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"YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE"
Memories of Bloomfield,
1940s - 1960s
(PineTree Press, 3rd edition, 2012)
This 96 page illustrated memoir was written by Roger Lee Hall about his life from the 1940s to the 1960s when he lived in Bloomfield, New Jersey. It has been revised and expanded in honor of the Bloomfield Town Centennial in 2012.
The first song that Roger remembered was "You Are My Sunshine" which according to his mother he used to sing with the radio when he was very young and living on Liberty Street. While growing up in Bloomfield he went to the Center School (destroyed by fire), Fairview School, South Junior High School, and Bloomfield High School where he graduated in 1960. In his memoir he mentions places that are no longer the same such as the Morris Canal, State Diner, and Royal Theater (demolished).
Chapter titles:
1. Family Picture Gallery
2. Early Years
3. Fear On The Fire Escape
4. School Days
5. Meeting Hoppy
6. Favorite Singing Cowboys
7. Leaving Home
8. The Morris Canal Caper
9. Separation and Sadness
10. High School Heartbreak
11. Songwriting and Army Service
12. Song Lyrics
The memoir also includes bonus material on the same CD-ROM:
- Audio files with songs from the 1940s to 1960s, including Roger's songs.
- Picture gallery with over 50 family pictures and Bloomfield views.
- Bloomfield history and pictures.
1957 Bloomfield High School Concert
Roger was a member of The Choraleers
For his high school graduation in 1960 he received a new reel-to-reel tape recorder:
Roger holding a framed 45 RPM record of his first song, "The Soho Serenade," produced at a recording studio in Bloomfield in 1965:
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Other multimedia discs available
by the same songwriter...
"Dream World"
Songs, Poems and Stories by Roger Hall
"Free As The Breeze"
Confessions of a Struggling Songwriter"Shake, Rattle and Roll"
Electric Elvis and Bill Randle"Peace-Lovin' Blues"
Songs For SurvivalAll the above titles available at this link:
Multimedia Americana Music Series
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