Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Songs of Summer, #14 - "I'm Doin' Fine Now" (1973)

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In my book, "I'm Doin" Fine Now" is one of the great unsung singles of all time.  It was a huge hit, but unless I missed ...
Monday, July 02, 2012

THE Seven Song Perfect Playlist

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In case you missed it, these are the songs I chose for my seven-song perfect playlist, which played tonight on Radio 94.7 in Sacramento: ...
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Songs of Summer, #13 - "Every Breath You Take" (1983)

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For our first foray into the 1980s, we'll start right at the top with one of the best songs of the 1980s, or any other decade, for that ...
Sunday, July 01, 2012

Songs of Summer, #12 - "Baker Street" (1978)

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The late Gerry Rafferty will always have a small corner of his own in the pantheon of great pop music, thanks to two songs: the first being ...
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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Songs of Summer, #11 - "In the Summertime" (1970)

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  Today we'll go with a song about summer, as well as one that was a summer hit.  It was all over the radio when it came out,...
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Friday, June 29, 2012

Playlist #2

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The station thoughtfully provided me with my very own promotional graphic.
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Songs of Summer, #10 - "Ball of Confusion" (1970)

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I was only ten years old when this song came out, but I loved it from the first time I heard it.  Anyone who thinks that the Temptations too...

JV the DJ

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I think I've mentioned before that a local radio station, FM 94.7, plays a listener-submitted "Seven Song Perfect Playlist" ev...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Songs of Summer, #9 - "Kodachrome" (1973)

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The first phase of Paul Simon's solo career - from the release of "Paul Simon" in 1972 through "Still Crazy After All The...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Songs of Summer, #8 - "Whatcha Gonna Do?" (1977)

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Today we head back to the summer of 1977, the summer I was dating a girl named Nancy.  The relationship began in March and was destined to e...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Songs of Summer, #7 - "Crazy" (2006)

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There are good songs, there are great songs, and then there are songs that are so good that when you first hear them you think they'll l...

Songs of Summer, #6 - "White Bird" (1968)

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"White Bird" by It's a Beautiful Day may have been the song that introduced me to the possibility that there might be more to ...
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Monday, June 25, 2012

Songs of Summer, #5 - "So Very Hard to Go" (1973)

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"So Very Hard to Go" is the perfect example of what used to be called a "regional hit."  It never got any higher than #1...
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Songs of Summer, #4 - "Live and Let Die" (1973)

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I'm going to hazard a guess that the entire world is reasonably familiar with this song, and forego linking to a video. In the summer ...
Sunday, June 24, 2012

Songs of Summer, #3 - "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" (1972)

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OK, I admit that the first time I heard this song I thought they were singing "long cool woman in a pants dress."  Which just do...

Songs of Summer, #2 - "Jet Airliner" (1977)

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You could always count on Steve Miller to come up with tunes that just demanded that you turn your car stereo up as loud as it would go. F...