Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Your almost totally forgotten classic song of the day is “New Romance (It’s a Mystery)” by a group called Spider. The song was released in April of 1980 and peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100. The video might have received a little play on MTV, had MTV been around in 1980. (The network launched a year later, on…
Today’s classic song of the day is that Wall of Sound classic, “Then He Kissed Me” by the Crystals. Released on Philles Records in July of 1963, this one peaked at #6 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100. “Then He Kissed Me” was written by the Brill Building songwriting team of Ellie Greenwich and Jeff…
Today’s classic song of the day is “Whatcha See is Whatcha Get” by the Dramatics. Released in June of 1971, this smooth sample of seventies soul peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on Billboard’s R&B chart. “Whatcha See is Whatcha Get” was written and produced by Tony Hester. Mr. Hester was a Detroit-based songwriter and producer,…
Today’s classic song of the day is that Carolina Beach Music classic, “What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)” by the Tams. Released as a single in December of 1963, it hit #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on Billboard’s R&B chart early in 1964. “What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)” was written…
Today’s classic song of the day is Bruce Springsteen’s “Thunder Road.” Never released as a single, “Thunder Road” was the lead cut (track one, side one) on Springsteen’s legendary Born to Run album. That album, released in late August of 1975, peaked at #3 on Billboard’s Top LPs and Tape chart and went on to sell more than 7 million…
In honor of the late Lou Christie, who passed away last month, today’s classic song of the day is “Rhapsody in the Rain.” Released in March of 1966, this single went all the way to #16 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Rhapsody in the Rain” was written by Lou Christie and Twyla Herbert, who wrote a lot of songs with…
Today’s classic song of the day is “Shining Star” by Earth, Wind & Fire. Released in January of 1975, this funky little number was all over the radio my junior year in high school, peaking at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles charts. “Shining Star” was written by group members Maurice White, Larry Dunn, and…
One of the neat things about growing up in the ’60s was listening to the incredibly wide variety of music on AM radio. Any given top forty list from any given week in any given year was likely to include tunes from the Beatles and other British invasion bands, Brit songstresses like Dusty Springfield and Petula Clark, Motown artists, Memphis…
Today’s classic song of the day is “Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush. No, the song wasn’t written about Emily Bronte’s 1847 novel of the same name, but rather the 1967 BBC-TV adaptation of the same book. Ms. Bush wrote the song from the perspective of Catherine, the book’s female protagonist, about her relationship with Heathcliff, the tortured anti-hero of the…