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 my favorite Beatles track and maybe their best track, which is saying a lot given how many great songs this group produced. The song is “A Day in the Life;” never released as a single, it was the concluding track on side two of 1967’s landmark Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album.…
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,…
Today’s classic song that was a bigger hit as a cover version of the day is “Twist and Shout.” It was originally released by and a decent hit for the Isley Brothers, but became a monster smash when covered by the Beatles. “Twist and Shout” was written by long-time songsmiths Phil Medley and Bert Berns. They were collectively or individually…
Today’s classic song of the day is “In My Life” by the Beatles. This one was a track from their landmark 1965 album, Rubber Soul; even though it wasn’t released as a single, it seeped into our collective consciousness just the same. “In My Life” is all about coming to grips with the places, friends, and lovers of one’s past.…
Today’s classic song of the day is “Please Mr. Postman” by the Marvelettes. It was one of the first big Motown hits, released in August of 1961 on the Tamla label. It went all the way to #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard’s Hot R&B Sides charts. If you’ve been following this blog you might have noticed…
Your classic song with a day of the week in the lyrics song of the day is “She’s Leaving Home” by the Beatles. The word “Wednesday” is not in the song’s title but it is the very first word of the very first line of the lyric: Wednesday morning at five o’clockAs the day beginsSilently closing her bedroom doorLeaving the…