Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Before they became the unofficial kings of disco with their Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, the Bee Gees were just an unassuming little pop band from Australia who put out unassuming little pop ditties with nice harmonies. Case in point is today’s classic song of the day, “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart.” Released as a single in May of…
The British group Herman’s Hermits bring us today’s classic song of the day, “A Must to Avoid.” Released as a single in December of 1965, “A Must to Avoid peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 early the following year. (It got up a little higher, to #6, on the British charts.) “A Must to Avoid” was written by…
The disco trend was in full swing in 1976 when today’s classic song of the day was released. That song is the aptly titled “Disco Inferno” by the Trammps. Songwriters Leroy Green and Ron “Have Mercy” Kersey said the song was inspired by the 1974 disaster movie, The Towering Inferno. (Hence the lyric about “one hundred stories high.”) The Trammps…
Today’s classic song of the day is another big hit for Lesley Gore, “That’s the Way Boys Are.” Released in March of 1964, this single peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100. This one has a classic Girl Group, Wall of Sound-influenced vibe. Like most of Ms. Gore’s big hits, “That’s the Way Boys Are” was produced by Quincy…
The Boss, Bruce Springsteen himself, brings us today’s classic song of the day. That song is “Badlands,” from Bruce’s Darkness on the Edge of Town album. Released as the second single from the album (following Prove It All Night) in July of 1978, it was only a moderate success, peaking at #42 on the Billboard Hot 100. Despite that lackluster…
Today’s classic song of the day was released in June of 1965 on Atlantic Records. The song is “Baby, I’m Yours” by Barbara Lewis and it peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Baby, I’m Yours” was written by Van McCoy, who years later would have a hit of his own with the disco track, “The Hustle.” The record…
Today’s classic song of the day is the Knack’s follow-up to their smash debut hit, “My Sharona.” The song is “Good Girls Don’t” and, when it was released in August of 1979, it went all the way to #11 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100. “Good Girls Don’t” was written by the band’s Doug Fieger.…
Here’s one for you, a song you probably don’t remember from a band you most definitely don’t know. That song is “Two Worlds” and the band is called Sweetwater. It’s today’s classic song of the day. Sweeetwater was a band out of Los Angeles that, to my ears, sounded a little like Jefferson Airplane. They performed a kind of proto-psychedelic…
Today’s classic song of the day is a particularly depressing one. The song is “Alone Again (Naturally)” by Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O’Sullivan, and it’s all about being jilted, contemplating suicide, and the death of his parents. Boy, what a peppy little tune. Gilbert O’Sullivan wrote “Alone Again (Naturally)” and released it as a single in May of 1972. (February of…
Jerry Lewis’ son Gary had his share of hits as leader of the group Gary Lewis & the Playboys. Today’s classic song of the day, “Save Your Heart for Me,” is one such record. Released in June of 1965, this tune almost went to number one, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Cash Box…