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Thursday, December 27, 2012
The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
"I Gotta Feeling" is the second single from The Black Eyed Peas' fifth album The E.N.D., produced by the French DJ David Guetta. The song was released on May 21, 2009 and debuted at number two on the Canadian and Billboard Hot 100 on the week of June 27, 2009, behind the group's "Boom Boom Pow", making the group one of 11 artists who have occupied the top two positions of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time. The song later reached number one on the US charts and 20 charts worldwide.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", sometimes referred to as just "Stronger" (and originally known as "What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)"), is a song by American pop rock singer Kelly Clarkson.In the United States, it became Clarkson's third song to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three non-consecutive weeks, surpassing "A Moment Like This" and "My Life Would Suck Without You" as her longest-running number one single in the US.
Monday, December 24, 2012
Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958 on Decca 9-30776.
Monday, December 10, 2012
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
One of our favorite clips in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation!
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Snowman Prank
Check out this prank video of patrons picking up a fallen sign from a storefront’s "display" only to come face to face with a surprise they never expected!
Snowman Prank
Check out this prank video of patrons picking up a fallen sign from a storefront’s "display" only to come face to face with a surprise they never expected!
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff, and recorded by Carey. It was released by Columbia Records on November 1, 1994 as the lead single from her fourth studio album, Merry Christmas.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Bing Crosby & David Bowie - The Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth
"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" (sometimes titled "The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth") is a Christmas song with an added counterpoint performed by David Bowie and Bing Crosby. "Little Drummer Boy" is a Christmas song written in 1941, while the "Peace on Earth" tune and lyrics, written by Ian Fraser, Larry Grossman, and Alan Kohan, were added to the song especially for Bowie and Crosby's recording.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Fred Astaire - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a 1970 stop motion television special, made by Rankin-Bass with models carved from wood (as with most Rankin-Bass specials). The film stars actor Fred Astaire as S.D. Kluger, the narrator, and Mickey Rooney as Kris Kringle/Santa Claus (a role which he would frequently play later on).
Friday, November 23, 2012
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is a song written by Johnny Marks based on the 1939 story Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer published by the Montgomery Ward Company. The song was sung commercially by crooner Harry Brannon on New York City radio in early November 1949, before Gene Autry's recording hit #1 in the U.S. charts the week of Christmas 1949. Autry's version of the song also holds the distinction of being the only number one hit to fall completely off the chart after hitting #1.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Christmas, Why Can't I Find You?
"Christmas, Why Can't I Find You?" is a song co-written by James Horner and Will Jennings for the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas in 2000.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Frosty The Snowman
"Frosty the Snowman" is a popular song written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson, and first recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950.[1] It was written after the success of Autry's recording of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" the previous year; Rollins and Nelson shipped the new song to Autry, who recorded "Frosty" in search of another seasonal hit.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch
"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" is a Christmas song that was originally written and composed for the 1966 cartoon special How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. The lyrics were written by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, the music was composed by Albert Hague, and the song was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft. The song's lyrics describe the Grinch as being foul, bad-mannered and sinister using increasingly creative metaphors and synonyms, beginning with the opening line "you're a mean one, Mister Grinch". The song has six verses.
Monday, November 19, 2012
N Sync - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays is the first and only single from *NSYNC's second studio album, Home for Christmas. The song charted at #37 on the Top 40 Mainstream Charts. The single was also the second from *NSYNC's European seasonal album, The Winter Album.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Muppets "Joy To The World" Music Video
Love the Muppets!
Monday, September 3, 2012
Lou Bega - Mambo #5
Forget about the first four Mambos...Mambo #5 was the winner for Lou Bega.
