Archive for the ‘Song of the Week’ Category
Song of the Week #121 – “Let It Rock”
Written by admin on August 27, 2012 – 10:11 pm -| Chuck Berry’s “Let It Rock” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.
“Let It Rock” was released on single in January 1960, backed with “Too Pooped to Pop”. It also featured on the album “Rockin’ at the Hops” six months later. |
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Tags: Chuck Berry, Chuck Berry Let It Rock, Fred Below, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Johnnie Johnson, Let It Rock, The Rolling Stones, Willie Dixon
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Song of the Week #120 – “Somethin’ Else”
Written by admin on August 20, 2012 – 10:56 pm -Eddie Cochran’s “Somethin’ Else” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.
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“Somethin’ Else” was released on single in July 1959, backed with “Boll Weevil Song”. |
Tags: Bob Cochran, Eddie Cochran, Eddie Cochran Somethin Else, Sharon Sheeley, Somethin Else
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Song of the Week #119 – “Heartbreak Hotel”
Written by admin on August 13, 2012 – 10:08 pm -| The 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s untimely death is on August 16 and we are marking the occasion by selecting “Heartbreak Hotel” as Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons. |
Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Connie Francis, Elvis Presley, Heartbreak Hotel, Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Song of the Week #118 – “You Can’t Hurry Love”
Written by admin on August 6, 2012 – 10:10 pm -| The Supremes’ smash hit “You Can’t Hurry Love” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.
“You Can’t Hurry Love” was released on single in July 1966, backed with “Put Yourself in My Place”. It also featured on the album “The Supremes A’ Go-Go,” which was released the following month. |
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Tags: Holland-Dozier-Holland, Motown, Phil Collins, the supremes, You Can't Hurry Love
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Song of the Week #117 – “Ode to Billie Joe”
Written by admin on July 30, 2012 – 10:29 pm -| Bobbie Gentry’s country-pop masterpiece “Ode to Billie Joe” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.
“Ode to Billie Joe” was released on single in July 1967, backed with “Mississippi Delta,” which was originally intended to be the A-side. The song was also the title track of Gentry’s debut album released that summer. |
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