Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Our final classic night song of the day this week is “A Hard Day’s Night” by the Beatles. The title song from their 1964 film, A Hard Day’s Night, this single was released in July of that year and shot to #1 all around the world—Australia, Canada, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, the UK, and,…
Today’s classic night song of the day comes from Hoosier native John Mellencamp, then going by the stage name of John Cougar. The song is “Ain’t Even Done with the Night” and it was released in January of 1981. It peaked, in May of that year, at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Ain’t Even Done with the Night,” written…
Today’s classic night song of the day fast forwards to September of 1982 and the single “Shadows of the Night” by Pat Benatar. This track, supported by a ton of MTV play, hit #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on Billboard’s Top Rocks Track chart. “Shadows of the Night” was written by D.L. Byron for the 1980 movie,…
Today’s classic night song of the day is “Into the Night” by Benny Mardones. This one was a hit for Mr. Mardones twice. Initially released in June of 1980, it peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Prompted by a “where are they now?” segment on an Arizona radio station in 1989, Polydor re-released the single and it got…
Today’s classic song of the day with the word night in the title is “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.” It was a defining song for The Band and a major hit for Joan Baez. The Band’s Robbie Robertson wrote “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” purportedly with more than a little help from the band’s drummer, Levon…
Today’s classic song with the word night in the title of the day is “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” by Vicki Lawrence. This little tune, released in November of 1972, went all the way to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100—for two weeks straight. Vicki Lawrence was not known as a singer. At the time she was…
This week we’re doing all songs with the word “night” in the title, and today’s classic night song of the day is “The Night Chicago Died” by a group called Paper Lace. Released in June of 1974, this track went all the way to #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100. It was also a…
This is a very special classic song of the day extra, in honor of songwriter Richard Sherman, who passed away yesterday. He was 95 years old. Together with his older brother Robert, they composed a legion of songs for Walt Disney films, theme parks, and artists The list is too long to in full, but here are some of the…
Today’s classic song of the day is virtually unknown here in the States but was a big hit across the pond. The song is “A New England” and the artist is Kirsty MacColl. If you haven’t heard of her, you need to. Kirsty MacColl was a British singer and songwriter who was fairly successful in the 1980s and 1990s. You…
Today’s classic song of the day is a song written in 1979, a hit in 1983, yet has the Girl Group sound of the early 1960s. The song is called “They Don’t Know” and Tracey Ullman’s recording, released in September of 1983, hit #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 in Ullman’s native UK. “They Don’t Know” was written…