As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Sunday, February 16, 2014

#81 A Quiet Place -- Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters (1964)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06WFEb39jYc

Although I listened to Top 40 radio almost constantly from the age of 12 and fairly often even afterwards, only once can I remember actually requesting a specific song. WBT radio (1110) out of Charlotte NC could be heard easily in Pennsylvania after dark, and at one point I frequently listened to Rockin’ Ray’s “Sunday Night Hall of Fame,” which was on the air from 1971 through 1995. On one show he played “A Quiet Place”, which I had never heard before. I liked it so much that I sent in a postcard requesting the song the next week. What I can’t remember is whether or not he actually played it again.

The song is widely considered to be a classic example of “Carolina Beach Music”, although it’s much slower and more melancholy that most other CBM songs.
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