Elvis Costello’s Debut Album Released July 22, 1977

It was a pivotal year for music. Punk was just beginning to be noticed in small clubs in Los Angeles, New York, and London.

For the rest of the world, Disco was reigning supreme on the pop charts, and progressive rock acts such as Styx, Boston, Kansas, Pink Floyd, Queen et al held court among the Album Oriented Rock radio stations. Many of these acts had some meteoric crossovers into the pop charts as well.

Silk, skin tight satin ensembles, feathered hair, and an air of androgyny permeated nearly every music act that came out of the mid 70s…and that was just the male groups! Continue reading “My Aim Is True Turns 45”