Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
For the day after Christmas, when everybody should still be in relatively good merriment, todays’ classic song of the day is “Wonderful World.” It was a hit for three very different artists: Sam Cooke, Herman’s Hermits, and Art Garfunkel. Lou Adler and Herb Alpert wrote “Wonderful World” in 1958 or so, but pretty much shelved it as a trifle. Sam…
Today’s song of the day is a James Taylor classic, 1974’s “Walking Man.” This was the lead track (side one, track one) of the same-named album. While “Walking Man” was released as a single, it didn’t break into the Billboard Hot 100—although it did reach #26 on Billboard’s Easy Listening chart. It’s become one of Mr. Taylor’s best-known and best-loved…
Tomorrow is election day here in the United States, and one way or another history will be made. We’ll either have our first woman president or only our second president in history to win two nonconsecutive terms. There may be more history made, depending on who is elected, but let’s try to keep things relatively nonpolitical here. (You want to…
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…
For the past few days we’ve focused on songs and performers coming out of the Laurel Canyon scene in the late ’60s/early ’70s—Crosby, Stills & Nash, Judy Collins, and Joni Mitchell, all of whom (as well as Carole King, Jackson Browne, Cass Elliott, Warren Zevon, Linda Ronstadt, the Eagles, J.D. Souther, Harry Nilsson, and a handful of Monkees) had an…
Today’s classic summer-themed song of the day is “Up on the Roof” by the Drifters. This true classic was released in September of 1962 and hit #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 (and #4 on the R&B chart) early the next year. Rudy Lewis sang lead on the record, accompanied by fellow Drifters Tommy Evans, Gene Pearson, and Charlie Thomas.…