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The Song of the Day is: Cat Stevens – “Matthew & Son” From the album Matthew & Son (1967) Up at eight, you can’t be lateFor Matthew & Son, he won’t wait.Watch them run down to platform oneAnd the eight-thirty train to Matthew & Son.Matthew & Son, the work’s never done, there’s always something new.The […]
Read More 1,758.) Sat Sept. 25, 2021Happy Would-Be 100th Birthday Billy Ward! The Song of the Day is: Billy Ward & His Dominoes – “Sixty Minute Man” Recorded in 1951, available on many compilations Sixty-minute man, sixty-minute manLook a here girls I’m telling you nowThey call me “Lovin’ Dan”I rock ’em, roll ’em all night longI’m a sixty-minute manIf you don’t […]
Read More 1,750.) Fri Sept. 17, 2021Happy Would-Be 80th Birthday, Otis Redding! The Song of the Day is: Otis Redding – “(Sitting On) The Dock of the Bay” From the album The Dock of the Bay (1968) I left my home in GeorgiaHeaded for the Frisco Bay‘Cause I’ve had nothin’ to live forIt look like nothin’s gonna come my waySo I’m […]
Read More 1,742.) Thurs Sept. 9, 2021The Song of the Day is: Queen – “Stone Cold Crazy” From the album Sheer Heart Attack (1974) Walking down the streetShooting people that I meetWith my rubber Tommy water gunHere come the deputyHe’s gonna come and get a meI gotta get me get up and run They got the sirens looseI ran right out […]
Read More 1,738.) Sun Sept. 5, 2021Happy 90th Birthday Ramblin’ Jack Elliott The Song of the Day is: Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – “Death Don’t Have No Mercy” From the album A Stranger Here (2009) Come to your house, you know he don’t take long.Look in the bed on the morning, children find that your family’s gone. I said death don’t have […]
Read More 1,706.) Wed Aug. 4, 2021Happy Would-Be 100th Birthday Nelson Riddle! The Song of the Day is: Frank Sinatra – “Witchcraft” From the album All The Way (1957) Those fingers in my hairThat sly come hither stareThat strips my conscience bareIt’s Witchcraft And I’ve got no defense for itThe heat is too intense for itWhat good would common sense for […]
Read More 1,642.) Tues Jun. 1, 2021Happy Would-Be 100th Birthday Hal David! The Song of the Day is: Naked Eyes – “Always Something There to Remind Me” From the album Naked Eyes (1983) I walk along the city streets you used to walk along with meAnd every step I take reminds me of just how we used to be Well, how […]
Read More 1,635.) Tues May 25, 2021Happy 80th Birthday Bob Dylan! The Song of the Day is: Bob Dylan – “Like a Rolling Stone” From the album Highway 61 Revisited (1965) Once upon a time you dressed so fineThrew the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you?People call say ‘beware doll, you’re bound to fall’You thought they were all kidding […]
Read More 1,634.) Mon May 24, 2021Happy 75th Birthday, Cher! The Song of the Day is: Sonny & Cher – “The Beat Goes On” From the album In Case You’re in Love (1967) Charleston was once the rage, uh huhHistory has turned the page, uh huhThe mini skirts, the current thing, uh huhTeenybopper is our newborn king, uh hu And the […]
Read More 1,630.) Thurs May 20, 2021The Song of the Day is: George Harrison – “Wah-Wah” From the album All Things Must Pass (1970) Wah-wahI don’t need no wah-wahAnd I know how sweet life can beIf I keep myself free, wah-wahI don’t need no wah-wah George Harrison Today is my father-in-law’s birthday. I won’t reveal his age, that’s not cool, but […]
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