Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Today’s classic song of the day is one of Tommy James and the Shondells’ biggest hits. “I Think We’re Alone Now” was released as a single in January of 1967 and went all the way to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the Cash Box Top 100. “I Think We’re Alone Now” was written by Richie Cordell,…
Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Down on the Corner” is today’s classic song of the day. Released as a single in October of 1969, it peaked in late December of that year at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. (CCR never had a number-one hit, if you can believe that.) Like most CCR tunes, “Down on the Corner” was written by the…
Today’s classic song of the day is an R&B track from Major Lance, “The Monkey Time.” Released as a single in June of 1963, “The Monkey Time” hit #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on Billboard’s R&B chart. “The Monkey Time” was written by Curtis Mayfield, of the Impressions. The record was produced by Carl Davis and released…
“It’s My Party” was Lesley Gore’s first big hit, and it’s today’s classic song of the day. Released when she was just 16 years old, in April of 1963, the single hit #1 on all the charts—the Billboard Hot 100, the Cash Box Top 100, and Billboard’s R&B chart. The song was credited to songwriters Herb Weiner, John Gluck Jr.,…
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 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was released late in 1963. “(Down At) Papa Joe’s” was written by a…
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, even though it isn’t. The song is “New York’s a Lonely Town” and it’s by a studio group called the…
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 New Christy Minstrels as a bassist and singer. A year or so later, he and several other Minstrels left that…
The song “Concrete and Clay” is today’s classic song of the day. Released by a group calling themselves Unit 4 + 2 in February of 1965, it was a #1 hit in the UK but peaked at just #28 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. (It did hit #9 on Billboard’s Easy Listening chart, however.) “Concrete and Clay” was written…
Today’s classic song of the day won Grammy Awards for both Song of the Year and Best Contemporary Song. The song is “Games People Play” by Joe South and it first hit the charts in January of 1969. It peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #10 on the Cash Box Top 100, and was a top ten…