THE RHYTHM OF LIFE performed by SAMMY DAVIS JNR. Story by Angela Savage
One of my fondest childhood memories is dancing with my father to Sammy Davis Jnr singing Rhythm Of Life from the soundtrack to the 1969 musical Sweet Charity.
MAGGIE MAY. Story by Marcus Woods
Knowing my father’s especially strong dislike for Rod Stewart, I quickly scrolled past, until my father spoke.
MY HERO by FOO FIGHTERS. Story by Smokie Dawson
Urgency is dictating that we move more quickly now, so we forge on past rave tents full of writhing, scantily dressed youngsters, many with glazed eyes.
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL by THE ROLLING STONES Story by Sophia Irvine
While I can't remember being read The Very Hungry Caterpillar when I was a child, I do remember Sympathy For The Devil blaring in the car while I was still in a booster seat.
MORNINGSIDE by NEIL DIAMOND Story by Jane Leonard
I’m watching Dad working on the huge driftwood table he’s been making out of wood that he’s found and dragged home from the beach.
WALTZ FOR DEBBY by BILL EVANS Story by N.T. McQueen
Even before the idea of children, the words haunted me. A porcelain pure girl who leaves her dolls and her prince and her silly old bear when adulthood corrupts her imagination.
DRIFT AWAY by DOBIE GRAY Story by Glen Williams
Most teenagers don’t want to be seen dead with their parents, let alone dance with them, but for some reason, I knew magic was being created in this little Dee Why record shop.
Fatherhood stories
Fathers and fatherhood are universal themes. Here at Stereo Stories we mark Fathers' Day not with gifts of beer and barbecues and balls but with fatherhood stories. Jane Leonard, NT McQueen, Brian Nankervis, Lucia Nardo, Maria Majsa, Nick Gadd, David Oke, Zaza N, Danny Katz, Hugh Jones and many more. Unwrap the Stereo Stories Fathers' [...]
SWEET CAROLINE by ME FIRST & THE GIMME GIMMES Story by N.T. McQueen
After that moment where life seemed beautiful, my father had a visit from the sherriff’s department and ended up serving a year in county for elder abuse (though forgery and theft charges were dropped in the plea deal).
MY WAY by FRANK SINATRA Story by Luke Davies
Luke Davies pays tribute to his father, via Frank Sinatra's version of My Way.