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Mary McGregor - Torn Between Two Lovers
"Torn Between Two Lovers" was inspired by Boris Pasternak's 1957 novel, Doctor Zhivago, which featured a man in love with two women. Writer Peter Yarrow originally intended the song to be sung by a man. The song went to number 1 in 1977.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat
"Rock the Boat" appeared as though it would flop, as months went by without any radio airplay or sales activity. Not until the song became a disco/club favorite in New York did Top 40 radio finally pick up on the song, leading the record to finally enter the Hot 100 and zip up the chart to #1 in July 1974.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle
Lido Shuffle is a song by Boz Scaggs from the 1976 album Silk Degrees. The single reached #11 on the pop chart and #13 in the UK singles chart. Members of the backup band heard in the song later formed the band Toto.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Dire Straits - Walk Of Life
"Walk Of Life" was nearly excluded from the album 'Brothers In Arms' when the co-producer Neil Dorfsman voted against its inclusion, but the rest of the band out-voted him.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Rob Thomas - Lonely No More
The music video of "Lonely No More", directed by Joseph Kahn, does not follow the plot of the song closely and does not have a clear plot in the video. Instead, it focuses on the visual look of the video especially with its special effects which emulate a Rubik's Cube effect.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Eric Clapton - Change The World
"Change the World" recorded by Eric Clapton with backing by Babyface for the soundtrack of the 1996 film Phenomenon. The song won Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year (for the songwriters), as well as Best Male Pop Vocal performance. The song was chosen by the RIAA as one of the Songs of the Century, ranked at #270. Check out this live version.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window
Etheridge tells both in her autobiography, and during the interview on the bonus DVD, of her greatest hits album that Come to My Window is of all songs she has written the one that surprises her the most, and that she almost did not put it on the album.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Englebert Humperdinck - After The Lovin'
"After the Lovin'" by Engelbert Humperdinck was written by Ritchie Adams with lyrics by Alan Bernstein. The single was a top-ten hit in late 1976/early 1977 in the U.S., reaching number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, number forty on the country singles chart, and spending two weeks atop the easy listening chart.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy
"Fantasy" took a period of three months to be written and composed, and it was only finally finished after Maurice White saw the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind and gained inspiration from the film.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Toto - Africa
"Africa" by Toto is one of the band's most recognizable songs. It was included on their 1982 album Toto IV, and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1983 and number three on the UK Singles Chart the same month.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Madonna - Borderline
"Borderline" by Madonna is from her self-titled debut album. It was released on February 15, 1984 as the fifth single from the album.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Elton John - Circle Of Life
"Circle of Life" is the title of a song from Disney's 1994 animated film The Lion King, composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
"Ring My Bell" went to number one on both the Billboard Hot 100, and soul singles chart.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Kc & The Sunshine Band - Shake Shake Shake...Shake your Booty
"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" holds the record for being the only number-one song title with a word repeated more than three times in it. The chorus consists of the title expression with the word "shake" appearing eight times.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville - Don't Know Much
"Don't Know Much" won the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and was nominated for Song of the Year.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
"Dreamboat Annie" became Heart's third U.S. chart entry, peaking at number forty-two on the Billboard Hot 100. Being markedly softer in sound than the other singles Heart had released previously, the song was also Heart's first entry onto the U.S. Adult Contemporary singles chart, where it reached number seventeen (Heart's highest-charting AC hit until "These Dreams" in 1986).
Friday, August 17, 2012
Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me
The song is written by Mutt Lange and Bryan Adams. It was released as a bonus track on Adams' greatest hits compilation album So Far So Good. It is his only Australian #1 single not written for a motion picture. The single also reached #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the UK Singles Chart.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Michael Bolton - How Can We Be Lovers
"How Can We Be Lovers?" is a song written and composed by Michael Bolton, Diane Warren and Desmond Child and recorded by Michael Bolton. Released as a single from Bolton's album, Soul Provider, it peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1990.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Chicago - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" was not released as a single until two records from their second album ("Make Me Smile" and "25 or 6 to 4") had become hits. It became the band's third straight Top 10 record, peaking at #7 in the U.S.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
"Truly Madly Deeply" was released as a single in March 1997. Written by band-mates Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones, the song is a reworking of a song called "Magical Kisses" that the pair wrote together long before recording began on their debut album. "Truly Madly Deeply" was released as the third single from their self-titled debut album. In 1998, it became the main theme from the soundtrack of the movie Music from Another Room.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
"What's Going On" was the title track of Gaye's groundbreaking 1971 Motown album of the same name, and it became a crossover hit single that reached #2 on the pop charts and #1 on the R&B charts.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Bee Gees - Jive Talkin'
The song was originally called "Drive Talking". The song's rhythm was modeled after the sound their car made crossing the Julia Tuttle Causeway each day from Biscayne Bay to Criteria Studios in Miami.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Air Supply - All Out Of Love
"All Out of Love" by Air Supply, was released in 1980. In the United States, it reached number two on the Hot 100 and number 5 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Journey - Faithfully
The song describes the relationship of a "music man" on the road. The difficulties of raising and maintaining a family, two strangers having to fall in love again, and staying faithful while touring are brought up. However he suggests that he gets the "joy of rediscovering" her, and insists "I'm forever yours... Faithfully."
