Linda Purl, Taking a Chance on Love | The Vinyl Anachronist

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Just a few weeks ago I had to come clean about a former Hollywood crush, Gloria Reuben, when she released her surprisingly beautiful album For All We Know. Now I’m going much further into my crush history with Linda Purl‘s Taking a Chance on Love. Linda Purl was a TV star back in the seventies, when I was a teenager, and is probably known best for playing Richie Cunningham’s girlfriend on Happy Days. I thought she was adorable, so very girl-next-door, but I have to admit that it’s been so long since I’ve seen her face that I didn’t put two and two together when I received the CD in the mail. Linda Purl? That sounds familiar. I had some trepidation about the Gloria Reuben album–I was hoping it wasn’t a vanity project, the kind we’ve seen all too often over the years. (A friend of mine still owns copies of albums from John Travolta and Eddie Murphy, and let’s just say they haven’t held up.) Gloria’s album astounded me because it was so original and exciting and well-executed. Linda Purl’s Taking a Chance on Love isn’t quite as shocking and intimate–her style is very much based in jazz chanteuse […]

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