Who knew Anne Murray had it in her?
Over the past couple of months on
“Upper Michigan's Favorite Friday” we've been doing this little
competition to find out Upper Michigan's favorite “forgotten”
singer of the past 40 years. By “forgotten” we mean people who
had huge hits through certain decades and then kind of faded from the
spotlight. Some of the winners for particular decades included acts
like Gerry Rafferty and Sade. We then pitted them against each other
last Friday, and the ultimate winner was...
Anne Murray?
I kid you not. We had six people in
the finals; winners of the favorite “forgotten” singer for the
70s, 80s, and 90s, both male and female. When we started we had this
list of favorites which we posted for people to peruse before voting.
Anne Murray was so far off of our radar that we didn't even include
her when putting together the list for “forgotten” female of the
70s, yet she won that competition hands down. And then when we had
the finals last weekend it wasn't even close.
Anne Murray once again won hands down.
There are two things to consider about
this, the first being that Anne Murray was so far off of my radar
when putting this together that something may be wrong. In one of my
many radio jobs I'm supposed to have my finger on the pulse of Upper
Michigan's musical tastes. Obviously, I blew this one big time, in
that I didn't even consider that Anne Murray would rank anywhere near
the top. That one's totally one me.
Hopefully, it's not a mistake I make
again.
The other thing to consider is WHY Anne
Murray seems so popular. When asking some of the people who voted
why they cast their ballot for Ms. Murray something interesting
popped up. A lot of people voted for her because their parents or
grandparents used to listen to her music, and they have great
memories of listening along. That I can understand. Nostalgia can
be a powerful thing, especially when it comes to activities shared
with people who may no longer be with us. I guess I just didn't
realize that Anne Murray was part of that nostalgia.
My bad.
So the title is now hers. It probably
won't be enough to make her come out of retirement, but if Anne
Murray ever decides to mount a comeback tour, I have a pretty good
idea of one place where she might sell out a show or two.
At least based on last Friday's vote.
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