“Mama’s Pearl” (The Jackson 5)
The Jackson 5’s “Mama’s Pearl” is today’s classic song of the day. Released in January of 1971, it peaked at #2 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles charts. (It was kept out of the…
Classic Song of the Day
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic Song of the Day
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Michael Miller
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“(Down At) Papa Joe’s” (The Dixiebelles)
Today’s classic song of the day sounded quite a bit different from everything else on the radio at dawn of the British Invasion. The song is “(Down At) Papa Joe’s” by a group called the Dixiebelles, and it hit #9…
“Sideshow” (Blue Magic)
Today’s classic song of the day is “Sideshow” by the group Blue Magic. Released early in 1974, this sweet slice of seventies Philadelphia soul went all the way to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, #5 on the Cash Box…
“New York’s a Lonely Town” (The Trade Winds)
If you remember today’s classic song of the day at all, and you might not, you might think it was a song by the Beach Boys. That’s because it sounds remarkably like the Beach Boys singing a Brian Wilson song,…
“Isn’t She Lovely” (Stevie Wonder)
Today’s classic song of the day is another standout track from Stevie Wonder’s 1976 masterpiece, Songs in the Key of Life. “Isn’t She Lovely” was the first track on the first side of the second disc; while it wasn’t released…
“Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” (Kenny Rogers and the First Edition)
Kenny Rogers had a pretty decent career before he went solo in the ’70s and became a big-time star. He started out singing with groups in his native Houston during the 1950s then, in 1966, joined the folk group the…