Here’s what we’ll be packing way in the back of our luggage – way, way in the back – before our fateful seafaring journey.

Rod Temperton has died at age 66, after rising to early fame as a songwriter for Heatwave.

Kiss’ ‘Sonic Boom,’ released on Oct. 6, 2009, was packed with hooks, anthemic choruses, and a lifetime supply of innuendo. What’s not to like?

Rupert Holmes’ ‘Partners in Crime’ album – home to the simply inescapable “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” – was released on October 5, 1979.

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