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(#5677590) (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet
Posted by fatdaddy on 30 Mar 2025 at 8:17PM
written by Bob Hamilton and Freddie Gorman was a top 10 hit by the Reflections.
In 1980 a cover by Mental As Anything reached #27 in Australia.
(#5677437) I Witness - Black Sabbath
Posted by Big Giant Head on 30 Mar 2025 at 1:57AM
The opening track from their 1994 album Cross Purposes.
(#5677295) Honaloochie Boogie
Posted by fatdaddy on 29 Mar 2025 at 5:55PM
is the 4th track on "Mott" by Mott the Hoople from 1973. It reached #12 on the singles charts in the UK also in 1973.
...I think one of my bands covered this one...
(#5675578) Girl Star - bis
Posted by Big Giant Head on 21 Mar 2025 at 3:27AM
bis are a Scottish disco punk band and this track is from their album Intendo.
(#5675516) Fire
Posted by fatdaddy on 20 Mar 2025 at 8:28PM
was a #1 hit from 1968 on the eponymous debut album of 'The Crazy World of Arthur Brown".
During stage shows of "Fire" performances Brown was careless with primitive techniques and burnt his scalp several times with his fire helmet consisting of a leather skullcap, metal crown and petroleum distillates.
(#5674274) Re: Does It Really Happen - Yes
Posted by fatdaddy on 14 Mar 2025 at 11:16PM
The first Yes album without Jon. Puzzled
Then Chris was playing something other than a Rickenbacker 4001!
What's the world coming to???
LOL
I took me a while to get used to it.
Tempest Fugit made it easy.
(#5674272) Electric Aunt Jemima
Posted by fatdaddy on 14 Mar 2025 at 11:04PM
is the 12th track on "Uncle Meat" by the Mothers of Invention from 1969. The subject of the song is Frank Zappa's Standel 25L15 guitar amplifier.
(#5674173) Does It Really Happen - Yes
Posted by Big Giant Head on 14 Mar 2025 at 12:31PM
From the album Drama.
(#5674045) Classical Gas
Posted by fatdaddy on 13 Mar 2025 at 6:48PM
was a #1 hit single by Mason Williams from 1968. It was included on "The Mason Williams Phonograph Record" also in 1968. The instrumental is Mason on guitar backed by the Wrecking crew (including Jim Gordon, Jim Horn and Larry Knetchel).
(#5673506) Bad Love - Eric Clapton
Posted by Big Giant Head on 11 Mar 2025 at 12:58PM
(#5673332) Along Comes Mary
Posted by fatdaddy on 10 Mar 2025 at 12:29PM
was the first hit single for The Association. Released in March 1966 it proceeded their debut album "And the ... Along Comes the Association" by three months.
It has since been covered by several artists. Mary is a reference to marijuana.
(#5673046) Zit Remedy (The)
Posted by fatdaddy on 8 Mar 2025 at 9:35PM
was a fictitious band on the Canadian TV show "Degrassi Jr High". They can be seen on a popular video sharing site in that show recording a music video for the song "Everybody Wants Something".
(#5671810) You Should Have Listened To Al - Al Stewart
Posted by Big Giant Head on 3 Mar 2025 at 9:22AM
From the 1968 album Love Chronicles.
(#5670772) Re: I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
Posted by GameNut on 26 Feb 2025 at 10:55AM
The only #1 pop hit by this amazing rock pop supergroup! There was a lot of internal disagreement amongst the members as to why they recorded such a soft adult contemporary love song, and it started pulling Lou Gramm, the legendary singer, away from the group. He was more into doing rock and not ballads.
(#5670727) xylophone
Posted by fatdaddy on 26 Feb 2025 at 5:41AM
is one of the many percussion instruments played by the beautiful and talented Ruth Underwood.
 c'mon ... x is a b____ LOL
(#5667472) Walkin' My Baby Back Home
Posted by fatdaddy on 12 Feb 2025 at 3:17PM
was written in 1931 by Roy Turk and Fred E. Ahlert. It charted that year for the following -
Nick Lucas #8
Ted Weems #8
The Charleston Chasers #15
Lee Morse #18
It went to #8 again in 1951 for Nat King Cole.