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
"Don't Dream It's Over" was released in 1986 from Crowded House's self-titled debut album. It became the band's biggest international hit, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
The Script - For The First Time
Kyanet Subba of The Script says the song is all about going back to basics: drinking cheap wine, eating your dinner off the floor. That's when you meet each other for the first time, when you have nothing."
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Gloria Estefan - Rhythm is Gonna Get You
"Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" released by Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine in 1987 as the lead single from the album Let it Loose.
Monday, August 6, 2012
Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
In a radio interview, Albert Hammond said that the idea for the song came from his impending marriage to his live-in girlfriend of seven years, after his divorce from his previous wife was finalized. He had said to Diane Warren, "It's almost like they've stopped me from marrying this woman for seven years, and they haven't succeeded. They're not gonna stop me doing it."
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night
The music video reflects the original vision of a "fashion" police state, with scenes of Hart in a prison cell, without sunglasses, being strong-armed by police officers and paraded past various citizens wearing their regulation shades.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going
"When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" was used as the theme song for the Michael Douglas film, The Jewel of the Nile.
Friday, August 3, 2012
Smash Mouth - All Star
For other uses, see All Star (disambiguation). "All Star" Single by Smash Mouth from the album Astro Lounge Released May 4, 1999 Format CD single Recorded 1999 Genre Ska Punk, alternative rock Length 3:21 Label Interscope Writer(s) Greg Camp Producer Eric Valentine Smash Mouth singles chronology "Why Can't We Be Friends" (1997) "All Star" (1999) "Then the Morning Comes" (1999) Music sample "All Star" "All Star" was released in May 1999 as the lead single from their album, Astro Lounge and is one of the group's most successful songs. The music video (directed by McG) featured cameos of William H. Macy, Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, Paul Reubens, Kel Mitchell, Dane Cook, Doug Jones and Janeane Garofalo from the movie Mystery Men, which prominently featured the song.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Player - Baby Come Back
"Baby Come Back" is a song by 1970s group Player from their self-titled second album of the same name. The song was their biggest single, hitting number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Pink - Please Don't Leave Me
The music video for "Please Don't Leave Me" was shot in late 2008, leaked to the internet on January 23, 2009, and officially premiered on Pink's YouTube channel on January 27, 2009. The video draws influences from several Stephen King based films.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Train - Drops of Jupiter
"Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" (or shortened to "Drops of Jupiter") is a Grammy Award winning song by Train. It was released in February 2001 as the lead single from their second album Drops of Jupiter (2001).
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Dido - White Flag
"White Flag" was released as the lead single from Dido's second album "Life for Rent" on 1 September 2003. "White Flag" is the biggest hit of Dido's career.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Celine Dion - Power of Love
"The Power of Love " is the second (if counting "When I Fall in Love" as first) single from Céline Dion's 1993 album, The Colour of My Love.
Friday, July 27, 2012
America - Ventura Highway
"Ventura Highway" is a popular 1972 song by the band America from its album, Homecoming.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Abba - S.O.S.
"SOS", first called "Turn Me On", was the 3rd single from this Swedish pop group.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Billy Joel - Honesty
"Honesty" was solely written by Billy Joel while production was handled by Phil Ramone. It is the second song from his sixth studio album 52nd Street (1978).
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Rod Stewart - Hot Legs
"Hot Legs" is a single by Rod Stewart. It was written by Gary Grainger and Rod Stewart. Stewart included the song on his 1977 album Foot Loose & Fancy Free. The 1978 single performed moderately well on the United States Hot 100 (#28), and very well on the UK pop chart (#5).
