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.)

Monday, August 23, 2021

Don Everly

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/don-everly- dead-everly-brothers-121239/

 

Starting with 1957’s “Bye Bye Love” and continuing for five more years, the Everlys ruled the pop and country charts with 15 Top 10 hits, including “Wake Up Little Susie,” “All I Have to Do Is Dream,” and “When Will I Be Loved.” … [Their vocal] blend, steeped in country music, Appalachia, and early rock & roll, impacted on nearly every harmony-based band that followed, including the Beatles, the Mamas and the Papas, the Hollies and Simon & Garfunkel.

 

Favorite songs:

Born Yesterday

Let It Be Me

Bye Bye Love

So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)

Walk Right Back

Wake Up Little Susie

Crying In The Rain

All I Have To Do Is Dream

Cathy’s Clown

Bird Dog

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  1. JFAugust 23, 2021 at 10:56 AM

    During a Simon and Garfunkel concert at the Meadowlands basketball/hockey arena, Don and Phil came out during the intermission and played a set of four songs. What amazed me the most was the quality of their guitar playing. Best intermission ever.

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    1. Mike RhoadsAugust 24, 2021 at 9:37 AM

      The guy who does the Tuesday Morning Mix show on WOWD-LP (Takoma Park community radio station) did a three-song tribute to Don this morning, and noted Don's rhythmic guitar work.

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  2. JFAugust 23, 2021 at 11:00 AM

    I learned a couple of things this weekend listening to the Top 40 from this week in 1968. First, I did not know that Joe South wrote Hush, in the Top 40 as done by Deep Purple. Neither did I know that Billy Joe Royal had released a version of Hush as well(didn't do as well, obviously). Also, Mama Cass's classic version of Dream a Little Dream of Me was first released in 1931 by none other than Ozzie Nelson.

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    1. Mike RhoadsAugust 24, 2021 at 9:35 AM

      I remember the BJR version of Hush, so it must have gotten more airplay in Harrisburg than elsewhere (peaked at #52 nationally).

      Joe South also wrote Down In The Boondocks and I Knew You When, as it turns out.

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  3. JFAugust 25, 2021 at 8:55 AM

    Not sure what's more disturbing: the fact that Charlie Watts has died, the fact that he was 80 years old, or the fact that Keith Richards survives him.

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    1. Mike RhoadsAugust 26, 2021 at 10:28 AM

      Choice (C) is certainly the most surprising ...

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    2. JFAugust 28, 2021 at 8:21 AM

      I was at a friend's house last night (our age) who was playing a mix of sometimes not such big hits from the old days and Orpheus came on. I looked at him and said, "Orpheus."
      He replied, "This is a great song."
      "An 'obscure classic,'" I noted.

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    3. Mike RhoadsAugust 29, 2021 at 9:42 AM

      Had to be "Can't Find The Time" - I remember it well. Peaking at #80 certainly qualifies as obscure. Probably heard it on Starview.

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