Keeping Boomers In Touch With Today's Music
We connect a song from back-in-the-day to a current hit that has a similar sound/content/style. You’ll be up to speed in 90-seconds.
Curated by Dave Sholin | Written by Lee Wade
Can’t Keep a Good Song Down. “Higher Love” is Back.
In 1986, then 38-year old Boomer Steve Winwood reached the top of Billboard's Hot 100 for the first time with his now classic "Higher Love." Four years later Whitney Houston recorded a version which ended up as a bonus track on the Japanese release of her "I'm Your...
What’s a Guy to Do? He “Loves Her So Much He Hates Her”
“Easier,” currently the 12th most played song on Top 40 radio, is the latest hit by 5-Seconds of Summer aka 5SOS, a hot, hip, happening A-list band from Australia. The story-line is a man debating a break-up with a woman; the sound and texture have a Trent Reznor and...
Baby, Let’s Groove! Art Neville Before the Neville Brothers
This summer's been a sad one for fans of New Orleans music: we've lost Dr. John and Fats Domino plus songwriter/ musician/producer Dave Bartholomew, and most recently (July 22nd) Neville Brothers founder Art Neville, the oldest sibling, who passed away at 81. Years...
Memories: From Elvis to Thomas Rhett
This is Thomas Rhett's moment; he's hot-hot-hot, unstoppable, a massive success, with a string of hit Country songs in his wake, (several even crossed over into Pop.) His newest single: "Remember You Young" is engaging and touching, the vocals are heartfelt, and the...
“Help Me Stranger” is Good Ol’ American-Style Rock n’ Roll
Fans of The Raconteurs have been waiting 10+ years for the band's next album, and the recently released "Help Us Stranger" was so worth the wait. The first single, "Help Me Stranger," hit #1 on Billboard's Top 200 the week it came out. The band's front man, creative...
Paul McCartney Spreads His Wings…so to speak
A musical adaptation of the Christmas movie classic "It's a Wonderful Life" is brewing and famed English West End show producer Bill Kenwright and scriptwriter Lee Hall (“Billy Elliot,” “Rocketman”) are over the moon that Paul McCartney agreed to write the music,...
So Many Songs, So Many Goodbyes
In 1967 Mary Hopkin, best known for "Those Were The Days," had a hit with "Goodbye" (written by Sir Paul). Hopkin looks like an angel, and sings cheerily in her clear, bell-like voice, about leaving one lover for another. It's all very lovely. Unlike...
“The Madison” Has Morphed Into “The Git Up.”
Novelty songs and dances are pop culture mainstays, and this summer's is "The Git Up," with over 1.5 billion viral video views and 50 million+ audio streams; it's getting radio airplay on Top 40, Adult Top 40, and Country, so it's likely that, at some point this...
Dion Just Turned 80.
The media-sphere spent much of last week talking up the golden anniversary of the moon landing, which meant that there wasn't much of a public shout out on July18th when Dion DiMucci, one of rock's greatest performers, and a superb vocalist, too, turned 80. Dion...