“Java” (Al Hirt)
This week we’re highlighting songs that my parents liked. Whether or not I liked them is irrelevant. With that in mind, today’s classic song that my parents liked of the day is “Java” by trumpeter Al Hirt. This instrumental track,…
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
This week we’re highlighting songs that my parents liked. Whether or not I liked them is irrelevant. With that in mind, today’s classic song that my parents liked of the day is “Java” by trumpeter Al Hirt. This instrumental track,…
Today’s classic song of the day that my parents liked and forced me to listen to as a kid is “Make the World Go Away” by country crooner Eddy Arnold. It was a huge crossover hit, hitting #1 on the…
Today’s classic songs of the day that my parents liked and listened to way too much come from a folk group called the New Christy Minstrels. The first song up is “Green, Green,” the lead track on the group’s Ramblin’…
Still looking at songs my parents liked, today’s classic song of the day is “Jean” by Oliver. The song, the theme to the movie The Prime of Miss Jean Brody, was released as a single in August of 1969. It…
This week we’re featuring songs that my parents liked and today’s classic song that my parents liked of the day is “My Cup Runneth Over” by Ed Ames. This broad Broadway ballad was a real anomaly on the pop charts…
This week we’re going off on a slight tangent and featuring songs that my parents liked. Many of us will remember them from our childhoods, not necessarily music we chose to listen to but rather songs we unwittingly heard around…