Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Three years ago today, on February 18, 2023, I launched the Classic Song of the Day blog. I started with a long post about the composer Burt Bacharach, who had recently passed away. The same day I posted my very first classic song of the day, a song written by Mr. Bacharach and his partner Hal David, “I’ll Never Fall…
We end our week of summer-themed songs with today’s classic summer song of the day, “Summer Nights” from the musical Grease. It’s the song that kicks off the musical, both the stage and movie versions, and sets up the whole plot. It’s all about the summer romance between greaser Danny Zuko and good girl Sandy Olsson (Sandy Dumbrowski in the…
This is a very special classic song of the day extra, in honor of songwriter Richard Sherman, who passed away yesterday. He was 95 years old. Together with his older brother Robert, they composed a legion of songs for Walt Disney films, theme parks, and artists The list is too long to in full, but here are some of the…
The final song of this week of songs my parents liked is one that I don’t really know whether they liked it or not, but they probably did. I certainly like it. The song is “Once Upon a Time” and it comes from the musical All-American, which opened (and closed) on Broadway in 1962. The song is one of the…
This week we’re featuring songs that my parents liked and today’s classic song that my parents liked of the day is “My Cup Runneth Over” by Ed Ames. This broad Broadway ballad was a real anomaly on the pop charts when it was released in early 1967, the year of the Summer of Love. That didn’t stop it from finding…
Your Burt Bacharach song of the day is “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again.” It was written for the Bacharach/David musical, Promises, Promises, but made famous in a more radio-friendly version by Dionne Warwick that went to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. The version from the Broadway musical is a lot more stripped down than the hit single, originally…