Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Here’s one you might not remember from the title but probably will once you hear it. Today’s classic song of the day is “Things I’d Like to Say” by a group called New Colony Six. Released in October of 1968, this single peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100, #13 on the Cash Box Top 100, and #17 on…
Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, and the Turtles bring us today’s classic song of the day, “She’d Rather Be With Me.” Released in April of 1967, this sweet little pop tune went all the way to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Cash Box Top 100. It was a #1 hit in Canada and South Africa. “She’d…
The Lovin’ Spoonful bring us today’s classic song of the day, “You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice.” Released as a single in November of 1965, this nice little slice of folk-rock peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #11 on the Cash Box Top 100. The Spoonful’s bassist, Steve Boone, wrote this one along with the group’s…
Today’s classic song of the day is a nearly-forgotten pop song by Connie Francis, “Don’t Ever Leave Me.” The song was released in October of 1964 on MGM Records and peaked at #42 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #37 on the Cashbox Top 100. “Don’t Ever Leave Me” was written by the legendary Brill Building songwriting team of Ellie…
“It’s Not Unusual” was the big breakout hit for Welsh singer Tom Jones, and it’s today’s classic song of the day. Released in January of 1965 in the UK (March in the U.S.), this track went to #10 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100, and #3 on Billboard’s Easy Listening chart. The song went all…
For some reason I think of Neil Diamond primarily as a 1970s artist. (Probably because that’s when I started listening to top 40 radio.) That ignores Mr. Diamond’s many, many hits in the 1960s and then on into the 1980s. Case in point is today’s classic song of the day, “Thank the Lord for the Night Time.” Released in July…
Singer/songwriter Neil Sedaka passed away yesterday. In his honor, today’s classic song of the day is one of his big 1960s hits, “Stairway to Heaven.” No, this isn’t Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven,” which came along a decade or so after Mr. Sedaka’s tune. This one was written by Neil Sedaka and his partner Howard Greenfield back in 1960. RCA…
Today’s classic song of the day is “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)” by Betty Everett. Released as a single in January of 1964, this one went all the way to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on Cash Box’s R&B chart. “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)” was written by professional songsmith Rudy…
“I Got You Babe” by Sonny & Cher is today’s classic song of the day. Released as a single in June of 1965, this one went all the way to #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100, and was a top ten hit all around the globe. Sonny Bono wrote “I Got You Babe” and…