Gerry Goffin and Carole King “One Fine Day” is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It first became a popular hit in the summer of 1963 for American girl group the Chiffons, who reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The Chiffons were originally a trio of schoolmates –…
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The Oracle Speaks — My Bluebird Friend
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Friday Favorite Feature 26 — “Television,” by Idles
Idles on the Mainstage at Haldern Pop Festival 2019.Photo by Alexander Kellnerl. – r.: Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Lee Kiernan, Adam Devonshire and Joe Talbot I know I’ve been going kind of ga-ga over Idles but am frequent listening to their album, “Joy as an Act of Resistance” (2018) while waiting for the just released…
#MMB 2024 Week 7 (repost of Music That Strikes a Chord: Cat Stevens, “Longer Boats”)
(First posted 11/28/20) Surfing the electronic database at the library last week, Cat Stevens popped into my head. I used to have more than just his “Foreigner” album; I had “Matthew & Son” and “Tea for the Tillerman.” “Tea for…” was borrowed; on the way out to my mom’s this past week, I listened to…
#SLS — Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, “Carnegie Hall Concert” (1966)
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos played an historic Carnegie Hall show in 1966, immortalized on a live album. GAB Archive/Redferns (l. – r. Willie Cantu, Tom Brumley, Buck Owens, Don Rich, and Doyle Holly) The sound systems were so lousy back then that the crowd couldn’t hear the music so the clothes had to be…
Friday Favorite Feature 25 — バースディ (LIVE at Ebisu Garden Hall, 2022) by Moonriders
Moonriders Here is another song that has grown on me from SRR, where I hope to listen to more of this group. I love the sound effects and the way the singer uses his voice. The song comes from their album, “Live from Ebisu Garden Hall 2022” and was released on 12/27/23. It’s the…
#MMB 2024 Week 6 — Cake 2fer
Cake For February’s C-D prompt, my choice is to write about a band I’ve written about several times and apparently can’t seem to get enough of: Cake. When my younger son went away to college, he rode with his high school buddy. The buddy loved Cake so my son was force-fed cake for 3 years…
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