Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from yesterday and today
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from yesterday and today
Today’s classic song of the day packs a true emotional punch. I’m talking about “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted,” originally a hit for Motown artist Jimmy Ruffin in the 1960s, then a hit for Brit singer Paul Young in the 1990s, but perhaps performed best by Joan Osborne with Motown’s Funk Brothers in 2002. It’s such a perfect song that…
Today’s classic song of the day is such a great song it was a hit in both the 1960s and 1980s—and has become a standard for performers of all types and sizes. The song is “This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You),” which was first released by the Isley Brothers in 1966 and then later by Rod Stewart…
Today’s classic song of the day is the iconoclastic “Chuck E’s in Love,” the first hit from equally iconoclastic performer Rickie Lee Jones. It was released in April of 1979, rose all the way to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and almost overnight catapulted then-newcomer Ms. Jones to unlikely pop music stardom. . There was nothing on the radio…
Today’s classic song of the day celebrates the launch of MTV on this date in 1981 with “Video Killed the Radio Star,” by the Buggles. This is the first video that MTV played when it launched and it became a bit of a theme song for the MTV generation. The song was less successful on the charts, only reaching #40…