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.)
Speaking of the pre-Beatles era, check out this Top Ten from this week in 1963 - a very, very solid list of hits: My 3-year older sister Fran (who soon after became a HUGE Beatle fan (she saw them in concert in '64 and '65) owned the #3, 4, and 5 45s, so I heard those A LOT. If you check out the Billboard top 40 from the week of July 27, of that year, you'll notice an amazing number of songs that still resonate. "So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde, and that's it hanging on the shed."
1 SURF CITY –•– Jan and Dean 2 SO MUCH IN LOVE –•– The Tymes 3 FINGERTIPS (Part 2) –•– Little Stevie Wonder 4 EASIER SAID THAN DONE –•– The Essex 5 WIPE OUT –•– The Surfaris 6 TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN, SPORT –•– Rolf Harris 7 (You’re the) DEVIL IN DISGUISE –•– Elvis Presley 8 BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND –•– Peter, Paul and Mary 9 MEMPHIS –•– Lonnie Mack 10 JUST ONE LOOK –•– Doris Troy Others of note: 13 PRIDE AND JOY –•– Marvin Gaye 14 SUKIYAKI –•– Kyu Sakamoto 16 CANDY GIRL –•– The Four Seasons 17 RING OF FIRE –•– Johnny Cash 18 BLUE ON BLUE –•– Bobby Vinton 23 HELLO STRANGER –•– Barbara Lewis 24 TILL THEN –•– The Classics 25 ONE FINE DAY –•– The Chiffons 27 IT’S MY PARTY –•– Lesley Gore 28 MORE –•– Kai Winding and Orchestra 29 DENISE –•– Randy and the Rainbows
Speaking of the pre-Beatles era, check out this Top Ten from this week in 1963 - a very, very solid list of hits:
ReplyDeleteMy 3-year older sister Fran (who soon after became a HUGE Beatle fan (she saw them in concert in '64 and '65) owned the #3, 4, and 5 45s, so I heard those A LOT.
If you check out the Billboard top 40 from the week of July 27, of that year, you'll notice an amazing number of songs that still resonate.
"So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde, and that's it hanging on the shed."
1 SURF CITY –•– Jan and Dean
2 SO MUCH IN LOVE –•– The Tymes
3 FINGERTIPS (Part 2) –•– Little Stevie Wonder
4 EASIER SAID THAN DONE –•– The Essex
5 WIPE OUT –•– The Surfaris
6 TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN, SPORT –•– Rolf Harris
7 (You’re the) DEVIL IN DISGUISE –•– Elvis Presley
8 BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND –•– Peter, Paul and Mary
9 MEMPHIS –•– Lonnie Mack
10 JUST ONE LOOK –•– Doris Troy
Others of note:
13 PRIDE AND JOY –•– Marvin Gaye
14 SUKIYAKI –•– Kyu Sakamoto
16 CANDY GIRL –•– The Four Seasons
17 RING OF FIRE –•– Johnny Cash
18 BLUE ON BLUE –•– Bobby Vinton
23 HELLO STRANGER –•– Barbara Lewis
24 TILL THEN –•– The Classics
25 ONE FINE DAY –•– The Chiffons
27 IT’S MY PARTY –•– Lesley Gore
28 MORE –•– Kai Winding and Orchestra
29 DENISE –•– Randy and the Rainbows
My favorites are Hello Stranger and So Much in Love. But props also have to go to One Fine Day, with Carole King herself on piano.
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