Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
This week’s last socially relevant song of the day is “Too Many Martyrs (The Ballad of Medgar Evers)” by the late, great folksinger, Phil Ochs. It’s a tribute to and a lament for the life and death of Medgar Evers. Medgar Evers was a Civil Rights activist in Mississippi during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Evers was an Army…
Today’s socially relevant song of the day is “For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield. Yes, that’s the actual title, although some might know it better as the “Stop! Hey What’s That Sound” song. Most folks view “For What It’s Worth” as a protest song and it kind of is—just not in the way you might think. Stephen Stills wrote…
Today’s classic socially conscious song of the day is “If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song).” It’s a progressive song, a protest song, a song arguing for justice, equality, and the power of the people. “If I Had a Hammer” was written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays of the folk group the Weavers back in 1949 and was…
Tomorrow is election day here in the United States, and one way or another history will be made. We’ll either have our first woman president or only our second president in history to win two nonconsecutive terms. There may be more history made, depending on who is elected, but let’s try to keep things relatively nonpolitical here. (You want to…
Yesterday’s classic song of the day, “Please Come to Boston,” was a about a musician who tried to get his girl to travel with him to Boston, Denver, and L.A. Today’s classic song of the day is about another musician who doesn’t want to leave their partner to go back on the road. The song is “Leaving on a Jet…
Today’s classic song of the day is “Castles in the Air” by folk troubadour Don McLean. It’s a wonderful song with trenchant lyrics and a memorable melody. McLean wrote “Castles in the Air” and originally included it as the lead track on his 1970 Tapestry album. (Not to be confused with Carole King’s 1971 album of the same name, of…
Rounding out this week of organ-heavy tunes, today’s classic organic song of the day is “Like a Rolling Stone” by the immortal Bob Dylan. Released as a single in July of 1965 by Columbia Records, this track shot to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Cash Box Top 100. “Like a Rolling Stone” was recorded just…
For today’s classic song of the day we go back to the folk music scene of the late ’60s and the song “Day is Done” by Peter, Paul and Mary. This song was released as a single in March of 1969 and hit #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #7 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart. “Day is Done” was…
Today’s classic song of the day is “We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” by Gayle Garnett. This easy-going single debuted in July of 1964 and rose to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the Cash Box Top 100, and #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary (then called Middle-Road Singles) chart. “We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” was written by Ms Garnett.…