August 28, 2020 —– Chart #54 Hello Musical Friends, It’s Friday again! Time for another Chart of the Day, number 53. I am taking some liberties on today’s chart of the day. The song was written and performed by a local boy, Boz Skaggs. William Royce “Boz” Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American […]
August 21, 2020 —– Chart #53 Hello Musical Friends, It’s Friday again! Time for another Chart of the Day, number 52. The chord structure in today’s selection is a simple three chord format. Sounds simple unless you want to really sound like the original feel that Eric Clapton delivered for this awesome sing along choice.
August 14, 2020 —– Chart #52 Hello Musical Friends, It’s Friday! Let’s have some fun and step back to 1977 and enjoy a great band and star front man. “Telephone Line” is a song by English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It was released on May 1977 through Jet Records and United Artists Records
August 9, 2020 —– Chart #51 Hello Musical Friends, Welcome to Chart of the Day #50. Can’t believe this is the 50th email I am sending with music history and a chart to play. Frankly, I can’t believe its August and we are still struggling with C19 and trying to see where the end might
July 31, 2020 —– Chart #50 Hello Musical Friends, Another weekend is upon us. Wow, these work from home weeks seem to fly by. Today I am drifting back to 1966 and a hit from Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist Donovan Philips Leitch, otherwise known simply as “Donovan”. Perhaps his best know hit is Mellow
July 23, 2020 —– Chart #49 Hello Musical Friends, Well I had a good one picked out for today with the song charted and the email half complete. Then yesterday I met with an old music friend and he made a song recommendation, a tune I was not familiar with. He was not recommending for
July 18, 2020 —– Chart #48 Hello Musical Friends, Welcome to a hot July summer weekend. Today let’s travel back to 1967 and get groovy. The Rascals (initially known as The Young Rascals) was an American rock band, formed in Garfield, New Jersey in 1965. Between 1966 and 1968 the New Jersey act reached the
July 15, 2020 —– Chart #47 Hello Musical Friends, Today we go back to 1966 and another artist that had big success on the charts only once. Robert Von “Bobby” Hebb (July 26, 1938 – August 3, 2010) was an American R&B and soul singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer known for his 1966
July 12, 2020 —– Chart #46 Hello Musical Friends, Today we go back to 1966 and a one hit wonder band. We actually this band had a grand total of two songs that made the charts, but that’s pretty close to a one hit wonder. The Cyrkle was an American rock and roll band active
July 5, 2020 —– Chart #45 Hello Musical Friends, Happy Independence Day weekend. Great time to celebrate with family and of course a great time for music. Today we will be in 1974 with a very time tested band, The Doobie Brothers. “Black Water” is a song recorded by The Doobie Brothers from their 1974