Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Today’s classic song of the day is a one-hit wonder from a group called the Rose Garden. The song is “Next Plane to London” and, when released in October of 1967, it peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100. I always thought that the Rose Garden was a British group, probably because of the word “London” in this song’s…
Today’s classic song of the day is “Mamma Mia” by ABBA. Released in September of 1975, “Mamma Mia” was a worldwide hit—except, for some reason, here in the U.S. It hit the top ten in Australia (#1), Austria, Belgium, Ireland (#1), Italy, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland (#1), the UK (#1), West Germany (#1). and Yugoslavia. For whatever reason,…
Wrapping up our week of movie music, today’s classic movie song of the day comes from the original 1964 version of The Pink Panther. No, we’re not talking about that recognizable do do-do, do-do do-do do-do instrumental theme song, but rather a song with lyrics that’s performed in its entirety within the movie. The song is “It Had Better Be…
Today’s classic movie song of the day is a beautiful instrumental from Mark Knopfler, formerly of Dire Straits. The tune is “Going Home (Theme from Local Hero),” and it’s the music you hear at the end of the 1983 Scottish film, Local Hero. This is music that always settles my soul; it is gentle and calming, perhaps Knopfler’s best work…
This week we’re featuring songs used in movies, and today’s classic movie song of the day is “Mrs. Robinson” by Simon & Garfunkel. This one was heavily featured in the legendary film The Graduate—even though Paul Simon hadn’t finished writing it when the movie was being made! That’s right, “Mrs. Robinson” wasn’t yet finished when director Mike Nichols decided to…
This is movie music week at the ol’ Classic Song of the Day blog, and today’s classic movie song of the day is “Up Where We Belong” from the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. Recorded as a duet by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes, this tune was a huge hit worldwide. It went all the way to #1…
Continuing our weeklong spotlight on songs from the cinema, today’s classic movie song of the day is “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” from the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, as performed by singer B.J. Thomas. Released as a single in October of 1969, this track was a major hit worldwide, hitting #1 in Argentina, Canada, Mexico, Norway,…
This week we’re featuring songs from the cinema, and today’s classic movie song of the day is “Car Wash,” from the 1976 film of the same name, as performed by the group named Rose Royce. The single was released in September of 1976 and went to #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts. It was…
This week we’re focusing on songs from movies, and our first classic movie song of the day is “What’s New Pussycat?,” from the movie of the same name. The song was performed by Tom Jones and was released as a single in June of 1965. The song went all the way to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 (#11 in…
Today’s extremely rare classic song of the day is “Guess I’m Dumb” by Glen Campbell. Don’t kick yourself if you don’t remember this one; hardly anyone does. “Guess I’m Dumb” was one of Glen Campbell’s very first releases, while he was still a studio musician with the Wrecking Crew and before he became famous. It was released as a single…