In 1977, I bought my first LP. I took bus number 64 to downtown Helsinki and walked to the pharmacy slash record store across the street from the market. Now, I already had a bunch of tapes at home, but this was the first real record I bought.

It came down to two records: The Happy Days album “Fonzie’s favorites” and Elvis’s “The Rocking Days.” After a long deliberation, I chose Elvis. I mean, he was The King, and even if I didn’t know it then, he had the record for most number one hit singles on the Billboard 100 chart back then, 17.

Then, the Beatles topped him, and got 20.

And now, Mariah Carey stepped on Elvis’s blue suede shoes when she scored her 18th number one hit.

The Fonz writes children’s books. Heyyyy!