Originally written by Scott English and Laurence Weiss, Bend Me, Shape Me was a no. 5 hit in 1967 for the band The American Breed, out of Chicago. It was one of three top forty hits for the band, along with Step Out of Your Mind and Green Light. The song was originally recorded by the Cleveland … Read more
The legendary Chuck Berry, known as the “Father of Rock and Roll” had many songs on the charts but, his only number one his was a cover of a novelty song, 1972’s My Ding-A-Ling. It spent 17 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent two weeks at no. 1 in October of that year. … Read more
The song ‘One Vision‘ appeared on Queen’s 12th studio album, 1985’s A Kind of Magic and became the lead single from that record. It was also notably featured in the 1986 movie Iron Eagle. The initial idea for the song was conceived by Queen’s drummer, Roger Taylor, but the entire band wrote the song together … Read more
So many nights, I sit by my window, wondering who was it, who sang this here song. It’s painfully slow. It has that typical seventies, written on a piano with factory-stamped background ‘orchestra’ accompaniment. It’s kind of pretty, but you just want it to stop after the first chorus. Or, who knows? Maybe you love … Read more
Song: Orange Crush (1988) Artist: R.E.M. Writers: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe Label: Warner Bros Orange Crush was the first released single off of R.E.M.’s sixth studio album, their first with Warner Bros. Although the album focused on the band’s political and environmental concerns, as well as its ambivalence with the record … Read more
Song: I’ve Never Been to Me Artist: Charlene (D’Angelo) Writer: Ron Miller, Kenneth Hirsch Label: Prodigal, Motown I’ve been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run; took the hand of a preacher man And we made love in the sun; but I ran out of places and friendly faces because I had to … Read more
Song: Life Is a Highway (1992) Artist: Tom Cochrane Writer: Tom Chochrane Label: Capitol Life Is a Highway was given a big boost in 2006 by being featured in the Pixar animated movie Cars, that version was a cover performed by Rascal Flatts. The original, released by Tom Cochrane in 1992 was a no. 1 … Read more