As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Saturday, March 18, 2017

#141 The Dark End Of The Street – James Carr (1967)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC3AXQ8dPJM
 
The first time I ever heard this soul classic by Chips Moman and Dan Penn was when it was performed in the 1991 movie The Commitments.  It’s been recorded by Percy Sledge, Don Dixon, Eva Cassidy, and many others, but somehow never managed to become a hit. The original version by James Carr was the only one to appear on the Hot 100, peaking at a modest #77.
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