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 one of my favorite songs from this particular group, “One Less Bell to Answer” by the 5th Dimension. The single was released in April of 1970 and it peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, #2 on the Cash Box Top 100, and #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart. You want to…
Today’s classic song of the day is “We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” by Gale Garnett. This easy-going single debuted in July of 1964 and rose to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the Cash Box Top 100, and #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary (then called Middle-Road Singles) chart. “We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” was written by Ms Garnett.…
Today’s classic song of the day is “You Were On My Mind,” a big hit for a quintet appropriately dubbed the We Five. This track was released during the summer of 1965 and peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 (for five weeks!) on Billboard’s Easy Listening chart. Billboard ranked the song as the number-four single of…
Today’s classic song of the day is a vocal treat. The song is “Everything That Touches You” and it’s performed by the group known as the Association. The single was released in January of 1968, just after the Summer of Love, and the song peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, #11 on the Cash Box Top 100, and…
Okay, one last song with a lady’s name in the title. Today’s classic song of the day is a folk-flavored sunshine pop track with cool vocal harmonies, “Georgy Girl” by the Seekers. Released in October of 1966, it rode the wave of success all the way to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Cash Box Top…
Today’s classic song of the day just happens to be another one with a lady’s name in the title: “Wendy” by the Beach Boys. This song was released as a single in June of 1964 and peaked at #44 on the Billboard Hot 100. That rather anemic chart performance is belied by the fact that it’s a bona fide classic…
We did a whole week of songs with ladies names in the title, so one more day won’t hurt. Yesterday’s classic song of the day was Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne,” and todays’ classic song of the day with a lady’s name in the title is the similarly-named “Susan” by the Buckinghams. This little ditty, released in 1967, peaked at #11 on…
Our final classic song with a lady’s name in the title of the day this week is Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne.” This one was never really a hit single for anybody, although a lot of us remember both Mr. Cohen’s original version and Judy Collins’ cover. “Suzanne” is a lyrical journey that draws in listeners with its multiple layers of meaning…
Today’s classic song of the day with a lady’s name in the title is “Joanne” by Michael Nesmith and the First National Band. Released as a single in July of 1970, this was Nesmith’s first and only solo Top Forty hit, peaking at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100, #17 on the Cash Box Top 100, and #6 on Billboard’s…
Today’s classic song with a woman’s name in the title of the day is “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond. This mega hit was released in May of 1969 and peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, #3 on the Cash Box Top 100, and also #3 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart. Neil Diamond says he wrote “Sweet Caroline” about…