Sometimes you never know what's going to go through your head. I've kept a list lately of tunes that just popped up for no good reason and then went looking for the videos.
my oh my, what a wonderful day! Sometimes it's wonderful when it rains here in Portland. The Bobb B. Soxx version is Darlene Love and friends.
ok, some of Paul McCartney's Wings' songs are great, some are catchy and some are forgettable. This would fall into the catchy category, I think.
Dig the picture! I must have had this when I was a tiny tot. Burl Ives' voice is so soothing, like you wish he'd come and sing to you when you're feeling a little sickly.
This Jackson 5 song played in my head over and over and over and I couldn't get it to stop, way back in the 70s. I was taking a bus from San Francisco to Seattle. That's a long trip! Get out of my head! I'd say, but it was no use.
And now, one of the great singing performances of all time, the Harptones. If it should turn out that I'm mortal, this is one I'd like played at my funeral, should anybody show up.
Speaking of glam rock, and we were awhile back, Nick Gilder learned it well and here's one of his early numbers. Note the absolutely unsmooth transition from the Harptones to Nick Gilder. But hey....
Famous in America for his Chewing Gum number, Lonnie Donegan tears it up with Jack of Diamonds. The secret of success in music is you have to be willing to be nuts, to go all out and Donegan shows why he was so big in England. Some great drumming too.
Here's a song my last band covered, here done by Joe Brown. I first heard this on a compilation of pre-Beatles UK hits and have loved it since.
good lord! How'd this get into my head? An early example of disco, the Hues Corporation with their huge smash hit!
Before there was Aretha there was Mahalia Jackson. I'm learning (possibly) how to play piano and this song popped into my head as one to try to play. Kept thinking about the song so I went to see what youtubes there were of it and found this beautiful version.
