Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Perfect for the last Sunday of summer, today’s classic song of the day is “That Sunday, That Summer,” by the great Nat King Cole. Released as a single at the end of August in 1963, this gentle ballad hit #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on Billboard’s Middle-Road Singles chart. “That Sunday, That Summer” was written by professional…
“(Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry” was the first solo single for vocalist extraordinaire Darlene Love, and it’s today’s classic song of the day. Released in March of 1963, this single peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #38 on the Cash Box Top 100 in 1963. This Wall of Sound spectacular, produced by troubled genius…
Today’s classic song of the day is by a group named after a power company. The group is Pacific Gas & Electric and the song is “Are You Ready?” Released in April of 1970, this single went all the way to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100—and hit #1 in Belgium. “Are You Ready?” was written by Charlie Allen, the…
Today’s classic song of the day is one of the more unusual tunes from a Motown artist. The song is “The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game” and it was recorded by the Marvelettes. Released in late December of 1966, it peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on Billboard’s R&B Singles chart early in 1967. “The…
I love power pop, and there’s no better power pop than the power pop produced by Eric Carmen and the Raspberries. Case in point: today’s classic song of the day, “I Wanna Be With You.” This tasty little piece of hyper-melodic songwriting, released in November of 1972, peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #10 on the Cash…
Today’s classic song of the day is “I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City,” by singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson, AKA just Nilsson. Harry wrote this one for the movie Midnight Cowboy, but director John Schlesinger chose Fred Neil’s sound-alike tune, “Everybody’s Talkin’” (performed by Nillson) instead. (Schlesinger also considered Randy Newman’s “Cowboy,” and Bob Dylan wrote “Lay Lady…
Today’s classic song of the day is another gem from Todd Rundgren and his Something/Anything? album, “I Saw the Light.” Released as a single in March of 1972, “I Saw the Light” peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100, #11 on the Cash Box Top 100, and #12 on Billboard’s Easy Listening chart. Todd Rundgren wrote the song, played…
Our final telephone-themed classic song of the day this week is “Sylvia’s Mother” by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. Released in March of 1972, this melodramatic tearjerker peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and a big #1 on the Cash Box Top 100. “Sylvia’s Mother” was written by children’s book author Shel Silverstein and it was his…
Today’s telephone-themed classic song of the day is “Telephone Line” by Electric Light Orchestra. This one, released as a single in May of 1977, went to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Cash Box Top 100. It was ELO’s biggest hit in the U.S. ELO was a British band led by multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy…