Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Lou Rawls’ “Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing” is today’s classic song of the day. Released as a single in October of 1966, this smooth soul track went all the way to #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Singles chart. “Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing” was written by Ben Raleigh and David J. Luff, writing…
For some reason, I always thought that today’s classic song of the day was a Partridge Family song. I mean, it has that same sort of Baroque pop sound, the title is as vacuous as anything churned out by the P. Family’s hired songwriters, and the lead vocal sounds vaguely teen idolish. Really. The problem is, “Sit Down I Think…
All these week we’ve been featuring songs with a person’s name in the title, and our final classic song of the day of that type this week is Jim Stafford’s “My Girl Bill.” Released as a single in April of 1974, this light-hearted little ditty went all the way to #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, #10 on the Cash…
“A Boy Named Sue” is today’s classic song of the day with a person’s name in the title. Recorded by Johnny Cash and released as a single in July of 1969, this track hit #2 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100, and #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. Noted…
For today’s classic song of the day, here’s another song with a name in the title. The song is “Shannon” by Henry Gross, and it was released in February of 1976 and went to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Cash Box Top 100. It was a number-one hit in Canada and New Zealand. “Shannon” is…
Here’s another song with a person’s name in the title, the Hollies’ “Carrie Anne.” Today’s classic song of the day was recorded and released in May of 1967 (the world spun faster back then) and it went all the way to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100—and to #3 on the UK charts. “Carrie Anne” was written by group members…
Today’s classic song of the day with a person’s name in the title is “Nathan Jones,” from the Supremes. Released in April of 1971, this Motown single peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100, #10 on the Cash Box Top 100, and #8 on Billboard’s R&B chart. “Nathan Jones” was the Supremes’ fifth hit after Diana Ross left the…
This week is all about songs with a person’s name in the title, and today’s thus-titled classic song of the day is “Michael” by the Highwaymen. You might know it better as “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore,” and it’s been covered by many artists since its birth as a Black American spiritual way back in the 1860s. (That’s right, the…
This week we’re featuring songs with a person’s name in the title, and today’s classic song of the day is Elton John’s “Daniel.” Released in January of 1973, “Daniel” was one of Elton’s biggest hits, rising to #2 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100. It’s become one of his most popular songs. Like most of…
Today’s classic song of the day comes to us from the musical, The Fantasticks. “Try to Remember” was the first song performed in the show, designed to encourage the audience to imagine the settings suggested by the sparse set. Like all the music in The Fantasticks, the lyrics to “Try to Remember” were written by Tom Jones (not that one)…