Girl of My Dreams

Bram Tchaikovsky  : Girl of My Dreams

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In February of 1979, ex-Motors guitarist Bram Tchaikovsky released the power-pop classic "Girl Of My Dreams", from his forthcoming solo debut Strange Man, Changed Man. The single, apparently about an inflatable doll ("And a man needs something /When he ain't got nothing to hold onto /And there ain't no telling /When I feel like yelling, "I love you")  would peak at US#37 in the fall with the help of an American tour opening for The Cars, but little success would follow. Tchaikovsky has left the music business and returned to using his birth name Peter Bramall. A used copy of the CD is priced at $95.99 on Amazon. 

40 Year Itch : Three We Missed

Andy Fraser : Changed Man

   A founding member of Free and vocalist with The Sharks, bass player Andy Fraser 's "Changed Man" was one of the most played songs in my "1975" iTunes playlist this year. Fraser died in March.

Frankie Miller : A Fool in Love

After his 1975 albums, Fraser tried to start a band with Scottish Otis Redding sound-a-like Frankie Miller, whose "A Fool in Love" came off his album The Rock, recorded in San Francisco.

The Trammps : Hold Back the Night

"Hold Back the Night" was a UK#5 hit in 1975 for the Philadelphia band whose "Disco Inferno" would be part of the mega-selling Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Graham Parker has a Top 30 hit with  "Hold Back the Night" in 1977