Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
This week we’re focusing on songs from movies, cinematic treasures that crossed over into pop music success. Our first classic movie theme song of the day this week is the iconic theme from the movie Goldfinger, as sung by Dame Shirley Bassey. “Goldfinger” was composed by John Barry, who did the entire soundtrack. Lyrics were by Leslie Bricusse and, believe…
Our final classic night song of the day this week is “A Hard Day’s Night” by the Beatles. The title song from their 1964 film, A Hard Day’s Night, this single was released in July of that year and shot to #1 all around the world—Australia, Canada, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, the UK, and,…
This is a very special classic song of the day extra, in honor of songwriter Richard Sherman, who passed away yesterday. He was 95 years old. Together with his older brother Robert, they composed a legion of songs for Walt Disney films, theme parks, and artists The list is too long to in full, but here are some of the…
Today’s classic song of the day is “Everybody’s Talkin’” by (Harry) Nilsson. Initially released in July of 1968, it became a hit in 1969 when it was included on the soundtrack to the movie Midnight Cowboy. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, #7 on the Cash Box Top 100, and #2 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart. “Everybody’s…
Today’s classic song of the day was a hit, sort of, for two different groups and a couple of different singers. The song is “One Tin Soldier” and you probably know it from that 1971 cult classic film, Billy Jack, no matter who was singing it. “One Tin Soldier” was written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, who together and…
Today is the first day of the new year, a day full of hopes and wishes, and today’s classic song of the day for the new year is “Rainbow Connection.” You first heard the song in the 1970 film The Muppet Movie, sung by Kermit the Frog (voiced by head Muppeteer Jim Henson), accompanying himself on banjo. It’s a song…
Today’s classic Yacht Rock song of the day is “FM (No Static at All)” by those Yacht Rock stalwarts known as Steely Dan. Now, the Dan weren’t known as Yacht Rock at the time (no one was; the genre wouldn’t be identified and named for more than two decades), and they’re certainly not at all like the vapid soft rock…
Your classic instrumental song of the day comes from a time where elevator music stood side-by-side on the charts alongside raucous rock ‘n’ roll tunes, doo-wop vocal harmonies, Brill Building pop masterpieces, and silly novelty songs. We’re talking about that crazy world of 1960 and Percy Faith’s big hit, “Theme from A Summer Place.” Believe it or not, this shmaltzy…
Our final song with a day of the week in the title song of the day of the week is “Never On Sunday” by the Chordettes. The Chordettes’ version of the song hit #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961; an instrumental version, by Don Costa and His Orchestra, had hit #19 on the Hot 100 the year prior.…