Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
“It’s Not Unusual” was the big breakout hit for Welsh singer Tom Jones, and it’s today’s classic song of the day. Released in January of 1965 in the UK (March in the U.S.), this track went to #10 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100, and #3 on Billboard’s Easy Listening chart. The song went all…
I’ve written often in this blog about Todd Rundgren’s 1972 album, Something/Anything? and featured several songs from that album as classic songs of the day, including “I Saw the Light,” “It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference,” and “Hello It’s Me.” Well, here’s another one. Today’s classic song of the day is “Couldn’t I Just Tell You.” This is yet another…
For some reason I think of Neil Diamond primarily as a 1970s artist. (Probably because that’s when I started listening to top 40 radio.) That ignores Mr. Diamond’s many, many hits in the 1960s and then on into the 1980s. Case in point is today’s classic song of the day, “Thank the Lord for the Night Time.” Released in July…
“My Old School” is an early one from Steely Dan, and today’s classic song of the day. Included on their second album, Countdown to Ecstasy, “My Old School” was released as a single in October of 1973 and went all the way to #63 on the Billboard Hot 100. Not one of their bigger hits, to be sure, but a…
“Stairway to Heaven” is one of the most famous and most popular rock songs of all time, and it’s today’s classic song of the day. Believe it or not, this eight-minute-long epic was never released as a single, appearing only as the last cut (track 4) on the first side of the group’s untitled 1971 album, informally known as Led…