the song of the day is Movin' out by Billy Joel!! written as a critique of workin' class workers strivin' solely for the outward signs of success to distance themselves from their roots. Billy Joel once said of Anthony that he wasn't speakin' of a single person but rather "every Irish, Polish, and Italian kid tryin to make it in the U.S.". Originally written n released in the Autumn of 1977 n then pulled when Joel's other single started to climb the charts. It was then re-released in March of 1978!!
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Mostly recorded in August of 1974 and debuted on Bowie's "Soul Tour" the following month!! The song features contributes from the then unknown singer Luther Vandross!! The song reached number 18 on the UK singles charts but was a breakthrough for Bowie in America, becoming his second highest charting single for him at the time at 28 on the Billboards Hot 100!!
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Written by American songwriter Chip Taylor and popularized by The Troggs! It was originally recorded and released by the band (appropriately named) The Wild Ones in 1965 but failed to chart at all. However, when rerecorded and released by The Troggs in 1966, hit number 2 on the UK singles charts and 257 on The Rolling Stone's 2004 "500 Greatest Hits of All Time"!!
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Composed and recorded by Neil Sedaka with lyrics written by Phil Cody and featuring a 20 second solo with Jim Horn on sax!!! After hearing a cover of the song on the radio before the singles release Niel rushed the label and they released it in 5 days in 1974!!! It was a Billboard number 1, Niel's first since 1962!!
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Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim for the fictional cartoon band The Archie's that appeared on The Archie show (inspired by thr comics of the same name) from 1968 to 1969!! It topped both The Billboard top 100 and the UK Singles Chart and was the number one in both America and the UK!!!
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Released as a single in May of 1967 and then again on the album "Something Else by the Kinks" in the same year!! It was the bands first single available in true stereo and was ranked 14 on The Rolling Stone's (The magazine) 500 Greatest Songs of all time list!!! In 1967, it was number 2 on the UK's charts and in the top 10 of Australia, New Zealand, and most of Europe but failed to chart at all in America!!
hullo beautiful ppl!!! the poll is in!! this month's deep dive will be...
The Kinks!!!
this will be released over the coming week in stages so keep your eyes out!!! either this month or next month a new poll will go out with brand new artists/bands!!! and even sooner I'll be launching a poll about what kind of content u lovelies would like to see from this blog!!! feedback is always welcome!!! peace n love u hippes ✌️🌱🪴🌈