Don't forget, Bob Stroud is going back fifty years on his Rock and Roll Roots show in Chicago's WDRV 97.1, 96.9 FM from 9 am to noon CDST and again from 9 pm to midnight. It streams at www.wdrv.com.
For an even better trip back, go to YouTube and listen to the songs. Every Top 40, there are a few songs that I had never heard of before and a few that I had forgotten.
For an even better trip back, go to YouTube and listen to the songs. Every Top 40, there are a few songs that I had never heard of before and a few that I had forgotten.
The number after the artist is the highest the song got on the Billboard Hot 100.
35. A SONG OF JOY-- Miguel Rios Beethoven's "Ode to Joy. #14 Get yer classikal stuff right hyer. Born in Granada, Spain.
34. SOOLAMOIN-- Neil Diamond #30 That African sound. Love the drums. Full title: "Soolaimon (African Trilogy II)".
33. GOOD MORNING FREEDOM-- Daybreak #94 Never heard it before. Canadian group. Sounds like a TV sitcom theme song. A group called Blue Mink also did this song. The song will grow on you.
32. AIRPORT THEME-- Vincent Bell #31 Again, that was one strange guitar sound. Back when the airline companies loved us, not like now. Full name: "Airport Love Theme (Gwen and Vern)".
31. FOR THE LOVE OF HIM-- Bobbi Martin #13 One of the last great girl group songs. Born in Brooklyn in 1943, raised in Baltimore.
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Come See, Come Say, Ride On The Night." Answer below. --RoadDog
"Soolamoin"
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