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In 1968 Herb Alpert asked Burt Bacharach a great question: got a song in a drawer somewhere that never got the right recording? Burt reached in and pulled out a tune about a guy who thinks his girl is cheating. Hal David rewrote the lyric, Herb sang it to his wife on a CBS special -- the first time America ever heard him sing a note -- and the switchboard lit up with people demanding a record that did not exist yet.

A month later it did. Four weeks at No. 1. First chart-topper for Herb, first for A&M Records, and the first American No. 1 for Bacharach and David.

THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU - SongChart August 14, 2026 ----- Chart #363 Hello Music Friends, Herb Alpert had a question he liked to ask great songwriters, and it's a beauty: is there a song tucked away in your drawer somewhere -- one that never got the right recording -- that you still find yourself whistling in the shower? He put that

Poco spent a decade watching former members leave and become stars—then the guy who wasn’t supposed to sing wrote their biggest hit in about 30 minutes while paneling a wall. This week’s SongChart is “Crazy Love,” complete with placeholder lyrics that wisely never got replaced, a surprising Phil Hartman connection, and one of the great “finally!” stories in rock and roll.

CRAZY LOVE - SongChart August 7, 2026 ----- Chart #362 Hello Music Friends, Rusty Young was hired to be the guy in Poco who didn't sing. That was the deal. He played the pedal steel, the banjo, the dobro -- all the instruments that make a country-rock band sound like a country-rock band and none of the ones that

Here's a great tune from 1967, revived for a second life by The Commitments, but make no mistake, it was James Carr who put the soul in this one. Enjoy post #361:

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Fats Domino made heartbreak swing; Cheap Trick plugged it into an amplifier and made it roar. This week’s Chart of the Week looks at how one deceptively simple song became a rock-and-roll classic twice.

AIN’T THAT A SHAME - SongChart July 24, 2026 ----- Chart #360 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week we are going all the way back to the early days of rock and roll with one of the greats. Today’s feature is “Ain’t That a Shame” by Fats Domino. And before we are

Hello Friday! Post #359 this week features a classic artist from Northern Ireland. A cheery tune that will brighten your day . . .on the bright side of the road.

BRIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD - SongChart July 17, 2026 ----- Chart #359 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week we are returning to Van Morrison, and that is never a bad place to go. Today’s feature is “Bright Side of the Road,” a terrific Van Morrison song from his 1979 album Into the

This week we have a 1976 hit from Rod Stewart. This one is not exactly PC by today's standards, but I'll bet you remember it. Post #358:

TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT - SongChart July 10, 2026 ----- Chart #358 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week’s selection is a little different from many of the songs I feature here. It is a little racy, a little suggestive, and not exactly the kind of tune you would expect to hear at

Happy 250th Birthday USA! Let's celebrate with a little Hank Williams Jr.

FAMILY TRADITION - SongChart July 3, 2026 ----- Chart #357 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. Since this one lands on July 3rd, right before Independence Day, I thought we needed something with a little red, white, blue, and maybe a brown paper bag in the back of a pickup truck. Today’s

This week we have a great song from 1967. Have fun singing along . . .

I DIG ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC - SongChart June 26, 2026 ----- Chart #356 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week we are going back to 1967 for a song that is fun, clever, and just a little bit unusual for the artists who recorded it. Today’s feature is “I Dig Rock and Roll Music”

Got one from the 90's this week. Enjoy:

ALL FOR YOU - SongChart June 19, 2026 ----- Chart #355 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week we are taking a little break from tradition. Most of the songs I feature here come from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, with an occasional toe-dip into the 80s if the song behaves itself

Hey Friday. Here's a great one from Van Morrison.

HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY - SongChart June 12, 2026 ----- Chart #354 Hello music friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week we are going with one of those songs that seems to have lived several lives. It began as a Van Morrison song, became a big Rod Stewart hit, found its way into about ten