Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Anybody remember this one? Today’s classic song of the day is “You,” a hit for Rita Coolidge during the summer of 1978. It’s a soft rock tune that has a definite disco feel that was perfect for the time—and might even qualify as “yacht rock” today. “You,” released in June of 1978, reached #25 on the Billboard Hot 100, #17…
Today’s classic song of the day is another inoffensive soft rock tune from the mid-70s. “Save It for a Rainy Day” was released by Stephen Bishop in December of 1976 and early the next year it rose to #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #21 on the Cash Box Top 100. It did considerably better on Billboard’s Easy Listening…
Our final classic Yacht Rock song of the day this week is “Baby Come Back” by Player. This tune was enormously successful, hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and staying there for three consecutive weeks in the fall of 1977. Of all the Yacht Rock songs this week, “Baby Come Back” is the least Yachtski. The Yacht or Nyacht?…
Today’s classic Yacht Rock song of the day is “Biggest Part of Me” by Ambrosia. Released in March of 1980, this track went all the way to #3 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. The Yacht or Nyacht? website gave this one a Yachtski score of just 72.5, a little low but still qualifying as Yacht…
Today’s classic Yacht Rock song of the day is “Love Will Find a Way” by Pablo Cruise. This track was released in May of 1978 and shot all the way to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Love Will Find a Way” is a strong Yacht Rock song, rating a solid 91 on the Yachtski scale at the Yacht or…
Today’s classic Yacht Rock song of the day is “Hot Rod Hearts” by Robbie Dupree. This one was released in June of 1980, prime Yacht Rock season, and got all the way to #15 on the Billboard Hot 100. It ranks a little lower on the Yachtski scale (from the Yacht or Nyacht? website), coming in at an 83.5 rating.…
Today’s classic Yacht Rock song of the day is “Lowdown,” the first really big hit for singer Boz Skaggs. This one was from his 1976 album, Silk Degrees, and it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Cash Box Top 100. The single started life as an album track. The first official single from Silk…
Today’s classic Yacht Rock song of the day is “FM (No Static at All)” by those Yacht Rock stalwarts known as Steely Dan. Now, the Dan weren’t known as Yacht Rock at the time (no one was; the genre wouldn’t be identified and named for more than two decades), and they’re certainly not at all like the vapid soft rock…
We’re smack dab in the middle of summer, which means its time for Yacht Rock week here at the Classic Song of the Day blog. With that in mind, your classic Yacht Rock song of the day is “What a Fool Believes” by the Doobie Brothers. This one was written by two of the three kings of Yacht Rock, Michael…