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 songs of the day that my parents liked and listened to way too much come from a folk group called the New Christy Minstrels. The first song up is “Green, Green,” the lead track on the group’s Ramblin’ album and released as a single in June of 1963, during the folk revival period immediately preceding the Beatles and…
Still looking at songs my parents liked, today’s classic song of the day is “Jean” by Oliver. The song, the theme to the movie The Prime of Miss Jean Brody, was released as a single in August of 1969. It was a huge hit, peaking at #2 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100, and #1…
This week we’re featuring songs that my parents liked and today’s classic song that my parents liked of the day is “My Cup Runneth Over” by Ed Ames. This broad Broadway ballad was a real anomaly on the pop charts when it was released in early 1967, the year of the Summer of Love. That didn’t stop it from finding…
This week we’re going off on a slight tangent and featuring songs that my parents liked. Many of us will remember them from our childhoods, not necessarily music we chose to listen to but rather songs we unwittingly heard around the house. Maybe we liked them, maybe we didn’t. Our first classic song of the day that my parents liked…
Today’s classic song of the day is another Steve Barri production for ABC/Dunhill Records. The song is “Midnight Confessions” and the group is the Grass Roots. Released in June of 1968, this single rose to #5 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100 charts. “Midnight Confessions” was originally written for a group called the Ever-Green Blues…
Today’s classic song of the day is by a legendary Motown group after they left the Motown label. The song is “Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got)” and the group is the Four Tops. This single was released on the ABC/Dunhill label in in January of 1973. It proved that the Tops could be successful without Berry Gordy,…
Today’s classic song of the day is “Don’t Pull Your Love” by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. Released in April of 1971, this track rose to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts, and to #1 on the Cash Box Top 100. Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds were actually three guys: Dan Hamilton on lead vocal and…
On yesterday’s classic song of the day, James Taylor’s “Fire and Rain,” his friend and fellow songwriter Carole King played piano. That leads us directly to today’s classic song of the day, “Been to Canaan,” on which Ms. King also played piano, in addition to singing and writing it. Released in November of 1972, this one went to #24 on…
Today’s classic song of the day, keeping with our ongoing rain theme, is James Taylor’s “Fire and Rain.” Included as the first track on side two of Mr. Taylor’s Sweet Baby James album, the single, released in August of 1970, rose to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. “Fire and…
Building on yesterday’s classic tune, the Carpenters’ “Rainy Days and Mondays,” today’s rain-themed classic song of the day is “Rainy Day People” by Canadian troubadour Gordon Lightfoot. Released in March of 1975, this one went to #26 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 on Billboard’s Easy Listening chart, and #1 on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart. According to Mr.…