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
October 23, 2020 —– Chart #62 Hello Musical Friends, Happy Friday music friends. Have a rare one for you today from 1967. This is a band from the Los Angeles area that has only one big hit on their bio. Strawberry Alarm Clock is a psychedelic rock band formed in 1967 with origins in Glendale,
October 16, 2020 —– Chart # 61 Hello Musical Friends, It’s Saturday, time to enjoy the weekend. As electronics were being introduced to the music scene in the 60’s and 70’s there were lots of amazing players who showed us just what could be done. New sounds, tones and musical phrases that had never before
October 8, 2020 —– Chart #60 Hello Musical Friends, It’s Friday again, time to start the weekend. Today we are going with one of the greatest rock bands of all time. A band that hit the scenes from UK, a centerpiece of the British invasion. The band was formed in 1962 and put their first