Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
It wouldn’t be instrumental music week here at the Classic Song of the Day blog without a tune by Memphis’ best, Booker T. & the M.G.’s. So today’s classic instrumental song of the day is “Time is Tight,” one of the group’s biggest hits. Released as a single in February of 1969, “Time is Tight” peaked at #6 on the…
Today’s classic song of the day is “Suspicious Minds,” a huge comeback hit for Elvis Presley. The song was written by Mark James, who also wrote “Always On My Mind” (a hit for Willie Nelson in 1982) and “Sunday Sunrise” (a country hit for Brenda Lee in 1973). “Suspicious Minds” was James’ first big songwriting success. Following the success of…
This week we’re focusing on songs with “Memphis” in the lyrics. Our classic “Memphis” song of the day is “Daisy Jane” by America, which starts out with the line, “Flyin’ me back to Memphis, got to find my Daisy Jane.” “Daisy Jane” was America’s seventh and final Top 20 single, following “A Horse With No Name” (#1), “I Need You”…
Your Memphis-flavored song of the day is “Walking in Memphis” by Marc Cohn. This song, released in 1991, was a career maker and a career highlight for Mr. Cohn, hitting #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #12 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It was also nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year, losing to Natalie Cole’s duet…
After spending a week dissecting Dusty Springfield’s Dusty in Memphis album a few weeks back, let’s kick off a week of songs with the word “Memphis” in the title or lyrics. We’ll start with the most obvious one, Chuck Berry’s classic “Memphis, Tennessee.” Mr. Berry recorded this one in September 1958 but never released it as a single in the…