March 21, 2025 —– Chart #290 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Some songs just hit right, like a cold beer on a hot day or a perfectly timed punchline in a Dan Jenkins novel. A Love Song by Loggins & Messina is one of those songs. […]
March 14, 2025 —– Chart #289 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. If you’ve ever been down on your luck but decided to lean into it and ham it up for dramatic effect, then congratulations—you already understand “Act Naturally.” This is a song about a guy who
March 7, 2025 —– Chart #288 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Every so often, a song comes along that doesn’t just describe how you feel—it calls you out on it. Today’s song is one of those. “The Shape I’m In” by The Band is about one
February 28, 2025 —– Chart #287 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Some songs don’t just tell a story—they drop you right into the middle of one, like you’re sitting at the counter in some no-name Texas diner, sipping burnt coffee, listening to some old guy tell
February 21, 2025 —– Chart #286 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Some songs just have that timeless quality—the kind that sticks with you through the years, no matter how many times you hear them. Today’s song is one of those classics, a tune that set the
February 14, 2025 —– Chart #285 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Motown this week! “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced
February 7, 2025 —– Chart #284 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. I love bands with great vocal harmonies. Guess that’s why I am so smitten with The Beatles, Crosby Still Nash & Young and the like. Well today we are looking at another such band with
January 31, 2025 —– Chart #283 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Friends, we are in the 1970’s again this week with a tune from the country charts. “The Gambler” is a song written by Don Schlitz and recorded by several artists, most famously by American country
January 24, 2025 —– Chart #282 Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Let’s go to the dark side of the moon today, okay? “Breathe” (sometimes called “Breathe (In the Air)“) is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd. It appears on their 1973 album The Dark Side of the
January 17, 2025 —– Chart #281 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. I am fond of all types of music and a wide variety of artists. Right at the top of my list of great songwriting bands would be The Beatles. I don’t think any other group