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61–Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Indian)
John D Loudermilk wrote a song that's nearly devoid of actual facts. When it became a hit, a couple of interviews he did about that song turned out a…
7 years, 10 months ago
60–Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Neil Sedaka spent a bunch of time in the Top Ten, but this was his first trip to the Number One slot. And he took the song to the Top Ten again sever…
7 years, 10 months ago
59–Another Brick in the Wall
Pink Floyd wasn't a band keen on releasing singles, since they viewed their albums as fully realized creations that needed to be taken as a whole. Bu…
7 years, 11 months ago
58–Alice’s Restaurant Massacree
The early-to-mid 1960s was a great time to be a folk singer, whether or not you were the protesting type. And Arlo Guthrie, son of Woody Guthrie, had…
7 years, 11 months ago
57–Shel Silverstein, Part I
Click here for a transcript of today's show. Shel Silverstein was a humorist, a poet, a cartoonist, and a musician who had a strong, if not especial…
7 years, 11 months ago
56–Shout
The Isley Brothers' first charting hit from 1959 got its start not as a song, but as a bit they'd do to extend another song they were already singing…
8 years ago
55–Ghostbusters
Ray Parker Jr wasn't the first person approached to come up with a pop song to support this film, but he was the last, and the best.
8 years ago
54–Walk on the Wild Side
Lou Reed's signature song (he once joked that he knew his obituary would start with "doot, di-doot, di-doot...") has its origins in people he knew an…
8 years ago
Episode 53–Both Sides Now
Click here to view a transcript of this show. Sweet Judy Blue Eyes. They're still stunning to look at. The late 1960s was a great time for the fusi…
8 years ago
52–Into the Night
Benny Mardones may be the only person to be a one-hit wonder twice, charting two times with the same version of the same song.
8 years, 1 month ago