Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Your classic song with a day of the week in the lyrics song of the day is “She’s Leaving Home” by the Beatles. The word “Wednesday” is not in the song’s title but it is the very first word of the very first line of the lyric: Wednesday morning at five o’clockAs the day beginsSilently closing her bedroom doorLeaving the…
Your song named after a day of the week song of the day is “Tuesday Afternoon” by the Moody Blues. It was included on the band’s classic 1967 album, Days of Future Passed and released as a single in May of 1968. The single peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the album rose all the way to…
Your long-forgotten Irish song of the (St. Patrick’s) Day is “The Unicorn,” as recorded by The Irish Rovers. It tells the tale of that loveliest of all creatures who was too busy playing silly games to get on Noah’s ark before that big flood hit. Which is why “you’ll see green alligators and long-necked geese, some humpty-backed camels and some…
Your ’60s girl singer song of the day is “You Don’t Own Me” by Lesley Gore. This little piece of pre-British invasion pop brilliance was released in late 1963 and hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 early the following year. It is a powerful song and an equally powerful performance. “You Don’t Own Me” was written by John Madara…
Your surf instrumental song of the day is “The Lonely Surfer” by Jack Nitzsche. This is a classic surf music instrumental, released on Nitzsche’s solo album of the same name. Released as a single in August of 1963, it peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100. “The Lonely Surfer” moves us from the Carolina beach music sound of yesterday’s…
Your real honest-to-goodness mid-tempo shuffle Carolina beach music song of the day is “Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy” by the Tams. Unlike yesterday’s classic song of the day, Brenton Woods’ “The Oogum Boogum Song,” which fell into the beach music category despite its straight beat, “Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy” has that shuffle beat that defines the true…
Your nonsensical, possibly pornographic Carolina beach music song of the day is “The Oogum Boogum Song” by Brenton Wood. This track was released in April of 1967 and rose to #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #19 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Singles chart. “The Oogum Boogum Song” is about a guy who’s so obsessed with a certain young lady…
Your real song by a fake person in a real movie of the day is “It Only Hurts When I Cry” by Donna Loren. Ms. Loren, a singer and actress, sang it in character as “Donna” in the classic Frankie-and-Annette beach movie, 1965’s Beach Blanket Bingo. In this fashion, it’s like the fictional Wonders from yesterday’s classic song of the…
Your ’60s pop tune written for a fake band in a ’90s movie song of the day is “That Thing You Do!” by The Wonders. The Wonders, in case you were wondering, were a one-hit wonder band created for the 1996 movie That Thing You Do! That movie is the best representation of the music business and the joy of…