Monday, July 23, 2012
Steely Dan - Deacon Blues
"Deacon Blues" was Steely Dan's fifth Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US, where it peaked at #19 in 1978. The song remained in the Top 40 for eight weeks.[
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Pointer Sisters - Fire
The Pointer Sisters recorded "Fire" for their 1978 album, Energy, with the track, featuring Anita Pointer on lead, being issued as lead single. "Fire" brought the Pointer Sisters to a new level of success marking the group's Top Ten debut: rising as high as #2 on the Hot 100 in Billboard magazine in February 1979.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - 1-2-3
Released as the fifth and final single from the album "Let It Loose" in the summer of 1988, "1-2-3" peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the band's seventh Top 10 hit.[
Friday, July 20, 2012
John Denver - Rocky Mountain High
"Rocky Mountain High", a hit in 1973, is primarily inspired by John Denver's move to Aspen, Colorado, United States three years earlier and his love for the state.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Barry Manilow - Mandy
In 1974, Barry Manilow recorded the song originally titled "Brandy" under the title "Mandy", the song was Manilow's first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts, and his first gold single.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not to Come
Randy Newman, who wrote "Mama Told Me Not To Come", says that the song was inspired by his own lighthearted reflection on the Los Angeles music scene of the late 1960s.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
That Gotye Song
We have to admit that we probably have done this at least once.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Olivia Newton John - Magic
"Magic" became Newton-John's biggest Adult Contemporary hit to date, and her biggest pop hit until "Physical" ruled the Hot 100 for ten weeks beginning in November 1981.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Journey - Open Arms (live)
Journey's recording of "Open Arms" has been described as one of the greatest love songs ever written.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
In a 1987 interview with Rolling Stone, Henley explained that the song is more about aging and questioning the past—a recurring theme in Henley's lyrics.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City
"Hot Child in the City" is an ode to runaways from the album City Nights. It went to number one both in Canada and in the United States in 1978.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Seals & Croft - Summer Breeze
One of the distinctive backing instruments on Summer Breeze is a child's toy piano. The single reached #6 pop, #4 easy listening on the U.S. Billboard charts in autumn 1972.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Grease - Summer Nights
"Summer Nights" became a massive hit in both the United States and United Kingdom during the summer of 1978.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Beach Boys - Hot Fun In The Summertime
Originally done by Sly and the Family Stone, this song was later covered by The Beach Boys in 1992.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Go Go's - Vacation
Since the summer weather is finally here, we thought we would toss out a few Summertime videos this week. Here are the Go Go's from 1982.
Monday, July 9, 2012
O'Jays - Used Ta Be My Girl
"Use ta Be My Girl" was a hit song by R&B vocal group The O'Jays. Released from their hit 1978 album, So Full of Love, it became a huge crossover hit. The song spent five weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart. It also peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Eddie Money - Two Tickets to Paradise
Eddie Money wrote this song about his girlfriend at the time. His girlfriend's mother wanted her to marry a doctor or a lawyer, not a musician. Money wrote the song as plea to take her away.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Michael Buble - Hollywood
Bublé described this song as being about his "tongue-in-cheek statement on the culture of celebrity," saying "People will do anything for their 15 minutes, and you have to remember who you are and why you wanted it. At the end of the day, you should be careful: You might get what you wish for.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Neil Diamond - America
"America" (also known as "They're Coming to America" or "Coming to America") is the name of a patriotic song written and originally recorded by Neil Diamond, released in 1980 as part of The Jazz Singer soundtrack album. The song was a hit single in the United States in 1981, reaching number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming Diamond's sixth number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
James Brown - Living In America
"Living in America" is a 1985 song composed by Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight, and performed by James Brown. It was released as a single in 1985 and reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song entered the Billboard Top 40 on January 11, 1986, and remained on the chart for 11 weeks.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Lee Greenwood - God Bless The USA
Greenwood said that he "wanted to write it my whole life. When I got to that point, we were doing 300 days a year on the road, and we were on our fourth or fifth album on MCA. I called my producer, and I said I have a need to do this. I've always wanted to write a song about America, and I said we just need to be more united.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA
The song was initially written in 1981 as the title song for a film that Paul Schrader was considering making. "Born in the U.S.A." turned out so well that Springsteen used it for his multi-platinum album, and because of this, Springsteen thanks Schrader in the liner notes.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms
"(I Just) Died in Your Arms" by Cutting Crew was their biggest hit, peaking at number-one in the United States, Canada and Finland, and reaching the top five in the UK, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Bangles - Eternal Flame
The song was inspired by two eternal flames: one at the gravesite of Elvis Presley that the Bangles saw when the band visited Graceland, and one at a local synagogue in Palm Springs.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
America - Tin Man
The song's title and some of its lyrics refer to the Tin Woodman from The Wizard of Oz. Songwriter Bunnell was quoted describing the parallel: "My favorite movie, I guess. I always loved it as a kid. Very obscure lyrics. Great grammar - 'Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man.' It's sort of a poetic license."
