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Post by The Cats on Jul 2, 2022 17:39:59 GMT -5
"Use ta Be My Girl" is a 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 and peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. "Use ta Be My Girl" became one of the biggest and most familiar hits by The O'Jays.
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Post by The Cats on Jul 25, 2022 9:07:35 GMT -5
...and today is Monday, so here's some Monday music.
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Post by The Cats on Sept 6, 2022 10:26:35 GMT -5
Cherish by The Association
Released in 1966, the song reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in September of that year and remained in the top position for three weeks. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 7 song of 1966, and later as No. 2, after a revision of the year-end charts. "Cherish" has become a staple in wedding ceremonies and slow dances, and is considered the 22nd most played song of the 20th Century by the BMI.
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Post by The Cats on Sept 8, 2022 20:33:51 GMT -5
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Post by WesternFan on Sept 9, 2022 13:17:28 GMT -5
This song always reminds me of Germany. I (and many other soldiers) would listen to it while stationed in West Germany, dreaming of the time when I too... would be "Homeward Bound".
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Post by The Cats on Sept 9, 2022 14:26:15 GMT -5
Great song, I remember this one and "Mr. Lonely" by Bobby Vinton from my time overseas... This song always reminds me of Germany. I (and many other soldiers) would listen to it while stationed in West Germany, dreaming of the time when I too... would be "Homeward Bound". |
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Post by The Cats on Sept 14, 2022 14:17:44 GMT -5
"Day After Day" by Badfinger
"Day After Day" is a 1971 song by the band Badfinger. Pete Ham was the song's songwriter and vocalist. The lyrics are sometimes misconstrued as a love song, however, most people view the lyrics as a recollection of someone expecting a child. It appears to be a father speaking to their child as they are older and reminiscing. Remembering the day they learned they were expecting, waiting for the child's arrival, holding them as a baby, feeling each tear that they wept, and providing them with unconditional love.
The song, released in the U.S. in November 1971, became Badfinger's highest charting single. Sadly, in a sad touch of irony, an inebriated Pete Ham, at the age of 27, hanged himself in the garage of his home as his girlfriend Anne was expecting. Ham, by most accounts, was despondent over issues the band had with corrupt management, which left them broke and fighting internally. Ham's daughter Petera was born one month following his death.
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Post by The Cats on Sept 18, 2022 17:27:22 GMT -5
You've Lost That Loving Feeling by the Righteous Brothers
One of the best ever recorded...
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Post by The Cats on Nov 24, 2022 13:49:45 GMT -5
Two songs by the The Doors
Touch Me
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Post by The Cats on Nov 24, 2022 13:50:34 GMT -5
Riders on the Storm
This was the last song Jim Morrison recorded. He went to France and died a few weeks later. The single was released in June 1971, shortly before Morrison's death.
The song can be seen as an autobiographical account of Morrison's life: he considered himself a "Rider on the storm." The "killer on the road" is a reference to a screenplay he wrote called The Hitchhiker (An American Pastoral), where Morrison was going to play the part of a hitchhiker who goes on a murder spree. The lyrics, "Girl you gotta love your man" can be seen as a desperate plea to his long time girlfriend Pamela.
If you listen closely, you can hear Jim Morrison whispering the lyrics over his own singing, which causes a kind of creepy effect. At the end of this song, there are sound effects of thunder, and the faint voice of Jim Morrison whispering, "riders on the storm." This was envisioned as his spirit whispering from the beyond.
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