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 the most popular tunes by Tom Petty and his band the Heartbreakers. The song is “American Girl” and, while it was never a hit (it was released as a single in February of 1977 but it failed to make the Billboard Hot 100), it has rightfully earned its place on everybody’s…
The Rascals bring us today’s classic song of the day, “People Got to Be Free.” Released as a single in July of 1968, this single went all the way to #1 (for five weeks!) on the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100. “People Got to Be Free” was written by Rascals Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati, and sung…
Today’s classic song of the day was written by Bruce Springsteen but made into a huge hit by the Pointer Sisters. The song is “Fire” and it was released as a single by the Pointer Sisters in October of 1978. (March of 1979 in the UK.) It went all the way to #2 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and…
Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote so many great songs it’s tough to keep track of them all. One of their lesser tunes, if anything they wrote could be called lesser, is today’s classic song of the day. “Are You There (With Another Girl)” was recorded by Dionne Warwick and released as a single in December of 1965. Early the…
Today’s classic song of the day is a neat little piece of Chicago soul by singer Tyrone Davis. The song is “Turning Point” and it was released as a single in early 1976. It didn’t crack the Billboard Hot 100 but went all the way to #1 on Billboard’s R&B chart. Tyrone Davis had a string of hits in the…
“More Today Than Yesterday” is today’s classic song of the day. Performed by the group Spiral Starecase (not “Staircase”), this single was released in January of 1969 (April in the UK) and charted as high as #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #7 on the Cash Box Top 100. Spiral Starecase was a quintet out of Sacramento, California. They…
I’m a huge Al Stewart fan. His 1976 album Year of the Cat is in my personal top five favorite albums of all time and the title song from that album is simply one of the best-written and best-produced tracks of the modern era. No surprise then, that today’s classic song of the day is another one from that album,…
We turn to the legendary folksinger/poet Bob Dylan for today’s classic song of the day. The song is “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right,” and it became a major hit for the folksinging trio, Peter, Paul and Mary. Bob Dylan wrote “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” in 1962. It’s a breakup song about saying goodbye to an old lover…
The singer known as Meat Loaf delivers today’s delicious classic song of the day. The song is “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” and, when it was released as a single in March of 1978, it went to #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #9 on the Cash Box Top 100. It’s a completely over-the-top power ballad—which, frankly, is…
Jay and the Americans were a pretty big deal back in the 1960s, due in no small part to their choice of material from some of the top songwriters of the day. Case in point is today’s classic song of the day, the perfectly named for an early spring Sunday, “Sunday and Me.” “Sunday and Me” was written by none…