Friday, June 29, 2012
Jim Croce - Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)
"Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" reached a peak of 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1972 after spending twelve weeks on the chart.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Train - Calling All Angels
Did you know that this song is played at Angel Stadium before every Los Angeles Angels game while the video screen shows a montage of the team's history?
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
O'Jays - Backstabbers
"Backstabbers" was the title track of the O'Jays breakthrough album, and hit it big in 1972 when it was certified gold.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Genesis - Invisible Touch
"Invisible Touch" came about during a jam for the second part of "Domino," Rutherford playing a riff while Collins improvised the line "She seems to have an invisible touch". It was recorded at the Farm Surrey during 1984, 1985 and 1986.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Michael Jackson / Jackson 5 Motown 25
Michael Jackson passed away 3 years ago today. Here is a great video from Motown 25 featuring the Jackson 5 with a montage of Jackson tunes.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Marc Anthony - You Sang To Me
"You Sang to Me" is a 2000 hit song by Marc Anthony, and was released as the third single of his first English language album Marc Anthony.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" was Jackson's first single to peak at number one on the United States Billboards Hot 100 chart in seven years, and his first number one song on the soul singles chart. Within a few months of release, the song was certified gold, and eventually certified platinum.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Captain & Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together
"Love Will Keep Us Together" was Captain & Tennille's debut single, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending June 21, 1975 and remaining in the top position for four weeks. Their version ranked as the top US single for year-end chart Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1975.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson - Friends and Lovers
"Friends and Lovers" was first recorded as a duet by Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson in 1985. That recording remained unreleased until the summer of 1986, when it was released shortly after a version by Juice Newton and Eddie Rabbitt hit country radio.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Pointer Sisters - He's So Shy
"He's So Shy" was in fact conceived by its composers as a song for Leo Sayer to record as "She's So Shy". The song was pitched to Richard Perry who'd produced Sayer's biggest hits; Perry was no longer working with Sayer but saw the song's potential as a track for the Pointer Sisters.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Leo Sayer - Long Tall Glasses
Time to get your boogie shoes on for this classic from Leo Sayer from 1974.
Monday, June 18, 2012
The Eagles - Best of My Love
"The Best of My Love" was The Eagles first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single in March 1975, the song also topped the easy listening (adult contemporary) chart for one week a month earlier.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Mike and the Mechanics - All I Need is a Miracle
In an interview prior to the song's release as a single, Rutherford commented, "The thing that makes 'Miracle' different, to me, is that it's a happy song - or it's primarily a happy song. It's 'up'. And I don't do that very often. ...It may not be optimistic, but it's a positive attitude to life.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
"Put Your Records On" was a nominee at the 2007 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Seals & Croft - Diamond Girl
"Diamond Girl" was the title track of a Seals & Croft lp released in 1973. The song made it to # 4 on US Charts.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Elton John - Bennie And The Jets
Elton John rarely plays the song verbatim to the studio version, and often makes subtle or even drastic changes. Live, the piano solo in the middle of the song has been played in all sorts of variations, from very close to the original to wildly improvised and extended versions. Check out this live version of "Bennie and the Jets".
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Mariah Carey w Boyz II Men - One Sweet Day
"One Sweet Day" is about losing a loved one, and eventually seeing them, once again, in heaven one day. Both Carey and Boyz II Men wrote the song about specific people in their lives to include sufferers of the AIDS epidemic so globally prevalent at the time.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
John Mayer - Your Body is a Wonderland
During his "VH1 Storytellers" performance, Mayer stated that he wrote the song about his first girlfriend at age 14. The song was actually named "Strawberry wonderland" but was later changed by Mayer.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Earth Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
"Let's Groove" was nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. The single sold over a million copies in the US and has been certified gold.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Firefall - You Are The Woman
Not only is this a great song, but the video comes from an old Ralph Emery 'Nashville Now' episode where the band explains how they selected their name.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Melissa Etheridge - I'm The Only One
Like many songs on her first album Melissa Etheridge, "I'm the Only One" deals with non-monogamous relationships. In the verses, the singer tells how much she suffers because her partner told her that she has a crush on someone else. In the chorus, she reminds her that even if she is in a new relationship, that she will always be the only one who really loves her.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Chicago - Saturday in the Park
"Saturday in the Park" is a song written by Robert Lamm of Chicago. According to fellow Chicago member Walter Parazaider, Lamm was inspired to write the song during the recording of V in New York City on July 4, 1971: "Robert came back to the hotel from Central Park very excited after seeing the steel drum players, singers, dancers, and jugglers. I said, 'Man, it's time to put music to this!'
