Sunday, June 26, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
My Top Songs of All Time 826-850
826. I Started a Joke Bee Gees
827. Kings Steely Dan
828. Don't Stop Believin' Journey
829. Complicated Avril Lavigne
830. Golden Years David Bowie
831. Jimmy Mack Martha and the Vandellas
832. You Can't Hurry Love Supremes
833. Call Me Blondie
834. Treat Her Like a Lady Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
835. Summer Sand Tony Orlando & Dawn
836. Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry
837. Miss Me Blind Culture Club
838. I Was Made to Love Her Stevie Wonder
839. Silhouettes Herman's Hermits
840. Hold On (I'm Comin') Sam & Dave
841. Party All the Time Eddie Murphy
842. Gangster's Paradise Coolio
843. Wishing Well Terence Trent D'arby
844. The Weight Band
845. Oh Shiela Ready for the World
846. You Made Me So Very Happy Blood, Sweat & Tears
847. Goin' Up in Smoke Eddie Kendricks
848.. My Happy Ending Avril Lavigne
849. If You Don't Know Me By Now Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
850. One Night in Bangkok Murray Head
Kings is the 23rd highest ranking song(of 30) by my favorite band of all time--Steely Dan. Once again Steely Dan's upcoming tour will have them performing an entire album and other hits and their first album "Can't Buy a Thrill" which includes Kings, Reelin' in the Years and Do It Again will be performed. I will be going. Now is Kings about Richard the Lionhearter and King John of Magna Carta fame or Nixon and Kennedy?? hmmmm.
Blood, Sweat and Tears has had over 130 people in the band over the years. Its most famous member is David Clayton Thomas and even he is not a founding member. It had three songs hit #2--You Made Me So Very Happy(the only BS&T song to hit my list), Spinning Wheel and And When I Die. Under founding member Bob Columby, the band still tours--recently with Chuck Negron of 3 Dog Night fame. I saw them at St. Lawrence Univ. in 1972 and they refused to play Spinning Wheel and called it a dumb, meaningless song.
I Started a Joke is the second of 6 Bee Gees songs on my list. With 49 Top 100 songs, the Bee Gees(Brothers Gibb) habe to be considered among the greatest bands of all time. They had 8 number one songs--mostly from the Disco era and many from Saturday Night Live. Most of my favorite Bee Gees songs are from the 1960s with "I Gotta Get a Message to You" my favorite. The two surviving members of the Bee Gees occasionally perform today.
The Corrnelius Brothers & Sister Rose had 5 hits in 1971-73 and Treat Her Like a Lady(which peaked at #3) was their second biggest(Too Late to Turn Back Now hit #2 and is further up my survey. After the group broke up in 1976, Carter Cornelius joined a black Hebrew sect and adopted the name of Prince Gideon Israel. He died at age 43. Edward Cornelius became a born again Christian and a pastor. Rose still performs today.
Herman's Hermits formed in 1963 when lead singer Peter Noone was only 15. They had 19 hits including two#1 hits Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter(sung previously in a British TV play) and I'm Herry the 8th I Am(song in a music hall previously). The band didn't like either of these songs and didn't record either in England. Peter Noone left the band in 1971 and still tours today. A competing Herman's Hermits band also tours(mainly in Europe) led by one of its founding members. There continues to be controversy around the group as to how many of their songs employed session museums. Jimmy Page played on at least a couple I believe including this song Silhouettes. This is the 2nd of 6 HH sonhs on my list--the highest being No Milk Today.
