Archive for the ‘Song of the Week’ Category
Song of the Week #9: “Come Together”
Written by admin on July 5, 2010 – 7:01 am - |
The classic Beatles rock song “Come Together” is this week’s Song of the Week. |
Tags: Aerosmith, Come Together, Ike and Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, The Beatles
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Song of the Week #8: “Do You Love Me?”
Written by admin on June 28, 2010 – 6:41 am -This week’s Song of the Week is the Motown classic “Do You Love Me?,” which was the Contours’ biggest hit.
| The Contours were introduced to Motown President Berry Gordy Jr. by Jackie Wilson whose cousin Hubert Johnson sang with the group. The group were signed to Motown in 1961 and were almost dropped shortly after when their first record “Whole Lotta Woman” made no impact on the charts. |
Tags: Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, Do You Love Me?, The Contours, The Dave Clark Five, The Hollies
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Song of the Week #7 – “Like a Rolling Stone”
Written by admin on June 21, 2010 – 7:22 am -| For this week’s Song of the Week we go back to 1965 and Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone.”
“Like a Rolling Stone” is widely regarded as a musical milestone and one of Dylan’s finest achievements. Rolling Stone magazine rates it as the number one song of all time in its list of 500 great songs. |
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Tags: Barb Jungr, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Judy Collins, Like a Rolling Stone, The Rolling Stones
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Song of the week #6 – “In the Midnight Hour”
Written by admin on June 14, 2010 – 7:46 am - |
This week’s Song of the Week is Wilson Pickett’s 1965 soul classic “In the Midnight Hour.” |
Tags: atlantic records, BB King, In the Midnight Hour, Stax, The Commitments, The Jam, The Silvertones, Wilson Pickett
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Song of the Week #5 – “That’s All Right”
Written by admin on June 7, 2010 – 6:01 am -| Elvis Presley’s very first single, “That’s All Right,” is this week’s song of the week.
This is one of the most important songs ever recorded. Nineteen-year-old Elvis Presley, with sidemen Scotty Moore (guitar) and Bill Black (bass), were on a break during a studio session when they began improvising on an old blues song by Arthur Crudup. Producer Sam Phillips was amazed by what he heard and asked them to back up and try it again. The result was a new and unique sound which became known as rockabilly. |
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Tags: Arthur Crudup, Bill Black, Bob Dylan, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Scotty Moore, That's All Right
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