Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Our final classic TV theme song of the day this week is “Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not).” This is another one written by Mike Post, this time with Stephen Guyer. The theme song is sung by Joey Scarbury and, when it was released as a single in May of 1981, it went all the way…
The very best TV theme songs of our youth were catchy and memorable and every bit as good as the singles that DJs played on the radio. This week we’re going to look at some of those TV theme songs, focusing on those that were also released as singles and made it onto the charts. Today’s such classic TV theme…
Pretenders was one of the most impressive debut albums I can remember. That album contained a slew of terrific tunes, including “Precious,” “Stop Your Sobbing,” “Kid,” and today’s classic song of the day, “Brass in Pocket.” Written by Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman-Scott, “Brass in Pocket” was released in November of 1979 and, early the next year, peaked at #14…
Today’s classic song of the day is a nice little slice of late-60s psychedelia. The song is “Crimson and Clover” by Tommy James and the Shondells and it was released as a single on Roulette Records in November of 1968. The song went all the way to #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100. Tommy…
There are a lot of songs that break into the top 40 but don’t make it past the midway point. Some of these songs are better than they performed and have lasting appeal. Others just kind of fade from our collective memory. Today’s classic song of the day is one of the latter. “Tell Me a Lie” by Sami Jo…
“Pancho and Lefty” is today’s classic song of the day. Written by singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt, it’s a story song about a Mexican bandit named Pancho and his pal Lefty, who eventually betrays him to the Federales. Some people think that “Pancho and Lefty” is about real Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. Mr. Van Zandt said that wasn’t the case, but…
Fleetwood Mac’s “Sara” is today’s classic song of the day. Written by Stevie Nicks and included on the Mac’s 1979 double-album Tusk, “Sara” went to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980, after being released as a single in December of 1979. Stevie Nicks’ songwriting style, such as it is, is somewhat simple. She typically takes one of two…
Anni-Frid Lynstad, better known as Frida, was one quarter of the Swedish monster group ABBA. (She was the redheaded one—or was it brunette? I never could tell…) Right before ABBA broke up in 1982, Frida recorded a solo album (her third) and released today’s classic song of the day as a single. That song is “I Know There’s Something Going…
Folksinger/songwriter Kate Wolf was born on this date in 1942, and today’s classic song of the day is one of her finest tunes. The song is “Across the Great Divide,” and it’s an introspective tune about the passage of time and having the emotional resilience to keep moving forward. You can hear it in the lyrics: I’ve been walkin’ in…