Jon Conley knew exactly what he wanted for his birthday: the Sears Model 1244 Acoustic Guitar that was hanging at the back of Jay s Music on the town square in Kennett, Mo.
In my digital music library, I have a playlist labeled "country hits of 1962." There are more than 115 songs on this playlist, though only a few can be said to have had any lasting impact on the culture.
This week in 1973: A bomb devasted part of the Latin American Section of ITT Building in New York; A Jackson Pollack painting sold for $2 million in New York City, a record in this country and a record for an American work; and a singer from McMerrin, Virginia, was still enjoying his only No. 1 record, which hit the top of the charts in May.