Singles Released This Week Years Ago

 

1970: Neil Young

1978: Talking Heads

1961: Aretha Franklin

1972: Focus

1986: Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush

1989: 10.000 Maniacs

1968: The Zombies

1982: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

1978: Gloria Gaynor

1984: Frankie Goes To Hollywood

1994: Nirvana

1968: Cloud Nine

1965: Santana

1979: Madness

1979: Marianne Faithful

Singles Released This Week Years Ago

 

This week shows some songs from the sixties, soul and mainly songs from the end of the seventies, where great songs were written.

1967: Dave Davis

1981: Soft Cell

1981: R.E.M.

1965: Sonny & Cher

1971: Aretha Franklin

1976: The Ramones

1965: Wilson Picket

1967: Bobbie Gentry

1970: Jimmy Cliff

1969: David Bowie

1963: The Crystals

1979: The Boomtown Rats

1979: The Flying Lizards

Singles Released This Week Years Ago

 

Another round of songs I loved when they were released, I love still or just make fun to listen to them after a long time.

1978: Blondie

1977: Steve Miller Band

1977: The Jam

1983: Fun Boy Three

1991: Marc Cohn

1958: The Coasters

1968: Aretha Franklin

1966: The Temptations

1979: Joe Jackson

1984: Ultravox

1967: Jimi Hendrix

Friday's 60 Soul-Girls

 

It was a few weeks ago when I got a sampler by girl groups from the 60's. This bought was full of classics from times long gone by but listening to them after all these years it is a great fun. So I decided to make a little series out of it. The CD's were full of great voices from both sides of the ocean and maybe you call me nostalgic but these songs were part of my musical education and there is no reason not to feature them at this time. Most of the songs were simple but with great hooks or a voice that was outstanding. I think I don't have to say much because you might know and probably like these songs. If it turns you back to some better days (when we didn't discussed our today's problems) I feel happy.

Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer

The Crystals  - Then He Kissed Me

Gloria Jones - Tainted Love

Drinking In My Sunday Dress

I'm not a huge fan of country music but I always loved good voices and great songs in this genre. Although I'm not a great expert in this genre there some artists and songs that are very close to me. One of them is Maria McKee. I noticed her back in the early 80s when she came around with her band Lone Justice and gave us that pure and raw cow-punk sound. Since then I followed her career and was surprised many times about her ability to write great songs. So she wrote 'A good heart', a smash hit by Feargal Sharkey, and 'Show me heaven' that was a hit from the movie 'Days of Thunder'. I love her for the ballads she wrote and sung but today I want to introduce you a song that's got more power in it. It's an uptempo song in which she tells us about the time she has to spent until her love comes around. NME has written once about her: Their voice can take up it with the breakable passion of Patsy Cline, the glowing soul of Aretha Franklin and powerful blues of Janis Joplin, No more words to add.

Maria McKee - Drinking In My Sunday Dress