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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS

November 11, 2022     —–     Chart #169 Welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. This song seems like an appropriate selection days after an election. “The Tracks of My Tears” is a song written by Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin. It is a multiple award-winning 1965 hit R&B song originally recorded by […]

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Creedence Clearwater Revival

LODI

November 4, 2022     —–     Chart #168 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Today’s song is a 1969 tune from one of the best rock and roll bands of the era. Creedence Clearwater Revival, later known simply as CCR or Creedence, put this song on the B-side of

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Ring Of Fire

RING OF FIRE

October 28, 2022     —–     Chart #167 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Today we go with a true legend of country music, the Man in Black, Mr. Johnny Cash. The song is from 1963 and I am sure you already know it. “Ring of Fire”  was written

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Derek & The Dominos

BELL BOTTOM BLUES

October 21, 2022     —–     Chart #166 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. How about a solid blues number from slow hand himself from 1970? I think that’s a great wat to enter this weekend. “Bell Bottom Blues” is a song written by Eric Clapton and Bobby Whitlock,

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The Load-Out

THE LOAD-OUT

October 14, 2022     —–     Chart #165 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Today’s song is from 1977, one that I have sung along to hundreds of times. A perfect tune for your highway driving playlist. “The Load-Out” is a song co-written and performed live by Jackson Browne

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When Im Sixty-Four-The Beatles

WHEN I’M SIXTY-FOUR

October 7, 2022     —–     Chart #164 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Today we are travelling to 1967 and one of the greatest bands of all time. Plus I must come clean with you and confess why I have chosen this particular song for this special week.

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The Foundations

BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP

September 30, 2022     —–     Chart #163 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Can you believe we have done 163 of these? Some great songs have been profiled, many of them conjuring up memories of our youth. Today’s entry is no exception. I heard this song countless times

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The Kinks

SUNNY AFTERNOON

September 23, 2022     —–     Chart #162 Hello Music Friends, It’s time for another Chart of the Week. Today we go way back to 1966 with a chart topper from an influential British rock band. Sunny Afternoon is a song by the Kinks, written by chief songwriter Ray Davies. The track later featured on the Face

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Elton John

CROCODILE ROCK

September 16, 2022     —–     Chart #161 Hello Music Friends, Happy Friday! Today we have a great old song from Sir Elton John, vintage 1972. “Crocodile Rock” is a song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and recorded in summer 1972 at the Château d’Hérouville studio in France (it was listed as “Strawberry Studios” in

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