Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
“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…
Aretha Franklin, the undisputed Queen of Soul, brings us today’s classic song of the day, “Day Dreaming.” Released as a single in February of 1972, “Day Dreaming” went all the way to #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and rose to #1 on Billboard’s R&B chart. “Day Dreaming” was written by Ms. Franklin, supposedly about her longstanding relationship with Temptation…
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 was released as a single in August of 1973. The song is “Show and Tell” and the artist is R&B singer Al Wilson. This sweet soul song went all the way to #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100, and #10 on Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart. “Show and…
Today’s classic song of the day is a long-forgotten soul single by Brenda and the Tabulations. The song is “Right on the Tip of My Tongue” and it was released in January of 1971, on Top and Bottom records. It made it all the way to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100, #14 on the Cash Box Top 100, and…
I like listening to rebroadcasts of Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 from the ’70s, especially those tunes on the bottom half of the charts. Sometimes those tunes are former chart-toppers on their way down; sometimes they’re future hits just hitting the charts. More often than not, however, those tracks that sat at the bottom of the top forty never rose…
Today’s classic song of the day comes to us from one of Stax Records’ most popular artists, Eddie Floyd. The song is “I’ve Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)” and, when it was released in June of 1968, it peaked at just #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #47 on the Cash Box Top 100,…
Today’s classic song of the day has a title that’s difficult to verbalize. The song is “Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um” (that’s six “um’s”) by Major Lance. Released as a single in December of 1963, this classic piece of Chicago Soul hit #5 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100 in February of 1964. “Um,…