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 summer song of the day is “Saturday in the Park,” by a little horn rock band called Chicago. The track was released in July of 1972, right in the middle of summer, and peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. That made “Saturday in the Park” the group’s highest-charting single up to that time. “Saturday in the…
For our final day of horn rock week, I’m pulling out another Blood, Sweat & Tears tune, because I really like BS&T. This one is the combo of “Snow Queen” and “Maiden Voyage,” the closing tracks from their 1972 album New Blood. You didn’t hear it on the radio but it really encapsulates all that I like about this period…
We’re coming close to the end of horn rock (jazz rock) week and for today’s classic horn rock song of the day we move north of the border for the Canadian band Lighthouse and their big hit, “One Fine Morning.” Released in 1971, this tune peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 but hit #2 on the Canada RPM…
It’s still horn rock week and we’re past the big names, BS&T and Chicago and the like. Looking now at more obscure bands, today’s classic horn rock song of the day is “Vehicle” by the little remembered group, the Ides of March. The song was actually released in March of 1970 and went all the way to #2 on the…
It’s day number four of horn rock week, and now we’re up to Chase, the band formed by former big band trumpeter Bill Chase. The song (their only hit single) is “Get It On,” and it peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971. Bill Chase had been a trumpet player with the Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton, and…
It’s day number three of horn rock week and today’s classic jazz rock song of the day is “Beginnings” by Chicago, arguably the most popular of the horn rock bands of the late 1960s/early 1970s. This one is from their very first self-titled album when the band still called themselves Chicago Transit Authority. “Beginnings” was first released as a single…
It’s day number two of horn rock week and today’s classic horn rock song of the day is “Spinning Wheel” by Blood, Sweat & Tears. This classic track perfectly blended jazz and rock aesthetics and peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 (and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart) in July of 1969. It was nominated for three Grammy…
We’re starting off a week of horn rock tunes with your classic horn rock song of the day, “Don’t You Care” by the Buckinghams. This tune, released in March of 1967, didn’t sound like the psychedelic rock and sunshine pop on the charts at the time, which may have helped it cut through the clutter on the airwaves. It spent…
Your mostly forgotten horn-rock song of the day is “Pretty Lady,” by the also seemingly forgotten band, Lighthouse. Lighthouse was a Canadian band, kind of like Chicago or BS&T but with strings (two cellos and two violas) added on top of the horns (two trumpets, alto sax, and trombone, just like BS&T). This song was off their 1973 Can You…