827. Kings Steely Dan
828. Don't Stop Believin' Journey
829. Complicated Avril Lavigne
830. Golden Years David Bowie
831. Jimmy Mack Martha and the Vandellas
832. You Can't Hurry Love Supremes
833. Call Me Blondie
834. Treat Her Like a Lady Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
835. Summer Sand Tony Orlando & Dawn
836. Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry
837. Miss Me Blind Culture Club
838. I Was Made to Love Her Stevie Wonder
839. Silhouettes Herman's Hermits
840. Hold On (I'm Comin') Sam & Dave
841. Party All the Time Eddie Murphy
842. Gangster's Paradise Coolio
843. Wishing Well Terence Trent D'arby
844. The Weight Band
845. Oh Shiela Ready for the World
846. You Made Me So Very Happy Blood, Sweat & Tears
847. Goin' Up in Smoke Eddie Kendricks
848.. My Happy Ending Avril Lavigne
849. If You Don't Know Me By Now Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
850. One Night in Bangkok Murray Head
Kings is the 23rd highest ranking song(of 30) by my favorite band of all time--Steely Dan. Once again Steely Dan's upcoming tour will have them performing an entire album and other hits and their first album "Can't Buy a Thrill" which includes Kings, Reelin' in the Years and Do It Again will be performed. I will be going. Now is Kings about Richard the Lionhearter and King John of Magna Carta fame or Nixon and Kennedy?? hmmmm.
Blood, Sweat and Tears has had over 130 people in the band over the years. Its most famous member is David Clayton Thomas and even he is not a founding member. It had three songs hit #2--You Made Me So Very Happy(the only BS&T song to hit my list), Spinning Wheel and And When I Die. Under founding member Bob Columby, the band still tours--recently with Chuck Negron of 3 Dog Night fame. I saw them at St. Lawrence Univ. in 1972 and they refused to play Spinning Wheel and called it a dumb, meaningless song.
I Started a Joke is the second of 6 Bee Gees songs on my list. With 49 Top 100 songs, the Bee Gees(Brothers Gibb) habe to be considered among the greatest bands of all time. They had 8 number one songs--mostly from the Disco era and many from Saturday Night Live. Most of my favorite Bee Gees songs are from the 1960s with "I Gotta Get a Message to You" my favorite. The two surviving members of the Bee Gees occasionally perform today.
The Corrnelius Brothers & Sister Rose had 5 hits in 1971-73 and Treat Her Like a Lady(which peaked at #3) was their second biggest(Too Late to Turn Back Now hit #2 and is further up my survey. After the group broke up in 1976, Carter Cornelius joined a black Hebrew sect and adopted the name of Prince Gideon Israel. He died at age 43. Edward Cornelius became a born again Christian and a pastor. Rose still performs today.
Herman's Hermits formed in 1963 when lead singer Peter Noone was only 15. They had 19 hits including two#1 hits Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter(sung previously in a British TV play) and I'm Herry the 8th I Am(song in a music hall previously). The band didn't like either of these songs and didn't record either in England. Peter Noone left the band in 1971 and still tours today. A competing Herman's Hermits band also tours(mainly in Europe) led by one of its founding members. There continues to be controversy around the group as to how many of their songs employed session museums. Jimmy Page played on at least a couple I believe including this song Silhouettes. This is the 2nd of 6 HH sonhs on my list--the highest being No Milk Today.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
My Top Songs of All Time 851-875
851.Mr. Businessman Ray Stevens
852.All Night Long Lionel Ritchie
853.Material Girl Madonna
854.Coconut Nilsson
855.She's a Beauty Tubes
856.Funk 49 James Gang
857.Reflections Supremes
858.Show Me(You Really Love Me) Cover Girls
859.Sounds of Silence Simon & Garfunkle
860.Obsession Animotion
861.Wild World Cat Stevens
862.Dazz Brick
863.Ironic Alais Morisette
864. Fast Car Tracy Chapman
865.Never Heart
866.Back Stabbers OJays
867.Modern Love David Bowie
868.With or Without You U2
869.Crystal Blue Persuasion Tommy James & the Shondells
870.D'yer Maker Led Zeppelin
871.Rebel Rebel David Bowie
872.Take a Letter Maria RB Greaves
873.Flaslight Parliament
874.Eighteen Alice Cooper
875.Is She Really Going Out With Him? Joe Jackson
Born Stan Georgiou, Cat Stevens had 14 Top 100 hits. His biggest hits wer Morning Has Broken(#6 on Billboard Hot 100), Another Saturday Night(#6) and Peace Train(#7). Wild World is the first of two hits by Cat Stevens on my list. In 1977, Cat converted to Islam and took name Yusuf Islam and dedicated himself to various eductional and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community and has been give several awards for promoting peace. He has begun recording again under the name Yusuf and released his latest album in 2009.