The next year Johnnie Ray rose to #4 with it.
In 1953 Donald O'Connor sang it as the title tune in the movie "Walking My Baby Back Home".
Many other have also taken a stab at it through the years.
(#5667467) Re: Venus (The Bringer of Peace)
Posted by fatdaddy on 12 Feb 2025 at 3:04PM
A typo I'm sure. ;-)
This is one of the first classical pieces I ever appreciated. Still one of my favorites.
(#5667426) Venue (The Bringer of Peace)
Posted by Big Giant Head on 12 Feb 2025 at 12:12PM
From The Planet Suite by Gustav Holst.
(#5667291) Universal Sooldier
Posted by fatdaddy on 11 Feb 2025 at 6:57PM
was written by Buffy Sainte-Marie. It was first recorded in 1963 by The Highwaymen then on Buffy;s debut album in 1964. Neither recording charted.
In 1965 Donovan edited and recorded it and reached #5 in the UK. In 1965 Glenn Campbell's version co-charted with Donovan's.
(#5665905) Teach Your Children
Posted by fatdaddy on 5 Feb 2025 at 3:38PM
was written by Graham Nash in 1968.
After Graham left the Hollies it was recorded by Crosby Stills and Nash in 1969.
Not released on the CSN debut album it was re-recorded and added to the CSN&Y album "Déjà Vu" in 1970. Jerry Garcia (of the Grateful Dead) was featured on steel guitar in this version.
The single charted well in many countries.
(#5665811) Someone There You Know - Barclay James Harvest
Posted by Big Giant Head on 5 Feb 2025 at 4:28AM
From their third album Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories released in 1971.
(#5661891) Ruby Baby
Posted by fatdaddy on 20 Jan 2025 at 2:19AM
was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The Drifters' version was a top ten hit in 1956.
Dion rose to #2 with his single in 1962.
It was a hit in 1969 for John Woolley and Just Born.
In 1974 Billy Craddock's single was a #1 country hit.
Ol '55 reached #36 in Australia in 1978 with their single. It was included on "Cruisin' for a Bruisin'".
The song has been recorded by countless others through the years.
My favorite version of the tune is by Donald Fagen. It appears on his debut solo album "The Nightfly" from 1982.
(#5661880) Quarter Past Midnight - Bastille
Posted by HeartOnFire on 19 Jan 2025 at 10:27PM
(#5661712) Positively 4th Street
Posted by fatdaddy on 18 Jan 2025 at 11:43PM
is a top ten single of Bob Dylan from 1965. It was released in 1067 on "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits".
Bob was clearly disappointed with someone...maybe those who shunned his adaptation of the electric guitar into his repertoire...
(#5661710) Oh What A Night - The Dells
Posted by HeartOnFire on 18 Jan 2025 at 10:42PM
(#5661700) Nobody But Me
Posted by fatdaddy on 18 Jan 2025 at 7:57PM
was written by O'Kelly, Rudolph, and Ronald Isley in 1962. Released by The Isley Brothers as a single in 1963 it failed to chart.
The Mojos released their EP with it in 1964 and again the song failed to chart.
The Human Beinz released their version in 1967 and it became a top ten single.
Many others have also covered it since then.
(#5661686) My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
Posted by HeartOnFire on 18 Jan 2025 at 6:55PM
(#5661637) Long Train Runnin'
Posted by fatdaddy on 18 Jan 2025 at 4:01PM
is a top ten single from the Doobie Brothers. It was included on their 1973 album "The Captain and Me".
(#5661524) Knowing Me, Knowing You - ABBA
Posted by HeartOnFire on 18 Jan 2025 at 8:09AM
(#5661448) Journey to the Center of the Mind
Posted by fatdaddy on 17 Jan 2025 at 11:50PM
is the title cut and 6th track of the 1968 album by the Amboy Dukes. It was written by the band's two guitarists Steve Farmer and Ted Nugent.
The single rose to #16 on Billboard.
