Tag Thelma Houston

“Don’t Leave Me This Way” (Thelma Houston/Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes/The Communards)

Don't Leave Me This Way, Thelma Houston

Today’s classic song of the day is that disco classic, Thelma Houston’s “Don’t Leave Me This Way.” If you were anywhere near a radio or dance floor during the spring of 1977, you heard a lot of this one. “Don’t Leave Me This Way” was written by Philly Soul legends Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, along with frequent collaborator Cary…

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“Didn’t We” (Richard Harris, Frank Sinatra, others)

Jimmy Webb

This week’s final classic Jimmy Webb song of the day is “Didn’t We,” a song that really wasn’t a major hit for any particular artist but was covered by enough singers to become somewhat of a classic. Jimmy Webb wrote “Didn’t We” back in 1968 as a reflection on a love affair that almost but not quite made it. It’s…

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