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Song of the Day 9/2: Gene Pitney, “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence”

By Alby September 2, 20221 Comment

Guest post by Nathan Arizona If somebody had told me Gene Pitney was not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I’d have believed it but I wouldn’t have…

Song of the Day 9/1: The Monkees, “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone”

By Alby September 1, 20225 Comments

Mickey Dolenz is the last surviving Monkee, and he's not Monkeeing around. He has sued the FBI to gain access to its file on the Monkees. Yes, J. Edgar Hoover's…

Song of the Day 8/31: Clifford Curry, “She Shot a Hole in My Soul”

By Alby August 31, 20222 Comments

Let's squeeze in a last bit of Carolina beach music before the summer's over. This 1967 tune was the closest regional star Clifford Curry, once known as the King of…

Song of the Day 8/30: Joey DeFrancesco Trio, “Never Can Say Goodbye”

By Alby August 30, 20223 Comments

Delco native Joey DeFrancesco, widely recognized as the top jazz organist of his generation, died last week. He was only 51, but released nearly 40 albums of his own and…

Song of the Day 8/29: The McCoys, “Hang On Sloopy”

By Alby August 29, 20222 Comments

You surely know this cover version of the song, credited to the McCoys. You probably haven't heard the original by the Vibrations, titled "My Girl Sloopy," though it reached No.…

Song of the Day 8/27: Stanley Beckford and the Starlights, “Soldering”

By Alby August 27, 2022

A footnote to "Sara Smile" by Hall and Oates, the song I wrote about a few days ago: Its B-side was another tune from the duo's Silver Album, a reggae-flavored…

Song of the Day 8/26: Isaac Hayes, “Theme From Shaft”

By Alby August 26, 20221 Comment

Guest post by Nathan Arizona If you have anything bad to say about Isaac Hayes' “Shaft,” there can be only one response: Shut yo mouth. We’re talking ’bout Shaft. John…

Song of the Day 8/25: Billy Joe Royal, “Cherry Hill Park”

By Alby August 25, 2022

This one's for Gary Busey, who ran into some trouble over there in Cherry Hill, N.J., a couple of weeks ago at a horror film convention. Billy Joe Royal of…

Song of the Day 8/24: The Gap Band, “You Dropped a Bomb on Me”

By Alby August 24, 20223 Comments

I've been trying to work up some concern that the Moscow car-bombing of Darya Dugina, daughter of "Putin's Rasputin" Alexander Dugin, will lead to something worse than what's already happening…

Song of the Day 8/23: Daryl Hall and John Oates, “Sara Smile”

By Alby August 23, 20224 Comments

The term blue-eyed soul, despite having been coined by influential Philadelphia DJ Georgie Woods, has become problematic for many people. Among them: A guy whose roots in both white and…

Song of the Day 8/22: The Righteous Brothers, “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”

By Alby August 22, 20222 Comments

People might not realize it today, but radio was once nearly as segregated as schools and swimming pools were. White stations played white musicians for white audiences, black stations did…

The News Journal Won’t Tell You, but Bipartisan Ben duPont Backs Trump’s Boy Oz

By Alby August 22, 20221 Comment

Maybe I'm just lousy at navigating their archive, but I can't find any evidence that the News Journal has ever reported on the close ties between Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dr.…

Song of the Day 8/21: Spanky and Our Gang, “Sunday Will Never Be the Same”

By Alby August 21, 2022

Elaine McFarlane had a helluva voice and a nickname based on her last name's similarity to child star George McFarland, better known as Spanky, of the old "Our Gang" one-reelers…