(#5661364) I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
Posted by HeartOnFire on 17 Jan 2025 at 1:42PM
(#5661298) Honky Tonk Women
Posted by fatdaddy on 17 Jan 2025 at 4:41AM
was a #1 single in 1969 for the Rolling Stones. It was released the same year on "Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)".
(#5661221) Glory of Love - Peter Cetera
Posted by HeartOnFire on 16 Jan 2025 at 7:00PM
(#5661102) Flowers of Love
Posted by fatdaddy on 16 Jan 2025 at 11:29AM
is a song by Pieta Brown with Justin Vernon. It's on her 2014 album "Paradise Outlaw". A kaleidoscopic video was created for it.
(#5661018) Every Breath You Take - The Police
Posted by HeartOnFire on 15 Jan 2025 at 11:14PM
(#5660766) Didja Get Any Onya?
Posted by fatdaddy on 14 Jan 2025 at 4:19PM
is the first track on "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" by The Mothers of Invention from 1970. It was recorded live in 1969 at the Philadelphia Arena.
(#5660657) Carry On My Wayward Son - Kansas
Posted by HeartOnFire on 14 Jan 2025 at 8:46AM
(#5660597) Both Sides, Now
Posted by fatdaddy on 14 Jan 2025 at 12:33AM
was written by Joni Mitchell in 1966. She was inspired while reading "Henderson the Rain King" by Saul Bellow. The recording "Joni Mitchell: Live from the Second Fret 1966"
is where it appears first.
In 1967 Judy Collins included it on her 1967 "Wildflowers" album and that same version was released in 1968 as a top 10 single.
Joni's first studio version of the song is on her 1969 album "Clouds".
(#5660369) A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
Posted by HeartOnFire on 13 Jan 2025 at 6:17AM
(#5660322) Zorba's Dance
Posted by fatdaddy on 13 Jan 2025 at 12:00AM
is part of the soundtrack for the film "Zorba the Greek" from 1964. The recording was composed and conducted by Mikis Theodorakis. It charted #1 in several countries' charts.
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass called their recording "Zorba the Greek" on their 1965 album "Going Places". It reached #2 in the U.S.
It has been recorded by many others since then 7 of which charted in various countries.
(#5660190) You Can't Blame It On Anybody - Phoenix
Posted by HeartOnFire on 12 Jan 2025 at 2:30PM
(#5659467) Xuân Xa Xứ
Posted by fatdaddy on 9 Jan 2025 at 9:44PM
is a ( Vietnamese? ) song by Nguyễn Vĩ.
(#5653479) Walk - Foo Fighters
Posted by HeartOnFire on 16 Dec 2024 at 9:47PM
(#5653273) Valley of the Dolls (Theme)
Posted by fatdaddy on 15 Dec 2024 at 11:16PM
was written by André and Dory Previn for the 1967 film of the same name. Dionne Warwick's version was included in the movie soundtrack but her label (Scepter) wouldn't permit it on the soundtrack album (where it was sung by Dolly Previn). It was originally intended for Judy Garland but Judy was fired from the movie.
Dionne Warwick's 1968 Scepter single was a #1 hit and was released on the top charting RAII certified "Gold" 1968 album "Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls".
(#5652850) Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
Posted by HeartOnFire on 14 Dec 2024 at 12:07AM
(#5652848) Re: Rhiannon- Fleetwood Mac
Posted by HeartOnFire on 13 Dec 2024 at 11:57PM
Yes I spelled it wrong and you have the right spelling, thanks.
(#5651454) Time To Kill - Alice Cooper
Posted by Big Giant Head on 8 Dec 2024 at 2:39PM
From the album Raise Your Fist and Yell
(#5651453) Re: Rihanna - Fleetwood Mac
Posted by Big Giant Head on 8 Dec 2024 at 2:38PM
Rhiannon?
(#5651446) Sex (I'm a...)
Posted by fatdaddy on 8 Dec 2024 at 1:52PM
is the third track on "Pleasure Victim" by Berlin from 1982 at 5:08 in length. Released as a single at 3:30 in 1983 at it was a top ten hit.
The album was certified "Platinum" in New Zealand and the U.S.
