January 3, 2021 —– Chart #72 Hello Musical Friends, Welcome to 2021! During the holidays, Chart of the Day weekly emails have been a little off schedule, but we have still managed to get one per week to your inbox. So let’s get 2021 off to a good start. Daniel Grayling Fogelberg (August 13, 1951 […]
December 28, 2020 —– Chart #71 Hello Musical Friends, “Till There Was You” is a show tune written in 1950 by Meredith Willson, originally entitled “Till I Met You.” It was originally recorded October 25, 1950 by Meredith Willson & his Orchestra and Eileen Wilson. The song was retitled and used in his musical play
December 18, 2020 —– Chart #70 Hello Musical Friends, Happy Friday to all of you! Today’s Chart of the Day is chosen because we are in the Christmas holiday season. No American holiday has inspired as much holiday-themed music as Christmas. There are so many great songs to choose from, I had a hard time
December 11, 2020 —– Chart #69 Hello Musical Friends, Happy Friday to all of you! Today’s Chart of the Day was a top 10 hit back in 1968. “Elenore” is a 1968 song by the Turtles, originally included on The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands. Although written by Howard Kaylan, its writing was
December 4, 2020 —– Chart #68 Hello Musical Friends, Happy Friday to all of you! Today we are looking at one of the most successful keyboardists and singers of our lifetimes. William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and composer. Commonly nicknamed the “Piano Man” after his first major hit
November 27, 2020 —– Chart #67 Hello Musical Friends, HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all my music friends. Welcome to this week’s edition of Chart of the Day and welcome to Friday! Today we are going to move the timeline up a bit and go with a great song from 1991. “Into the Great Wide Open” is
November 20, 2020 —– Chart #66 Hello Musical Friends, Welcome to this week’s edition of Chart of the Day and welcome to Friday! Today we are going with an iconic musician from Motown. This artist was definitely an ‘insider’ on the Motown scene. Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April
November 15, 2020 —– Chart #65 Hello Musical Friends, Welcome to this week’s edition of Chart of the Day. I normally get these out on Friday, but this week I am just a little off schedule as Debbie and I are taking a little time away. Today we are going with 1967 and a controversial
November 6, 2020 —– Chart #64 Hello Musical Friends, Welcome to this week’s edition of Chart of the Day. Today we go back to 1967 with a sunshine pop band from California. Betcha haven’t heard this one in a while. “Windy” is a pop music song written by Ruthann Friedman and recorded by the Association.
October 30, 2020 —– Chart #63 Hello Musical Friends, Happy Friday. I have chosen a rare one for this week’s Chart of the Day. Hey, it’s Halloween so why not choose a band and song that had a number 1 hit and never came close again. In fact this band basically was never heard from