Arts and Entertainment – Page 93

Song of the Day 12/15: Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”

By Alby December 15, 2022

One reason we get sick of holiday music is that retail stores pump out slick, often treacly pop versions of songs we've all heard a thousand times. The problem isn't…

Song of the Day 12/14: Johnny Marks, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”

By Alby December 14, 2022

Johnny Marks is responsible for more of the Christmas music you hear than any other composer. He'd be in the running if all he had written was "Rockin' Around the…

Song of the Day 12/13: The Monkees, “A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You”

By Alby December 13, 2022

Neil Diamond didn't write many of the Monkees' hits -- Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart were producer Don Kirshner's go-to tunesmiths -- but their second single, "I'm a Believer," became…

Song of the Day 12/12: Supertramp, “Breakfast in America”

By Alby December 12, 2022

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Supertramp had Breakfast in America in 1979. It was delicious. The album “Breakfast in America” propelled a mildly successful British band to one whose songs…

Song of the Day 12/10: Esther Phillips, “Release Me”

By Alby December 11, 2022

In their ongoing effort to show that they can act like whiny babies over absolutely anything, Republicans are bitching about Joe Biden freeing WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russia in…

Song of the Day 12/9: Steam, “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye”

By Alby December 9, 2022

If politics were really sports, Democratic senators would serenade Kyrsten Sinema to this tune like she was a relief pitcher getting yanked from the game. The song became a sports…

Song of the Day 12/8: Ride, “Vapour Trail”

By Alby December 8, 20222 Comments

I didn't want this one to pass unnoticed: Doug Mastriano, the failed GOP candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, thinks the government is using jet vapor trails to manipulate the climate,…

Song of the Day 12/7: The O’Jays, “For the Love of Money”

By Alby December 7, 20221 Comment

The Trump organization was found guilty of fraud and tax evasion, and though CFO Allen Weisselberg threw himself on the grenade, not a soul alive believes he did it on…

Song of the Day 12/6: The Beths, “Expert in a Dying Field”

By Alby December 6, 20221 Comment

El Somnambulo featured a song from this New Zealand indie band's latest album in his Best of the Month roundup when it arrived in August. Critics have categorized them as…

Song of the Day 12/5: Peter and Gordon, “World Without Love”

By Alby December 5, 20225 Comments

Guest post by Nathan Arizona When the sister of aspiring musician Peter Asher started bringing her boyfriend to hang around the house, her brother had somebody to talk music with.…

Song of the Day 12/4: The Million Dollar Quartet, “This Train”

By Alby December 4, 20222 Comments

On this date in rock and roll history, Dec. 4, 1956, the Million Dollar Quartet -- Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins -- sang together for…

Song of the Day 12/3: Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, “I Don’t Want to Go Home”

By Alby December 3, 20224 Comments

Though it was never released as a single, this became one of the defining songs of the Jersey Shore sound. Southside Johnny sells the perennial show-closer with his impassioned blue-eyed…

Song of the Day 12/2: Jordan Mailata, “Hold”

By Alby December 2, 20221 Comment

I have a strict policy on holiday music -- the 12 Days of Christmas Songs. You're probably getting as much as you can stand from other sources, so I start…