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Huey Lewis & The News - Hip To Be Square
"Hip to be Square" was released in 1986. Did you know the song features Pro Football Hall of Famers and then-San Francisco 49ers Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott singing backup vocals.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Heart - Dog and Butterfly
"Dog & Butterfly" is the title track from Heart's fourth studio album Dog & Butterfly and was released as the album's second single. Here is a live video from 2003.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Three Dog Night - One
"One" is a song written by Harry Nilsson and made famous by Three Dog Night. Nilsson wrote the song after calling someone and getting a busy signal. He stayed on the line listening to the "beep, beep, beep, beep..." tone, writing the song. The busy signal became the opening notes of the song.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Kelly Clarkson - Because of You
Lyrically, "Because of You" explores emotional pain from a damaging relationship and critics deemed it is a fiery ode to Clarkson's father.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
Michael originally wanted to make this video in the western genre, but later decided to change it to a 1930s nightclub style.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling
"Can't Fight This Feeling" first appeared on REO Speedwagon's 1984 album Wheels Are Turnin'. It was the group's second number-one hit on the U.S. charts
Friday, June 1, 2012
Tony Orlando and Dawn - Knock Three Times
The composers of this song, L. Russell Brown and Irwin Levine, were thinking of the song Up on the Roof and they wanted to write a song with that kind of lyrical flavor, tenement living. Knock Three Times actually sold more than 100,000 records a day in New York City alone for ten straight days
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Ohio Players - Fire
"Fire" is a hit song by R&B/funk band The Ohio Players. The song was released in late 1974 . This video is from Midnight Special with intro from Helen Ready.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet
"Jet" is from the Wings album "Band on the Run". The song peaked at number 7 in both the British and American charts on 30 March 1974.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Rod Stewart - Young Turks
The term Young Turk is slang for a rebellious youth who acts contrary to what is deemed normal by society.[
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Michael Buble - Hollywood
Bublé described this song as being about his "tongue-in-cheek statement on the culture of celebrity," saying "People will do anything for their 15 minutes, and you have to remember who you are and why you wanted it.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Don Henley - All She Wants To Do Is Dance
The lyrics are a personal commentary, critical of then-modern American culture for being more concerned with self-gratification and hedonistic behaviors (e.g., dancing, partying, promiscuity, recreational drug use, etc.) than with serious issues such as domestic and foreign policies of their government. Ironically, it became a popular dance song.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Whitney Houston - I'm Every woman
Whitney Houston recorded this song for The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Styx - Come Sail Away
Styx member Dennis DeYoung revealed that he was depressed when he wrote "Come Sail Away" after Styx's first two A&M offerings, Equinox and Crystal Ball, sold fewer units than expected.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
"Un-Break My Heart" attained commercial success worldwide. In the United States, the song reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed a total of eleven weeks, while reaching the same position on the Hot Dance Club Songs and Adult Contemporary component charts.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Rob Thomas - Her Diamonds
This video of "Her Diamonds" features actress Alicia Silverstone.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Neil Sedaka - Laughter In The Rain
Here is a video of Neil Sedaka performing "Laughter in the Rain" on a BBC telecast from 1983.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
James Taylor - Handy Man
Check out this live version of James Taylor's #1 hit "Handy Man."
Friday, May 11, 2012
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Soft Cell's biggest hit " Tainted Love" is a radically reworked cover version of an obscure 1964 song sung originally by Gloria Jones.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
This Gothic-themed video features Bonnie Tyler clad in white, apparently having a dream or fantasy about her students in a boys' boarding school. Young men are seen dancing and participating in various school activities such as swim team, karate, gymnastics, football, fencing, soccer, and singing in a choir. The video was shot at Holloway Sanatorium, notable for its Gothic architecture and distinguished for the multi-arched grand entrance as seen at the end of the video.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Billy Joel - You May Be Right
Happy birthday to Billy Joel, who turns 64 today. "You May BE Right" reached #7 on the US charts in 1980.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Commodores - Brick House
In 1977, the Commodores were in the studio recording when there was a problem with the equipment. While the tapes were being repaired and replaced, the group took a break. Ronald LaPread, the Commodores' bass player, began jamming. Bit by bit the group joined in until they came up with the now famous track and bass line for "Brick House".
