Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Folks might find it hard to believe today, but there was a time when Top 40 radio played all genres of music. You might tune into your favorite AM station and hear a tune by the Beatles, followed by a Motown single by the Temptations or Supremes, then maybe a straight pop number by the Turtles or the Grass Roots,…
How about a classic song of the day that started life as a jeans commercial? This one-hit wonder is appropriately titled “Jeans On” and it was released by David Dundas in October of 1976. The single went all the way to #3 on the UK charts and #17 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Jeans On” was written by David Dundas…
The Grass Roots were pretty big back in the late ’60s and early ’70s. Case in point is today’s classic song of the day, “The River is Wide.” Released as a single in April of 1969, this tune went all the way to #31 on the Billboard Hot 100. “The River is Wide” was written by Billy Admire and Gary…
Today’s classic song of the day is “Sunshine” by Jonathan Edwards. This was Mr. Edwards’ first single and the only one to reach the top forty. This kind of makes him a one-hit wonder, although he did have a few (very minor) country hits in the 1980s. Jonathan Edwards released “Sunshine” as a single in November of 1971. Early in…
For today’s classic song of the day, let’s take a trip back to the psychedelic sixties and the song “Crystal Blue Persuasion.” The single, by Tommy James and the Shondells, was released in June of 1969 and went all the way to #2 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cash Box Top 100. Tommy James wrote “Crystal Blue…
Anybody remember The Point!, an album and animated film from singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson? Whether you do or not, you probably do remember the hit song that emanated from this project, Nilsson’s “Me and My Arrow.” Released in March of 1971, this single rose to #34 on the Billboard Hot 100, #27 on the Cash Box Top 100, and #3 on…
Jimmy Webb is one of the premier songwriters of the 20th century. Even his lesser-known tunes get covered by a multitude of artists, because they’re so darned good. Today’s classic song of the day is a case in point. The song is “Do What You Gotta Do” and it was a minor hit for a few different artists, as well…
Today’s classic song of the day is a late-70s track with a heavy Fleetwood Mac connection. The song is “Magnet and Steel” by Walter Egan; when it was released in March of 1978, this one-hit wonder reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #9 on the Cash Box Top 100. Walter Egan is a New York boy who went…
Barry Mann was one of the premiere songwriters of the ’60s and ’70s (and even into the ’80s a little), most often paired with his wife, Cynthia Weil. He didn’t start out writing with her, however, and he didn’t always limit himself to songwriting. Case in point is today’s classic song of the day, “Who Put the Bomp (in the…
The word “snowbird” means different things to different people. To some, it describes the northerners, mainly older folk, who travel south to winter in warmer climes. Snowbirds typically come from Canada or Minnesota or some other place suitably cold and snowy and spend the winter in Florida or Arizona or some other place suitably warm and snowless. For the purposes…