November 25, 2022 —– Chart #171 Hello Music Friends, It’s time for another edition of Chart of the Week. Today we turn the clock back and go to Jamaica. “Redemption Song” is a song by Jamaican singer Bob Marley. It is the final track on Bob Marley and the Wailers‘ twelfth album, Uprising, produced by […]
November 18, 2022 —– Chart #170 Hello Music Friends, Welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Today’s song was written in 1931 with music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt and lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was first recorded in February 1931 by Ozzie Nelson and also by Wayne King and His Orchestra,
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
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
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
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,
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
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.
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
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