1. Rock the Boat - The Hues Corporation (RCA)
2. You Make Me Feel Brand New - The Stylistics (Avco)
3. Billy, Don't Be a Hero - Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods (ABC)
4. Rock Your Baby - George McCrae (T.K.)
5. Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise)
6. The Streak - Ray Stevens (Barnaby)
7. Band On the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings (Apple)
8. Be Thankful For What You Got - William deVaughn (Roxbury)
I am sure that Bob will feature many of the rarities of that summer that were not played on WABC. Anyway when I hear the music of a specific time period, I go back and think of what I was doing at that time. Many of the entries of this Journal are autobiographical. In 2008 I detailed my time in New Brunswick, NJ from May 1974 - December 1976. In this entry I'll focus on the Summer of 1974.
In the Spring after several months of job hunting I landed my first professional job at a chemical company called Rhodia which was the American division of a French chemical company called Rhone-Poulenc. It was involved in the manufacture of fragance chemicals. Some of my co-workers (I am only giving their first names) were Jack, Lou, Richard, Alexandra, Marshall, Karin and Joe. It was dificult making the transition to industry as I had spent my entire life as a student. In the previous journal entry I discussed my social life at that time. In June 1974 I went on singles weekend at a dude ranch in upstate New York. I also remember a Jewish singles group at the YMHA in Highland Park. During that summer I lived at 9 Hartwell Street until the fall when I moved into a high rise building called the Colony House.
I found out that Rhodia abandoned the New Brunswick plant in 2000. A few years ago Rhodia was bought out by a chemical company named Solvay.
I guess I will be thinking of the events of that summer as Bob plays the music.
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