Blog

April  25, 2025      —–     Chart #295 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Time to crank it up and slide into something silky, because this week we’re slow-dancing into the horn-blasted glory of “Don’t Pull Your Love” by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds — a band that sounds less like a musical act and more like the guys who sell you life insurance and bait on the side.… Read more: DON’T PULL YOUR LOVE OUT

April  18, 2025      —–     Chart #294 Hello Music Friends, Pull on your boots and rhinestone jackets, ‘cause today we’re saddling up with a true classic — “Rhinestone Cowboy” by the one and only Glen Campbell. If ever a song deserved its own Vegas residency, it’s this one. “Rhinestone Cowboy” hit the airwaves in 1975 and rode it all the way to the top of the charts, waving at pop fans with one hand and country… Read more: RHINESTONE COWBOY

April  11, 2025      —–     Chart #293 Hello Music Friends, It’s Friday, so let’s settle in for another song story, and this one’s got soul, southern charm, and a bit of heartbreak—all wrapped up in an acoustic-friendly classic. If you’ve ever played “Melissa” on your guitar, you know it’s one of those songs that feels like a warm breeze through Spanish moss, gliding through chords smoother than a glass of Tennessee whiskey. The Origins: A Song… Read more: MELISSA

April  4, 2025      —–     Chart #292 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Some songs make you want to get up and dance. Some make you want to sit and think. And then there’s You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere, a song that makes you want to do absolutely nothing, preferably while in a hammock with a cold beverage in hand. Written by Bob Dylan in 1967 during his post-motorcycle… Read more: YOU AINT GOIN’ NOWHERE

March 28, 2025      —–     Chart #291 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. I don’t know about you, but there are certain songs that just ooze cool. They make you want to put the top down, throw on some shades, and cruise down a sun-drenched highway with nothing but the wind in your hair and a sense of reckless abandon in your heart. One of those songs is… Read more: ROUTE 66

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. It’s smooth, it’s heartfelt, and it doesn’t try too hard—just the kind of tune you can imagine Jimmy Buffett humming… Read more: A LOVE SONG

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 loses everything and figures, well, might as well cash in on the heartbreak and become a big-time movie star—because, hey,… Read more: ACT NATURALLY

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 step above a doctor’s diagnosis if your lifestyle has included too much bad luck, bad habits, and bad whiskey. It’s… Read more: THE SHAPE I’M IN

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 you about the best damn adventure you’ll never have. That’s exactly what Guy Clark did with “Desperados Waiting for a… Read more: DESPERADOS WAITING FOR A TRAIN

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 standard for country heartbreak ballads and went on to influence generations of musicians. We’re talking about “Oh, Lonesome Me”, written… Read more: OH, LONESOME ME

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 by Whitfield for Gladys Knight & the Pips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number… Read more: I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE

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 beautiful harmonies and a little less overall success that the aforementioned. Firefall is an American soft rock band that formed… Read more: CINDERELLA

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 singer Kenny Rogers. Schlitz wrote the song in August 1976 when he was 23 years old. Schlitz shopped the song… Read more: THE GAMBLER

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 Moon. The authorship and composition of this song is credited to David Gilmour and Richard Wright for the music and… Read more: BREATHE

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 can compare with the sheer volume of creative tunes these guys cranked out. Today we feature one.   “You’re Going to… Read more: YOU’RE GOING TO LOSE THAT GIRL