Song of the Day 8/25: Billy Joe Royal, “Cherry Hill Park”
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”
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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”
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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”
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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…
Song of the Day 8/21: Spanky and Our Gang, “Sunday Will Never Be the Same”
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…
Song of the Day 8/19: Randy Rainbow, “Yesterday”
As he admits in this video, Randy Rainbow is running out of show tunes, so he set this one to the Beatles classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdSZRkeQfnk
Song of the Day 8/18: Patty Griffin, “Be Careful”
From a political standpoint, the end of Roe v. Wade has been a boon for Democrats. From a practical standpoint it's causing, and will continue to cause, misery, injury and…
Song of the Day 8/17: Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam, “Streets of Bakersfield”
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Guest post by Nathan Arizona Ask a random person who Buck Owens was, and chances are you’ll hear something about “Hee Haw," the cornpone comedy and country music TV show…
Song of the Day 8/16: Del Shannon, “Runaway”
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Guest post by Nathan Arizona When was a synthesizer first used in recorded pop/rock music? Maybe surprisingly early. Some say 1961, on Del Shannon’s “Runaway.” The electric keyboard work was…
Song of the Day 8/15: The Animals, “We Gotta Get Out of This Place”
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With more RWNJ violence on the horizon, I think this song represents a common sentiment -- who wouldn't want to get out of this place? Released in 1965, it has…
Song of the Day 8/13: Nena, “99 Luftballons”
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Guest post by Nathan Arizona A lot of sabers are rattling these days, except nobody uses sabers anymore. The threat from Russia in the Ukraine and maybe China in the…
Song of the Day 8/12: The Seekers, “I’ll Never Find Another You”
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A great Australian singer died last week, but it wasn't Olivia Newton-John. Few Americans recognized the name Judith Durham, but many more would recognize the voice that propelled this 1964…
Song of the Day 8/11: Olivia Newton-John, “If Not For You”
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I don't mean to speak ill of the dead. Olivia Newton-John seemed to be a nice person, devoting time, money and energy to various worthy charities, never being involved in…