Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
On this day before Valentine’s Day, our classic “love” song of the day is “Baby Love” by the Supremes. This tune, written and produced by the Holland-Dozier-Holland team, was released as a single in September of 1964. “Baby Love” went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (for four consecutive weeks!), the Cash Box Top 100, the Cash Box R&B,…
Our classic “love” song of the day for Valentine’s Week is one with a common title. The tune is “Look of Love” by Lesley Gore—and it’s not ABC’s “The Look of Love” (yesterday’s classic song of the day) or Dusty Springfield’s “The Look of Love” (another former classic song of the day). No, this one has a slightly different title…
Today’s classic song of the day is “I Go to Pieces” by the British duo, Peter and Gordon. The song had a moderately long and somewhat convoluted path to chart success. Del Shannon, of “Runaway” fame, wrote “I Go to Pieces” back in 1964 as a vehicle for Lloyd Brown, an R&B singer he’d discovered. Brown recorded the track but…
Today’s classic song of the day is an early Philly Soul classic from 1968 by the Intruders. “Cowboys to Girls” was released as a single in March of 1968 and peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on Billboard’s Hot Black Singles chart. “Cowboys to Girls” was written and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, two…
Today’s classic song of the day was recorded by one group but released under another group’s name. The song is that Wall of Sound classic, “He’s a Rebel,” and there’s an interesting story behind it. To start out, “He’s a Rebel” was written by Gene Pitney for the Shirelles, but that group, which was really hot at the time, turned…
Today’s classic song of the day is “I Fought the Law,” a big hit for the Bobby Fuller Four. Released in October of 1965, it peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. “I Fought the Law” was written by Sonny Curtis in 1958. (Mr. Curtis is equally well known for composing the theme to the The Mary Tyler Moore…
Today’s classic song of the day is “Let’s Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)” by Jay and the Americans. It’s all about a guy who met a girl at a party and can’t wait to get alone with her. As the lyrics state: We started to talk and you smiledSorta like you knew the way that I feltYou…
“But I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.” That’s one of the best lyrics ever written and a wonderful philosophical rumination of how our views on things change as we age and gain more experience. The line is from the song “My Back Pages,” which Bob Dylan wrote in 1964. Dylan wrote “My Back Pages” in…
Today’s classic song of the day is one of the biggest hits from Motown’s biggest group. It’s “Stop! In the Name of Love” by the Supremes—at that point in time, Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard. The single, released in February of 1965, rose all the way to #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top…