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 a Motown classic from the Marvelettes. “Don’t Mess with Bill” was released in November of 1965 and went all the way to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. It got even higher on Billboard’s R&B chart, peaking at #3. “Don’t Mess with Bill” was written by a gent named Bill Robinson, who you…
“My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)” was David Ruffin’s first solo hit after he left the Temptations. It’s also today’s classic song of the day. David Ruffin was 23 years old when he joined the Temptations in 1964. He’d moved from Mississippi, where he’d been born, to Detroit when he was 16 years old and released a…
The Supremes (not yet Diana Ross and the Supremes) bring us today’s classic song of the day, “My World is Empty Without You.” Released as a single at the end of December, 1965, this one rose to #5 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100 early in 1966. “My World is Empty Without You” was written…
Today’s classic song of the day is a stoned soul Motown classic from a band called the Undisputed Truth. Released as a single in May of 1971, “Smiling Faces Sometimes” went all the way #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the Cash Box Top 100, and #2 on Billboard’s R&B/Soul chart. “Smiling Faces Sometimes” was written by the…
Today’s classic song of the day comes from Stevie Wonder and his landmark album, Innervisions. Released as a single in March of 1974, “Don’t You Worry ’bout a Thing” peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100, #10 on the Cash Box Top 100, #9 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart, and #2 on Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart. “Don’t You…
Singer Mary Wells brings us today’s classic song of the day, “You Beat Me to the Punch.” Released as a single in July of 1962, it peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 but went all the way to #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Singles chart. “You Beat Me to the Punch” was written, as were many Motown songs…
Stevie Wonder is one of our generation’s great treasures. His string of albums from 1972’s Music of My Mind to 1976’s Songs in the Key of Life is one of the most impressive accomplishments in the history of popular music. Today’s classic song of the day wasn’t part of that historic group of masterpieces, but came just before it. The…
Yesterday’s classic song of the day was the Supremes’ very first number-one record, “Where Did Our Love Go.” Today we fast forward a few years to the time when Diana Ross left the group to go solo and her first solo hit, “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand).” Motown released the single in April of 1970 and it went to…
“Where Did Our Love Go” was the Supremes’ first number-one hit, and it’s today’s classic song of the day. Released as a single on the Motown label in June of 1964, this one was a top ten hit worldwide and hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Cash Box Top 100, and Billboard R&B charts. “Where Did Our Love Go,”…