“Lowdown” (Boz Skaggs)
Today’s classic Yacht Rock song of the day is “Lowdown,” the first really big hit for singer Boz Skaggs. This one was from his 1976 album, Silk Degrees, and it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1…
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
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“FM (No Static at All)” (Steely Dan)
Today’s classic Yacht Rock song of the day is “FM (No Static at All)” by those Yacht Rock stalwarts known as Steely Dan. Now, the Dan weren’t known as Yacht Rock at the time (no one was; the genre wouldn’t…
“What a Fool Believes” (The Doobie Brothers)
We’re smack dab in the middle of summer, which means its time for Yacht Rock week here at the Classic Song of the Day blog. With that in mind, your classic Yacht Rock song of the day is “What a…
“Rock Steady” (Aretha Franklin)
Over the past few days we’ve looked at songs from some of my favorite girl singers, so it’s inevitable that we’d come to the Queen of Soul. Today’s classic girl singer song of the day is Aretha Franklin’s 1971 classic…
“Do You Know the Way to San Jose” (Dionne Warwick)
Continuing our look at girl singers of the ’60s, we come to one of my favorite singers singing one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite songwriting teams. We’re talking about “Do You Know the Way to San…
“I Only Want to Be With You”/”Stay Awhile” (Dusty Springfield)
Over the past few days we’ve looked at a few British girl singers, including the extremely talented Petula Clark. The biggest of the ’60s Brit girls, however, was arguably Dusty Springfield. Dusty was a phenomenon, racking up fifteen Top 40…