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 influential but overlooked song from an influential but overlooked album of the day is “Alone Again Or” by the band Love, from their album Forever Changes. It’s one of those songs you know when you hear it, but probably wouldn’t think of otherwise. It was released as a single in January of 1968 but only bubbled under the Billboard…
Our final angelic—actually, heavenly—song of the day is “Heaven on the 7th Floor” by Paul Nicholas. It’s about a guy who gets stuck in an elevator in-between floors with a beautiful girl and, well, he’s in heaven. “Heaven on the 7th Floor” was released in August of 1977 and rose to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. It’s a nice…
Your angelic song of the day is straight from the disco era, “Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel” from Tavares. This was a huge hit in the summer of 1976, right when I was getting ready to head off to my freshman year in college, hitting #15 on the Billboard Hot 100, #3 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and…
Your angelic song of the day is John Prine’s “Angel from Montgomery.” He wrote it back in 1970 and it first appeared on his self-titled 1971 debut album. It was immediately hailed as a major work and has since been covered by dozens of artists, from Gretchen Wilson and Emmylou Harris to John Denver and Carly Simon (in a contemporaneously…
Today’s song with the word angel in the title song of the day is Elvis Costello’s classic “(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes.” This tune was a standout track on Mr. Costello’s 1977 debut album, My Aim is True, of which all the songs are terrific. My Aim is True is one of the best debut albums in modern…
We’re starting off an angelic week of classic tunes with your song with angel in the title song of the day, “Undercover Angel” by Alan O’Day. This perfect piece of ’70s pop fluff was released in February of 1977 and peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Cash Box Top 100, and the Record World charts. It ended up…
Your classic song with the day of the week in the title song of the day is “Come Saturday Morning” by the Sandpipers. It was released in late 1969 and peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 (and #5 on the Easy Listening Chart) in June of 1970. Written for the movie The Sterile Cuckoo, which starred Liza Minelli,…
We’re starting off a themed week of songs named after days of the week. This being Monday, your song named after a day of the week song of the day is “I Don’t Like Mondays” by the Boomtown Rats. This one was released in 1979 (July in the UK and October in the U.S.) and, while it only rose to…
Honoring the late Bobby Caldwell, your forgotten ’70s soft rock/yacht rock/soft soul/smooth jazz song of the day is “What You Won’t Do for Love.” This was the lead-off single from Mr. Caldwell’s self-titled debut album, released in September of 1978. It rose all the way to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, #6 on the Hot Selling Soul Singles chart,…