Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from yesterday and today
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from yesterday and today
We’re starting off an angelic week of classic tunes with your song with angel in the title song of the day, “Undercover Angel” by Alan O’Day. This perfect piece of ’70s pop fluff was released in February of 1977 and peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Cash Box Top 100, and the Record World charts. It ended up…
Our final song with a day of the week in the title song of the day of the week is “Never On Sunday” by the Chordettes. The Chordettes’ version of the song hit #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961; an instrumental version, by Don Costa and His Orchestra, had hit #19 on the Hot 100 the year prior.…
Your classic song with the day of the week in the title song of the day is “Come Saturday Morning” by the Sandpipers. It was released in late 1969 and peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 (and #5 on the Easy Listening Chart) in June of 1970. Written for the movie The Sterile Cuckoo, which starred Liza Minelli,…
Your classic song with the day of the week in the title of the day is “Friday I’m In Love” by the Cure. This track was released in May of 1992 and hit #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Alternative Airplay chart. It also hit #6 on the UK Singles chart, #4 in Ireland, and #3…
Your song with a day of the week in the title song of the day is “Like a Summer Thursday” by Townes Van Zandt. This tune was originally released on Mr. Van Zandt’s 1969 album, Our Mother the Mountain. This was his second album, following his debut album, For the Sake of the Song, which was released the previous year.…
Your classic song with a day of the week in the lyrics song of the day is “She’s Leaving Home” by the Beatles. The word “Wednesday” is not in the song’s title but it is the very first word of the very first line of the lyric: Wednesday morning at five o’clockAs the day beginsSilently closing her bedroom doorLeaving the…
Your song named after a day of the week song of the day is “Tuesday Afternoon” by the Moody Blues. It was included on the band’s classic 1967 album, Days of Future Passed and released as a single in May of 1968. The single peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the album rose all the way to…
We’re starting off a themed week of songs named after days of the week. This being Monday, your song named after a day of the week song of the day is “I Don’t Like Mondays” by the Boomtown Rats. This one was released in 1979 (July in the UK and October in the U.S.) and, while it only rose to…
Honoring the late Bobby Caldwell, your forgotten ’70s soft rock/yacht rock/soft soul/smooth jazz song of the day is “What You Won’t Do for Love.” This was the lead-off single from Mr. Caldwell’s self-titled debut album, released in September of 1978. It rose all the way to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, #6 on the Hot Selling Soul Singles chart,…
In honor of Jim Gordon’s passing, our classic song of the day is “Layla,” by Derek and the Dominos. Released in September of 1970, it rose to #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 early in 1971 and became an instant rock classic. The song “Layla” was the next-to-last track (third of four tracks on the second side of the double-album’s…
Your long-forgotten Irish song of the (St. Patrick’s) Day is “The Unicorn,” as recorded by The Irish Rovers. It tells the tale of that loveliest of all creatures who was too busy playing silly games to get on Noah’s ark before that big flood hit. Which is why “you’ll see green alligators and long-necked geese, some humpty-backed camels and some…
Your feminist anthem of the day is “Bitch” by Meredith Brooks. The song was released in spring of 1997 and rose to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The video received a lot of airplay on what was left of MTV at the time. In its own way, “Bitch” is a spiritual successor to yesterday’s classic song of the day,…