Ray Stevens is a 72-year old country-novelty singer who has an amazing 28 Top 100 songs led by the #1 smashes The Streak and Everything is Beautiful. The only song of his to make my survey is the more serious Mr. Businessman which peaked at #28 on Billboard. Ray is extremely active today and somewhat controvertial recording "God Save Arizona" and playing at various Tea Party rallies and conservative causes. He is also in the process of recording and releasing the Encyclopedia of Musical Comedy Recordings--a 100-song collection.
The James Gang had four songs on Billboards Top 100 from 1970-1976 and has three songs on my survey of which the highest rated is Walk Away. The band was led in its most popular years by Joe Walsh who later went on to join the Eagles. Band member Glen Schwartz founded Pacific Gas and Electric(Are You Ready?) and guitarist Dominic Troiano later joined Guess Who.
(Harry) Nilsson had 10 Top 100 Hits of which the #1 smash Without You was the biggest. This is the first of three hits of his on my survey--the others being Without You and Everybody's Talkin'. Nilsson died of heart failure in 1994 at age 53.
852.All Night Long Lionel Ritchie
853.Material Girl Madonna
854.Coconut Nilsson
855.She's a Beauty Tubes
856.Funk 49 James Gang
857.Reflections Supremes
858.Show Me(You Really Love Me) Cover Girls
859.Sounds of Silence Simon & Garfunkle
860.Obsession Animotion
861.Wild World Cat Stevens
862.Dazz Brick
863.Ironic Alais Morisette
864. Fast Car Tracy Chapman
865.Never Heart
866.Back Stabbers OJays
867.Modern Love David Bowie
868.With or Without You U2
869.Crystal Blue Persuasion Tommy James & the Shondells
870.D'yer Maker Led Zeppelin
871.Rebel Rebel David Bowie
872.Take a Letter Maria RB Greaves
873.Flaslight Parliament
874.Eighteen Alice Cooper
875.Is She Really Going Out With Him? Joe Jackson
Born Stan Georgiou, Cat Stevens had 14 Top 100 hits. His biggest hits wer Morning Has Broken(#6 on Billboard Hot 100), Another Saturday Night(#6) and Peace Train(#7). Wild World is the first of two hits by Cat Stevens on my list. In 1977, Cat converted to Islam and took name Yusuf Islam and dedicated himself to various eductional and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community and has been give several awards for promoting peace. He has begun recording again under the name Yusuf and released his latest album in 2009.
Ray Stevens is a 72-year old country-novelty singer who has an amazing 28 Top 100 songs led by the #1 smashes The Streak and Everything is Beautiful. The only song of his to make my survey is the more serious Mr. Businessman which peaked at #28 on Billboard. Ray is extremely active today and somewhat controvertial recording "God Save Arizona" and playing at various Tea Party rallies and conservative causes. He is also in the process of recording and releasing the Encyclopedia of Musical Comedy Recordings--a 100-song collection.
The James Gang had four songs on Billboards Top 100 from 1970-1976 and has three songs on my survey of which the highest rated is Walk Away. The band was led in its most popular years by Joe Walsh who later went on to join the Eagles. Band member Glen Schwartz founded Pacific Gas and Electric(Are You Ready?) and guitarist Dominic Troiano later joined Guess Who.
(Harry) Nilsson had 10 Top 100 Hits of which the #1 smash Without You was the biggest. This is the first of three hits of his on my survey--the others being Without You and Everybody's Talkin'. Nilsson died of heart failure in 1994 at age 53.
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