Day 272

Five songs before dinner.

Jerry Lee Lewis - "Great Balls of Fire"

Turns 76.

Sex Pistols - "Stepping Stone"

Writer Tommy Boyce born this day in 1939.

Grand Funk Railroad - "We're an American Band"

Mark Farner turns 63, though he may be counting from when he was born again.

Cosmic Psychos - "Can't Come In"

Great Aussie noise-punk.

Hard-Ons - "All Set to Go"

Aussie pop-punk.

The Eastern Dark - "Julie Is a Junkie"

Again from Australia.

Grandmaster Flash - "White Lies"

Producer/co-writer/label founder (Sugar Hill) Sylvia Robinson passed today at 75.

Well, this evening got away pretty well quick.

Running count: 1520 songs for 2011.