Way back in the day when I first put out a call for submissions for my Reader’s Choice series, one of the entries I got back was today’s song, “The… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song #22/250: The Bliss by Volbeat
During the recent Christmas holidays, my eldest daughter Leah began pestering my wife and I to watch a television series running on Netflix called Derry Girls. Leah claimed that it… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song #21/250: Dark End of the Street by Dan Penn
As many of you might know, singer/songwriter/musician Christine McVie passed away this week. McVie was best known for her role in one of the world’s most successful rock bands of… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song #19/250: Songbird by Fleetwood Mac
One of the most successful and heavily promoted music groups of the 1980s was a boy band known as New Kids on the Block. They had a string of hits… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song #18/250: Good Vibrations by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
There are two stories to tell today with regard to the song “Morning Has Broken” by Cat Stevens/Yusuf. The first is a short history of this song which, as it… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song #17/250: Morning Has Broken by Cat Stevens/Yusuf
Come on, people now Smile on your brother Everybody get together Try to love one another right now The history of music often goes hand in hand with the history… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song #15/250: Get Together by The Youngbloods
When I first decided to write about the meanings and stories behind the songs we love, the music of Sophie B. Hawkins was what I had in mind. She is… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song #14/250: As I Lay Me Down by Sophie B. Hawkins
In this series, I will be telling the stories behind some of your favourite songs. Today’s song comes to us from my pal, Linda Spoelstra. She nominated Nick Lowe’s Cruel… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song #1/250: Cruel To Be Kind by Nick Lowe.