Monday, May 7, 2012
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
Paul Simon did not like the original music video that was made, which was a performance of the song Simon gave during the monologue when he hosted Saturday Night Live in the perspective of a video monitor. A replacement video was conceived partly by Lorne Michaels and directed by Gary Weis, wherein Chevy Chase lip-synced all of Simon's vocals in an upbeat presentation, with gestures punctuating the lyrics.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Vanssa Williams - Colors Of The Wind
"Colors of the Wind" was the 1995 Oscar-winner for Best Original Song from the Disney animated feature film, Pocahontas.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Seal - Kiss From a Rose
Written by Seal, the single "Kiss from a Rose", the second taken from the Batman Forever film soundtrack, topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for one week in August 1995.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Colbie Caillet - Bubbly
"Bubbly" was released as the lead single on Colbie's "Coco" lp in May 2007. It remains Caillat's biggest hit in the US to date, and her only single to reach the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Kenny G - Forever in Love
"Forever in Love" by Seattle native Kenny G that was released as a single in 1993. The song appears on Kenny G's album Breathless, and he both wrote and produced the song. It peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #18 and spent two weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Ray Charles & Billy Joel - Baby Grand
Production of "Baby Grand" began in early 1986. Joel considered Ray Charles one of his idols."Ray Charles was my hero when I was growing up," Joel recalled. "As big of a pianist or as big of a star I could ever become, I could never be Ray Charles."
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Billy Ocean - Get Out Of My Dreams - Get Into My Car
"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" is a number one single by singer Billy Ocean. The song was based on Ringo Starr's song "You're Sixteen".
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Blondie - Call Me
"Call Me" was the main theme song of the film American Gigolo. The single was released in the United States in February 1980. It peaked at #1 for 6 consecutive weeks.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Robert Palmer - Every Kinda People
"Every Kinda People" is a 1978 song originally performed by Robert Palmer in his Double Fun album. It was Palmer's first hit song in the U.S., reaching the Top 20.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Peter Cetera - The Glory of Love
"Glory of Love" was a number 1 hit for Cetera, and also got a Grammy nomination in 1987. Plus it won an ASCAP Award for "Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures"
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Police - Don't Stand So Close
The song deals with the mixed feelings of lust, fear and guilt that a female student has for a school teacher and vice versa, and inappropriateness leading to confrontation. "Don't Stand So Close" was written by the lead singer of The Police, Sting, who had previously worked as an English teacher.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Sheena Easton - Morning Train (9 to 5)
It's Sheena's 53rd birthday today so we thought we would celebrate with "Morning Train (9 to 5)." By the way, the song was only known as "Morning Train" in America due to the confusion over the Dolly Parton tune "9 to 5".
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
Happy birthday to Gary Wright who turns 69 today. According to Gary Wright, "Dream Weaver" was inspired by "Autobiography of a Yogi", which was given to him by George Harrison.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Happy Administrative Professionals Day! Today's video comes from Dolly Parton from the movie "9 to 5."
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Fleetwood Mac - Say You Love Me
"Say You Love Me" is a song written by singer Christine McVie, for the group Fleetwood Mac's 1975 album, Fleetwood Mac. The song reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, and remains one of their best known songs. Check out this video redorded at the 1998 Hall of Fame Inductions.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Selena - I Could Fall In Love
"I Could Fall in Love" is the first single by American singer Selena from her last studio album "Dreaming of You".
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Peter Frampton - Baby, I Love Your Way
Peter Fampton turns 62 years old today. The hair may be gone but he still plays on.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Paul Davis - Cool Night
Paul Davis was born on this date in 1948. The day after his 60th birthday he passed away...but his music lives on.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony and Ivory
"Ebony and Ivory" is a 1982 number-one single by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. Due to conflicting work schedules, both recorded their parts for the song's music video separately.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is a song written by Gordon Lightfoot to commemorate the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. Lightfoot considers this song to be his finest work.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Neil Diamond - Song Sung Blue
"Song Sung Blue" was Diamond's second #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, after 1970's "Cracklin' Rosie.
