June 19, 2026 —– Chart #355 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week we are taking a little break from tradition. Most of the songs I feature here come from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, with an occasional toe-dip into the 80s if the song behaves itself […]
June 12, 2026 —– Chart #354 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week we are going with one of those songs that seems to have lived several lives. It began as a Van Morrison song, became a big Rod Stewart hit, found its way into about ten
June 5, 2026 —– Chart #353 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week we return once again to one of the most distinctive and enduring bands in classic rock—The Moody Blues. Over the years they moved gracefully from orchestral progressive rock into a more modern, synthesizer-driven sound
May 29, 2026 —– Chart #352 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week’s song has one of the most recognizable opening vocal lines in all of popular music. You hear that high falsetto introduction and instantly know exactly what’s coming next. Today’s feature is “The Lion Sleeps
May 22, 2026 —– Chart #351 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week we’re heading back to 1967 and one of the most instantly recognizable pop songs of the entire decade. From the very first note, you know exactly what’s coming—and there’s a good chance you start
May 15, 2026 —– Chart #350 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week’s song might be the only hit record in country music history that proudly announces itself as the perfect country and western song—and then proves it before your very ears. Today’s feature is “You Never
May 8, 2026 —– Chart #349 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week we return to one of my longtime favorite bands, The Moody Blues—but not the orchestral late-’60s Moody Blues we usually think about. Instead, we’re visiting their successful and very polished 1980s comeback period. Today’s
May 1, 2026 —– Chart #348 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week we’re stepping into the remarkable middle period of The Beatles—right at the point where they were beginning to stretch beyond pop stardom and into something deeper, more thoughtful, and more adventurous. Today’s feature is
April 24, 2026 —– Chart #347 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week’s song is one of those rare cases where a tune gets recorded more than once… and then suddenly, years later, somebody records it again and the whole world stops what it’s doing and listens.
April 17, 2026 —– Chart #346 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week we’re stepping into that unmistakable early-1970s Moody Blues sound—part rock band, part orchestra, part philosophy class that somehow still swings. Today’s feature is “The Story in Your Eyes” by The Moody Blues, one of