Alison Steele, the Nightbird, on February 14, 1977

Valentine's Day 1977 was a Monday.

I was a new born baby, six weeks old.

Jimmy Carter had been president for three weeks. Abe Beame was mayor. 

The #1 song in the country was Manfred Mann's cover of  Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light". 

New York City had just begun one of its most historically important, consequential year's ever. 

And Alison Steele, the Nightbird, was in all of her radio glory, broadcasting on WNEW FM ("in ... stereo ..."). On this night/morning, she had dubbed herself the "Lovebird" and played romantic songs upon request and recited poems about love. She was at the top of her game, her voice confident, smooth and soothing, the greatness of her "theater-of-the-mind" on full display. 

Even almost thirty years after her death, and fifty years after this specific broadcast, she sounds as fresh and wonderful as ever, her voice truly timeless.

And she really touches your heart when she talks and plays music about love. A classic.