(#5651198) Rihanna - Fleetwood Mac
Posted by HeartOnFire on 7 Dec 2024 at 4:53PM
(#5651130) Quit Smoking
Posted by fatdaddy on 7 Dec 2024 at 11:50AM
is a Chinese contemporary song by Li Ronghao. It was on his 2017 album "En" and reached #1 in China. I haven't taken the time to hunt up a translation but I found a music video on a frequently used social media site.
(#5651082) Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
Posted by HeartOnFire on 7 Dec 2024 at 4:12AM
(#5650972) One
Posted by fatdaddy on 6 Dec 2024 at 4:31PM
was written by Harry Nilsson and included on his album "Aerial Ballet" in 1968.
The next year it was covered by Three Dog Night, was a top 10 hit as well as the first of their 7 Gold certified singles.
There months later it was covered by Johnny Farnham and was a top 10 Australian hit.
"One" was covered by Filter in 1998 and by Aimee Mann in 1999.
(#5650691) Nothin' to Lose - Josh Gracin
Posted by HeartOnFire on 5 Dec 2024 at 1:03PM
(#5650653) Millie and Billie - Alice Cooper
Posted by Big Giant Head on 5 Dec 2024 at 10:47AM
From his album From The Inside
(#5650478) Life is a Highway - Tom Cochran
Posted by HeartOnFire on 4 Dec 2024 at 7:37PM
(#5650162) Kicks
Posted by fatdaddy on 3 Dec 2024 at 6:27PM
was written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. Originally intended for The Animals it was recorded by Paul Revere and the Raiders after Eric Burden turned it down. Released in 1966 it was a top 10 hit.
In 2004 Rolling Stone considered it #400 in their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.
In 2014 Paste Magazine considered it #36 in their "50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time" list.
(#5649812) Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
Posted by HeartOnFire on 2 Dec 2024 at 5:02PM
(#5649798) Is It My Body - Alice Cooper
Posted by Big Giant Head on 2 Dec 2024 at 4:03PM
Back when Alice Cooper was an entire band, this track is from their third album Love It To Death.
(#5649787) High And Dry - Radiohead
Posted by HeartOnFire on 2 Dec 2024 at 3:12PM
(#5648007) Re: Go Now
Posted by Big Giant Head on 25 Nov 2024 at 1:31PM
It was also used in the musical Return To The Forbidden Planet.
(#5647997) Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
Posted by HeartOnFire on 25 Nov 2024 at 12:44PM
(#5647983) Keep Yourself Alive
Posted by fatdaddy on 25 Nov 2024 at 11:25AM
is the first track on the eponymous debut album by Queen from 1973. Written by Brian May it strangely failed to chart as a single. It was however listed as #31 in Rolling Stone's 2008 "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".
(#5647944) Jump - Van Halen
Posted by HeartOnFire on 25 Nov 2024 at 8:23AM
(#5647399) Is it You
Posted by fatdaddy on 23 Nov 2024 at 4:40AM
was written by Bill Champlin, Eric Tagg and Lee Ritenour, Included on Lee's 1981 album "Rit" and aided by a music video (four months before the launch of MTV) it rose to #15 on both of Billboard's Hot 100 & Adult Contempory charts.
(#5646858) Hurts So Good - John Mellencamp
Posted by HeartOnFire on 21 Nov 2024 at 12:59AM
(#5646851) Go Now
Posted by fatdaddy on 21 Nov 2024 at 12:22AM
is a song composed by Larry Banks and Milton Bennett. Larry's estranged wife Bessie Banks released it in January 1964. It rose to #40 on the Cashbox R&B singles chart.
In November 1964 The Moody Blues released it as "Go Now!" which was a top 10 hit in 1965.
It was covered again
in 1967 by Lucas
in 1992 by Tin Machine
in 2008 by Simply Red
(#5646750) Forgiven - Alannis Morisette
Posted by Big Giant Head on 20 Nov 2024 at 12:38PM
From her third album Jagged Little Pill.

I've recently listened to her first two albums and you wouldn't know it was her. She was somewhere around Paula Abdul or Madonna musically.
