Singles Released This Week Years Ago

 

One more journey to some songs from my musical education.

1967: The Kinks

1981: Talking Heads

1998: Madonna

1970: The Temptations

1982: ABC

1966: Wilson Pickett

1980: Roxy Music

1969: Joe Cocker

1974: Bad Company

1987: Suzanne Vega

Singles Released This Week Years Ago

 

A broad review of notable publications without a contextual link.

1967 - Buffalo Springfield released their only chart success. For What It's Worth became an anthem of the opponents of the Vietnam war.

1977 - Boz Scaggs is an musician which has never been mentioned in this blog before. He is well known in America but he was never the big thing with his honest rhythm & blues. His album Silk Degrees reached the top ten at the time, was pleasant to listen to and very similar to the sound of Graham Parker.

1986 - Simply one of the best pop songs from this year and one that made The Bangles everybody's darlings.

1978 - American Girl was the last song on Tom Petty's debut album and shows his ability to write catchy songs that have lost none of their class even after decades.

1965 - Martha Reeves & the Vandellas are one example, why you should dive into 60's soul from time to time.

1982 - ABC released their their debut album The Lexicon Of Love. One that you can either hate or love, because their completely arranged songs are very close to kitsch. But there are some damn good songs on the album.

1956 - Hard to believe that this song by Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps is almost 70 years old. For me is this song more rock and roll than from other artists of this era.

1981 - The Jam. Just another great song from them.

Saudade

Saudade stands in the Portuguese for a form of world pain which contains longing and melancholy, but to have lost something lover also wanderlust or the melancholy. This song by Melbourne trio I Know The Chief is one that I can't get out of my mind. It is a perfect mixture of indie-pop and dancefloor. It could probably famous when it was released in the ABC years. Not to bad to start into Sunday morning.