessed The British Invasion. Lucky me.

As a kid I heard lots of Big Band music as my father worshiped Glenn Miller as I did The Beatles. Although not my style I am the first to admit Glenn Miller was on a plateau of his own.

A few of my favorites from 1950's- early 1960's--- Chuck Berry, Dion, Everyly Brothers, Roy Orbison.