(#5646669) Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Posted by fatdaddy on 20 Nov 2024 at 4:05AM
is a Lennon/McCartney Beatles from their 1968 album "The Beatles" (commonly referred to as "The White Album"). Many of the lyrics are the dialogue of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
(#5645178) Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
Posted by fatdaddy on 13 Nov 2024 at 11:40AM
was written by producer Thom Bell and lead singer William Hart of the Delfonics. Released in 1969 it was a top 10 hit for the Delfonics in 1970 and garnered them a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for the song in 1971.
In 1986 it was released as "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)" on the eponymous debut album by New Kids on the Block. Three years later is was released as a single and was a top 10 hit for them as well.
(#5644116) Cook With Honey
Posted by fatdaddy on 8 Nov 2024 at 3:57PM
was written by Valerie Carter. She recorded it with her band's eponymous "Howdy Moon" released in 1974.
It was a top 40 hit in 1973 for Judy Collins and included on her album "True Stories and Other Dreams".
Every time a "w" entry is due I think of that song as I think of the chorus "We always cook with honey".
(#5644047) Badsitter Images
Posted by Big Giant Head on 8 Nov 2024 at 9:24AM
The title track from Al Stewart's debut album in 197.
(#5644008) A Groovy Kind of Love
Posted by fatdaddy on 8 Nov 2024 at 2:32AM
was written by Toni Wine and Carol Bayer Sager channeling a composition by Muzio Clementi (1752-1832).
It was first recorded by Diane & Annita in 1965.
Later that same year it was recorded by the Mindbenders. They reached #1 on a couple charts with it. The lead vocal was sung by Eric Stewart who several years later can be heard singing "I'm Not in Love" (and many others) by 10cc.
In 1988 Phil Collins also reached #1 on a few charts with it,
(#5643829) Zanzibar
Posted by fatdaddy on 6 Nov 2024 at 11:50PM
is the fifth cut on "52nd Street" from 1978 by Billy Joel. It's a pop song that adds a jazz movement a couple times.
(#5642727) You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Posted by fatdaddy on 2 Nov 2024 at 6:50PM
was written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. Also on his 1976 album "All Things in Time" it was the breakthrough single for Lou Rawls reaching #1 and selling over a million copies. RIAA certified it gold.
(#5642521) X Ambassadors
Posted by fatdaddy on 2 Nov 2024 at 1:28AM
from Ithaca, NY. are a band which formed in 2009. Their first of albums so far, "VHS" was released in 2015.
(#5639697) We Will Rock You
Posted by fatdaddy on 22 Oct 2024 at 12:39PM
written by Brian May is a #1 single by Queen from 1977. On the 1977 album "News of the World" it well serves as an introduction to "We Are the Champions" written by Freddie Mercury.
(#5639493) Vacation - Dirty Heads
Posted by HeartOnFire on 21 Oct 2024 at 7:21PM
(#5639287) Us and Them
Posted by fatdaddy on 21 Oct 2024 at 8:44AM
by Pink Floyd was released as a single in 1974 from a truncated 3:15 edit that did no better than #72 in the charts. On the 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon" the song is 7:49 hypnotic masterpiece that flows from "Money" and into "Any Colour You Like".
(#5639192) Thunderstruck - AC/DC
Posted by Big Giant Head on 21 Oct 2024 at 1:05AM
(#5639185) Saturday in the Park - Chicago
Posted by HeartOnFire on 20 Oct 2024 at 10:50PM
(#5638677) Remember Then
Posted by fatdaddy on 18 Oct 2024 at 6:22PM
was written by Tony Powers and Beverly Ross and released in 1962 by The Earls. They got a #24 hit out of it.
In 1979 Showaddywaddy reached #17 with their cover.
Jimmy Powell in 1963, Sha Na Na in 1969 and The Wizards in 1981 recorded it as ell
(#5638371) QuAUDIOPHILIAc
Posted by fatdaddy on 17 Oct 2024 at 4:59AM
is a 2007 compilation album by Frank Zappa posthumously released in the DVD-Audio format. It contains quadraphonic recordings that had been released on his "DiscReet Records" label.

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